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Lessons from the Past an oral history of Women in Lancashire




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This is a digital archive that currently contains fifty audio and visual interviews of women who were born in or around Preston during the 1910s, 20s, 30s, 40s, 50s and 60s. All of the women were asked questions about the following things:

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Look at the timeline to see what big events were happening during these years. This will help you to decide what to investigate!

1901 Death of Queen Victoria- Edward VII becomes king <br /> 1902 Education Act also known as the 'Balfour Act' <br /> 1903 The WSPU (Women's social and political Union) was founded in Manchester. <br /> 1904 Entente Cordiale established between Britain and France <br /> 1906-1914 The Naval race between Britain and Germany <br /> 1907 The formation of the Triple Entente <br /> 1913 The Prisoners (Temporary discharge for health) Act was introduced in Britain. <br /> It quickly became known as 'The Cat and Mouse Act'. <br /> 1913 The Mental Deficiency Act was introduced in England and Wales <br /> 1914 A third Home Rule Bill for Ireland passed by the British Government, <br /> but prevented from coming into operation by the outbreak of WW1 <br /> 1914 Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand <br /> 1914- WW1 begins <br /> 1914 Defence of the Realms Act was introduced in Britain <br /> 1915-1918 The British Home Front <br /> 1916 The Easter Uprising <br /> 1916 The Battle of the Somme <br /> 1917 The USA declared war on Germany <br /> 1918 End of World War One <br /> 1918 The 1918 Education Act also known as the Fisher <br /> act was introduced in England and Wales <br /> 1918 All women over the age of 30 were given the right <br /> to vote in the UK <br /> 1919 Sex Disqualification (Removal) Act was <br /> introduced in Britain <br /> 1919 The formation of the League of Nations <br /> 1919 The Treaty of Versailles is created 1920 The Partition of Ireland <br /> 1925 The boarders of the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland established <br /> 1927 Mental Deficiency (Amendment) Act was introduced in England and Wales <br /> 1928 All British women over the age of 21 are given the right to vote <br /> 1929 The local Government Act 1930 The Mental Treatment Act was introduced in England and Wales <br /> 1932 A special committee was established by the board of control to report on sterilisation <br /> 1936 The Republic of Ireland severs all constitutional links with Great Britain <br /> 1936 The German occupation of the Rhineland <br /> 1938 The Munich Conference <br /> 1938 Anschluss <br /> 1939 German occupation of Czechoslovakia <br /> 1939 German occupation of Poland <br /> 1939 Outbreak of WWII <br /> 1939-45 The British Home Front <br /> 1939 Evacuation is launched in Britain 1940 The evacuation of British troops from Dunkirk <br /> 1940 Food rationing begins in Britain <br /> 1940 The Battle of Britain <br /> 1940 The Blitz <br /> 1941 America enters into the Second World War <br /> 1944 Operation 'Market Garden' the invasion of Europe by the Allies <br /> 1944 The 1944 Education Act also known as the <br /> 'Butler Act' was introduced in Britain <br /> 1945 US Atomic bombing of Hiroshima & Nagasaki <br /> 1945 End of WWII <br /> 1946 Winston Churchill proposes the European Union <br /> 1946 The National Assistance Act introduced in Britain <br /> 1946 The National Health Service Act was introduced in England and Wales <br /> (A separate Act was introduced in Scotland). 1950 The Korean War <br /> 1953 Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II <br /> 1954 Rationing finally ends in Britain <br /> 1955 The birth of the Civil Rights Movement in the USA <br /> 1956 The Vietnam War <br /> 1956 The Suez Crisis 1961 The Contraceptive pill introduced in the UK for married women <br /> 1963 Assassination of the US President JFK <br /> 1965 The Assassination of Malcolm X <br /> 1967 The 1967 Abortion Act was introduced in Britain <br /> 1965 The 1964 Education Act <br /> 1968 The assassination of Martin Luther King 1976 The Domestic Violence Act 1981 Marriage of Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer <br /> 1982 Argentina invades the British Falkland Islands <br /> 1983 The 1983 Mental Health Act was introduced and replaced earlier acts