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=B. Summary of Evidence (500-600 words) Tips]=

The film in whole is very accurate; the events of the film show the struggle of the women well. The film does contain some differences from reality for instance the characters names and the leading women Rita O’Grady, none of the women have been named correctly, this is to make the events better as a part of a movie and don’t change the reality of the events in any substantial way. The character of Rita O’Grady is a composite character, she has been created to give the film a focus but in reality there was no main leader to the strike action, a composite character is based on two or more different people and real information is used to compose them, these characters can be used to symbolize parts of the real people for instance in this movie the character is used to show the women’s fighting spirit and how the events effected their personal life. The depiction of Barbara Castle was accurate, she was the first and only woman to be the first secretary of state, although the amount of involvement in resolving the Dagenham strike, and the lack of involvement by the prime minister show is also not true, he is shown not to care about these strikes, this is untrue because as head of the country he would be heavily involved because of the massive scale of this problem in the country. Barbara Castle was however involved in giving the women a 92% pay rise and later setting up the Equal Pay Act in 1970. The accuracy of the work place was incorrect because the river plant, where the women worked, was actually located a mile away from the main factory, and consisted of a few sheds. The involvement of the factory in Liverpool is accurate and the Halewood Body and Assembly Plant which consisted of 195 women followed the women to strike as well.