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15 June 1928: A new Book of Common Prayer, on which the...
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15 June 1928
A new Book of Common Prayer, on which the Church of England
had been working for years and which among other details deleted the word obey from women's marriage vows, was rejected by Parliament
.
27 October 1931: Irene Ward (later Dame Irene) was elected...
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27 October 1931
Irene Ward
(later Dame Irene) was elected for the Conservatives
to the British Parliament
, where she remained for thirty-eight of the next forty-two years, making her the longest-serving woman MP.
12 April 1938: Physician Edith Summerskill was elected to...
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12 April 1938
31 August 1939: The British Government issued an evacuation...
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31 August 1939
The British Government
issued an evacuation notice to be carried out within twenty-four hours; within three days, in fact, a million and a half children, pregnant women, and the blind were moved from their urban...
1 September 1939: As a result of the Emergency Powers Act (passed...
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1 September 1939
As a result of the Emergency Powers Act (passed on August 24), the British Government
enforced a blackout order: all windows were required to be papered, painted, or otherwise sealed against light, so as not...
29 September 1939: The British Government began implementing...
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29 September 1939
The British Government
began implementing its wartime National Registration
programme, and identity cards were issued as proof of citizenship.
1 December 1941: The British Government introduced a point...
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1 December 1941
The British Government
introduced a point scheme to complement rations.
9 December 1941: The National Service Act came before parliament....
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9 December 1941
The National Service Act came before parliament. Through it the British Government
instituted conscription for women aged twenty to thirty, making them liable for military service, and lowered the conscription age for men to eighteen.
1945: The Royal Society decided to open its membership...
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1945
The Royal Society
decided to open its membership to women, and admitted crystallographer Kathleen Lonsdale
(a pacifist during World War II) as its first female Fellow.
July 1945: Journalist Barbara Castle was elected a Labour...
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July 1945
Journalist Barbara Castle
was elected a Labour
member of the British Parliament
, where she served for thirty-four years.
9 March 1949: A National Theatre Act was passed by the...
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9 March 1949
A National Theatre
Act was passed by the British Parliament
, which allowed the Treasury
to contribute towards national theatre costs.
June 1957: Parliament passed a new Rent Act that deregulated...
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June 1957
Parliament
passed a new Rent Act that deregulated the amount a landlord could charge for rent; this had serious consequences for people living in cheap rented housing.
8 October 1959: Judith Hart, Labour candidate and founding...
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8 October 1959
Judith Hart
, Labour candidate and founding member of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament
, was elected to Parliament
for Lanarkshire.
1969: The Irish Bernadette Devlin, aged twenty-one,...
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1969
The Irish Bernadette Devlin
, aged twenty-one, became one of the British Parliament
's youngest-ever elected members.
1970: Parliament passed the Industrial Relations...
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1970
Parliament
passed the Industrial Relations Bill; the Women's Liberation Movement demonstrated against it on the grounds that it was damaging to women.
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