During the 1950s it was the belief that women were meant to be a good house wife and mother. In the 1960s feminist movements began to erode this stereotype, books such as Women: The longest Revolution released in 1966 and The Female Eunnch in 1970 furthered this movement. The arrival of the contraceptive pill was revolutionary, but it was only avaliable to married women until 1967, by 1970 only 19% of married couples were using the pill and 9% of single women. However, by the 1980s it became the favourable use of contraception along side the condom.
The equal pay Act 1970
1980 women on average earned 73.5% of men's pay and by 2000 1/5 earned more than their working male partners, this had only been 1/14 in the early 1970s.
32 women were ordained, church of england at Britsol Cathedral in 1994
Thatcher as PM
Share of senior positions 7% in 1989, 14% in 1998
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