RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
A1 Hanzl, Milan
T1 Similar Expectations, Different Results. Education between 1945 and 1948 from the Perspective of the Female Members of the Czechoslovak and the British Parliaments
JF Historica Olomucensia
YR 2020
VO 58
IS 1
SP 185
OP 210
DO 10.5507/ho.2020.009
UL https://historica.upol.cz/artkey/hol-202001-0009.php
AB The female electorate in the parliaments of the Third Czechoslovak Republic and the 38th United Kingdom Parliament sought to create a fairer social system, including gender equality in everyday life. The members of the Czechoslovak and British parliaments placed a great importance on the education of the school population and on social problems in schools. The MPs of the two countries had similar expectations, such as equal status for female and male teachers, addressing of social problems in the school population, and the involvement of women in education, previously reserved for men only. A consistent argument for enforcing the requirements was the fact that men and women had fought and worked side by side during World War II. The disparate post-war developments in the two countries led to different outcomes. The escalating political developments in Czechoslovakia disrupted gender identity among the female members of parliament, and culminated with the Sovietization of the entire social system, specifically the education of the school population. The United Kingdom, on the other hand, continued to implement the social state.