1950's Women
- Created by: Katie1072
- Created on: 13-12-16 17:50
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- 1950's
- Problems at home
- Rationing still present
- Pressure to be 'perfect' wife
- Only rich could afford technology (e.g. washing machines)
- Mindless tasks
- Limited opportunity
- No break from children
- Positives
- Rich had technology and sometimes someone to help with housework
- Some had independence to work
- Problems at work
- No equal pay
- Marriage ban being only slowly ended
- Limited child care
- Acceptable part time job - expected to do all house work also
- Sexist behavior and attitudes
- Expected to be housewife - no work once married
- Misogyny - appearance, career, educaion
- Grammar schools - less girls to boys allow
- 20% women worked
- NHS
- Liberating - Improve family health (women's responsibility)
- Choice - contraception and abortion, family size
- Jobs - Gave women jobs/health care for those without
- 1948 - product of the Beverage Report
- Problems at home
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