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28/05/2016 GMT

Witness presents five accounts of history through the eyes of real people. This month we hear from a woman who travelled with members of the Irish Women's Liberation movement.

In this month's Witness, Tanya Beckett introduces us to five more accounts of history through the eyes of people who were there. We hear from a woman who travelled with members of the Irish Women's Liberation movement to Belfast to buy contraceptives, in protest against the law prohibiting the importation and sale of contraceptives in the Republic of Ireland.

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