Women Flashcards
When did the Abortion Law Association begin to campaign for a reform in the law?
1945
Position of women in 1951
20% worked due to the family allowance
Bank accounts were in the mans name
When was the Equal Pay Act for teachers?
1952
What increased (and by how much) from 1957-9?
washing machines (54%)
What was a concern in 1960’s to do with births?
Thalidomide disaster caused congenital deformities –> a drug prescribed for morning sickness
When was the Society for the unborn child set up?
1966
What was introduced in 1967 from NHS?
Family planning Act gave advice + abortion legalised w/in 28 weeks with doctors consent
When was the Divorce Reform Act
1969
What Committee laucned in 1969?
Womens National coordination Commitee
Education stats in 1970
20% in higher education but only 5% mangerial positions
2 Acts that came into place in 1970?
Matrimonail Act and Equal Pay
When did the #2 Equal Pay Act come into place?
1975
When was Miss World disrupted by protesters?
1970
When did birth control become accessible?
1971
What was the Employment Protection Act in 1971?
gave paid meternity leave
When was the Sex Discrimination Act set up and affects?
1975 –> limited success
When did the rape case centre open?
1976
When was the Domestic Violence Act?
1976
Womens wages over the years
(1977) 70%
(1996) 80%
(2007) 87%
When was the beginning of 3rd wave feminism?
1990’s
What was 3rd wave feminism?
girl power led by spice girls
Thatcher ‘owed nothing to women’
even though she was the ‘first lady in power’
When was there a first female speaker?
1992
When was the child support agency set up?
(1993) absent parents pay for child support
Number of women MP’s in 1997?
rose to 120 (double previous number)
What did Blair do for women?
appointed prominent positions in cabinet to women
–> Margaret Beckett foreign secretary (first women in that position)
What did labour do for women?
childcare provisions extended by 2007
pension credits given when unable to work because fo caring responsibilites
Limited progress for women by 2007?
pay gap
paid employment undervalued by unpaid work at home
