Dagenham Car Plant Strike (1968)
The Dagenham Car Plant Strike is widely considered to represent an important step towards the introduction of the Equal Pay Act 1970
Education Act 1944
The Education Act 1944 removed the marriage bar in teaching and gave working-class girls access to high school education.
The Matchworkers’ Strike at Bryant and May (1888)
The Matchworkers’ Strike at Bryant and May in 1888 led to legislative improvements to protect women in the workplace and demonstrated that women could play a key role in gaining important rights through collective workplace bargaining.
A Vindication of the Rights of Woman (1792)
Published in 1792, Wollstonecraft’s ‘A Vindication of the Rights of Woman’ was a pioneering call for equality.
Cyfraith Hywel (the laws of Hywel Dda)
The Laws of Hywel Dda (c.950) set out the legal status of women in medieval Wales.
Gill and Another v El Vino Co Ltd [1983]
Gill and Another v El Vino Co Ltd established that women had the same right to receive service at a bar in London as men.