Social History 20th century

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Social History 20th century How did women’s life change

Women 1900-1920 Women wore long hair Long dresses, hats, NO MAKE-UP! Clothes of rich people were very formal Girls had same rights as boys to education but secondary schooling cost money and some parents did not want to spend it on their daughters

University education opening up for women but few families could afford to send their daughters Poor girls worked before marriage but most middle class girls did not work outside the home. Most women stopped work when they married Women could vote for and be elected to local councils but could not vote for or be Members of Parliament

1909-1914: Women’s Franchise League campaigned for vote. 1918: women over 30 could vote. Markievicz elected as first woman MP in 1919. Markievicz first woman cabinet minister

Women 1920-1970 From 1920s skirts and hair were short. Make-up was common 1960s: free secondary education helped girls to catch up with boys. Most secondary schools were girls only and this reduced choice of subjects they could study From 1960s scholarships increased access for girls. Few studying science, medicine and law

Most women worked before marriage. Their wages were lower than men’s The marriage bar made it hard for women to get top jobs 1922: Irish Free State Constitution gave vote to women on equal terms with men 1928; women got the same in Northern Ireland

Very few women were elected to Dail Eireann or Northern Ireland parliament De Valera’s 1937 constitution said women’s place was in the home!!!!!

Women 1970-2000 Trousers, jeans and long hair common from the 1960s Clothes more casual More co-education schools widened the range of subjects that girls could choose Free fees let more girls in. Girls were able to train for a wider range of professions

1970s: Marriage bar ended; equal pay introduced 1970s: Marriage bar ended; equal pay introduced. Women had more opportunities to get to top but not many did 1970s: new women’s movement encouraged women to seek election 1979: Maire Geoghegan Quinn second woman cabinet minister 1990: Mary Robinson first woman president

But few women in Dail Eireann or in government 1997: Mary McAleese became Ireland’s second woman president

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