Background

Ireland became a member of the UN in 1955.

The media in Ireland reported the activities of the Women's Liberation Movement of the 1960s in the US and other countries.

There was an economic upswing in Ireland in the 1960s.

Free post primary education was introduced in 1967.

Irish women were increasingly better educated.

Ireland became a member of the EEC (now the EU) in 1973.

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