History A-Level
Gender Roles
What Gender Roles means in History A-Level, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Gender Roles
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Reference: AQA
Despite some women entering the workforce, societal expectations largely confined them to domestic roles as housewives, reinforced by the consumer goods designed to ease domestic labour.
Topics that use Gender Roles
- 2M Wars and Welfare: Britain in Transition, 1906–1957 – 'Never had it so good'? 1951–1957 (A-level only) (AQA A-Level)
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