Events
unemployment has
climbed to 1 million,
which was over 5%
of the workforcein an effort to tackle inflation
James Callaghan's Labour
government tries to persuade
trade unions to limit pay
rises to no more than 5%,
however, the unions refuse
and Britain is hit by a wave
of strikesEdward Heath's Conservative
government loses the 1974
general electionthe Conservatives win a
general election and
Margaret Thatcher becomes
Britain's first woman prime ministerthe Olympic Games in
Munich (massacre)embers of the
National Organization
for Women stood up
in the Senate, gallery
to demand attention
for the Equal Rights
Amendment.Feminists staged a sit-in
at the Ladies' Home Journal
offices, demanding changes
in the feminine mystique
propaganda of women's
magazines.The Women's Strike for Equality
featured demonstrations in cities
across the nation. The strike was
held on the fiftieth anniversary of
women's suffrage.The Supreme Court ruled in
Frontiero v. Richardson that
denying military benefits for
male spouses was illegal sex
discrimination.NOW President Karen DeCrow
and other women's group leaders
met with President Gerald Ford in
the White House.The United Nations
declared 1975 International
Women's Year and organized
the first World Conference on
Women, held in Mexico City.President Jimmy Carter
established the National
Advisory Committee for Women.Education (Handicapped
Children) Act 1970Education (Scotland)
Act 1971kent state shootig
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