Starter quiz
- Match the keyword with the correct definition.
- discrimination⇔when someone is treated unfairly because of certain characteristics ✓
- feminist⇔a person who believes in equality between men and women ✓
- equality⇔the state of being equal e.g., in rights, status, opportunities ✓
- strike⇔a form of protest that involves refusing to work ✓
- Which of the following phrases best describes the state of the British economy in the 1950s?
- In decline with high unemployment
- In decline with low unemployment
- Propsering with high unemployment
- Prospering with low unemployment ✓
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- In what year was the Equal Pay Act introduced?
- 1955
- 1965
- 1970 ✓
- 1975
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- What became available to British women in 1961 which allowed them more control over when or if they had children?
- 'The Pill' ✓
- Approximately how many British women were taking the contraceptive pill by 1968?
- 500 000
- 1 million
- 2 million ✓
- 10 million
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- What was the name of the law that legalised abortion in 1967?
- 'The Abortion Act' ✓
Exit quiz
- Which keyword describes a period of great change between c. 1750 and 1900 during which improvements in technology changed how people lived and worked?
- 'the Industrial Revolution' ✓
- Which keyword describes something relating to a society that is controlled by men?
- 'patriarchal' ✓
- Complete the sentence: The availability of the contraceptive pill from ______ had a significant impact on the role of women in society.
- 1961 ✓
- 1918
- 1975
- 1750
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- Even though there were only 15 female MPs by 1931, why was this still a positive for women's rights?
- Female MPs were more likely to support laws that had positive impacts on women. ✓
- Female MPs were less likely to support laws that had positive impacts on women.
- A few years before, women had had no representation in Parliament. ✓
- A few years before, women had had more representation in Parliament.
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- Which of the following show significant continuity in the role of women between the medieval and early modern period?
- Lives centred on the home & dominated by cycle of marriage, birth & childcare. ✓
- Excluded from most professions and positions of power ✓
- Society was patriarchal ✓
- Had easy access to the contraceptive pill
- Had equal rights to men in the workplace
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- Which of the following show significant change in the role of women between the Industrial Revolution and the 20th century?
- Lives remained centred on the home.
- Gained access to the contraceptive pill ✓
- Gained suffrage on equal terms as men ✓
- Acts were passed to improve equality in the workplace. ✓
- Lives remained dictated by a cycle of marriage, birth & childcare.
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Key learning points
- Women in British society have often existed within patriarchal structures.
- There was significant continuity in the role of women between the medieval and early modern period.
- The Industrial Revolution had a significant impact on the role of women including on the work they did.
- Women winning the right to vote in 1918 had a dramatic impact on the role of women in society.
- The availability of the contraceptive pill from 1961 had a significant impact on the role of women in society.
Common misconception
Women's suffrage led to a rapid increase in the number of female MPs in Parliament.
By 1931, there were only 15 female MPs in Parliament; however, women's suffrage meant that MPs were more likely to support new laws that had a positive impact on the lives of women.
Keywords
Industrial revolution - the Industrial Revolution was a period of great change during which improvements in technology changed how people lived and worked
Suffrage - suffrage is the right to vote
Patriarchal - patriarchal relates to a society that is controlled by men
Feminist - a person who believes in social, economic and political equality between men and women is a feminist
Contraception - a way to prevent pregnancy is known as contraception
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