{"id":13865,"date":"2024-11-29T11:12:35","date_gmt":"2024-11-29T11:12:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/follow-the-things.onyx-sites.io\/?p=13865"},"modified":"2026-03-05T16:26:55","modified_gmt":"2026-03-05T16:26:55","slug":"made-in-dagenham","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/followthethings.com\/?p=13865","title":{"rendered":"Made in Dagenham"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Made in Dagenham | Official Trailer HD (2010)\" width=\"980\" height=\"551\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/UHvz5kBkD0U?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-not-stacked-on-mobile has-small-font-size is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:7.99%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized has-custom-border wp-duotone-unset-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/follow-the-things.onyx-sites.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/ftt-ladybird-geoblogs.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-135\" style=\"border-radius:100px;object-fit:cover;width:43px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:92.01%\">\n<p class=\"has-normal-font-size\"><strong>followthethings.com<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/follow-the-things.onyx-sites.io\/?page_id=329\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"329\">Home &amp; Auto<\/a><br><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons has-custom-font-size is-horizontal is-content-justification-left is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-bc275726 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\" style=\"font-size:10px\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--2\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-cyan-bluish-gray-color has-white-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color has-custom-font-size wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/follow-the-things.onyx-sites.io\/?tag=2010\" style=\"border-radius:5px;font-size:12px\">2010<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--3\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-white-color has-black-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color has-custom-font-size wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/follow-the-things.onyx-sites.io\/?tag=ford\" style=\"border-radius:5px;font-size:12px\">FORD<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--4\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-white-color has-vivid-red-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color has-custom-font-size wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/follow-the-things.onyx-sites.io\/?tag=car-seat\" style=\"border-radius:5px;font-size:12px\">CAR SEAT<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--5\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-black-color has-white-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color has-custom-font-size wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/follow-the-things.onyx-sites.io\/?tag=origin-uk\" style=\"border-radius:5px;font-size:12px\">MADE IN THE UK<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--6\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-black-color has-white-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color has-custom-font-size wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/follow-the-things.onyx-sites.io\/?tag=destination-uk\" style=\"border-radius:5px;font-size:12px\">INSTALLED IN THE UK<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--7\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-white-color has-vivid-purple-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color has-custom-font-size wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/follow-the-things.onyx-sites.io\/?tag=docu-drama\" style=\"border-radius:5px;font-size:12px\">DOCU-DRAMA<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--8\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-white-color has-luminous-vivid-orange-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color has-custom-font-size wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/follow-the-things.onyx-sites.io\/?tag=show-whats-possible\" style=\"border-radius:5px;font-size:12px\">SHOW WHAT&#8217;S POSSIBLE<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--9\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-white-color has-luminous-vivid-orange-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color has-custom-font-size wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/follow-the-things.onyx-sites.io\/?tag=reach-new-audiences\" style=\"border-radius:5px;font-size:12px\">REACH NEW AUDIENCES<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--10\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-vivid-red-color has-white-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color has-custom-font-size wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/follow-the-things.onyx-sites.io\/?tag=know-your-history\" style=\"border-radius:5px;font-size:12px\">KNOW YOUR HISTORY<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--11\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-vivid-red-color has-white-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color has-custom-font-size wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/follow-the-things.onyx-sites.io\/?tag=find-give-inspiration\" style=\"border-radius:5px;font-size:12px\">FIND &amp; GIVE INSPIRATION<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--12\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-vivid-red-color has-white-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color has-custom-font-size wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/follow-the-things.onyx-sites.io\/?tag=humanise-workers\" style=\"border-radius:5px;font-size:12px\">HUMANISE WORKERS<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--13\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-vivid-red-color has-white-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color has-custom-font-size wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/follow-the-things.onyx-sites.io\/?tag=find-a-character\" style=\"border-radius:5px;font-size:12px\">FIND SOME CHARACTERS<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--14\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-vivid-red-color has-white-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color has-custom-font-size wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/follow-the-things.onyx-sites.io\/?tag=create-a-character\" style=\"border-radius:5px;font-size:12px\">CREATE SOME CHARACTERS<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--15\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-vivid-red-color has-white-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color has-custom-font-size wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/follow-the-things.onyx-sites.io\/?tag=tell-a-story\" style=\"border-radius:5px;font-size:12px\">TELL A STORY<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--16\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-vivid-red-color has-white-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color has-custom-font-size wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/follow-the-things.onyx-sites.io\/?tag=ENCOURAGE-FEMINIST-SOLIDARITIES\" style=\"border-radius:5px;font-size:12px\">SHOW FEMINIST SOLIDARITIES<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--17\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-vivid-red-color has-white-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color has-custom-font-size wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/follow-the-things.onyx-sites.io\/?tag=include-emotion\" style=\"border-radius:5px;font-size:12px\">INCLUDE EMOTION<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--18\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-vivid-red-color has-white-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color has-custom-font-size wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/follow-the-things.onyx-sites.io\/?tag=let-the-tears-flow\" style=\"border-radius:5px;font-size:12px\">LET THE TEARS FLOW<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--19\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-vivid-red-color has-white-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color has-custom-font-size wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/follow-the-things.onyx-sites.io\/?tag=encourage-empathy\" style=\"border-radius:5px;font-size:12px\">ENCOURAGE EMPATHY<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--20\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-vivid-red-color has-white-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color has-custom-font-size wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/follow-the-things.onyx-sites.io\/?tag=find-the-love\" style=\"border-radius:5px;font-size:12px\">FIND THE LOVE<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--21\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-vivid-red-color has-white-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color has-custom-font-size wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/follow-the-things.onyx-sites.io\/?tag=make-it-funny\" style=\"border-radius:5px;font-size:12px\">MAKE IT FUNNY<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--22\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-vivid-red-color has-white-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color has-custom-font-size wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/follow-the-things.onyx-sites.io\/?tag=make-the-hidden-visible\" style=\"border-radius:5px;font-size:12px\">MAKE THE HIDDEN VISIBLE<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--23\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-vivid-red-color has-white-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color has-custom-font-size wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/follow-the-things.onyx-sites.io\/?tag=SHOW-BAD-AND-GOOD\" style=\"border-radius:5px;font-size:12px\">SHOW BAD &amp; GOOD<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--24\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-vivid-red-color has-white-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color has-custom-font-size wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/follow-the-things.onyx-sites.io\/?tag=find-the-unions\" style=\"border-radius:5px;font-size:12px\">FIND THE UNIONS<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--25\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-vivid-red-color has-white-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color has-custom-font-size wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/follow-the-things.onyx-sites.io\/?tag=bring-managers-into-view\" style=\"border-radius:5px;font-size:12px\">BRING MANAGERS INTO VIEW<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--26\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-vivid-red-color has-white-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color has-custom-font-size wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/follow-the-things.onyx-sites.io\/?tag=BRING-POLITICIANS-INTO-VIEW\" style=\"border-radius:5px;font-size:12px\">BRING POLITICIANS INTO VIEW<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--27\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-vivid-red-color has-white-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color has-custom-font-size wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/follow-the-things.onyx-sites.io\/?tag=show-how-to-win\" style=\"border-radius:5px;font-size:12px\">SHOW HOW TO WIN<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--28\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-vivid-red-color has-white-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color has-custom-font-size wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/follow-the-things.onyx-sites.io\/?tag=end-happy\" style=\"border-radius:5px;font-size:12px\">END HAPPY<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-background\" style=\"background-color:#f6f0ec\">&#8220;<strong>Made In Dagenham<\/strong>&#8220;<br>A docu-drama directed by Nigel Cole and produced by Stephen Wooley &amp; Elizabeth Karlsen for HanWay Films &amp; Lipsync Productions.<br>Trailer embedded above. Available to watch in full on Box of Broadcasts (with institutional login) <a href=\"https:\/\/learningonscreen.ac.uk\/ondemand\/index.php\/prog\/02FE1EF0?bcast=133574444\">here<\/a>. Search online for streaming options <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=stream+%22made+in+dagenham%22&amp;client=firefox-b-d&amp;sca_esv=a30db985f4ecea9c&amp;ei=6qNJZ9r-KemehbIPhPm8oAg&amp;ved=0ahUKEwjam6_LtoGKAxVpT0EAHYQ8D4QQ4dUDCA8&amp;uact=5&amp;oq=stream+%22made+in+dagenham%22&amp;gs_lp=Egxnd3Mtd2l6LXNlcnAiGXN0cmVhbSAibWFkZSBpbiBkYWdlbmhhbSIyCBAAGAcYCBgeMgYQABgFGB4yCxAAGIAEGIYDGIoFMggQABiABBiiBDIIEAAYgAQYogQyCBAAGKIEGIkFSNETUJwHWPQNcAJ4AZABAJgBUqABpAOqAQE2uAEDyAEA-AEBmAIHoALzAsICChAAGLADGNYEGEfCAgYQABgHGB7CAggQABgHGAoYHsICCBAAGAUYBxgemAMAiAYBkAYHkgcBN6AHmSg&amp;sclient=gws-wiz-serp\">here<\/a>.<br><br>In 1968, a group of 187 women sewing car seat covers at a Ford factory in the UK go on strike for equal pay. The work they do isn&#8217;t considered by the company to be &#8216;skilled&#8217;. So they get paid less than their officially &#8216;skilled&#8217; male colleagues doing the same kind of work. Their strike action leads to the passing of equal pay legislation in the UK and overseas. In 2003, film producer Stephen Woolley is in his car listening to a radio show called The Reunion. It brings together people who lived through important historical events to talk about them. The episode that&#8217;s on brings together the women involved in this strike action forty years after it took place. Now in their 70s and 80s, he finds the way that they tell their story irreverent, hilarious, colourful and inspiring. He laughs his head off and is hooked. He&#8217;s never heard this story before. And they&#8217;re such characters! He wants to make a film about their struggle. But is it possible to make a mainstream movie that celebrates women&#8217;s involvement in successful strike action and legislative change? Despite a lack of industry interest in funding a movie about such serious topics, the answer is yes. The timing is right in the wake of the 2008 banking crisis and with the UK&#8217;s new Equality Act passing into law. The filmmaking team meets and interview the women, and create a central character who sums up the spirit of them all. <em>Made in Dagenham<\/em> is a hit. It brings an important turning point in the UK&#8217;s labour rights history to public attention. Audiences are moved to tears. This strike &#8216;was the spark that lit a flame that burns to this day&#8217; says one commentator. Another calls it &#8216;a political movie that&#8217;s full on fun&#8217;. Some complain that it waters down the politics and overemphasises the fun. But it inspires some women who watch it to make their own claims for equal pay. There&#8217;s still along way to go on this issue. The strikers appear in the film&#8217;s credits. The fact that it&#8217;s based on real events is very clear. But what can a docu-drama do that a documentary cannot? For one thing, it has unhindered &#8216;access&#8217; to all of the people involved in the story. In real life, some may refuse to take part.