Big Flame: Jenny Fortune interview with Patricia Vulc
TitleBig Flame: Jenny Fortune interview with Patricia Vulc
ReferenceORG/FLAME/11/6
Date
28 May 2025
Production date 2025-05-28 - 2025-05-28
Scope and ContentInterview of Jenny Fortune by Patricia Vulc. Jenny discusses her time at Essex University and her part in the disruption of the Miss World contest, along with her subsequent trial and imprisonment. She talks about her involvement in the revolutionary feminist movement on her release from prison and about her work with the Claimants' Union. Jenny discusses her work at the Lesneys factory and her work with Big Flame. She then talks about various political ideologies and about the legacy of Big Flame in movements such as The World Transformed.
Extent1 digital recording and 1 digital transcript
Physical descriptionDuration: 1 hr 51 min
LanguageEnglish
Archival historyThe views and opinions expressed in the interview(s) are the interviewee’s own, and do not necessarily reflect the views or opinions of the Working Class Movement Library.
The interview may contain attitudes and/or language that some people may find offensive and may contain discussions of events that some people may find distressing.
The interview may contain attitudes and/or language that some people may find offensive and may contain discussions of events that some people may find distressing.
Persons keywordBig Flame, Fortune, Jenny, Claimants Union, World Transformed, The
SubjectSocialism, Feminism, Factory workers, Protest movements
Conditions governing accessOpen
Levelfile
Normal locationAudio visual archive\Big Flame\Oral histories\Jenny Fortune