'Despite all the legislation between 1918 and 1979, women still faced discrimination in all walks of life.' How far do you agree with this statement?

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  • 'Despite all the legislation between 1918 and 1979, women still faced discrimination in all walks of life.' How far do you agree with this statement?
    • Introduction
      • Define 'all walks of life'
        • Social
        • Economic
        • Political
        • Crucially depended on status
    • Thesis: discrimination persisted
      • Socially
        • Disruption of WW2 meant that women were happy to return to pre-war role
        • Consumerism heightened expectations
      • Politically
      • Economically
        • Any advancement was reliant on status
          • Flapper girls of 1920s
          • Clerical jobs of 1920s
          • W-C women starved themselves to feed their families in the Great Depression
    • Antithesis: Discrimination had been significantly reduced
      • Socially
        • Impossible  to legislate
        • No longer 'housewives' - 'partnership' marriages
          • Due to WW2
        • Marie Stope's family planning clinics (1920)
        • Untitled
        • Matrimonial Causes Act (1937)
      • Politically
      • Economically
        • Equal pay in the Civil Service 1958

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