Chapter 11 - key dates and stats

Question 1

Which beauty pageant was disrupted by Women’s liberation protestors in 1970?

Answer 1

Miss World. - They threw smoke and stink bombs

Question 2

When did Women’s lib demonstrations take place in London and Liverpool, advocating for equal pay and 24 hour childcare?

Answer 2

March 1971

Question 3

What did Radical Feminists / separatists believe?

Answer 3

Women were oppressed by the patriarchy on issues like reproductive rights.

Question 4

What did socialist feminists believe?

Answer 4

Women’s equality issues had more of a class dimension and wanted financial independence

Question 5

When did the birth control pill become available through the NHS?

Answer 5

1971

Question 6

When was the first rape crisis centre opened in London?

Answer 6

1976

Question 7

When was the Domestic Violence Act, making it possible for women to file court orders against violent partners, passed?

Answer 7

1976

Question 8

When did ‘Reclaim the Night’ marches take place, in response to the Yorkshire Ripper?

Answer 8

1977

Question 9

When was the Sex Discrimination Act, outlawing discrimination on the grounds of gender, passed?

Answer 9

1975

Question 10

What would the Equal Opportunities Commission oversee?

Answer 10

Enforcement of the Sex Discrimination Act and the Equal Pay Act, bringing court cases against non-compliant parties

Question 11

Between 1976 and 1983, what percent of sex discrimination claims in the workplace were successful?

Answer 11

10%

Question 12

When did the Equal Pay Act come into force?

Answer 12

1975

Question 13

From when could women take out a mortgage without a male guarantor?

Answer 13

1971

Question 14

When did Barbara Castle bring in reforms to the State Earnings Related Pension Scheme?

Answer 14

1975

Question 15

When was the Social Security Pensions Act passed?

Answer 15

1975

Question 16

When did the TUC publish ‘Equality for Women Within Trade Unions’?

Answer 16

1979

Question 17

What percent of men’s wages did women hage in 1970 and 1977?

Answer 17

1970 - 59%

1977 - 70%

Question 18

When was the Immigration Act passed?

Answer 18

1971

Question 19

What did a New Commonwealth potential immigrant need to come to Britain?

Answer 19

They would need a guaranteed job and a grandparent born in Britain?

Question 20

When was International Women’s Day established by the UN?

Answer 20

1977

Question 21

How many Ugandan Asians were forced out of Uganda to Britain by Idi Amin?

Answer 21

28,000

Question 22

By 1974, how many New Commonwealth immigrants had arrived to the UK?

Answer 22

Over 1 million

Question 23

How many of the 1 million immigrants had come from India and Pakistan?

Answer 23

435,000

Question 24

How many of the 1 million immigrants came from the Caribbean?

Answer 24

325,000

Question 25

How many of the 1 million immigrants came from Africa?

Answer 25

150,000

Question 26

How many non-white councillors were there in London in 1974 and 1978?

Answer 26

10 in 1974, 35 by 1978

Question 27

When was the third Race Relations Act passed?

Answer 27

1976

Question 28

What did the Race Relations Act 1976 establish?

Answer 28

The Commission for Racial Equality

Question 29

How many members did the National Front have by 1976?

Answer 29

20,000

Question 30

By what year was the National Front described as the fourth largest party?

Answer 30

1977

Question 31

How many incidents were there over race between January 1976 and August 1978?

Answer 31

100 incidents and 2 murders. Assaults and robberies of Afro-Caribbeans and Asians rose by 1/3

Question 32

When was the Anti-Nazi League set up?

Answer 32

1977

Question 33

When did Rock Against Racism start?

Answer 33

1976

Question 34

How many people attended a Rock Against Racism concert in April 1978?

Answer 34

100,000

Question 35

In 1976, how many Metropolitan Police were from a BAME background?

Answer 35

70 of 22,000

Question 36

When was there a riot in the Notting Hill Carnival?

Answer 36

1976 - 300 people were injured

Question 37

When was Blair Peach beaten to death, a member of the Anti-Nazi League?

Answer 37

1979

Question 38

When did Viv Anderson become the first black football player to play for England?

Answer 38

1978

Question 39

When did the punk movement start?

Answer 39

1975-76

Question 40

Which British bands represented the 'punk' movement?

Answer 40

The Sex Pistols, The Clash, The Damned and Buzzcocks

Question 41

When did The Sex Pistols release their controversial single 'God Save the Queen'?

Answer 41

1977, on the Queen's Silver Jubilee

Question 42

What group did many skinheads join?

Answer 42

The National Front

Question 43

What did the Mods evolve into?

Answer 43

The skinheads

Question 44

What did football hooliganism become?

Answer 44

'The English Disease'