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Page reference: Sarah Brown, Izzy Brunswick, Julia Nientiedt, Alistair Wheeler, Camilla Windham &amp; Becky Woolford (2013) <em>Made in Dagenham<\/em>. followthethings.com\/made-in-dagenham.shtml (last accessed &lt;insert date here&gt;)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Estimated reading time: 40 minutes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>60 comments<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:100%\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>Descriptions<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-not-stacked-on-mobile has-small-font-size is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:7.99%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized has-custom-border wp-duotone-dark-grayscale\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"868\" height=\"872\" src=\"https:\/\/follow-the-things.onyx-sites.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-99\" style=\"border-radius:100px;object-fit:cover;width:43px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04.png 868w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-768x772.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 868px) 100vw, 868px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:92.01%\">\n<p>It was the hot summer of 1968 &#8211; and in the upholstery room at Dagenham tempers were rising. The women sewing machinists, stitching seat covers for Ford&#8217;s flash Zephyrs and Consuls, had discovered their \u00a318-a-week wage was way below the minimum that any of the plant&#8217;s 55,000 men was earning. It was even 15 per cent less than the men working alongside them doing exactly the same job. They were furious. Not just because their pay was lower, but because of the horrendous conditions they had to endure. Their workshed was a converted aircraft hangar with a corrugated roof. Rain and gales blew in during winter and it was stiflingly hot in summer. There was always the risk of a dead pigeon dropping on the table. And the work itself was tough. The sewing machines were industrial-size and difficult to control &#8211; and today the women nearly all have arthritis in their hands (Source: Ellam &amp; Lee-Potter 2010, p.32).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-not-stacked-on-mobile has-small-font-size is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:7.99%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized has-custom-border wp-duotone-blue-red\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"868\" height=\"872\" src=\"https:\/\/follow-the-things.onyx-sites.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-99\" style=\"border-radius:100px;object-fit:cover;width:43px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04.png 868w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-768x772.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 868px) 100vw, 868px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:92.01%\">\n<p><em>Made in Dagenham<\/em> is based on a true story, about an apolitical group of 187 women workers at Ford`s Dagenham plant who in 1968 went on strike for their work as sewing machinists to be graded as \u2018skilled\u2018 (Source: Gritten 2010 np <a href=\"http:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/culture\/film\/filmmakersonfilm\/8007335\/Made-in-Dagenham-interview-with-producers-Stephen-Woolley-and-Elizabeth-Karlsen.html\">link<\/a>).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-not-stacked-on-mobile has-small-font-size is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:7.99%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized has-custom-border wp-duotone-blue-orange\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"868\" height=\"872\" src=\"https:\/\/follow-the-things.onyx-sites.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-99\" style=\"border-radius:100px;object-fit:cover;width:43px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04.png 868w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-768x772.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 868px) 100vw, 868px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:92.01%\">\n<p>Picking up the yarn at the very dawn of the labour battle, [director Nigel] Cole shows a group of women sewing car-seat upholstery. They chatter, they joke, they work extremely hard, but there&#8217;s something missing in their daily lives, and it&#8217;s the simple respect they deserve for doing their jobs well. A young mother decides it&#8217;s time for a change. And just by articulating her desire for better working conditions and remuneration, she becomes an accidental activist (Source: Monk 2010 p.D3).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-not-stacked-on-mobile has-small-font-size is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:7.99%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized has-custom-border wp-duotone-purple-yellow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"868\" height=\"872\" src=\"https:\/\/follow-the-things.onyx-sites.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-99\" style=\"border-radius:100px;object-fit:cover;width:43px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04.png 868w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-768x772.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 868px) 100vw, 868px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:92.01%\">\n<p>In 1967, Ford motor factory in Dagenham employed 55,000 workers &#8211; 187 of them women. It&#8217;s these women, led by the ever-excellent Sally Hawkins, who become the miniskirted trouble makers as, stirred up by their lovable old union rep (Bob Hoskins does his cuddly Bob Hoskins thing) they go on strike demanding equal pay (Source: Anon 2011a p.26).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details has-small-font-size is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\"><summary>+8 comments<\/summary>\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-not-stacked-on-mobile has-small-font-size is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:7.99%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized has-custom-border wp-duotone-grayscale\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"868\" height=\"872\" src=\"https:\/\/follow-the-things.onyx-sites.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-99\" style=\"border-radius:100px;object-fit:cover;width:43px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04.png 868w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-768x772.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 868px) 100vw, 868px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:92.01%\">\n<p>&#8230; the dispute starts over grading but only becomes about equal pay when the women find out that the reason they are wrongly graded as \u2018unskilled\u2019 is because they are women (Source: Prasad 2010 np <a href=\"http:\/\/www.socialistworker.co.uk\/art.php?id=22457\">link<\/a>).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-not-stacked-on-mobile has-small-font-size is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:7.99%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized has-custom-border wp-duotone-blue-red\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"868\" height=\"872\" src=\"https:\/\/follow-the-things.onyx-sites.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-99\" style=\"border-radius:100px;object-fit:cover;width:43px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04.png 868w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-768x772.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 868px) 100vw, 868px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:92.01%\">\n<p>Based, but not slavishly, on a true story, this amenable Brit flick by the director of Calendar Girls follows the female machinists at the Ford car plant in the East London suburb of Dagenham, whose strike action &#8211; then almost unheard of among women &#8211; leads to the introduction of the Equal Pay Act 1970. Led by the idealistic Rita (Sally Hawkins), the group must contend with two brands of machismo: the besuited arrogance of the Ford bosses and the superficially sympathetic, but often just as chauvinistic, attitudes of the trade union reps (Source: Potton 2011 p.13).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-not-stacked-on-mobile has-small-font-size is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:7.99%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized has-custom-border wp-duotone-blue-orange\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"868\" height=\"872\" src=\"https:\/\/follow-the-things.onyx-sites.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-99\" style=\"border-radius:100px;object-fit:cover;width:43px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04.png 868w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-768x772.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 868px) 100vw, 868px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:92.01%\">\n<p>I will take this opportunity to reveal a sigh of relief that movies like this are still being made. Despite its awkward title (I\u2019m assuming there is a point to it), this one goes right to the top of the pile for me. &#8230; Set against the backdrop of the 1960s, Made in Dagenham is based on a true story about a group of spirited women who joined forces, took a stand for what was right, and in doing so, found their own inner strength. Although far from the Swinging Sixties of Carnaby Street, life for the women of Dagenham, England is tinged with the sounds and sights of the optimistic era, heard on their radios and seen on their TV sets. &nbsp;Rita O\u2019Grady (Sally Hawkins) reflects that upbeat era, along with her friends and co-workers at the city\u2019s Ford Motor Factory &#8211; Sandra (Jamie Winstone), Eileen (Nicola Duffett), Brenda (Andrea Riseborough), Monica (Lorraine Stanley) and Connie (Geraldine James) &#8211; who laugh in the face of their poor conditions. Lisa (Rosamund Pike) is a fiercely intelligent Cambridge-educated woman who feels a bit trapped, tending to the home with a husband that suggests she keep her opinions to herself. She may not live in the same world as the other women, but she shares their views. No one thought the revolution would come to Dagenham, until one day, it did. Rita, who primarily sees herself as a wife and mother, is coerced into attending a meeting with shop steward Connie, sympathetic union representative Albert (Bob Hoskins) and Peter Hopkins (Rupert Graves), Ford\u2019s Head of Industrial Relations. What she expects to be simply a day out of work, complete with a free lunch, turns into much more when she and her colleagues become outraged by the lack of respect shown in the meeting to the women employees. With humor, common sense and courage Rita and the other women take on their bosses, an increasingly belligerent local community, and finally the government, as their intelligence and unpredictability proves to be a match for any of their male opponents. &nbsp;Daring to stand up and push boundaries, the women changed a system that no one wanted to admit was broken (Source: Stone 2010, np).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-not-stacked-on-mobile has-small-font-size is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:7.99%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized has-custom-border wp-duotone-blue-orange\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"868\" height=\"872\" src=\"https:\/\/follow-the-things.onyx-sites.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-99\" style=\"border-radius:100px;object-fit:cover;width:43px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04.png 868w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-768x772.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 868px) 100vw, 868px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:92.01%\">\n<p>[<em>Made in Dagenham<\/em>] follows the women as they brought car production at the bedrock of UK car manufacture to a halt, prompted the lay-off of thousands of workers and was only solved with the intervention of then secretary of state, Barbara Castle (Source: Heald &amp; McClatchey 2010 np <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/magazine-11420445\">link<\/a>).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-not-stacked-on-mobile has-small-font-size is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:7.99%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized has-custom-border wp-duotone-grayscale\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"868\" height=\"872\" src=\"https:\/\/follow-the-things.onyx-sites.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-99\" style=\"border-radius:100px;object-fit:cover;width:43px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04.png 868w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-768x772.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 868px) 100vw, 868px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:92.01%\">\n<p>What captivated me is how sublime Hawkins\u2019 performance is and how beautifully director Nigel Cole captures the small details of how not just the Ford executives but also the union chiefs, wanted to do the women down. Kenneth Cranham is good as a union big shot, but it s Bob Hoskins who becomes the women s union ally and who is able to articulate best how women deserve the same in their wage packet as men. The movie explores class as much as it does gender and social issues, and Cole is blessed with one of the most astutely observed performances from Hawkins (Source: Bamigboye 2010, np).