13 - Progress Towards Female Equality Flashcards
What did the 1960s see the development of?
Female protest movements
What contrasted different females in society? What did this difference mean?
Different agendas
They weren’t as effective as they wanted
What sector in the 1960s saw little improvement?
Politics
How many women stood for MP election in 1966? How many were successful?
80
21
How many women were promoted to high office in politics? Who was an exception?
Few
Barbara Castle
What strikers did Castle support? What was she reticent about?
Dagenham strikers
Female issues
Which leading female Tory gave no encouragement for women to enter politics?
Margaret Thatcher
What particular feminist movement grew? What other name was this movement given?
Second-wave feminism
“Women’s liberation”
What 3 issues were addressed in second-wave feminism?
Gender stereotypes
Limited career opportunity
Greater roles in society
What did women demand from employers?
Pay rises
Who owned the car factory in Dagenham? When did the strike take place?
Ford
1968
How much were Dagenham female sewing machinists paid less? How long did the women strike?
15% less than men
3 weeks
What did Castle and the Dagenham women agree to increase wages by? What did the strike raise the profile of?
7%
Unequal pay
Which 1970 Act did the Dagenham strike help to pass?
Equal Pay Act
Since what decade had women been voicing frustration about their career opportunities? How much progress had been made since then?
1940s
Little
What equality struggled under social inequalities? How were women treated as a result of this?
Economic equality Second-class citizens
Who organised a National Women’s Conference in 1970? Where was this held?
Feminists
Oxford
What did the National Women’s Conference stimulate local groups and women to do?
Protest and campaign
What contest was attacked in 1970? What did this event coincide with?
Miss World contest
National Women’s Conference protests
What did the late 1960s see a profusion of in literature? What magazine is an example of this?
Feminist literature
Shrew
Who wrote The Female Eunuch? What did this book receive?
Germaine Greer
Wide publicity
What did Greer argue in The Female Eunuch?
Men’s control stifled individuality and development
What was a big problem with feminist movements? What 2 groups took part?
It covered loads of different agendas
Wives to radical feminists
What communes did some women join? What issues did other women prioritise?
Female-only communes
Economic issues
What 2 liberal issues did women prioritise?
Abortion
Birth control
What Campaign was founded in 1975 to extend 1967 legislation?
National Abortion Campaign
Who was a prominent “clean-up campaigner”? What did she promote?
Mary Whitehouse
Housemakers and mothers
With what values and conduct would Whitehouse campaign domestic affairs?
Traditional family values
Moral conduct
What does Germaine Greer suggest middle-class women are calling for in The Female Eunuch?
“Middle-class women are calling for revolution”
