Peers=6, Baronets=16, Knights=6 sons of aristocrats=261
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How many homes were built in 1937? and how many home occupents were there in 1938?
1937= 275,000 homes built 1938= 3,250,000 home occupiers compared to 750,000 home occupents in 1938
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Who was Mrgeret Bondfield?
The first woman to hold office in 1924
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what percentage of women made up the MP's?
Never more than 5%
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how many councillors were female in 1930?
Less than 15%
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Who was Thelma Cazeler-kair?
Served as councillor of london from 1924-31 and became an MP in 1932
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How many women doctors, nurses and architects were there in 1931?
Doctors= 3,000 nurses=180,000 architects=21
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What was the Marital Act? when was it passed?
1937=allowed divorce in cases of infedelity or desertification after 3 years. number of divorce petitions grew from 4,800 to 38,000 by 1951
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How many women had abortions by medical proffesionals before the abortion act?
35,000 wealthy women
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how many women stood for election in 1966? how many was successful?
less than 80 women stood and 24 were sucessful
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When was the National Womens conference? What did it do?
1970- it stimulated local groups to protest
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When was the equal pay act?
1970
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When was the sex discrimation act passed? what did it do?
1975- set up equal oppurtunites committee to ensure fair employment practices, established tribunals to deal with harassment
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What were the rights of migrant workers in the 20's?
They were seen as non-British so did not have the same rights
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Where were the 1919 race riots? what happened?
they were in London, Glasgow, Cardiff, Newport- unemployed whites attacked blacks and asians, unions fought the right of white employment over minorities
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When was the special restrictions act passed? what was it?
1925= if coloured seamen failed to prove citizenship they could be deported
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how many black and asian men were unemployed for a prolonged period of time? vs how many white men?
Black and Asian=80% white=30%
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What did the International African Services Bureaus do?
encouraged readers to Lobby Mp's for black rights
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What was the British Nationality Act? when was it passed?
1948- created the right for al people from British colonies to enter the UK
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What percentage of people were not born in the uk in 1951 and 1971?
1951=4.3% 1971=6.4%
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How did Atlee and Churchill react to Mass Migration?
They both put pressure of African, Caribbean and Asian Government to restrict the availability of passports
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What was the 1958 race riots?
racial attacks in Wolverhampton, Nottingham, Nottinghill, attacks on police and firefighters trying to douse burning buildings
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Who won the west midlands election in 1964?
A man with a racist campaign
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what was the 1968 commonwealth discrimiation act?
people could only enter the Uk if they have a job to go to, possessed a particular skill, or was dependent on people living in thst country
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what was the commonwealth discrimation act of 1968?
restricted immigrants from the new commonwealth ro 1,500 leaving 200,000 kenyan Asians stateless. opinion polls showed that 72% of people were in support of this
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what was the Race Relations act of 1965+68?
outlawed racial discrimination in public places, set up a race relations board
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What was the race relations act of 1976?
Outlawed indirect discrimination and created a new commission for racial equality
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How many homes were built in 1937? and how many home occupents were there in 1938?
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1937= 275,000 homes built 1938= 3,250,000 home occupiers compared to 750,000 home occupents in 1938
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