Presented by Laurie Macmillan
Adapted from unpublished dianes and letters by MICHELENE WANDOR with
Ruth Slate and Eva Slawson are two working women who meet before the First World War and become lifelong friends. They work in very stressful conditions, but are optimistic supports of women's suffrage, Chnstian Socialism and the Arts and Crafts
Movement. For 20 years they keep a continuous written record of their lives which captures the aspirations of an age.
Researchers TIERL THOMPSON and EILEEN YEO
Producer SUE DAVIES