Women Flashcards
How did the Beveridge report help women?
Family allowance
National insurance act
NHS
Housing Act
How did the NHS help and what year
1946
Lower infant mortality and pregnancy care/ post pregnancy care
How did the family allowance help and what year
1945
5 shillings a week per child
How did the national insurance act help women and what year
1946
Benefits for the unemployed and sick workers - husbands
How did the housing act help and what year
1949
Electricity and water in new houses reduced back breaking work of getting water and coal
When were women conscripted?
1941
How many married female workers in 1945?
80%
How many single women working in 1945)
90%
How did gov support women working in 1940s
Nurseries and school open late Jobs shares Groceries to factories Schools Flexible working hours Propaganda
Negatives of women in the 1940s
3 women to 1 mans job Seen as helpers on the auxiliary Didn't recurve bonuses Men took jobs back Juggling children housework and work
How many married women working in the 1930s
10%
How did women’s attitudes of themselves change in the 1940s
Had higher expectations of what they could achieve
Wanted a more equal partnership with husbands
How many hours did women spend on housework in the 1950s
8 hours
How did advertisers picture women in the 50s
Perfect housewives which put pressure on them
When was prosperity
1955
How did prosperity help women
Easy to get a job because of shortage Higher wages Lower prices Working week back to 5 days More leisure time Rationing stopped
Why did women struggle on relationships
Abortions illegal 20,000 back street abortions a year Couldn't get out a violent marriage unless caught cheating No family planning No contraception
How were women discriminated against in the 50s/60s
Trade unions liked them because could pay them less We're resented by male workers Given lower pay and power status jobs Given jobs such a secretaries Didn't get promoted
When did Barbara castle become minister of labour
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When did Barbara castles voluntary scheme fail
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When were Dagenham strikes
1968
When was the equal pay in the public sector
1955 but was phased over next 6 years
How many single workers in 1951
36%
How many married working in 1951
26%
How many married working in 1971
49%
How many single working in 1971?
52%
When did the marriage bar begin to collapse
1950s
When was the equal pay act
1970
Weaknesses of the equal pay act
Wasn’t enforced until 1975
Could discriminate o. Other ground
Didn’t consider promotions
When was the baby boom
Late 1950s and 1965
When did marriage occur earlier
50s&60s
When was the national women’s conference
1970
4 agreements at the conference
Equal opportunities
Free contraception and abortion on demand
24 hour nurseries
Equal pay
How did home life change for women - magazines and TV
40s & 50s magazines emphasise on housework 50% read mags and marriage
60s - TV focuses on tips for women in the house
70s - TV focuses on celebs seeing women as women not mothers and wives
How did home life change for women - technology
1949 housing act - gas electricity and pumped water - no back breaking jobs , can use hovers washing machines
60s fridges - less shopping
= more leisure time
How did home life change for women - expectations
Technology meant expectations rise dad they could do more cleaning
How did home life change for women - choice
More leather time meant they had more choice on how to use it
How many minutes spent a day on housework in 50
500 minutes
How many minutes spent on housework on 60s
440
How many minutes spent on housework in 1975
345
What did the Hannah Gavron report say in 1960s
35% middle class married to escape Regret not perusing a career Marriage was more equal Saw main role as a mother and wife Felt education was towards men Accepted the situation
When did women’s lib start
Late 1960
What did the 6 point group want
Equality across :
Politics Occupation Moral Social Legal Economic
Examples of women’s group campaigns
Nuclear disarmament
Main political parties
What did the Fawcett society want?
Equal pay and treatment
What did the women in Hull want
Safety in industry for their fisherman husbands if they were injured
What was the term used to raise awareness
Conscientious raising
What was conscientious raising
Personal effects of discrimination
Deep sealed ideas of women
Own skills and rights to Swiss opportunities
When was the pill created
1957
When was the pill available on the NHS
1963
When was the abortion act
1967 and implemented in 1968
When was the divorce reform act
1969
When was the matrimonial prospect act?
1970
When was the sex discrimination act
1975