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-not-stacked-on-mobile has-small-font-size is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:7.99%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized has-custom-border wp-duotone-purple-yellow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"868\" height=\"872\" src=\"https:\/\/follow-the-things.onyx-sites.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-99\" style=\"border-radius:100px;object-fit:cover;width:43px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04.png 868w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-768x772.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 868px) 100vw, 868px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:92.01%\">\n<p>Hawkins, in a luminescent performance, plays [Rita] as feisty but also afraid of the speed with which she is breaking through barriers that have previously constrained her. Having grown up in a world where authority and the status quo were accepted unquestioningly, she finds herself not only speaking to her industry bosses as though they were equals, but also &#8211; and this appears to shock her more &#8211; leaving her husband and children to fend for themselves while she is out pursuing equal pay (Source: Allott 2010, np).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-not-stacked-on-mobile has-small-font-size is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:7.99%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized has-custom-border wp-duotone-grayscale\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"868\" height=\"872\" src=\"https:\/\/follow-the-things.onyx-sites.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-99\" style=\"border-radius:100px;object-fit:cover;width:43px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04.png 868w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-768x772.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 868px) 100vw, 868px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:92.01%\">\n<p>For the men in Dagenham in 1968 this sense that their role in the family was threatened was exacerbated by the fact that within days the women&#8217;s strike had closed the factory, putting entire families out of work and bringing them to the breadline. Ivory wrote several scenes in which Rita has to deal with being the personal focus for the anger this engenders, but Eddie [Rita\u2019s husband] bears the brunt of it, too. &#8230; at the Mildmay Club &#8211; which was also serving as a pub in Dagenham &#8211; I observed the filming of a three-minute scene in which Eddie and a mate who had also been laid off watch Rita on the television news. Pride at his wife&#8217;s achievement (&#8216;You gotta smart woman there, Eddie&#8217;), humiliation at having to leave the pub early to collect his children from school and dismay at being attacked by an older man who &#8216;can&#8217;t afford this bastard strike&#8217; chase across [his] face in quick succession (Source: Allott 2010, np).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-not-stacked-on-mobile has-small-font-size is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:7.99%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized has-custom-border wp-duotone-blue-orange\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"868\" height=\"872\" src=\"https:\/\/follow-the-things.onyx-sites.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-99\" style=\"border-radius:100px;object-fit:cover;width:43px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04.png 868w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-768x772.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 868px) 100vw, 868px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:92.01%\">\n<p>Karen Durbin, the film critic for the US edition of Elle, has predicted that American women will love the film. \u2018Nigel Cole [the director] has pulled off something we seldom do well in the States, a political movie that&#8217;s touching and a lot of fun but doesn&#8217;t sugar-coat the facts,\u2019 she wrote in a recent feature. \u2018The whole cast is good, but for me the standouts are Sally Hawkins&#8217;s lovely, low-key turn as the impromptu leader of the walk-out and Miranda Richardson&#8217;s wily, hard-ass Barbara Castle\u2019 (Source: Thorpe 2010, p.3 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/film\/2010\/jul\/25\/sally-hawkins-made-in-dagenham\">link<\/a>).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:41px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:100%\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>Inspiration \/ Technique \/ Process \/ Methodology<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-not-stacked-on-mobile has-small-font-size is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:7.99%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized has-custom-border wp-duotone-blue-orange\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"868\" height=\"872\" src=\"https:\/\/follow-the-things.onyx-sites.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-99\" style=\"border-radius:100px;object-fit:cover;width:43px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04.png 868w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-768x772.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 868px) 100vw, 868px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:92.01%\">\n<p>At a recent London Feminist Network screening of the film, the film\u2019s producers Wooley and Karlsen claim that the original idea for the film was first developed over four years ago. However, they explain that the film was unsuccessful in gaining funding at this time because there appeared to be very little interest in feminism or on issues relating to equal pay (Source: Allan 2010 np <a href=\"http:\/\/www.genderandeducation.com\/issues\/made-in-dagenham\/\">link<\/a>).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-not-stacked-on-mobile has-small-font-size is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:7.99%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized has-custom-border wp-duotone-grayscale\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"868\" height=\"872\" src=\"https:\/\/follow-the-things.onyx-sites.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-99\" style=\"border-radius:100px;object-fit:cover;width:43px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04.png 868w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-768x772.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 868px) 100vw, 868px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:92.01%\">\n<p>[Producer Stephen Woolley] says the idea for the film came about when he was driving home from work, turned on the radio and found himself in the company of the 1968 Ford Dagenham women strikers. He listened in fits of laughter as the ladies recounted the tale of their accidental stumble into the world of politics and feminism (Source: Moss 2010 np <a href=\"http:\/\/www.romfordrecorder.co.uk\/what-s-on\/cinema\/strikers_tale_had_me_in_fits_1_655982\">link<\/a>).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-not-stacked-on-mobile has-small-font-size is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:7.99%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized has-custom-border wp-duotone-purple-yellow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"868\" height=\"872\" src=\"https:\/\/follow-the-things.onyx-sites.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-99\" style=\"border-radius:100px;object-fit:cover;width:43px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04.png 868w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-768x772.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 868px) 100vw, 868px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:92.01%\">\n<p>The film was inspired by an edition of the Radio 4 programme The Reunion [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/radio4\/history\/reunion\/reunion7.shtm\">link<\/a>] that brought the machinists back together after 40 years. \u2018I was fascinated by their story, and what struck me in particular was how innocent and unpoliticised they were,\u2019 said Woolley. \u2018All they wanted was a fair deal. It was common sense rather than any kind of axe to grind\u2019 (Source: Thorpe 2010, p.3 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/film\/2010\/jul\/25\/sally-hawkins-made-in-dagenham\">link<\/a>).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-not-stacked-on-mobile has-small-font-size is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:7.99%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized has-custom-border wp-duotone-grayscale\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"868\" height=\"872\" src=\"https:\/\/follow-the-things.onyx-sites.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-99\" style=\"border-radius:100px;object-fit:cover;width:43px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04.png 868w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-768x772.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 868px) 100vw, 868px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:92.01%\">\n<p>The voices of these women on the radio were so colourful and full of humour. I couldn\u2019t get out of the car because of these voices. They reminded me of my working-class aunts in north London, who helped bring me up. But also, this was a story I knew nothing about (Source: Woolley in Lawrence 2010 np <a href=\"http:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/culture\/film\/starsandstories\/8008918\/Sally-Hawkins-interview-on-Made-in-Dagenham.htm\">link<\/a>).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details has-small-font-size is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\"><summary>+12 comments<\/summary>\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-not-stacked-on-mobile has-small-font-size is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:7.99%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized has-custom-border wp-duotone-purple-green\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"868\" height=\"872\" src=\"https:\/\/follow-the-things.onyx-sites.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-99\" style=\"border-radius:100px;object-fit:cover;width:43px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04.png 868w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-768x772.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 868px) 100vw, 868px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:92.01%\">\n<p>Stephen Woolley\u2026 was struck by the vivacity of the voices of the women and their infectious sense of humour about the struggle they had fought.&nbsp;Their wit and candour reminded him of the older women in his own family and he was inspired to take the project to&nbsp;producing partner Elizabeth the co-founder of Number 9 Films \u2026 [Producer] Nigel [Cole], like Stephen and Elizabeth, wanted to celebrate the irreverence and excitement of these women.&nbsp; All three felt it was time their story was celebrated (Source: Breen 2010 np <a href=\"http:\/\/www.heyuguys.co.uk\/2010\/09\/29\/made-in-dagenham-interviews\/\">link<\/a>).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-not-stacked-on-mobile has-small-font-size is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:7.99%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized has-custom-border wp-duotone-midnight\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"868\" height=\"872\" src=\"https:\/\/follow-the-things.onyx-sites.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-99\" style=\"border-radius:100px;object-fit:cover;width:43px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04.png 868w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-768x772.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 868px) 100vw, 868px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:92.01%\">\n<p>We went to the people who put the radio documentary out and, by paying them a little bit of money, we got their contacts and went to the real women that were around that wanted to speak to us and we started to speak to them about the stories and went a little bit deeper into the whole history of it and then began to fashion a script (Source: Wooley nd np <a href=\"http:\/\/www.filmeducation.org\/madeindagenham\/stephen_wooley_transcript.html\">link<\/a>).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-not-stacked-on-mobile has-small-font-size is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:7.99%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized has-custom-border wp-duotone-dark-grayscale\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"868\" height=\"872\" src=\"https:\/\/follow-the-things.onyx-sites.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-99\" style=\"border-radius:100px;object-fit:cover;width:43px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04.png 868w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-768x772.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 868px) 100vw, 868px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:92.01%\">\n<p>Having heard The Reunion, Woolley approached the screenwriter William Ivory, whose 2005 television drama Faith told the story of two sisters (more strong women) caught up in the miners&#8217; strike of 1984. Ivory had heard [The Reunion] programme, too, and spotted the story&#8217;s potential. Together they went to Essex, where some of the erstwhile machinists are still living and in regular touch with one another. &#8216;That was about five years ago and they were most of them in their seventies,&#8217; Ivory says. &#8216;There is something about age which seems to accelerate the extent to which you can make connections and we got on really well.&#8217; There were stories of &#8216;Effing Eileen&#8217;, who kept dogs, ducks and monkeys and swore so much she wasn&#8217;t allowed to join the delegation that met Barbara Castle; &#8216;Ginger Lil&#8217;, who organised the women on to coaches to protest, and Rose Boland, a key figure in the machinists&#8217; strike, remembered by her peers as &#8216;a right cow&#8217;. Both men returned from that visit adamant that they did not want to make an agit-prop film. &#8216;Rita wasn&#8217;t politicised,&#8217; Woolley says, slipping between real and fictional characters. &#8216;In her own mind she wasn&#8217;t standing shoulder to shoulder with the students in Paris or the revolutionaries in Prague. She was simply doing something to right a wrong (Source: Allott 2010, np).