We decided to choose the piece entitled
"Fuck Housework' for our presentation and initially wrote down all the
bullet points that we wanted to cover. These were then separated up into 4
categories so each of us to go away and fine-tune ready for us to present. I
took the section purely dedicated to setting the scene of our piece and
especially around the feminist movement I the 1970's.
"The 1970’s was a decade in the midst of a
second wave of feminism. It was a time of change for women with many issues finally
breaking out and being heard. The way women were treated was heading towards
equality more so than ever before with the Equal pay act 1970 being passed
in1975. One of the key events in history that pushed this forward was a strike
by the Ford sewing machinists in 1968. This story was adapted into a film in
2010 called made in Dagenham, from which I would like to show a small clip. The
clip features the main character Rita and her husband Eddie after Rita has
begun to lead the strike.
Like the equal pay act other things that we
take for granted today were beginning to fall into place such as the first
refuge centre for women being abused. This was set up in the 70s, later
becoming known as women’s aid. Further to this the first women’s liberation conference
took place in Britain in 1970 and the first issue of spare rip a feminist
magazine was published in 1972. All these things were coming together and as a
result it gave way for women to fight for what they deserved. Ultimately wanted
to mould and change views of women that had been previously seen to be
accepted."
Above is what I originally wrote to start the
presentation however upon feeding back all our scripts I need to make a few
changes. The edition of more important events such as abortion need to be added
however how can I justify what is important? However I understand what my group
meant and issues that effect a larger amount of people may be more important to
mention then the launch of a feminist magazine they affected less.
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