School based video from programme (order in minutes: seconds)
00:33 | Domestic work - very little independence for women; going from school to service |
01:10 | Women in mills, including after marriage (unlike professions); slums |
02:08 | Taking in washing |
02:32 | Being paid less; 1906 - National Federation of Women Workers; Tailor and Garment Workers Union |
03:22 | World War 1 reduced working restrictions, nurseries; bosses saw women accepting production line monotony |
04:35 | Country amazed as what women could do: did even the hardest jobs |
05:15 | After this war work women 30 + get the vote; Nancy Astor was the first woman MP |
05:50 | Factory work popular in 1920s; women did not earn the same as men |
06:45 | Women in proffessions, had to leave when married; marriage was suppressed (example), and deception strategies for the married |
08:12 | Married women lost right to unemployment benefit |
08:37 | Men on dole relied on women's low level employment |
09:00 | Women relied on in World War II; marriage bar dropped, union rules against women dropped |
11:25 | After the war redundancies for women but export drive needed women workers |
13:40 | Women for cheap labour |
13:50 | Professionals wanted equal pay |
14:20 | UN Charter on equality, disappointment with women MPs |
14:50 | While equal pay in 1955 brought in for professionals there is stigma over latch key kids |
16:10 | Some doors firmly closed to women (Stock Exchange) |
17:10 | Equal Pay Act 1970s (criticised as cart before horse) |
18:10 | Sex Discrimination Act - huge pay rises |
19:40 | Barriers lifted (Sfock Exchange), patronising attitudes; second income |
21:25 | Homeworkers remain cheap labour |
22:20 | More opportunities compared with older generations |