History A-Level
Changes in family life and marriage
What Changes in family life and marriage means in History A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Changes in family life and marriage
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Reference: Pearson Edexcel
Changes through smaller families, rising divorce and more married women in paid work after 1945.
Topics that use Changes in family life and marriage
- Society in transition, 1918–79 (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
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