Early campaigns
This period covers Ruth's early campaigning journalism and activism from 1946 to 64. Here you can explore Ruth's scrapbooks of her writing for the Guardian and its successor newspapers, as well as the journal Fighting Talk. The campaigns we have focused on are the Bethal scandal, the bus boycott and the pass campaign.
You can follow the links below to browse this part of the collection, or use the Clusters links on the right to discover more material from particular campaigns.
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Scrapbook RF/1/4/1/1: 1949-50 Ruth First's scrapbook of newspaper cuttings from 1949 to 1950. Many articles are unauthored. |
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Scrapbook RF/1/4/1/4: 1947-8 Ruth First's scrapbook of newspaper cuttings from 1947 to 1948. Many articles are unauthored. |
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Scrapbook RF/1/4/1/3: 1948-9 Ruth First's scrapbook of newspaper cuttings from 1948 to 1949. Many articles are unauthored. |
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Scrapbook RF/1/4/1/2: 1948 Ruth First's scrapbook of newspaper cuttings from 1948. Many articles are unauthored. |
