How the miners’ strike changed the role of women

From bbc.com

It has been 40 years to the day since miners across the UK embarked on a year-long dispute in an attempt to keep their industry going. No one knew quite how challenging that year would be. But for many women, the experience transformed their lives. In the spring of 1984, Sian James was quite happy – married to a miner and the mother of two children. Her husband worked at Abernant Colliery, near Pontardawe in the Swansea Valley, and her father, father-in-law and brother all worked underground too. Then the miners strike began, a dispute which devastated communities across the UK. Women played a vital role in the ... (full story)