Starter quiz
- Who founded and led the National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies (NUWSS)?
- Emmeline Pankhurst
- Sylvia Pankhurst
- Millicent Fawcett ✓
- Nancy Astor
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- In what year was the Women's Social and Political Union (WSPU) founded?
- 1897
- 1903 ✓
- 1914
- 1918
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- What was the motto of the Women's Social and Political Union (WSPU)?
- ''Deeds not Words'' ✓
- Who was given the franchise (ability to vote) as part of the Representation of the People Act of 1918?
- Men over 18 and women over 21 (if they owned enough property)
- Men over 21 and women over 21 (if they owned enough property)
- Men over 21 and women over 30 (if they owned enough property) ✓
- All men and women over 21
- All men and women over 30
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- Who became the first female Member of Parliament (MP) to take up a seat in Parliament in December 1919?
- Millcent Fawcett
- Nancy Astor ✓
- Florence Nightingale
- Emmeline Pankhurst
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- What name was given to women who challenged traditional expectations about how women should behave during the 1920s?
- 'Flappers' ✓
Exit quiz
- By 1951, women made up what percentage of the total British workforce?
- 5%
- 20%
- 30% ✓
- 45%
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- Which of these factors contributed to an increase in the number of women in paid employment during the 1950s?
- Large numbers of men returning to work when World War 2 ended
- Government training programmes to retrain people for peacetime occupations ✓
- An end to the ban on married women working in certain professions ✓
- Low unemployment as the British economy recovered from World War 2 ✓
- Unequal pay and a lack of opportunities for promotion
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- In what year did female workers at the Ford factory in Dagenham go on strike to protest being paid less than male workers?
- 1948
- 1955
- 1962
- 1968 ✓
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- Match the key event to the correct date
- 1961⇔The contraceptive pill becomes available for the first time. ✓
- 1967⇔The Abortion Act legalises abortion. ✓
- 1970⇔The Equal Pay Act is introduced. ✓
- 1975⇔The Sex Discrimination Act is introduced. ✓
- In what year did the contraceptive pill become available to all women?
- 1961
- 1963
- 1965
- 1967 ✓
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- What name was given to the campaigns to ensure that women had social, political and economic equality with men?
- 'Women's Liberation Movement' ✓
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Key learning points
- After World War 2, the British economy recovered and there was an increase in the number of women in paid employment.
- During the 1950s, most people continued to believe that a woman's role should be focused on the home.
- Women campaigned for equality with men and these campaigns gathered momentum during the 1960s and 1970s.
- Campaigns to end discrimination against women in the workplace were only partially successful and progress was slow.
- The contraceptive pill and the legalisation of abortion meant women had more control over if and when they had children.
Common misconception
The Equal Pay Act (1970) led to women being paid the same as men.
Although the Equal Pay Act made it illegal to pay women less than men for doing the same work, many employers adjusted job descriptions for female workers to avoid paying them equally.
Keywords
Discrimination - discrimination is when someone is treated unfairly or differently because of certain characteristics, like their race, sex, gender, age or religion
Feminist - a person who believes in social, economic and political equality between men and women is a feminist
Equality - equality is the state of being equal, especially in status, rights or opportunities
Strike - a strike is a form of protest that involves refusing to work
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