Life in the UK - Chapter 2 - A Changing Society
The changing role of women
- In the late 19th and early 20th century, many women campaigned for the right to vote.
- Until 1857, a married woman didn’t have right to divorce her husband.
- Until 1882, a woman’s earnings, property and money were belong to her husband.
- In 1918, women over the age of 30 were finally given the right to vote and to stand for election to Parliament.
- In 1928, women won the right to vote at the age of 21.
- 51% of the population and 45% of the workforce in Britain are women.
- Three-quarters of women with school-age children are in paid work.
- 20% average hourly pay rate for women less than for men for same type of job.
- Girls leave school with better qualifications and there are more women at universities.
- It is illegal to discriminate against women at work because of their sex.
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