ABSTRACT
In education, the influence and practices of the women's liberation movement has shaken the system and the curriculum. It is fairly common place now to refer to the women's liberation movement as a learning experience. The most obvious effect has been the generation and development of women's studies, which differ from the customary provision of education for women. The main developments have been within adult education, especially in the Workers' Educational Association (WEA) and university adult education departments, and now the Local Education Authorities (LEAs). Inside and outside the universities, women began to do research on the construction of femininity, the family in history and society, the sexual divisions within psychology and sociology, women in art and literature, girls and women in science and maths, and comparative cross-cultural studies of the family. This work was disseminated through networks such as conferences, women's journals, pamphlets and publishing, seminars and study groups, and especially through the WEA and university adult education classes.
