Ladies Can't Climb Ladders: Early Adventures of Working Women, the Professional Life and the Glass Ceiling

It is a myth that either of the World Wars liberated women.

The Sex Disqualification (Removal) Act of 1919 was one of the most significant pieces of legislation in modern Britain. it marked at once political watershed and a social revolution; the point at which women of 21 and over were recognised in law as being as competent as men. But were they? What actually happened when this bill was passed? This is the story of what happened next.

The Professional Woman focuses on the lives of six wo...