#OnThisDay, 4 Jan 1972, Rose Heilbron becomes the first woman judge to preside at the Old Bailey (the Central Criminal Court of England and Wales). It had taken 53 years after women were able to be lawyers in the UK.
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#OnThisDay, 4 Jan 1972, Rose Heilbron becomes the first woman judge to preside at the Old Bailey (the Central Criminal Court of England and Wales). It had taken 53 years after women were able to be lawyers in the UK.
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#OnThisDay, 1 Jan 1983, 44 women climb the fence of Greenham Common airbase and dance on the missile silos.
The women-led Peace Camps at Greenham ran for nearly 20 years, protesting the siting of US nuclear missiles on UK soil. https://greenhamwomeneverywhere.co.uk/
Photo by Raissa Page.
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#OnThisDay, 1 Jan 1983, 44 women climb the fence of Greenham Common airbase and dance on the missile silos.
The women-led Peace Camps at Greenham ran for nearly 20 years, protesting the siting of US nuclear missiles on UK soil. https://greenhamwomeneverywhere.co.uk/
Photo by Raissa Page.
#PeaceActivism #BritishHistory #WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #Histodons
#OnThisDay, 29 Dec 1975, the Sex Discrimination and Equal Pay Acts came into effect in the UK. These made it unlawful to discriminate based on sex or marital status, and made it a requirement to pay men and women equally for equal work.
The laws were passed in 1970 but did not come into effect until 1975, giving employers time to prepare. One of the triggers for the laws had been the 1968 Ford machinists strike.
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#OnThisDay, 29 Dec 1975, the Sex Discrimination and Equal Pay Acts came into effect in the UK. These made it unlawful to discriminate based on sex or marital status, and made it a requirement to pay men and women equally for equal work.
The laws were passed in 1970 but did not come into effect until 1975, giving employers time to prepare. One of the triggers for the laws had been the 1968 Ford machinists strike.
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#OnThisDay, 14 Dec 1918, some women across the UK vote legally in parliamentary elections for the first time. It's the culmination of decades of campaigning.
Only women over 30 who held some property rights were allowed to vote, whereas all men over 21 could vote.
It was another decade until women had equal voting rights as men.
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The results of the UK GE1918 weren't announced until 28 Dec but #OnThisDay, 14 Dec 1918, Constance Markievicz becomes the first woman elected to the UK parliament.
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#OnThisDay, 15 Dec 1838, Caroline Norton uses a pen name to publish a pamphlet campaigning for the Infant Custody Bill.
Until the bill was passed, in 1839, divorced women had no custody rights over their children as they were seen as the father's property.
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#OnThisDay, 15 Dec 1838, Caroline Norton uses a pen name to publish a pamphlet campaigning for the Infant Custody Bill.
Until the bill was passed, in 1839, divorced women had no custody rights over their children as they were seen as the father's property.
#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #BritishHistory #Histodons
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The results of the UK GE1918 weren't announced until 28 Dec but #OnThisDay, 14 Dec 1918, Constance Markievicz becomes the first woman elected to the UK parliament.
#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #BritishHistory #VotesForWomen #IrishHistory #Histodons
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