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-not-stacked-on-mobile has-small-font-size is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:7.99%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized has-custom-border wp-duotone-blue-red\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"868\" height=\"872\" src=\"https:\/\/follow-the-things.onyx-sites.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-99\" style=\"border-radius:100px;object-fit:cover;width:43px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04.png 868w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-768x772.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 868px) 100vw, 868px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:92.01%\">\n<p>&#8230;director, Nigel Cole&#8230; was attracted to the project as soon as Woolley approached him. &#8216;When I got the script it felt timely: the news headlines were full of the banking crisis and the credit crunch and it felt like we were going back to a period of industrial unrest and having to fight for our rights,&#8217; he says (Source: Allott 2010, np).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-not-stacked-on-mobile has-small-font-size is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:7.99%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized has-custom-border wp-duotone-blue-orange\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"868\" height=\"872\" src=\"https:\/\/follow-the-things.onyx-sites.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-99\" style=\"border-radius:100px;object-fit:cover;width:43px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04.png 868w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-768x772.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 868px) 100vw, 868px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:92.01%\">\n<p>[In Dagenham] the &#8216;heap of jerry cans&#8217; that formed the factory was long gone, as was the brick building that replaced it, so <em>Made in Dagenham<\/em>&#8216;s factory scenes were shot at the Hoover factory in Merthyr Tydfil. This had been shut down a couple of months before filming took place in June 2009, and in a poignant twist some of the women who had worked there got parts as extras, travelling to London for the first time in their lives to take part in the scenes outside Parliament. &#8216;They were wonderful women, I made friends with one called Carol who had never been outside Merthyr Tydfil before,&#8217; says Jaime Winstone, who plays Sandra, a young machinist with aspirations to better herself and become a model (Source: Allott 2010, np).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-not-stacked-on-mobile has-small-font-size is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:7.99%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized has-custom-border wp-duotone-purple-green\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"868\" height=\"872\" src=\"https:\/\/follow-the-things.onyx-sites.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-99\" style=\"border-radius:100px;object-fit:cover;width:43px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04.png 868w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-768x772.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 868px) 100vw, 868px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:92.01%\">\n<p>Eileen Pullan and her friends, Vera Sime, 80, and Gwen Davis, 77 (17 years apiece in the Dagenham factory), had seen Made in Dagenham when I met them and declared themselves shocked by the swearing in the film and the fact that the machinists were shown rolling their overalls down to the waist and facing the factory&#8217;s heat in their passion-baffling underwear. &#8216;That would never have been allowed,&#8217; they giggled. What the film did get right, they agreed, was the tyranny of the sewing-machines, which left them all with the arthritis-ridden hands they ruefully hold out to me. Hawkins and the rest of the female cast were taken to the London Sewing Machine Museum in south London to see authentic versions of the machines that were used. &#8216;They were quite terrifying beasts for one woman to control,&#8217; says Andrea Riseborough, who plays Brenda, a ribald character firmly based on &#8216;Effing Eileen&#8217;. &#8216;My grandmother worked in a factory,&#8217; she says. &#8216;And she often used to mouth things without actually saying them. She&#8217;d got used to making herself understood through the noise with exaggerated lip movements and lots of hand gestures.&#8217; The dire conditions in the factory were also praised by the original machinists as being authentic. &#8216;When it rained it flooded and in summer we had to have salt tablets and lime juice it got so hot in there,&#8217; Sime says. &#8216;It wasn&#8217;t a brick building, it was made of something like asbestos,&#8217; Pullan puts in. &#8216;It was just a heap of jerry cans. You couldn&#8217;t look up in case a bird did something in your eye. Sometimes they&#8217;d get caught in the wires in the roof and they&#8217;d hang there for months,&#8217; Sime says. The domestic scenes were also authentic, shot as they were on the Mardyke Estate, which housed many Ford workers. Its scheduled demolition was off until filming had taken place (Source: Allott 2010, np).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-not-stacked-on-mobile has-small-font-size is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:7.99%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized has-custom-border wp-duotone-midnight\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"868\" height=\"872\" src=\"https:\/\/follow-the-things.onyx-sites.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-99\" style=\"border-radius:100px;object-fit:cover;width:43px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04.png 868w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-768x772.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 868px) 100vw, 868px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:92.01%\">\n<p>They wanted to be seen as irreverent, ordinary, funny women. They didn\u2019t want to be seen as politicians or as people burning with a cause. They just had a beef. They were irritated and mad as hell. \u2026 it was a very vital and powerful experience that energised them. So, we wanted to capture that, and they felt like we had, and they felt that even though we compressed the story and in some ways simplified the story, they felt like we told it in a way that they recognised and thought was truthful. So, there were extensive interviews and other interviews by other people from the past that we drew on. \u2026 I think we were very keen that Rita, Sally Hawkins\u2019 character, represented the two or three characters that we drew her from, but also represented all the women. She does that in the way that she\u2019s a worker, a mum, and a wife \u2026 and those were the things that came first. She becomes a politician because she has to, not because she wants to. And there\u2019s no vanity about it, no sense of building a power base, or drawing attention to herself \u2026&nbsp; we wanted the main character to sum up the spirit of all the women (Source: Cole in Carnevale nd np <a href=\"http:\/\/www.indielondon.co.uk\/film-review\/made-in-dagenham-nigel-cole-interview\">link<\/a>).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-not-stacked-on-mobile has-small-font-size is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:7.99%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized has-custom-border wp-duotone-dark-grayscale\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"868\" height=\"872\" src=\"https:\/\/follow-the-things.onyx-sites.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-99\" style=\"border-radius:100px;object-fit:cover;width:43px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04.png 868w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-768x772.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 868px) 100vw, 868px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:92.01%\">\n<p>[Woolley] believes that Hawkins&#8217;s \u2018meticulous\u2019 portrayal of her character is a fitting tribute to the original strikers. \u2018Sally is lovely and sweet in the role and yet uncompromising. Not at all shrill. She is strong and yet it is a gossamer performance. We had to find an actor who could incorporate three or four of the real life characters and we did it\u2019 (Source: Thorpe 2010, p.3 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/film\/2010\/jul\/25\/sally-hawkins-made-in-dagenham\">link<\/a>).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-not-stacked-on-mobile has-small-font-size is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:7.99%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized has-custom-border wp-duotone-blue-red\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"868\" height=\"872\" src=\"https:\/\/follow-the-things.onyx-sites.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-99\" style=\"border-radius:100px;object-fit:cover;width:43px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04.png 868w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-768x772.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 868px) 100vw, 868px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:92.01%\">\n<p>[Dagenham workers] Dora Challingsworth and Sheila Douglass spoke &#8230; about their experiences during the strikes: Dora: It\u2019s good that they do mention that the women came out originally for recognition of their skill. People keep saying they came out for equal pay, which isn\u2019t what they came out for. Sheila: The film was a fair imitation. You have to give it a bit of poetic licence to make it interesting, like when they ripped their tops off, the ladies, because it\u2019s a sweatshop. But that never happened! (Source: McGregor &amp; Sagall 2010 np <a href=\"http:\/\/www.socialistreview.org.uk\/article.php?articlenumber=11407\">link<\/a>).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-not-stacked-on-mobile has-small-font-size is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:7.99%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized has-custom-border wp-duotone-grayscale\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"868\" height=\"872\" src=\"https:\/\/follow-the-things.onyx-sites.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-99\" style=\"border-radius:100px;object-fit:cover;width:43px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04.png 868w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-768x772.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 868px) 100vw, 868px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:92.01%\">\n<p>Woolley showed the film to some of the original women involved in the strike earlier this month. \u2018They loved it,\u2019 he said, \u2018and particularly the way we made it clear that they went on strike because they were being paid as unskilled workers\u2019 (Source: Thorpe 2010, p.3 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/film\/2010\/jul\/25\/sally-hawkins-made-in-dagenham\">link<\/a>).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-not-stacked-on-mobile has-small-font-size is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:7.99%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized has-custom-border wp-duotone-purple-yellow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"868\" height=\"872\" src=\"https:\/\/follow-the-things.onyx-sites.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-99\" style=\"border-radius:100px;object-fit:cover;width:43px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04.png 868w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-768x772.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 868px) 100vw, 868px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:92.01%\">\n<p>The director &#8230; says his film is an official thank you to a group of ordinary Essex women who changed the world of work forever&nbsp;(Source: Anon 2010a np <a href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/local\/essex\/hi\/people_and_places\/arts_and_culture\/newsid_9030000\/9030715.stm\">link<\/a>).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-not-stacked-on-mobile has-small-font-size is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:7.99%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized has-custom-border wp-duotone-grayscale\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"868\" height=\"872\" src=\"https:\/\/follow-the-things.onyx-sites.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-99\" style=\"border-radius:100px;object-fit:cover;width:43px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04.png 868w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-768x772.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 868px) 100vw, 868px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:92.01%\">\n<p>Cole says one of his aims was to highlight the political moment when the Harold Wilson-led Labour Party was being strongarmed by the American company Ford. In that instance, Cole observes, the Labour government needed to get people back into work and push Britain out of an economic slump, while at the same time protecting workers (Source: Bodey 2010 np <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theaustralian.com.au\/news\/arts\/shop-floor-ladies-set-for-striking-success\/story-e6frg8pf-1225946897186\">link<\/a>).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:41px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:100%\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong><strong>Discussion \/ Responses<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-not-stacked-on-mobile has-small-font-size is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:7.99%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized has-custom-border wp-duotone-blue-orange\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"868\" height=\"872\" src=\"https:\/\/follow-the-things.onyx-sites.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-99\" style=\"border-radius:100px;object-fit:cover;width:43px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04.png 868w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-768x772.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 868px) 100vw, 868px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:92.01%\">\n<p>I saw the film last week and while I was a little disappointed that certain aspects of the women\u2019s fight for equality were watered down and the characters were glamorized unnecessarily, it was undoubtedly refreshing to see this issue being explored in mainstream cinema (Source: Kim 2010 np <a href=\"http:\/\/www.genderandeducation.com\/issues\/made-in-dagenham\/\">link<\/a>).