When it comes to the best place in the world to be a woman, one country consistently comes out on top.

Led by a female president and prime minister, and other women in senior ministerial and official positions, Iceland is regularly ranked as the world’s most female-friendly place to live.

For 25 of the last 50 years, a woman has been head of state, and last year, 48 per cent of the parliament members were female – compared with the 40 per cent female MPs elected in Britain last year. New Feature

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The strike that changed everything

However, 50 years ago, Iceland looked very different.

Women’s work – paid and unpaid – was valued less than men’s, and women earned about 40 per cent less than them.

On 24 October 1975, women all over t

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