social specific facts 1951-1964 Flashcards
(22 cards)
how many people migrated into the UK from 1950-1959
676,000
what happened in the Notting Hill race riots?
600 white males tried to gain entry to black owned properties
what were the reasons for racial hatred? (4 things)
-sexual jealousy of young white men
-anger at the willingness of black people to work for lower wages
-bitterness in rise of rents which many people blamed on black people to live in cramped conditions
-teddy boys who were violent against local immigrants became ‘local heroes’
who were the mods and rockers
-two conflicting youth sub-groups
what did the memoir of a midwife working among the poorer classes in London say about housing?
‘most houses had running cold water’ ‘wash houses were still very much in use’
what did the 1954 law guarantee to men and women in the civil service
equal pay
how much did women make up of the workforce in the 1960s
1/3
how much of womens jobs were secretarial or primary school work?
2/3
how did tax authorities class women
dependent on husbands or fathers
what % of women went to university during the 1950s?
less than 2%
name 2 comprehensive schools built in this time period
Risinghill School, Islington 1960
Sansfields School, Wales 1958
arguments for comprehensive system (3):
-tripartite undervalued many children
-greater share of public funds went to top tier schools
-11+ exam was unreliable and psychologically challenging
arguments against the comprehensive system (3):
-comprehensive schools put children into sets anyway
-some disadvantaged children were denied from education better suited to their needs
-non equal balance of quality of comprehensive school
how many former etonians made up Macmillan’s cabinet?
35
what was the establishment described as
‘old boy network’
what areas did immigrants fill employment spaces
transport services and the NHs
what radio magazine programme for women became popular?
Women’s Hour
how much of men’s pay did women receive?
40%
by 1955, what % of workers took an annual two-week paid holiday?
90
how much of the adult population read the newspaper daily?
2/3
when was the Press Council set up and what did it do?
set up in 1953. It was a body of newspaper propiertors who came together as a voluntary organisation with the stated aim of encouraging the maintenance of the highest standard of journalism
what % of women were in higher education in 1959?
25