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-not-stacked-on-mobile has-small-font-size is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:7.99%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized has-custom-border wp-duotone-purple-green\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"868\" height=\"872\" src=\"https:\/\/follow-the-things.onyx-sites.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-99\" style=\"border-radius:100px;object-fit:cover;width:43px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04.png 868w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-768x772.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 868px) 100vw, 868px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:92.01%\">\n<p>It\u2019s a film about equality and the fact that ordinary people can achieve the extraordinary. Everybody, young or old, can relate to that (Source: Woolley in Moss 2010 np <a href=\"http:\/\/www.romfordrecorder.co.uk\/what-s-on\/cinema\/strikers_tale_had_me_in_fits_1_655982\">link<\/a>).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-not-stacked-on-mobile has-small-font-size is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:7.99%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized has-custom-border wp-duotone-midnight\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"868\" height=\"872\" src=\"https:\/\/follow-the-things.onyx-sites.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-99\" style=\"border-radius:100px;object-fit:cover;width:43px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04.png 868w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-768x772.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 868px) 100vw, 868px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:92.01%\">\n<p>I was confused when I saw <em>Made in Dagenham<\/em> last week as at the end it included some black and white news clippings from the 1960s showing older women on strike, while the film used much younger women. The successful and inspiring film is a dramatisation of the 1968 strike at the Ford Dagenham car plant where female workers walked out in protest against sexual discrimination over pay. But how truthful was the film (Source: Seymour 2010 np <a href=\"http:\/\/elleeseymour.com\/2010\/10\/15\/made-in-dagenham-the-real-women-behind-it\/\">link<\/a>)?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-not-stacked-on-mobile has-small-font-size is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:7.99%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized has-custom-border wp-duotone-dark-grayscale\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"868\" height=\"872\" src=\"https:\/\/follow-the-things.onyx-sites.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-99\" style=\"border-radius:100px;object-fit:cover;width:43px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04.png 868w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-768x772.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 868px) 100vw, 868px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:92.01%\">\n<p>The trouble with <em>Made In Dagenham<\/em>, the latest feel-good Brit-caper from the director of <em>Calendar Girls<\/em>, is that it\u2019s based on a true story, but not much of it rings true \u2026 in film\u2019s version of events, the women are initially just peeved about being reclassified from \u2018semi-skilled\u2019 to \u2018unskilled\u2019, and they don\u2019t consider the broader issue of gender equality until it\u2019s spelt out for them by an avuncular union rep, Bob Hoskins. He then persuades Sally Hawkins to lead the industrial action, even though she\u2019s never shown any interest in politics. It\u2019s a strangely anti-feminist angle for a film about the women\u2019s movement to take, and I doubt the reality was quite so simple (Source: Barber 2010 np <a href=\"http:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/arts-entertainment\/films\/reviews\/made-in-dagenham-nigel-cole-117-mins-15brburied-rodrigo-cortes-94-mins-15brthe-secret-of-kells-tomm-moore-78-mins-pg-2096052.html\">link<\/a>).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details has-small-font-size is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\"><summary>+11 comments<\/summary>\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-not-stacked-on-mobile has-small-font-size is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:7.99%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized has-custom-border wp-duotone-blue-orange\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"868\" height=\"872\" src=\"https:\/\/follow-the-things.onyx-sites.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-99\" style=\"border-radius:100px;object-fit:cover;width:43px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04.png 868w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-768x772.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 868px) 100vw, 868px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:92.01%\">\n<p>Gwen Davis, Sheila Douglass, Eileen Pullan and Vera Sime, now aged in their 70s and 80s, were at the centre of the Ford dispute. They say they never felt like trailblazers, at the forefront of the second wave of feminism \u2026 Instead they were motivated by a sense of injustice, that their skilled work and therefore their pay, should be graded the same as male colleagues, not at the 87% of it they were paid. \u2018We were fighting for ourselves,\u2019 says Sheila. \u2018For what we thought was our due.\u2019 \u2018It was because we were women and we were just paid less,\u2019 adds Gwen (Source: Heald &amp; McClatchey 2010 np <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/magazine-11420445\">link<\/a>).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-not-stacked-on-mobile has-small-font-size is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:7.99%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized has-custom-border wp-duotone-purple-green\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"868\" height=\"872\" src=\"https:\/\/follow-the-things.onyx-sites.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-99\" style=\"border-radius:100px;object-fit:cover;width:43px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04.png 868w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-768x772.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 868px) 100vw, 868px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:92.01%\">\n<p>[They] feel some women are still \u2018used\u2019 by employers today, but they acknowledge the improvements. And, looking back, they are proud of their place in that process. \u2018It has definitely made history,\u2019 says Gwen. \u2018It was a good fight. It was worth everything\u2019 (Source: Heald &amp; McClatchey 2010 np <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/magazine-11420445\">link<\/a>).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-not-stacked-on-mobile has-small-font-size is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:7.99%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized has-custom-border wp-duotone-midnight\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"868\" height=\"872\" src=\"https:\/\/follow-the-things.onyx-sites.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-99\" style=\"border-radius:100px;object-fit:cover;width:43px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04.png 868w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-768x772.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 868px) 100vw, 868px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:92.01%\">\n<p>The women had no previous experience of collective struggle on their own issue and, on the face of it, were quite unprepared to take on the mighty Ford multinational corporation which, in 1968, had an annual budget greater than that of India. But the strike brought Ford\u2019s entire car production to a standstill \u2026 For the strike to succeed it needed support from at least one or two of the unions with members among the women. But the official union leaders adopted contradictory and ambivalent positions. The trade union side of Ford\u2019s National Joint Negotiating Committee were hostile, regarding negotiations and strike decisions as their preserve \u2026 the women stood firm, their resolve strengthening by the day \u2026 In the end, the Ford women won 92 percent of the men\u2019s rate, though it took another 16 years and another strike lasting seven weeks to win the regrading \u2026 It therefore represented the resurgence of rank and file trade unionism in one of the most ruthlessly anti-union firms in the world. It also laid the groundwork for the important all-out strikes of 1969 and 1971 \u2026 The strike gave a huge impetus to the women\u2019s movement. In the years that followed, women\u2019s trade union membership soared and the Equal Pay Act was introduced in 1970. The strike also gave rise to the National Joint Action Campaign for Women\u2019s Equal Rights \u2026 It was the spark that lit a flame that burns to this day. Their struggle remains an inspiration to millions of women fighting discrimination and poor working conditions (Source: McGregor &amp; Sagall 2010 np <a href=\"http:\/\/www.socialistreview.org.uk\/article.php?articlenumber=11407\">link<\/a>).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-not-stacked-on-mobile has-small-font-size is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:7.99%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized has-custom-border wp-duotone-blue-orange\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"868\" height=\"872\" src=\"https:\/\/follow-the-things.onyx-sites.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-99\" style=\"border-radius:100px;object-fit:cover;width:43px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04.png 868w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-768x772.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 868px) 100vw, 868px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:92.01%\">\n<p>Last year&#8217;s hit film <em>Made In Dagenham<\/em> painted a perfect picture of what some women had to endure. My own experience of sexism in the workplace has been, I&#8217;m pleased to say, limited and I was extremely proud of the legislation Labour introduced which means discrimination on any level is simply not acceptable anywhere or anytime when we are at work. For much of this, we must thank those very women who are now [due to pension reforms] facing an extra two years on the end of what have already been long working lives where they&#8217;ve probably juggled family commitments as well (Source: Keenan 2011 np).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-not-stacked-on-mobile has-small-font-size is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:7.99%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized has-custom-border wp-duotone-purple-green\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"868\" height=\"872\" src=\"https:\/\/follow-the-things.onyx-sites.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-99\" style=\"border-radius:100px;object-fit:cover;width:43px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04.png 868w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-768x772.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 868px) 100vw, 868px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:92.01%\">\n<p>Forty years after the Ford workers portrayed in Made in Dagenham thought they had secured a victory, the pay gap between men and women is still stubbornly stuck at almost 20 per cent (Source: Bennett 2010 p.28).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-not-stacked-on-mobile has-small-font-size is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:7.99%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized has-custom-border wp-duotone-midnight\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"868\" height=\"872\" src=\"https:\/\/follow-the-things.onyx-sites.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-99\" style=\"border-radius:100px;object-fit:cover;width:43px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04.png 868w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-768x772.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 868px) 100vw, 868px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:92.01%\">\n<p>And as for equal pay? Women are still earning 20% less per hour worked than men which is, yes, a greater discrepancy than there was between the pay of women and men at the Ford plant in Dagenham in 1968 (Source: Campbell &amp; Greer 2010 np <a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/world\/2010\/oct\/02\/made-in-dagenham-a-feminist-view\">link<\/a>).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-not-stacked-on-mobile has-small-font-size is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:7.99%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized has-custom-border wp-duotone-dark-grayscale\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"868\" height=\"872\" src=\"https:\/\/follow-the-things.onyx-sites.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-99\" style=\"border-radius:100px;object-fit:cover;width:43px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04.png 868w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-768x772.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 868px) 100vw, 868px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:92.01%\">\n<p>During the end credits you get a glimpse of some of the women strikers now and their opinions which was excellent to witness. Though what irked me somewhat was the mention of the Equal Pay Act in a caption at the end yet what was missing is the fact women working full-time are paid on average 17.1% less an hour than men for doing work of equivalent value. This figure rises to 20% for ethnic minority women, and to 36% for women working part-time. Equal pay is still on ongoing struggle, 42 years on (Source: Anon 2010b np <a href=\"http:\/\/harpymarx.wordpress.com\/2010\/10\/03\/review-made-in-dagenham\/%20\">link<\/a>).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-not-stacked-on-mobile has-small-font-size is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:7.99%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized has-custom-border wp-duotone-blue-red\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"868\" height=\"872\" src=\"https:\/\/follow-the-things.onyx-sites.