Community Cohesion

Changed Attitudes towards Women

Women done jobs normally done by men in the first and second world war
Development of equal rights - difficult to claim it wasn't needed
Women no longer treated as 2nd class citizens
Work of suffragettes gained equal voting and political rights
Equal pay act and sex discrimination act passed by labour government in 1960s/70s
Success of women councillors = women equal to men in this area
Developments in 1950s/60s = more women workers and women to provide second income for the home

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