In 1972, how many members of the National Executive Committee of the Labour Party were women?
7
26
3
12
How many women were members of the Conservative Party
9
In the 1945 general election, out of the 600 MPs how many were women?
24
350
By 1966 there were more female MPs
The most famous campaign by women against equal pay was by Ford Machinists in what year?
1968
1970
1962
1975
The feminist groups of Second Wave feminism, such as the Women's Liberation Movement, were a continuation of earlier groups and campaigns
How many women went on strike in the 1968 Ford Machinists strike?
600
850
1 million
How many women attended the first national WLM Oxford conference in 1970?
480
Select three main types/groups of feminism
Socialist
Liberal
National
Political
Radical
Rational
Social
What do socialist feminists believe/aim to achieve?
Try to improve the social conditions of women through changing legislations e.g more rights in the home/public sphere
Believe that female oppression is due to capitalism
Communism causes further female suppression
Which feminist historian argued against the theories of socialist feminism?
Sheila Patterson
Sheila Rowbotham
Elizabeth Meehan
What do liberal feminists fight for?
Defend women in terms of discrimination - fighting for equal pay
To end the oppression of capitalism
That women are the sex objects from men and that women in protest should abstain from sex with men.
What do radical feminists believe?
That women are the sex objects from men and that women in protest should abstain from sex with men. Perhaps even become lesbians?
That women shouldn't be discriminated against - these feminists largely campaign for equal pay rights
That men should actually be subordinate to women in society - women have had enough
What year was the Birmingham conference where divisions started to show within the WLM?
1978
1989
Feminists from the 60s-80s were a homogeneous group sharing common experiences
What is the name of the major feminist publication of this time?
Spare Rib
Evil Eye
Empire Windrush
The Women's Liberation Magazine
What female politician passed the 1970 Equal Pay Act?
Barbara Castle
Margaret Thatcher
31% of married women worked in 1931. What percentage of married women were working by 1971?
37%
31%
26%
78%