End of post war consensus 1970-79

• The Labour government was elected with a majority of only three seats, which meant that it had to rely on the support of other parties
• What were the 6 pillars of patriarchy?

  State

  household

  violence

  paid work

  sexulity

  culture
• What did socialist feminists believe in?

  • gender inequalities stemmed from the economy and capitalism
  • women confined to domestic sphere
• Who was the key socialist feminist figure In the 70s?

  Charlotte Perkins Gilman
• What did Gilman argue?


  to be free women need economic independence
• What did radical feminists argue?

  sexual revolution needed to change structure and nature of society not just redistribute rights or wealth
• What was the name of the key radical feminist in the 70s?

  kate millett
• What book did kate millett write?

  Sexual Politics
• What year was international women’s day first celebrated in the UN?

  1977
• What did women’s liberation groups disrupt in 1970?


  Miss world contest - threw stink and smoke bombs
• What did women’s marches fight for in the 70s?

  Equal pay and 24 hour free nurseries
• Proof of advancements in reproductive rights?

  Pill more widespread - NHS in 1971
• What act was made to tackle gender violence?

  1976 Domestic Violence Act - possible to get restraining orders on violent partners
• What year was the first rape centre set up ?

  1976
• What year was the commonwealth immigration act made?

  1971
• What did the immigration act do?

  racist act that meant people coming from the commonwealth had to have a job or family
• However and nevertheless for the 1971 immigration act?

  later opposed but restored two years later
• By 1974 how many immigrants were there?

  1 million
• What year was the race relations act made?

  1976
• What was the national front?

  racist political party opposing non white immigration
• By 1976 how many members did the national front have?

  20 thousand
• What anti racist movement took place in 1976?

  Rock against racism
• In 1976 how many non-white police officers were there in the Met?

  70
• How many people were injured in the Notting Hill Carnival?

  300
• Proof of racism in the entertainment ?

  Comedians still told racist jokes, white actors, ‘blacked up’
• Proof of black progress in the entertainment industry?


  First black player in England team, 1978, Viv Anderson, however, called monkey and bananas
• What immigration clause was blatantly racist?

  The grandfather clause
• What year did the punk movement start?

  1975
• What punk bands were heavily influencial?

  Sex Pistols and clash
• Who were two key figures in the punk industry?

  Vivienne Westwood and Malcom McLaren
• What was Vivian Westwoods boutique called in the 70s?

  Sex And created moral panic
• What culture did skinheads develop from?

  Mods
• What were skinheads interest by?

  Jamaica, music and culture
• What were the football hooligans known as?

  The English disease
• Three reasons for divisions in the second half of the 70s?

  Irish terrorism, racial tensions and widespread mayhem
• What band did Malcom McLaren form in what year?

  Sex Pistols, 1975
• What did Carson argue about environmentalism?

  The pollution of water supplies were a threat to human health and humans are not superior to nature
• Why was Carson an important figure for environmentalism?

  She advised the US government on first legal environmental limits, however didn’t have a strategy to tackle it
• Why was Schumacher different to Carson?

  Gave solutions to the environmental issues
• What were some of schumachers solutions?

  Buddhist economies, self-sufficient communities and limit desire for economic growth