Women

Question 1

Divorce Reform Act (date)

Answer 1

1969

Question 2

Matrimonial Property Act (date)

Answer 2

1970

Question 3

Matrimonial Property Act (role)

Answer 3

Gave women half of everything in the event of a divorce

Question 4

Equal Pay Act (dates)

Answer 4

1943, 1970

Question 5

Sexual Discrimination Act (date)

Answer 5

1975

Question 6

Abortion Act (date)

Answer 6

1967

Question 7

What year did the contraceptive pill become free on the NHS?

Answer 7

1961

Question 8

Butler Education Act (date)

Answer 8

1944

Question 9

Butler Education Act (role)

Answer 9

Gave all girls the right to a secondary education

Question 10

In the 1950’s, what percentage of married women worked?

Answer 10

26%

Question 11

The Beverage Report (date)

Answer 11

1942

Question 12

What year did Germaine Greer publish the ‘Female Eunuch’?

Answer 12

1970

Question 13

How did the number of hours women spent on housework change with the introduction of new technology?

Answer 13

Fell from 8 hours a day to 4 hours

Question 14

By the 1960’s, what fraction of undergraduates were women?

Answer 14

1/3

Question 15

What percentage of working-class women said that they married too soon?

Answer 15

35%

Question 16

In 1971, what percentage of the workforce were women?

Answer 16

52%

Question 17

In 1971, what percentage of married women worked?

Answer 17

41%

Question 18

What was the ‘Triple Shift’?

Answer 18

The expectation that women were to look after the children, do the housework and have a job.