The road towards equal pay for women has been a long one, with many outstanding events along the way. This episode, Amy Longmuir examines one of those episodes of industrial action that paved the way towards equal rights and truly equal pay - 1976's Trico-Folberth Dispute.

If you'd like to hear more from Amy, you can find her on Twitter, @AmyLouLongmuir. Amy also runs the official blog of the University of Reading's History Department, which you can read at unireadinghistory.com.

Music:

'Solidarity (Pizzicato Arrangement)', recorded by G. Moore [insp. Ralph Chaplin, 'Solidarity Forever' (1915)].

'Pizzicato Theme', by G. Moore.

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