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Why did women in Britain gain more independence in the 1960’s and 1970’s
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Why did women in Britain gain more independence in the 1960's and 1970's? At the end of the 1950's women still had many disadvantages to men in almost all areas of life, and they were not equal. The man was still seen as the main earner for the family. Although after the Second World War progress had been made in employment and women were able to get jobs, they were very much secondary to men. At the beginning of the 1960's there was a huge boom in popular culture which was accounted for by the huge amount of young people as a product of the 'baby boom'. Businesses were thriving as they were beginning to cash in on the huge teenage market. There was new teenage music and clothing and along with them came new ideas. The 'hit parade' was the introduced and teen icons emerged as symbols of rebellion like...
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