Social Developments: Developments for Women in Society - Additional Info and Trico Strike Flashcards
How many women MP’s were there at the time Thatcher became leader of the Conservatives out of all Commons members?
23 out of 516
When did the Sex Discrimination Act come in to legislation?
1975
How many women went to work by the mid 1970’s?
50%
What did the amount of women working by the mid 1970’s potentially show in terms of cost of living?
It could have shown that lots of families were struggling to live on just the husbands wages
What did the amount of women working by the mid 1970’s potentially show in terms of previous divorce reform?
Perhaps many more women were now divorced which contributed to more women working by the mid 1970’s because there was no one to support them
How much of a fraction of a mens wages did a woman make by the mid 1970’s?
3/4
What did Labour put in to place as of 1st January 1976?
A new equal pay act
What is a business that continued to pay women less for the same amount of work?
Trico, a windscreen wiper business continued to pay women less for even though they did the same amount of work
What did the window wiper factory women do due to this inequality? When?
They went on strike in May 1976
How long did the women strike for?
21 weeks
Who did the women Trico workers receive support from? Why was this significant?
Coal miners and Dock workers. This was significant because these workplaces were mostly made up of working class men
What was significant about the amount of time that the Trico workers striked for? What impact did this have?
It was the longest strike over a pay dispute. Its impact was that it made the public more able to see what was happening
What was the result of the Trico workers strike?
Many other female workers decided to strike
What was the significance of lots of other women workers going on strike after the 1976 Equal Pay Act?
It showed that it did not result in equal pay and the women wanted to do something about it
What wave of feminism was the wave of the 1970’s called?
Second-wave feminism
What was a limitation of the 1970’s womens rights movements being called second-wave feminism?
It made it seem like nothing had been done to progress womens rights further since before 1918
How can numbers of people in the Womens Liberation Movement be seen to be increasing by 1977?
3000 attendees of the 1977 WLM meeting
What did feminists do at the 1970 Miss World stage?
They threw stink bombs on the stage
What was a limitation of the feminist acts on the 1970 Miss World stage?
The media labelled feminists as men-haters and discouraged other women to join feminist movements
What did the 1975 Sex Discrimination Act end?
Discrimination in housing, education and employment
What was a limitation of the Equal Pay act agreed in 1970?
It would not come into effect until 1975
What was a potential advantage of the 5 year wait for the Equal Pay Act for all businesses?
It could give them time to prepare to give women equal pay
What was a limitation of the 1975 equal pay act?
Womens wages only became 40% that of mens wages down from 50%
What did Labour do to try and create equal pay in 1976?
They attempted to make a 1976 Equal Pay Act
What company still didnt pay women equal money to men after the 1976 Act? What did this result in?
Trico, resulting in a 21 week pay dispute strike
What percentage of married women were employed in 1960, 1970, and 1980?
38% of married women employed in 1960. 45% of married women employed in 1970. 60% of married women employed in 1980
How many women were in universities in 1977 compared to 1971?
28% of students in Uni’s were women in 1971 up to 38% in 1977
What was a limitation of the increase in women as students in universities?
Most of them only took art-related courses
Who helped women seek refuge but was not a feminist?
Erin Pizzey
What did women who went to seek refuge with Pizzey experience?
Domestic Violence
What did Pizzey initially do to house all refuge-seekers, what did this result in?
She put them all in her own house. 40 people were in 4 rooms, resulting in possible prosecution for overcrowding
What eventually happened with Pizzey using her own house for refugees?
She got funding to buy a larger house for refugees in Chiswick
What was a limitation of Pizzey’s relations with the Womens Action Forum?
She stormed out in 1975 which cut ties to funding the Chiswick residency
What act for Homeless women was created in 1977?
1977 Housing for Homeless People Act
What did the 1977 Housing for Homeless people act do?
Give people a place to stay if they had experienced domestic violence
What was a limitation of the 1977 Housing for Homeless people act by 2010?
Cuts to the act were introduced in 2010 and 25% of women still experienced domestic violence
What was the long term impact of the ‘reclaim the night’ marches?
They did not have a long term impact as by the early 2000’s, over 150 women a day were reported to have suffered from being raped.
