Reaction to the dismissal of headteacher for being unmarried and pregnant

Title

Reaction to the dismissal of headteacher for being unmarried and pregnant

Genre

Interview

TX Date

22 Jun 1978

Year of production

1978

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Duration

00:04:27

Description

Interview with Margaret Bramall, National Council of One Parent Families, on her anger at the dismissal of Margaret Jones - headmistress of Hedley Walter School in Brentwood, Essex - after becoming pregnant out of wedlock. She speaks of her competence in the job, whether it would have happened had she been a man, and the impression on the children at the school.

Contributors

Margaret Bramall

Keywords

Pregnancy; Teachers; Dismissal from employment; Educational administrators; Margaret Jones; Marital status; Single mothers

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