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-99\" style=\"border-radius:100px;object-fit:cover;width:43px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04.png 868w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-768x772.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 868px) 100vw, 868px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:92.01%\">\n<p>The film mistakenly credits the Dagenham strikers with inspiring Castle to become a champion of equal pay for women. The truth is she had been encouraging the unions to adopt a policy of equal pay for women for at least three years before the strike. The end captions suggest, much too complacently, that women today have equal pay with men. You don\u2019t need to be Harriet Harman to know they have a long way to go (Source: Tookey 2010 np <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/tvshowbiz\/reviews\/article-1316649\/Film-review-Made-In-Dagenhams-great-British-cast-makes-success.html?ITO=1490#ixzz1493VHdzi\">link<\/a>).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-not-stacked-on-mobile has-small-font-size is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:7.99%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized has-custom-border wp-duotone-grayscale\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"868\" height=\"872\" src=\"https:\/\/follow-the-things.onyx-sites.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-99\" style=\"border-radius:100px;object-fit:cover;width:43px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04.png 868w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-768x772.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 868px) 100vw, 868px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:92.01%\">\n<p><em>Made in Dagenham<\/em>, shows us unexpected success. Those women almost triumphed. Certainly they triggered the then employment secretary to introduce an equal pay act. But Barbara Castle fixed a deal, she managed a crisis: she didn\u2019t honour those women\u2019s yearning for respect as skilled women. They never really got what they wanted. They were never really heard (Source: Campbell &amp; Greer 2010 np <a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/world\/2010\/oct\/02\/made-in-dagenham-a-feminist-view\">link<\/a>).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-not-stacked-on-mobile has-small-font-size is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:7.99%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized has-custom-border wp-duotone-purple-yellow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"868\" height=\"872\" src=\"https:\/\/follow-the-things.onyx-sites.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-99\" style=\"border-radius:100px;object-fit:cover;width:43px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04.png 868w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-768x772.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 868px) 100vw, 868px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:92.01%\">\n<p>There is little doubt in the minds of the General Council, that\u2019s the General Council of the TUC, \u2018that the home is one of the most important spheres for a woman worker and that it would be doing a great injury to the life of the nation if women were persuaded or forced to neglect their domestic duties to enter industry, particularly where there are young children to cater for.\u2019 So that, I think, summarises the attitude to women workers \u2026 The women never stopped campaigning, never, despite the fact that governments and trade unions let them down, time after time &#8230; if you look at the Ford women, and most women in the private sector, they did not do similar work to men. The work that the women were doing at Ford\u2019s \u2026 they were machinists. It was highly skilled work, putting together parts of the seat covers for Ford cars but it was the grading at which they were put on, that was the key thing. They were always on very much lower rates of pay. In fact the largest single group of women workers at Ford\u2019s were machinists. They had to pass a test to become machinists, and quite a stringent one at that, and they earned 92% of the lowest grade of male workers. There were four grades of male workers: The skilled, semi-skilled and unskilled. They earned 92% of the unskilled workers \u2026 And you can see some of the[ir] own testimonies in the interviews that the TUC captured, it was just unbelievable, they couldn\u2019t believe it that their skill was completely unrecognised. Not only unrecognised, it was made worse by these management consultants downgrading them. It wasn\u2019t unusual, by the way. What was unusual about all of this, I suppose, was that what they were doing was comparing themselves to male workers. They were saying even though we do something quite different, the work that we do is equal in skill. They said, for example, if the work is quiet on the machining front they can turn their hands, as they did, to fitting car doors. And then they say, well actually could the men do that? If the work is quiet on the car door front, could they come and machine car seats? No they can\u2019t (Source: Davis nd np <a href=\"http:\/\/www.filmeducation.org\/madeindagenham\/mary_davis_transcript.html\">link<\/a>).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-not-stacked-on-mobile has-small-font-size is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:7.99%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized has-custom-border wp-duotone-grayscale\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"868\" height=\"872\" src=\"https:\/\/follow-the-things.onyx-sites.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-99\" style=\"border-radius:100px;object-fit:cover;width:43px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04.png 868w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-768x772.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 868px) 100vw, 868px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:92.01%\">\n<p>It is not clear whether the producers (or the politicians for that matter) intended it \u2026 Made in Dagenham \u2013 has been released at the same time as the new <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.iea.org.uk\/?p=4606\">Equality Act<\/a> passes into law. Both celebrate the principle of equal pay, and lament the continuing \u2018pay gap\u2019 between men and women. Both also fall victim to one of the most damaging fallacies of government \u2013 the idea that you can mandate equality. In 1960s \u2026 women were frequently paid a lower wage for performing essentially equal work as men \u2026 Consequently, women had less market power than men, and in the deeply uncompetitive 1960s British economy, that meant that they got lower wages. That was wrong, and it was right of feminists, politicians and of course women workers themselves to oppose it. It may even have been right&nbsp;for the upholsterers at Dagenham to go on strike. But here is where both government and film go wrong. In a market economy, passing a law demanding equal pay doesn\u2019t get equal pay. After the first round of equality legislation was introduced, many employers simply redefined women\u2019s jobs or else sacked them. Often they did so in collusion with male dominated unions. The only way to get equal pay for women is to give them equal market power. Breaking up monopolistic unions in the 1980s helped do that. So did the cultural changes which have made it acceptable for a woman to be an executive, or a lawyer or even the Prime Minister. The free market has been of tremendous benefit to women&nbsp;&#8211; and the current position of women in the Western world is arguably better than at any point anywhere else in history. Symbolic value aside, however, the equality legislation had almost nothing to do with it \u2013 the pay gap had in fact been narrowing for years before it was even passed (Source: Knowles 2010 np <a href=\"http:\/\/www.iea.org.uk\/blog\/equality-can%E2%80%99t-be-mandated-by-law\">link<\/a>).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:41px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:100%\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>Outcomes \/ Impacts<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-not-stacked-on-mobile has-small-font-size is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:7.99%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized has-custom-border wp-duotone-blue-red\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"868\" height=\"872\" src=\"https:\/\/follow-the-things.onyx-sites.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-99\" style=\"border-radius:100px;object-fit:cover;width:43px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04.png 868w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-768x772.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 868px) 100vw, 868px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:92.01%\">\n<p>Woolley says the film has not yet been seen by the three women on which it is based but that the singer Sandie Shaw, who has contributed to the score and who was raised in Dagenham, was so moved at one screening that she cried for two hours afterwards (Source: Akbar 2010, p.6).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-not-stacked-on-mobile has-small-font-size is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:7.99%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized has-custom-border wp-duotone-grayscale\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"868\" height=\"872\" src=\"https:\/\/follow-the-things.onyx-sites.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-99\" style=\"border-radius:100px;object-fit:cover;width:43px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04.png 868w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-768x772.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 868px) 100vw, 868px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:92.01%\">\n<p>The emotion spills over into the film. \u2018I\u2019ve seen it so many times,\u2019 Karlsen [the film\u2019s producer] said, \u2018but when I see people come out crying and so moved by it, it makes me weep. It makes me think of my mother and grandmother, and the other women who fought for this\u2019 (Source: Gritten 2010 np <a href=\"http:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/culture\/film\/filmmakersonfilm\/8007335\/Made-in-Dagenham-interview-with-producers-Stephen-Woolley-and-Elizabeth-Karlsen.html\">link<\/a>).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-not-stacked-on-mobile has-small-font-size is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:7.99%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized has-custom-border wp-duotone-purple-yellow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"868\" height=\"872\" src=\"https:\/\/follow-the-things.onyx-sites.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-99\" style=\"border-radius:100px;object-fit:cover;width:43px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04.png 868w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-768x772.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 868px) 100vw, 868px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:92.01%\">\n<p>I am inspired by the Dagenham Ladies. I claimed equal pay in April 2007. I was harassed for 9 months following my claim by the owner of the company and I had to resign for the sake of my health. Today, three and a half years later I am still without a job and my Tribunal case is still ongoing \u2013 I have received nothing by way of compensation. However \u2013 I will continue to the bitter end because, like these ladies, I hate injustice. Has it been worth it \u2013 I am still undecided (Source: Julia 2010 np <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/magazine-11420445\">link<\/a>).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-not-stacked-on-mobile has-small-font-size is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:7.99%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized has-custom-border wp-duotone-grayscale\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"868\" height=\"872\" src=\"https:\/\/follow-the-things.onyx-sites.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-99\" style=\"border-radius:100px;object-fit:cover;width:43px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04.png 868w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-768x772.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 868px) 100vw, 868px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:92.01%\">\n<p>In a former job, I had a male colleague in exactly the same role, with similar qualifications (MSc and BSc, although I believe I had better A-level and GCSE grades) and less experience. Our working hours, responsibilities etc. were all the same but due to his inexperience I often helped him \u2013 he was paid 10% more than me (Source: Catriona 2010 np <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/magazine-11420445\">link<\/a>).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details has-small-font-size is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\"><summary>+9 comments<\/summary>\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-not-stacked-on-mobile has-small-font-size is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:7.99%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized has-custom-border wp-duotone-blue-orange\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"868\" height=\"872\" src=\"https:\/\/follow-the-things.onyx-sites.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-99\" style=\"border-radius:100px;object-fit:cover;width:43px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04.png 868w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-768x772.