History A-Level
Government policy and legal reform
What Government policy and legal reform means in History A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Government policy and legal reform
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Reference: Pearson Edexcel
The note cites the Equal Pay Act 1963 as stemming from earlier labour activism, and the women’s liberation movement’s later successes such as Title IX (1972) and Roe v. Wade (1973).
Topics that use Government policy and legal reform
- Society and culture in change, 1917–80 (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
Related terms
- Activism and the women’s liberation movement
- Cinema, popular music and radio
- Limits of media influence
- Social and cultural expectations of women
- Television
- Bracero Program
- Broadcast news
- Emergency Quota Act 1921
Using Government policy and legal reform in the exam
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