Women in the 1960s

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🗓️ 23 May 2019

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Virginia Nicholson talks about her new book How Was It For You?, which explores how some of the radical changes of the decade shaped the lives of women from different backgrounds. historyextra.com/podcasts Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:46.8	Nineteen sixty-one was the introduction of the pill, the contracepticil, and 1970 was the year that the women's liberation kicked off.
0:53.1	So that decade saw immense changes, and those two facts, the pill and women's lib.
0:57.2	Between those two, we've got a wealth of extraordinary experiences for women. That was Virginia Nicholson discussing women's lives in the
1:05.0	1960s. You're listening to the History Extra podcast from BBC History Magazine,
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1:32.4	In today's episode, you'll be hearing from the social historian and author, Virginia
1:36.1	Nicholson, whose new book explores women, sex, love and power in the 1960s.
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