Since 1975 women in the UK have had equal employment rights with men.

In that year it became illegal to refuse a woman any job on the grounds of her gender.
Over the next quarter-century women entered the last few jobs that had been closed to them.
In 2004, the first woman head of a Train Operating company was appointed.
Her name is Alison Forster and she is head of the Great Western.

The history of railwaywomen

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