Earthlings - The wimmin & Other Creatures
The network sustaining the Greenham camps was populated by hundreds of people, but wimmin who stay over dropped in numbers in those last years, though there were more wimmin there than at Yellow Gate. The number of wimmin at Blue could go from one (though they tried to have a minimum of two) to 15, except special days and celebrations. At camp, in any case, there were a great deal of days when the average was six or eight women, and these women were not always the same, for although some did live at camp permanently, it was necessary to take breaks and stay at some home.
We can actually do a great deal of important things even if we are few people, and previous wimmin had opened the way, in many ways. On top of that, support by the network of people not at camp was crucial, particularly the food rota, when the Convoy was out, and in the list of subscribers to the Greenham Newsletter, just to mention a few examples.
There were vegans, vegetarians, omnivorous wimmin; lesbians, heterosexual, bisexual women, women with no active sex life (then I don't know if there were any transexual or intersexual wimmin); there were spiritual wimmin (mostly pantheists I think) and agnostic and atheist wimmin, Quakers, too (Christians rejecting the use of violence), and if there were believers of any other monotheist patriarchal religion I never knew (there was critical awareness, though, of the sexist nature of patriarchal religions, and there were some involved in efforts of spirituality based on the notion of Gaia, Mother Earth, or Wicca).
There were wimmin from different geopolitical identities (nationalities) but most were from Wales and England, in the United Kingdom. Elsewhere: Canada (French and English), Spain, Italy, Germany, Belgium... There were links to wimmin in Nicaragua (Naomi and her work in Nicaragua was often present in the newsletter) or the Shoshone tribe, for instance.
A very important member of the community in those days was Raggy, a dog with his own mind, a lover of freedom of thought and action. The vans were also part of the community: Brown Van and Aggie. Bunnies' existence was also acknowledged -- there was a teddy bunny called Matilda who was charged with a number of crimes in her life span (got pic of Pam & Matilda in the bender). A sandwich that would refuse to be named also took part in the Bye Bye Byelaws action. Earwigs were also present, inspiring activists in many ways: The Greenham Earwig Home, by Lisa Bloo, and I'd even say Pyle Hill was a living creature, too.
Here are some of the wimmin who spent time at Blue Gate between 1989 and 1994.
If you want to include your name, have it removed or modified, please, get in touch! Our intention is just to leave a track of the fact that there were lots of wimmin doing things on this planet against nuclear war, war, and also building a different kind of world.
Elizabeth Abraham 
Hazel Evelyn Parker Indra Morris Dido Twite (Canada) Mommy Jean Chris Drake Raggy Pam Kath Louisa (aka Sister Cosmic) Ippy Nathalie (aka Michelle Shocked, Quebec, Canada) Emma Ronika Cath Jamima michelle 
(aka Sister Intense, Ilse Rainbow 2, Spain) Marmalade Gaby Jane Gregory Paz (Spain) Patricia (Spain) Lucia Kathy (Canada) Jane Bone Tine (Germany) Lisa Bloo (Lisa French) Lisa Red Lui Sian Jones Lorna Richardson Ilse Rainbow 1 (Belgium) Yolande (Belgium) Jewels Lynette (Newbury Archives) Di McDonalds Jean-from-Whitney Pixie Kay Tabernacle (Wales) Julie Howard Manuela (Italy) The Brighton Wimmin? Heena Juliet Topsy Isis ...
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