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 868px) 100vw, 868px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:92.01%\">\n<p>In a recent Guardian article two well-known feminists (Germaine Greer and Beatrix Campbell) were &#8230; asked to comment on how far they believe British society has come since the Dagenham strikes. Both Greer and Campbell were decidedly optimistic about the messages that they felt could be gleaned from the film and in relation to the impact that they think it may have on young women. Despite Greer being disappointed by the apparent lack of consultation with the \u2018real\u2019 Dagenham strikers (who, she claims, say they had far too much self respect to sit around in the factory in their bra and&nbsp; panties), with the glamorisation of the women (having been replaced by much younger, heavily made-up and scantily clad actresses) and the fact that film does not accurately portray how the strikers\u2019 arguments moved from a focus on skill to one of equal pay, she still claims that: \u2018Our hearts should leap when we behold a film like <em>Made in Dagenham<\/em>\u2019 as it is \u2018meant to inspire today\u2019s young women to continue their mothers\u2019 struggle towards the ever-disappearing will o\u2019 the wisp that is equal pay\u2019. Campbell is equally upbeat about the film, largely because she appears to be passionate about the social class issues that it raises. Confident that it is a powerful force she claims that: \u2018\u2026Feminism is stirring again and the chronicle of those nice, dangerous women is being aired all over the place\u2026They are a reminder of what could have been: a labour movement in the image and interests of women. Revolutionary\u2019. <em>Made in Dagenham<\/em> has also recently been the subject of discussion in a recent Radio Four broadcast: \u2018<em>Whatever happened to the Sisterhood<\/em>\u2019. Both the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=-qmbsSafcYo\">transcript of the show <\/a>and the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=-qmbsSafcYo\">broadcast<\/a> itself can be found online and are certainly worth a look\/listen. For those interested in gender and education, the debate centres round a discussion of the role that feminism plays in young women\u2019s lives and of the gendered restrictions that young women face in contemporary times. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ioe.ac.uk\/study\/EFPS_64.html\">Jessica Ringrose<\/a>, a member of the <em>Gender and Education Association<\/em>, was an invited guest on the programme and spoke at length about her recent research which focuses on how girls present themselves on social networking sites. Ringrose outlines the pressures relating to, what she calls, the \u2018pornification\u2019 of society but also makes a call for girls\u2019 pleasure and desire to be found a space within the sex education curriculum. Although not addressing the concerns that Ringrose raises, the film education website has recently released a number of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.filmeducation.org\/madeindagenham\">resources<\/a> which can be used by secondary school teachers in conjunction with the Made in Dagenham film. These include activities which can be used in citizenship, media or history lessons. Not only do these resources seek to encourage discussions about women\u2019s rights and equal pay, but also to explore the other more subtle forms of gendered discrimination that women may face. The media lesson plan, for example, asks students to discuss the status of women in society during the 1960\u2019s and to watch a clip of the film in order to consider how the strikers were being positioned by the male union representatives. Perhaps, Campbell is right. By using these resources in schools, youth clubs and universities maybe we can stir up activism and a renewed interest in feminism? We would be especially interested in your views of the film and of these resources \u2013 are they useful tools with which to continue these discussions in schools? (Source: Allan 2010 np <a href=\"http:\/\/www.genderandeducation.com\/issues\/made-in-dagenham\/\">link<\/a>).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-not-stacked-on-mobile has-small-font-size is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:7.99%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized has-custom-border wp-duotone-dark-grayscale\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"868\" height=\"872\" src=\"https:\/\/follow-the-things.onyx-sites.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-99\" style=\"border-radius:100px;object-fit:cover;width:43px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04.png 868w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-768x772.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 868px) 100vw, 868px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:92.01%\">\n<p>In the final credits of the film<em> Made in Dagenham<\/em> we are told that Ford is now one of the leading employers in supporting diversity and inclusion \u2026 But we should remember that the catalyst for change came from the Ford women workers, and from the UK government\u2019s equal pay legislation, not from company bosses. It is an indication of how far we have come since 1968 that an organisation like Ford now wants to be seen as a leader in the field of diversity and equality (Herman 2010 p295).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-not-stacked-on-mobile has-small-font-size is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:7.99%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized has-custom-border wp-duotone-grayscale\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"868\" height=\"872\" src=\"https:\/\/follow-the-things.onyx-sites.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-99\" style=\"border-radius:100px;object-fit:cover;width:43px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04.png 868w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-768x772.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 868px) 100vw, 868px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:92.01%\">\n<p>[<em>Made in Dagenham<\/em> Film Premier protest 20 September 2010] 40 years later Ford have treated pensioners with the same contempt as the machinists in 1968 &#8230; They stitched up the ladies in 1968 and they are stitching us up now. Ford are doing exactly the same as they always have done; that\u2019s to cheat the people that work for them for 30 years \u2026 Give me my pension back, I worked for 30 years for it and my family are suffering terribly because I\u2019ve lost 50% of my pay cheque (Source: Anon 2010c np).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-not-stacked-on-mobile has-small-font-size is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:7.99%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized has-custom-border wp-duotone-purple-yellow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"868\" height=\"872\" src=\"https:\/\/follow-the-things.onyx-sites.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-99\" style=\"border-radius:100px;object-fit:cover;width:43px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04.png 868w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-768x772.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 868px) 100vw, 868px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:92.01%\">\n<p>[Bob Hoskins wears a Visteon Pension Action Group  &#8230; hat at the<em> Made in Dagenham<\/em> premier: see video BBC news clip <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=1RB9_Wx_vlE\">here<\/a>] (Source: Anon 2010d np).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-not-stacked-on-mobile has-small-font-size is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:7.99%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized has-custom-border wp-duotone-grayscale\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"868\" height=\"872\" src=\"https:\/\/follow-the-things.onyx-sites.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-99\" style=\"border-radius:100px;object-fit:cover;width:43px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04.png 868w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-768x772.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 868px) 100vw, 868px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:92.01%\">\n<p>Getting the right pay for the work that you\u2019re doing is a basic tenet of respect, regardless of your gender. Now, 42 years after Dagenham and 38 years after Australian women officially achieved pay parity, workplace equality is back on the agenda in a big way. Come January, Australia will finally have a paid parental leave scheme, supported by both major parties. The Australian Stock Exchange recently introduced new guidelines that ask publicly listed companies to disclose their gender diversity policies, and require them to explain why if they choose not to do so (Source: Hills 2010 p.14 <a href=\"http:\/\/newsstore.fairfax.com.au\/apps\/viewDocument.ac;jsessionid=BF4D09B84A7A6CBCC2F2A738FF722F87?sy=afr&amp;pb=all_ffx&amp;dt=selectRange&amp;dr=1month&amp;so=relevance&amp;sf=text&amp;sf=headline&amp;rc=10&amp;rm=200&amp;sp=brs&amp;cls=1321&amp;clsPage=1&amp;docID=SHD1010241V7FL3C1L49\">link<\/a>)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-not-stacked-on-mobile has-small-font-size is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:7.99%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized has-custom-border wp-duotone-blue-orange\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"868\" height=\"872\" src=\"https:\/\/follow-the-things.onyx-sites.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-99\" style=\"border-radius:100px;object-fit:cover;width:43px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04.png 868w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-768x772.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 868px) 100vw, 868px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:92.01%\">\n<p>Hawkins &#8230; sees the film &#8230; as recognition of the women&#8217;s battle. \u2018Sadly, equality is very much still a fight we&#8217;re fighting. In the film industry &#8211; again &#8211; it&#8217;s men calling the shots and it always has been. It frustrates me enormously,\u2019 she said. \u2018As the women of Dagenham showed us, it&#8217;s so important to fight for what you believe is right, even when it&#8217;s scary\u2019 (Source: Thorpe 2010, p.3 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/film\/2010\/jul\/25\/sally-hawkins-made-in-dagenham\">link<\/a>).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-not-stacked-on-mobile has-small-font-size is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:7.99%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized has-custom-border wp-duotone-purple-green\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"868\" height=\"872\" src=\"https:\/\/follow-the-things.onyx-sites.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-99\" style=\"border-radius:100px;object-fit:cover;width:43px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04.png 868w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-768x772.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 868px) 100vw, 868px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:92.01%\">\n<p>\u2018When you hear the story, you immediately see the parallels to today&#8217;s world, because even though autoworkers have equality, women still aren&#8217;t adequately represented in all areas of the workforce,\u2019 Cole says. \u2018And the film industry is one of the very worst culprits. Only a fraction of working directors are women. And as a man, I have to say, I find that a bit embarrassing. I&#8217;m not going to apologize for the whole situation &#8212; since it&#8217;s well beyond my control &#8212; but I will say we looked at our own production through new eyes, and really focused on trying to open the hiring patterns in different crafts\u2019. Cole says that, just by asking questions, the whole crew found a new perspective on gender issues in the workplace. \u2018I think, when you come right down to it, this movie and the whole issue is about the difference between a right and a privilege. When we see Rita&#8217;s husband talk about what a great guy he is because he doesn&#8217;t drink or beat her, we understand how he&#8217;s thinking: He deserves a pat on the back for being a good bloke, but really, he&#8217;s just being a decent human being.\u2019 Cole says that, years later, men still see themselves as heroes for being loyal, kind, loving and nurturing husbands, when for women, it&#8217;s just the expected minimum. \u2018We&#8217;re still living with a double standard,\u2019 he said. \u2018And until you really open your eyes to it, you can&#8217;t see it. I know. I&#8217;m a man and I didn&#8217;t see. Fortunately, I have a wife with very good eyesight\u2019 (Source: Monk 2010 p.D3).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-not-stacked-on-mobile has-small-font-size is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:7.99%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized has-custom-border wp-duotone-midnight\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"868\" height=\"872\" src=\"https:\/\/follow-the-things.onyx-sites.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-99\" style=\"border-radius:100px;object-fit:cover;width:43px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04.png 868w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-768x772.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 868px) 100vw, 868px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:92.01%\">\n<p>The winner of this year&#8217;s [UK] T[rades] U[nion] C[ongress] 60 second ad contest will be able to watch their entry appear alongside special screenings of the new film <em>Made in Dagenham<\/em>. The TUC is asking for budding film makers to create an ad that lasts up to a minute that will encourage and inform people to join a trade union. The audience for the ad are those people who have little or no knowledge of trade unions (Source: Anon 2010e. np).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-not-stacked-on-mobile has-small-font-size is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:7.99%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized has-custom-border wp-duotone-dark-grayscale\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"868\" height=\"872\" src=\"https:\/\/follow-the-things.onyx-sites.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-99\" style=\"border-radius:100px;object-fit:cover;width:43px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04.png 868w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-17.49.04-768x772.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 868px) 100vw, 868px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:92.01%\">\n<p>The women who inspired the film &#8216;Made in Dagenham&#8217; talk to the National Union of Students about the film, protesting and the national demonstration [against education cuts] on 10 November 2010 (Source: Nusuk 2010 np: watch video <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=3Khw1ES6Yb8&amp;feature=related\">here<\/a>).