In GCSE History students will be taught about the social change that took place in Britain between 1960-1979. One area they will look at is that of the division and conflict of the time, including the changing role of women in society.
1960s and 1970s Britain saw the rise of the Women's Liberation Movement, intent on changing the traditional role of women in society. Their efforts led to the enactment of legislation to give women greater equality, especially in the workplace. While the feminist movement was itself divided, a number of spectacular events kept the issue in the public eye. But there were other areas of conflict too...
Learn more about the division and conflict in 60s and 70s Britain and the changing role of women in this enlightening quiz.
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You can find more about this topic by visiting BBC Bitesize - Rebuilding the country after 1945
Belated attempts were made by the province's government and the London government to rectify grievances, but already the situation was spiralling out of control
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Large numbers of police - including mounted officers - were deployed on these occasions, and were successful in defending the embassy of an ally
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This was a group dominated by educated middle class people, but it did attract support from a number of "celebrities"
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The violence was caused by a small minority, but the enjoyment of many ordinary people was spoilt
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Powell received much support, but he was dismissed from the Shadow Cabinet and the "Times" condemned what it called "an evil speech"
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Student unrest was by no means confined to London. Cambridge, and new universities with large social science faculties, were also affected
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Mrs. Thatcher had impressed many of her colleagues since her arrival in the Commons. Once the Tories had lost two general elections in 1974 (in both February and October), Thatcher's admirers pressed her case
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The author went on to become an icon of the women's movement and a contributor to the debates that divided the movement in and beyond the 1970s
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Feminists were divided - rather like Suffragists and Suffragettes. Militants favoured direct action like this flour bomb assault on a popular TV programme; more moderate followers felt that this kind of protest would lose the movement support
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By 1993 many women's demands had been met
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