The role of women in post-war Britain, 1945-1975

12 questions

1. Who founded and led the National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies (NUWSS)?
2. In what year was the Women's Social and Political Union (WSPU) founded?
3. What was the motto of the Women's Social and Political Union (WSPU)?
4. Who was given the franchise (ability to vote) as part of the Representation of the People Act of 1918?
5. Who became the first female Member of Parliament (MP) to take up a seat in Parliament in December 1919?
6. What name was given to women who challenged traditional expectations about how women should behave during the 1920s?
7. By 1951, women made up what percentage of the total British workforce?
8. Which of these factors contributed to an increase in the number of women in paid employment during the 1950s?
9. In what year did female workers at the Ford factory in Dagenham go on strike to protest being paid less than male workers?
10. Match the key event to the correct date
11. In what year did the contraceptive pill become available to all women?
12. What name was given to the campaigns to ensure that women had social, political and economic equality with men?

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