Catalogue Number
NMLH.2025.37.94
Object Name
Poster
Title
Do you know your rights, women workers?
Place
Camden; Paddington Printshop, London
People
Camden Community Law Centre; Paddington Printshop
Date
1977
Description
Screenprinted poster, "Do you know your rights, women workers?" in white text, with the "women workers" in black curving inside a large question mark. Smaller white text reads "Come to a series of meetings 8-9:30pm Kentish Town Library, 262 Kentish Town Road. Produced by Camden Community Law Centre...Children Welcome." The bottom of the page lists the three workshops "Working women with children, Equal pay, Sex discrimination - plus side-show". Inside the large question mark design is a black silhouetted woman carrying a broom and a bucket, with an oversized ball and chain fastened to her ankle. The ball forms the dot of the question mark. The background is red.
This poster was made by Paddington Printshop, a community graphic design and print workshop in West London, co-founded by John Phillips and Pippa Smith. Between 1975-1991, the centre printed over 400 designs for left-wing community organisations. These publicised local political campaigns such as housing rights and food co-ops, to social gatherings including play days, gardening clubs, gigs and festivals. Their do-it-yourself style was part of the proto-punk ethos.
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