The Life and Hard Times of Susie P Winklepicker
A part-dramatised, often colour humorous, documentary showing some of the ways the state and the system have pushed women into economic dependence on men in different historical periods, the fights waged against this and the situation at the present time. The tape deals with social security law relating to the Poor Law during the nineteenth century, as well as the recent Social Security Act (in 1986 still only a set of proposals) and with various aspects of work and marriage as affected by the law. It is more of a starting point for discussion than a means of getting across detailed information about legal rights.
Description source: Cinenova Catalogue (1994). Edited by Kate Norrish. Editorial committee: Elaine Burrows, Liane Harris, Helen de Witt
