Millicent Fawcett

The social and cultural status of women saw a marked transformation during the First World War. The jobs left empty because of men joining the military needed to be filled, and the many women who lived in England were to be the ideal replacement. As the minimum wage for women was originally much lower than that of men, it was also saving companies money by employing women. Throughout the course of the war trade unions lobbied to change this with some success. The First World War saw extensive…

Introduction Social movements within civil society can have a large impact on the governments of nation-states. These group action movements often consist of protests and lobbying, and are used by individuals to promote policy change related to specific interests or areas. This paper discusses the issue of women’s rights movements and the tactics used to promote change. More specifically, it will focus on comparing the women’s suffrage movements in the United States and Great Britain during the…

Explain How the Separate Spheres Ideology Shaped Women’s Lives During the Nineteenth Century. The British Victorian Era saw men have power over everything to do with politics, society and economy. Women in late 19th and early 20th century were thought to be inferior and property to their male counterparts. This stemmed from the genuine believe that each gender, in biological terms, were different. It is thought that men were logical and rational thinkers, whereas women were tied more to their…

The 1970 Act only dealt with equal pay for the same work but in 1975 the EU directive on Equal Pay was passed based on article 119. In 1978, despite the passage of legislation to promote equal pay, women’s position in the UK was still worse than in Italy, France, Germany, or the Benelux countries in 1972. However, The Act has now been mostly superseded by Part 5, chapter 3, of the Equality Act 2010. The Equality Act 2010 legally protects people from discrimination in the workplace and in wider…