Social Developments: Developments for Women in Society 1974-79

Question 1

When was National Womens day created?

Answer 1

1977

Question 2

What is an example of a militant act which Women Liberation organisations performed in 1970?

Answer 2

At the 1970 Miss World Contest they threw stink bombs on the stage

Question 3

What 2 things did the initial Womens Liberation meeting propose they work towards?

Answer 3

Free child healthcare and paid maternity leave

Question 4

What 2 groups in Feminism were divided?

Answer 4

Radical Feminists, Socialist Feminists

Question 5

What did Radical Feminists believe in? What did they mainly campaign for?

Answer 5

They argued that women were oppressed by the patriarchal society. They mostly campaigned for reproductive rights

Question 6

What did the Socialist Feminists believe in? What did they mainly campaign for?

Answer 6

They believed that Class Inequality did not help with trying to get gender equality. They mostly campaigned to have financial independence

Question 7

What did the government allow which was a development for the Women’s rights movements?

Answer 7

After 1971 Birth control pills became accessible through the NHS

Question 8

How long had Birth control pills been around before being allowed through the NHS?

Answer 8

Since the 1960’s

Question 9

How is the length of time that it took for the government to allow birth control pills to be obtained through the NHS a limitation of the government?

Answer 9

They failed to recognise womens rights earlier, as there had been a lot of womens rights developments in the 1960’s as shown with the Dagenham Strikes and the Womens Liberation meetings

Question 10

What act helped to tackle violence against women in 1976?

Answer 10

1976 Domestic Violence Act

Question 11

What did the 1976 Domestic Violence Act allow?

Answer 11

Women could take out restraining orders on their partners.

Question 12

What were the ‘reclaim the night’ marches?

Answer 12

Marches done by women due to the murders of the Yorkshire Ripper who killed women when they were alone at night

Question 13

When did the reclaim the night marches happen?

Answer 13

1977

Question 14

What did the women challenge with their reclaim the night marches?

Answer 14

Challenge the idea that women were not able to outside alone at night

Question 15

What did the ‘reclaim the night’ marchers feel about what society believed about the Yorkshire Ripper murders?

Answer 15

Society believed that it was the victims fault for going out at night and not the issue of the murderer killing them

Question 16

What laws did the government introduce for women in 1970? What did it do?

Answer 16

The Equal Pay Act. From 1975, women would be given equal pay to men

Question 17

What act did the government introduce for women in 1971?

Answer 17

1971 Finance Act. Allowed for earnings of each person in the marriage to be taxed separately if they wanted

Question 18

What 3 acts for women did the government introduce in 1975?

Answer 18

Employment Security Act. Social Security Act. Social Security Pensions Act. Sex Discrimination Act

Question 19

What did the 1975 Employment Protection Act do?

Answer 19

Denied employers the ability to fire female workers if they got pregnant and give them maternity leave

Question 20

What did the 1975 Social Security Act do?

Answer 20

Provided a special maternity allowance fund for women

Question 21

What did the 1975 Social Security Pensions Act do?

Answer 21

Pension schemes to be opened for women engaged in the same work as men.

Question 22

What did the 1975 Sex Discrimination Act do?

Answer 22

Ended discrimination of employment based on men or womens gender or marital status

Question 23

What did the 1975 Sex Discrimination Act set up?

Answer 23

Equal Opportunities Commission to oversee Equal Pay and the Sex Discrimination Act

Question 24

What was a limitation of the Equal Opportunities Commissions board?

Answer 24

Only launched 9 investigations from 1976-83 and only 10% of Sex Discrimination claims were successful

Question 25

What attitudes continue to have with Trade Unions? Why were they suspicious

Answer 25

They continued to be male dominated and suspicious that women would try to suppress their wage increases.

Question 26

How much did the average gender pay gap go down from 1970-1980? Why is this a limitation?

Answer 26

Only went down 10%. Limitation because the 1970 Equal Pay act was meant to come in in 1975 to bring an end to this issue

Question 27

How much did women attendance at Oxford go up from 1971 to 1990?

Answer 27

15% of people at Oxford were women in 1971, by 1990 over 50% were women

Question 28

What did the TUC create for women in 1975? What did this show?

Answer 28

The ability to give them equal pay and paid maternity leave. This showed that women numbers in Trade Unions was increasing

Question 29

What did a Gallup poll in 1973 show with women? Why is this a limitation?

Answer 29

Only 66% of women knew their husbands take home pay. Limitation as it meant they did not know if they would be financially secure

Question 30

What was a limitation for the amount of house work done by women by 1970?

Answer 30

Even with technology advancements, the amount of work done compared to 1930 with 1970 was mostly the same amount of work

Question 31

How many marriages ended in divorce by the end of the 1970’s?

Answer 31

1/3

Question 32

How many children by the end of the 1970’s were born out of wedlock?

Answer 32

10%

Question 33

How much did the Gender Pay Gap go down after the 1975 Equal Pay Act from?

Answer 33

From 50% down to 40%