discrimination is when someone is treated unfairly or differently because of certain characteristics, like their race, sex, gender, age or religion

a person who believes in social, economic and political equality between men and women is a feminist

equality is the state of being equal, especially in status, rights or opportunities

a strike is a form of protest that involves refusing to work

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

History

This knowledge will help inform pupils of the impact that disease and scientific discoveries can have on human civilisation. This may give pupils a better appreciation of the challenges that are faced by post-pandemic societies and a wider understanding of the potential impacts of Covid.

Pupils will have knowledge of the impact of disease on societies through their studies of the Black Death (Y7) and the experience of the Native Americans (Y8). They will also have a keen understanding of the power of new ideas, knowledge of the scientific elements of the Renaissance (Y7) and the Enlightenment (Y8), which will help contexualise developments in medicine.

Thematic study: how has the role of women in British society changed?

Historic or outdated representations of people that may portray inequality or injustice.

Depiction or discussion of discriminatory behaviour

Depiction or discussion of abortion, euthanasia, organ donation.

Depiction or discussion of sensitive content

By 1951, women made up what percentage of the total British workforce?

Large numbers of men returning to work when World War 2 ended

Government training programmes to retrain people for peacetime occupations

An end to the ban on married women working in certain professions

Low unemployment as the British economy recovered from World War 2

Unequal pay and a lack of opportunities for promotion

Which of these factors contributed to an increase in the number of women in paid employment during the 1950s?

In what year did female workers at the Ford factory in Dagenham go on strike to protest being paid less than male workers?

The contraceptive pill becomes available for the first time.

The Sex Discrimination Act is introduced.

In what year did the contraceptive pill become available to all women?

What name was given to the campaigns to ensure that women had social, political and economic equality with men?

Who founded and led the National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies (NUWSS)? 

In what year was the Women's Social and Political Union (WSPU) founded?

What was the motto of the Women's Social and Political Union (WSPU)?

Men over 18 and women over 21 (if they owned enough property)

Men over 21 and women over 21 (if they owned enough property)

Men over 21 and women over 30 (if they owned enough property)

Who was given the franchise (ability to vote) as part of the Representation of the People Act of 1918?

Who became the first female Member of Parliament (MP) to take up a seat in Parliament in December 1919?

What name was given to women who challenged traditional expectations about how women should behave during the 1920s?

Content guidance

Depiction or discussion of discriminatory behaviour

Depiction or discussion of sensitive content

Adult supervision recommended

This lesson will be removed by end of Summer Term 2025.

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

Lesson outcome

Content guidance

This lesson will be removed by end of Summer Term 2025.