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    <pubDate>Mon, 19 Aug 2019 12:23:41 +0100</pubDate>
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    <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Sex Discrimination Act: Equality in name? Discussing discrimination and the impact of the Sex Discrimination Act 1975. What was the experience of discrimination in the professions? To what extent did things change following the passing of the Act?]]></itunes:summary>
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    <itunes:summary><![CDATA[My Lord becomes My Lady The 1960’s was a time of profound social change. The abolition of capital punishment, legalisation of homosexuality and abortion, the introduction of the contraceptive pill, and the Married Women’s Property Act affected women...]]></itunes:summary>
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    <itunes:title>The Fourth Decade: 1949 – 1959</itunes:title>
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    <itunes:summary><![CDATA[A Hostile Culture Join host Lucinda Acland and guests for a discussion of the 1950s, characterised by a post-war growing economy and technological advances. After the war, working women either returned to the home or were squeezed back into lower paid ...]]></itunes:summary>
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    <pubDate>Thu, 18 Apr 2019 10:37:20 +0100</pubDate>
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    <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Sitting in Judgment: Women Magistrates and Jurors Join host Lucinda Acland and guests for a discussion of the 1940s, the impact of World War Two in the perception of women in the world of work and for women in the legal profession,]]></itunes:summary>
    <description><![CDATA[Sitting in Judgment: Women Magistrates and Jurors Join host Lucinda Acland and guests for a discussion of the 1940s, the impact of World War Two in the perception of women in the world of work and for women in the legal profession,]]></description>
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    <itunes:summary><![CDATA[The ‘Firsts’: Gaining a Foothold Join host Lucinda Acland and guests for a discussion of the first few pioneering female lawyers, and their experiences during the early years of women being allowed to practice law.]]></itunes:summary>
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