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:41px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-background has-normal-font-size\" style=\"background-color:#f8f2ee\">Page compiled by Sarah Brown, Izzy Brunswick, Julia Nientiedt, Alistair Wheeler, Camilla Windham and Becky Woolford, edited by Emma Christie-Miller and Ian Cook (last updated October 2013). Page created as part of the \u2018Geographies of material culture\u2019 module at Exeter University. Emma&#8217;s editing was supported by a nicely-paid followthethings.com internship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>Sources<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">Akbar, A. (2010) The diary. <em>Arts &amp; book review<\/em> 28 May, p.6<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">Allan, A. (2010) Made in Dagenham: made for feminist discussion in schools?<em> Genderandeducation.com<\/em> 23 October (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.genderandeducation.com\/issues\/made-in-dagenham\/\">www.genderandeducation.com\/issues\/made-in-dagenham\/<\/a> last accessed 29 June 2011)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">Allott, S. (2010) Everybody out! <em>Daily telegraph<\/em> 11 September<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">Anon (2003) The Reunion &#8211; 1968 Ford Machinists\u2019 strike.<em> bbc.co.uk<\/em> 7 September (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/radio4\/history\/reunion\/reunion7.shtml\">\/www.bbc.co.uk\/radio4\/history\/reunion\/reunion7.shtml<\/a> last accessed 1 July 2011)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details has-small-font-size is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\"><summary>+43 sources<\/summary>\n<p>Anon (2010a) Made in Dagenham director praises pioneering Ford wormen. <em>BBC Essex online <\/em>24 September (<a href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/local\/essex\/hi\/people_and_places\/arts_and_culture\/newsid_9030000\/9030715.stm\">http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/local\/essex\/hi\/people_and_places\/arts_and_culture\/newsid_9030000\/9030715.stm<\/a> last accessed 29 June 2011)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">Anon (2010b) Review \u2013 Made in Dagenham. <em>Happymarx.wordpress.com<\/em> 3 October (<a href=\"http:\/\/harpymarx.wordpress.com\/2010\/10\/03\/review-made-in-dagenham\/\">http:\/\/harpymarx.wordpress.com\/2010\/10\/03\/review-made-in-dagenham\/<\/a> last accessed 29 June 2011)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">Anon (2010c) Made in Dagenham Film Premier protest 20-09-10.<em> YouTube.com<\/em> 21 September (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=P4QLRYZokE0&amp;NR=1\">www.youtube.com\/watch?v=P4QLRYZokE0&amp;NR=1<\/a> last accessed 1 July 2011)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">Anon (2010d) Bob Hoskins and his Visteon Ford Fraud hat at Made in Dagenham premier.<em> YouTube.com<\/em> 24 September (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=1RB9_Wx_vlE&amp;NR=1\">www.youtube.com\/watch?v=1RB9_Wx_vlE&amp;NR=1<\/a> last accessed 1 July 2011).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">Anon (2010e) Play aims to strike the balance for equal pay. <em>Labour research<\/em> August<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">Anon (2010f) Daybreak: the real Made in Dagenham \u2013 Show 11 \u2013 20\/9\/10. <em>Youtube.com<\/em> 20 September (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=k-obA8iZzO0\">www.youtube.com\/watch?v=k-obA8iZzO0<\/a> last accessed 1 July 2011)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">Anon (2011a) Made in Dagenham. <em>Metro<\/em> 29 March<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">Anon (2011b) Made in Dagenham. <em>South Wales Echo<\/em> 26 March<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">Bamigboye, B. (2010) Gary puts on his smiley face.<em> Daily Mail<\/em> 4 June<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">Barber, N. (2010) Made in Dagenham, Nigel Cole, 117 mins (15). <em>The Independent <\/em>3 October (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/arts-entertainment\/films\/reviews\/made-in-dagenham-nigel-cole-117-mins-15brburied-rodrigo-cortes-94-mins-15brthe-secret-of-kells-tomm-moore-78-mins-pg-2096052.html\">www.independent.co.uk\/arts-entertainment\/films\/reviews\/made-in-dagenham-nigel-cole-117-mins-15brburied-rodrigo-cortes-94-mins-15brthe-secret-of-kells-tomm-moore-78-mins-pg-2096052.html<\/a> last accessed 30 June 2011)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">Beccy (2010) Comment on Heald, C. &amp; McClatchey, C. (2010) Did the Dagenham women\u2019s equal pay fight make a difference?<em>&nbsp;BBC News Magazine<\/em> 30 September (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/magazine-11420445\">www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/magazine-11420445<\/a> last accessed 29 June 2011)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">Bennett, R. (2010) Harman\u2019s law halted as Tories shelve plan to expose pay gap. <em>The Times<\/em> 3 December p.28<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">Bodey, M. (2010) Shop-floor ladies set for striking success. <em>The Australian <\/em>3 November (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.theaustralian.com.au\/news\/arts\/shop-floor-ladies-set-for-striking-success\/story-e6frg8pf-1225946897186\">www.theaustralian.com.au\/news\/arts\/shop-floor-ladies-set-for-striking-success\/story-e6frg8pf-1225946897186<\/a> last accessed 29 June 2011)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">Breen, E. 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(nd) Made in Dagenham \u2013 Nigel Cole interview.<em> indieLONDON.co.uk <\/em>(<a href=\"http:\/\/www.indielondon.co.uk\/film-review\/made-in-dagenham-nigel-cole-interview\">www.indielondon.co.uk\/film-review\/made-in-dagenham-nigel-cole-interview<\/a> last accessed 29 June 2011)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">Catriona (2010) Comment on Heald, C. &amp; McClatchey, C. (2010) Did the Dagenham women\u2019s equal pay fight make a difference?<em> BBC News Magazine<\/em> 30 September (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/magazine-11420445\">www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/magazine-11420445<\/a> last accessed 29 June 2011)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">Davis, M. 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(2013) Women sewing machinists changed pay law. <em>The Hindu <\/em>10 June (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/todays-paper\/tp-international\/women-sewing-machinists-who-changed-pay-law\/article4799126.ece\">http:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/todays-paper\/tp-international\/women-sewing-machinists-who-changed-pay-law\/article4799126.ece<\/a> last accessed 24 October 2013)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">Gritten, D (2010) Made In Dagenham: interview with producers Stephen Woolley and Elizabeth Karlsen. <em>The telegraph<\/em> 16 September (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/culture\/film\/filmmakersonfilm\/8007335\/Made-in-Dagenham-interview-with-producers-Stephen-Woolley-and-Elizabeth-Karlsen.html\">www.telegraph.co.uk\/culture\/film\/filmmakersonfilm\/8007335\/Made-in-Dagenham-interview-with-producers-Stephen-Woolley-and-Elizabeth-Karlsen.html<\/a> last accessed 29 June 2011)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">Heald, C. &amp; McClatchey, C. (2010) Did Did the Dagenham women\u2019s equal pay fight make a difference?<em>&nbsp;BBC News Magazine<\/em> 30 September (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/magazine-11420445\">www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/magazine-11420445<\/a> last accessed 29 June 2011)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">Herman, C. (2010) Editorial.<em> International Journal of Gender, Science &amp; Technology<\/em> 2(3) p.292-295 (<a href=\"http:\/\/genderandset.open.ac.uk\/index.php\/genderandset\/article\/viewPDFInterstitial\/137\/174\">http:\/\/genderandset.open.ac.uk\/index.php\/genderandset\/article\/viewPDFInterstitial\/137\/174<\/a> lasta ccessed 29 June 2011)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">Hills, R. (2010) Balance of Power. <em>The Sun Herald<\/em> 24 October (<a href=\"http:\/\/newsstore.fairfax.com.au\/apps\/viewDocument.ac;jsessionid=BF4D09B84A7A6CBCC2F2A738FF722F87?sy=afr&amp;pb=all_ffx&amp;dt=selectRange&amp;dr=1month&amp;so=relevance&amp;sf=text&amp;sf=headline&amp;rc=10&amp;rm=200&amp;sp=brs&amp;cls=1321&amp;clsPage=1&amp;docID=SHD1010241V7FL3C1L49\">http:\/\/newsstore.fairfax.com.au\/apps\/viewDocument.ac;jsessionid=BF4D09B84A7A6CBCC2F2A738FF722F87?<\/a> last accessed 30 June 2011)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">Julia (2010) Comment on Heald, C. &amp; McClatchey, C. (2010) Did Did the Dagenham women\u2019s equal pay fight make a difference?<em> BBC News Magazine <\/em>30 September (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/magazine-11420445\">www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/magazine-11420445<\/a> last accessed 29 June 2011)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">Keenan, I. (2011) Raising pension age is unfair for women. <em>Evening Star <\/em>27 June<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">Kim (2010) Comment on Allan, A. (2010) Made in Dagenham: made for feminist discussion in schools?<em> Genderandeducation.com<\/em> 23 October (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.genderandeducation.com\/issues\/made-in-dagenham\/\">www.genderandeducation.com\/issues\/made-in-dagenham\/<\/a> last accessed 29 June 2011)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">Knowles, D. (2010) Equality can\u2019t be mandated by law.<em> Institute of Economic Affairs<\/em> 15 October (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.iea.org.uk\/blog\/equality-can%E2%80%99t-be-mandated-by-law\">www.iea.org.uk\/blog\/equality-can%E2%80%99t-be-mandated-by-law<\/a> last accessed 29 June 2011)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">Lawrence, W. (2010) Sally Hawkins interview: on \u2018Made in Dagenham\u2019.<em> The telegraph<\/em> 21 September (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/culture\/film\/starsandstories\/8008918\/Sally-Hawkins-interview-on-Made-in-Dagenham.html\">www.telegraph.co.uk\/culture\/film\/starsandstories\/8008918\/Sally-Hawkins-interview-on-Made-in-Dagenham.html<\/a> last accessed 29 June 2011)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">McGregor, S. &amp; Sagall, S (2010) When history was made in Dagenham.<em> socialistreview.org.uk <\/em>(<a href=\"http:\/\/www.socialistreview.org.uk\/article.php?articlenumber=11407\">www.socialistreview.org.uk\/article.php?articlenumber=11407<\/a> last accessed 30 June 2011)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">Monk, K. (2010) Equality still a work in progress, director says; man behind Made in Dagenham points to a shortage of female counterparts in the film industry. <em>The Vancouver Sun<\/em> 17 December, p.D3<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">Moss, K. (2010) Strikers\u2019 tale had me in fits.<em> Romford Recorder <\/em>24 September (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.romfordrecorder.co.uk\/what-s-on\/cinema\/strikers_tale_had_me_in_fits_1_655982\">www.romfordrecorder.co.uk\/what-s-on\/cinema\/strikers_tale_had_me_in_fits_1_655982<\/a> last accessed 29 June 2011)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">Nusuk (2010) Made in Dagenham women talk about the NUS Demo.<em>Youtube.com<\/em> 29 September (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=3Khw1ES6Yb8&amp;feature=related\">www.youtube.com\/watch?v=3Khw1ES6Yb8&amp;feature=related<\/a> last accessed 1 July 2011)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">Pond, S. (2010) Sony Classics picks up &#8216;Made in Dagenham&#8217;.<em> The Wrap<\/em> 13 April (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thewrap.com\/movies\/ind-column\/sony-classics-picks-made-dagenham-16266\">www.thewrap.com\/movies\/ind-column\/sony-classics-picks-made-dagenham-16266<\/a> last accessed 3 July 2011)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">Potton, E. (2011) Made in Dagenham.<em> The times<\/em> 26 March p.13<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">Prasad, Y. (2010) Made in Dagenham director interviewed: \u2018We wanted to inspire people who are struggling today\u2019<em> Socialistworker.co.uk<\/em> 21 September (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.socialistworker.co.uk\/art.php?id=22457\">www.socialistworker.co.uk\/art.php?id=22457<\/a> last accessed 29 June 2011)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">Seymour, E. (2010) Made in Dagenham \u2013 the real women behind it. <em>ElleeSeymour.com<\/em> 15 October (<a href=\"http:\/\/elleeseymour.com\/2010\/10\/15\/made-in-dagenham-the-real-women-behind-it\/\">http:\/\/elleeseymour.com\/2010\/10\/15\/made-in-dagenham-the-real-women-behind-it\/<\/a> last accessed 29 June 2011).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">Shield, R. (2010) Made in Dagenham: a 1968 strike led to equal pay for women. <em>The independent <\/em>12 September (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/uk\/this-britain\/made-in-dagenham-a-1968-strike-led-to-equal-pay-for-women-2077177.html\">www.independent.co.uk\/news\/uk\/this-britain\/made-in-dagenham-a-1968-strike-led-to-equal-pay-for-women-2077177.html<\/a> last accessed 3 July 2011)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">Stone, S. (2010) Made in Dagenham to Preem at TIFF.<em> Awards daily<\/em> 28 July<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">Thorpe, V. (2010) Sally Hawkins heads for the Hollywood A-list \u2013 thanks to a 1968 pay dispute. <em>The observer <\/em>25 July (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/film\/2010\/jul\/25\/sally-hawkins-made-in-dagenham\">www.guardian.co.uk\/film\/2010\/jul\/25\/sally-hawkins-made-in-dagenham<\/a> last accessed 3 July 2011)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">Tookey, C. (2010) Right on, sister! Made In Dagenham\u2019s great British cast makes it a warm, striking success. <em>Daily Mail<\/em> 4 October (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/tvshowbiz\/reviews\/article-1316649\/Film-review-Made-In-Dagenhams-great-British-cast-makes-success.html?ITO=1490\">www.dailymail.co.uk\/tvshowbiz\/reviews\/article-1316649\/Film-review-Made-In-Dagenhams-great-British-cast-makes-success.html?ITO=1490#ixzz1493VHdzi<\/a> last accessed 29 June 2011)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">Williams, E. 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