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Did getting the Vote change anything

Did getting the Vote change anything. Those who fought so hard for the vote for women did so in the hope that other aspects of women’s lives could be changed for the better. Would it make a difference. Changes in the Workplace. The Inter-war years saw some progress for women within the law.

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Did getting the Vote change anything

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  1. Did getting the Vote change anything

  2. Those who fought so hard for the vote for women did so in the hope that other aspects of women’s lives could be changed for the better. Would it make a difference.

  3. Changes in the Workplace • The Inter-war years saw some progress for women within the law. • In 1919 the Sex Disqualification Removal Act made it illegal for women to e barred from certain jobs because of their sex. • This meant women could now become architects, solicitors and senior civil servants

  4. Women in Politics • In the first ten years after women were given the vote Parliament did pass several Acts which concerned women. • For example in 1919 nursing was recognised as a profession (before that nurses had not been paid) • In 1923 a law was passed that gave women the same rights as men in a divorce.

  5. However, the number of women elected to parliament remained low. • In 1918 there was only one women MP out of a total of 707 • By 1935 that number had risen to 9 out of 615 • Even in 1979 there were only 19 women MP’s

  6. Lifestyle of Women • The war gave women the opportunity and confidence to break down some of the old barriers that had kept them second class citizen. • Clothing and hairstyles changed, make-up was used. • Women began to smoke and go out in groups of friends without men • Contraceptive advice also became more freely available in the 20’s and 30’s

  7. Woman at home also had more opportunity for leisure time, as labour saving devices became available.

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