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hardly unequivocal there, skydancer. yes, she was first female PM, this was/is a big deal. however she vocally opposed feminism, declared that womens lib "had done nothing" for her and ensured few other women got a shot at cabinet (1?). she changed attitudes by being female. but, much the same as Jeez's earlier comment that "she didn't get that not every grocer's daughter could become PM", she didn't get that there was still an equality battle for women. in her opinion womens lib was over - she did nothing to support it. she had got there, ergo there was no problem. also don't forget that the unions did a lot to support women in the workplace and change attitudes there.
extrapolating wildly from anecdote here, but I'm guessing that many of those that voted for her in part or whole because she was female, felt betrayed.