History of Social Movements in Britain

First Wave Feminism: Production of 'The Revolution Magazine Publication' by Elizabeth Stanton and Susan Anthony (US)

1906: Suffragette was used to describe women campaigning for the right to vote

1928: Women given the right to vote over the age of 21 (the same as men)

1931: Formation of the family planning association

1945: After the war; 460k in military, 6.5m in civilian work

1970: First British conference following the Women's Liberation Movement (Oxford) for employment legislation

1963: Abortion Act Introduced

1983: Equal pay for Work (equal pay amendment) for the Equal pay act

1997: 120 women win seats in the General Election

2001: Introduction of the bill from the government to improve women's political representation.

1918: Representation of the People Act 1918, provided the right for women aged over 30 to vote.

1920: The Flapper Movement: a generation of young Western women in the 1920s who wore short skirts, bobbed their hair, listened to jazz, and flaunted their disdain for what was then considered acceptable behavior.

1903: The Women’s Social and Political Union is founded in Manchester by Emmeline Pankhurst

1920: The Second Wave Feminist Movement

1970: Women's Strike for Equality Demonstration (26th August), New York

1971: The short-lived feminist art journal Women and Art began publication

1972: Feminist art students staged the provocative exhibit "Womanhouse" in an abandoned house in Los Angeles.

1972: "abortion episode" of "Maude" drew protest letters

1972: Cindy Nemser and other feminist artists founded Feminist Art Journal, which lasted through 1977.

1964: The Married Women’s Property Act entitles a woman to keep half of any savings she has made from the allowance she is given by her husband.

1971: Over 4,000 women take part in the first Women’s Liberation march in London

1972: First women's refuge was set up by Erin Pizzey in London

1974: The Sex Discrimination Act makes it illegal to discriminate against women in work, education and training.

1976: The Equal Opportunities Commission comes into effect - reflects on Sex Discrimination Act and Equal Pay Act

1977: International Women’s Day is formalised as an annual event by the UN General Assembly.

1979: The feminist journal ‘Feminist Review’ is founded.

1979: Margaret Thatcher becomes Britain’s first female prime minister.

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1980s: Barbara Kruger

1974-1990: Red Women's Workshop

1970: Chicago Women's Graphics Collective

1985: Guerilla Girls

2016: SNASK Monkifesto (10th anniversary Campaign)

1975: Martha Rosler; Semiotics of the Kitchen

1971: Linda Lochlin; Why have there been no great women artists?

1972: John Berger; Ways of Seeing

1974: Judy Chicago; The Dinner Party