Six Point Group
The Six Point Group was a British
Aims
The six original specific aims were:
- Satisfactory legislation on child assault;
- Satisfactory legislation for the widowed mother;
- Satisfactory legislation for the unmarried mother and her child;
- Equal rights of guardianship for married parents;
- Equal pay for teachers
- Equal opportunities for men and women in the civil service.
These later evolved into six general points of equality for women: political, occupational, moral, social, economic and legal.
History
The group was founded by
The group campaigned on principles of strict equality between men and women. This 'old feminism' or 'equality feminism' was sometimes contrasted to the 'new feminism' or 'welfare feminism' of other women's groups of the period, such as the
Members included former militant suffragists - such as
From 1933, along with the Open Door Council, it spearheaded the movement for the right of married women to work.
It was responsible for establishing the Income Tax Reform Council and in 1938, the Married Women's Association.
During the
The group continued to have significant political influence in the post war period. It took part in the protests to have the Matrimonial Proceedings and Property Act changed to give married women more financial protection. Hazel Hunkins Hallinan took over as chair in 1950s, having joined the organisation in 1922.[6]
From 1967, the group played an active part in the co-ordination of other women's groups on a number of issues. Its secretary in the 1970s was Hazel Hunkins Hallinan.[2] From the late 1970s the group declined through its failure to recruit younger women. It went into abeyance in 1980, and was finally dissolved in 1983.
Archives
The archives of Six Point Group are held at
References
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- Six Point Group at The Women's Library archives in AIM25 . Accessed 2 June 2008
- "Archival material relating to Six Point Group". UK National Archives. Retrieved 2 June 2008.