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Women’s Lib – hostility to equality in the 1970s

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Women’s Lib burst on to the scene in the 1970s but the fight for sexual equality was fierce as Tony McMahon discovers

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Mary Whitehouse versus Rambo hunks

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Here is Mary Whitehouse in 1985 arguing against the movie director Michael Winner and a group of hunks dressed as the cinematic hero Rambo

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Thatcher was not a feminist

The 70s 80s 90s Blog10 years ago11 months ago09 mins

In recent years, Thatcher has been lauded as a feminist icon – an idea that would have been laughed at in the 1980s

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The last years of the Greater London Council and the battle with Thatcher

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The last years of the Greater London Council and the battle with Thatcher

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Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark – and an 80s womens group

The 70s 80s 90s Blog11 years ago12 months ago02 mins

Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark – and an 80s womens group at Liverpool University

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