Employment of women and progress towards equality

What % of women in late 50s content with being housewives

40%

What % of women in late 50s bored a lot of the time with being housewives

50%

What percentage of married women worked in 1951?

25%

What percentage of married women worked in 1961?

33%

What percentage of married women worked in 1971?

Roughly 50%

How long did the majority of mothers not return to work in the 1950s?

10 years

How long did the majority of mothers not return to work by the 1970s?

4 years

What event occurred in 1968 at the Dagenham Ford factory?

Approximately 187 Women walked out on strike due to unequal pay.

When was the Equal Pay Act passed?

1970

When did the Equal Pay Act come into effect?

1975

What was Betty Friedan's argument regarding women?

Women were unfulfilled with their restrictive lives.

What percentage of students in higher education were women in 1970?

28%

What percentage of women ever reached managerial posts in the UK?

5%

How were working mothers portrayed by the media?

As selfish

What did the National Health Service (Family Planning) Act of 1967 allow?

Local authorities to provide contraceptives and advice.

What was the percentage of illegitimate births in 1970?

8.2%

What was the percentage of illegitimate births in 1960?

5.8%

What was established as a result of the rally in 1969?

Women's National Coordination Committee

What were the four demands of the 1st National Women's Liberation Conference in February 1970?

Equal pay, free contraception and abortion on request, equal educational and job opportunities, free all-hour childcare.

What did the 1970 Matrimonial Property Act state?

The work of a wife should be taken into account in divorce settlements.