Women 1951 - 1990
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- Women 1951 - 1990
- Women in the 1960s & 1970s
- Abortion Act 1967
- 100,000 illegal backstreet abortions
- 1958-1960 - 82 women died as a result
- 35,000 women admitted to hospital
- 1959-1962 poorly tested Thalidomide drug caused deformities
- previously 40,000 unmarried women sent ot home per year
- gave women greater control over their bodies
- The Pill
- licenced in 1961 & made available free to married women
- in 1964, 500,000 women using it
- allowed up to 28 weeks
- 100,000 illegal backstreet abortions
- Divorce Reform Act 1969
- new laws helped women escape difficult marriages
- by 1970, one in every two marriages ended in divorce
- made a 'no fault' divorce possible
- number of divorces rose & as did the number of illegitimate births
- Matrimonial Homes Act 1967
- recognised men and women had equal rights of occupation in the family home
- Matrimonial Property Act 1970
- women's contribution was equal to making a home
- should be considered when dividing up property
- women's contribution was equal to making a home
- Married Women's Property Act 1964
- allowed women to keep half the money they'd saved from housekeeping
- Guardianship of Children Act 1973
- mothers given equal rights to fathers over their children
- Family Planning Act 1967
- not everyone agreed (the Church)
- by 1970, 19% married women and 9% single women using the Pill
- had to provide guidance & contraceptives to everyone
- Feminism
- Feb 1970 - first National Women's Liberation Conference at Ruskin College
- equal pay & opportunities legislation
- increased education & access to HE
- feminist articles / books published eg Shrew magazine & Spare Rib
- Local Women's Liberation groups began appearing in the 1960s
- increased job availablitity
- Feb 1970 - first National Women's Liberation Conference at Ruskin College
- did make progress
- 1971 birth control pill made available to everyone on the NHS
- 1970 Equal Pay Act
- 1975 Employment Protection Act passed; Sex Discrimination Act passed; Equal Pay Act comes into force
- 1977 International Women's Day etsd. by UN
- State Earning Related Pension Scheme 1975
- women's wages 57% - 70% of men's wages 1970-79
- 1979 TUC publishes charter; 'Equality for Women Within Trade Unions'
- didn't make progress
- female nude 'page 3' model in 1970
- the Campaign for the Feminine Woman
- critical newspaper stories about feminists
- movement didn't have widespread support
- 1960 - 1980 5% - 8% increase in female lawyers
- increasing organised opposition to the movement from both men and women
- Abortion Act 1967
- Women in the 1950s
- disbanding state run nurseries in 1945 = women had to stay at home
- a 1950s survey by the Manchester Guardian found that 50% of housewives were bored
- washing machine, vacuum cleaner, fridges and supermarkets gave women more freedom
- chemicals & electronics & DVLA (1965) & NHS (1948) needed clerks, typists & part-time work - no need for men's strength
- establishment of national Housewives' Register by Maureen Nicol in 1960
- 15,000 members by 1970
- housewives' day consisted of cleaning & washing with labour-intensive and ineffective machinery
- 1954 - 2/3 girls in grammar schools, so law to limit number of girls allowed
- unusual for women to go to university; though more girls passed 11+
- before the war 10% married women worked; 1961 30% married women worked
- by the 1960s, 80% of factory work done by women
- very few women went to work after getting married
- women had been in work en masse during the war
- women had to relinquish their jobs when men returned from war
- 1951 - 22% married women worked
- 1946 Family Allowance - women stay at home
- Women in the 1960s & 1970s
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