Rise of women

Question 1

Jobs (5)

Answer 1

Rise in part time work post ww2 - retail and service 2) full time and managerial more gradual - big shifts in 90s and 00s 3) Equal pay act 1970 after strikes in Dagenham - pay gap remains 4) engineering and nursing dominated by one sex . 5) High level work dominated by men despite women doing well educationally

Question 2

Politics (5)

Answer 2

19 c - women able to have voice on some political isusues - bread tax and anti slavery - moral and domestic issues. 2)1894 - women who had property could vote - gradual not enough 3) Women’s social and political union 1903 - violence and mass movement - 500 bombings/arson - given bote in 1918 4) men still dominate commons/cabinet 5) 1975 act commisiion for equal opp - thatcher in power 79 - 100 women elected in blair campagin

Question 3

General equality (3)

Answer 3

Access to higher education 1880-1914 ecouragement of employment 2) long sexual revolution - condoms - 1840s - writings on sexual fufilment 3) consumerist culture - shopping - beyond domestic