Context Flashcards
‘War.’
Cold war - 1947–91.
War between Capitalism (USA) and Soviet Union (Russia).
‘Nuclear physicist.’
Carolyn Churchill alluding to the ‘Greenham Common’ protest, 1981. Group of women in England who protested outside of a nuclear factory. Very strong sense of sisterhood.
Increase ambition of women in regards to careers in the 1980s.
Maggie
Margret Thatcher - New Right Conservative
‘tough lady’ like ‘tough bird’.
Irony, as thought being the first Female PM, which was a huge step for women, she had no women in cabinet and she passed no legislation helping women. (lack of sisterhood)
Had elocution lessons to make her voice more authoritative.
She came from a working class family.
Second-wave feminism
Second-wave feminism is a period of feminist activity that first began in the early 1960s in the United States, and eventually spread throughout the Western world and beyond. In the United States the movement lasted through the early 1980s.
America
Seen as the prototype for an ideal life.
Reagan - Capitalist President
‘Rolls Royce’
‘I like swimming pools.’
Monetarism
Monetarism is an economic theory that focuses on the macroeconomic effects of the supply of money and central banking.
Spread of Globalisation
Win: ‘Did you know they sell Coca Cola in Russia, and Pesi Cola in China?’
Neo Liberal
Marlene: ‘If they’re stupid, lazy or frightened, I’m not going to help them get a job, why should I?’
View on the poor
Individualism - lack of sisterhood
Marlene: ‘I don’t believe in class. Anyone can do anything if they’ve got what it takes.’
NL didn’t accept class. Those with hard work and talent will rise. Those who don’t have the talent (Joyce/Angie) will get left behind. No sense of compassion.
an example of Thatchers neoliberal policies
“I came to office with one deliberate intent to change Britain from a dependant to a self reliant society, … to a get up and go instead of a sit back and wait for it Britain.”
