Equal Pay, Architecture and Concorde
Britain since 1945
The 1960s also brought change for women at work in Britain. Until then, an employer could reasonably expect a woman to leave her job as soon as she married. Parliament responded by giving women the legal right to equal pay and making it illegal for an employer to discriminate against a woman because of her gender.
The confidence of the decade showed in what got built and what got flown. New high-rise buildings went up in British towns and cities, built from concrete and steel in a style that felt modern for its time. In the air, Britain and France together developed Concorde, the world's only supersonic commercial airliner, a project the two countries took on together; the high-rise style, meanwhile, spread to towns and cities across the country.
What to remember
| What Parliament changed for women at work in the 1960s | the right to equal pay, and a ban on employers discriminating against women because of their gender Before this it was quite common for employers to ask women to leave their jobs when they married. |
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| The new architecture that became common in the 1960s | high-rise buildings, concrete and steel The decade was one of technological progress, and the buildings showed it. |
| Concorde | Britain and France The world's only supersonic commercial airliner. |
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