Friday 12 January 2018

The Changing Role of Women

Role of Women Timeline:

  • Suffragettes - Protest for right to vote and equal rights. Eg. Hunger strikes, marches and sit downs eg. in cafes.
  • Emily Pankhurst, Suffragettes leader.
  • 1920's, Flapper girls represented female rebellion (mostly women who had money)
  • The War - women gained more independence.
  • 1960's, 'liberation movement' eg. burning bras (more inclusive to different classes)
  • 1970's, protest for equal pay. Media text example, Made in Dagenham. 
  • 1980's, Margaret Thatcher, first female prime minister.

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