article_snippet: more women's liberation movement didn't just change the role of women in society, The women's liberation movement also helped transform what appeared on family dinner plates.
article_snippet: But in later decades as women swelled the workforce, convenient pre-prepared sandwiches, microwaves and ready meals transformed Britain's kitchens - and its diet.
article_snippet: The most iconic piece is the fridge but only 50 per cent of households had one by the end of the decade, everyone else used larders.
article_snippet: the fridge changed what you could cook.'
article_snippet: The food historian added that food at this time became 'more about display and what it looks like as well as what it tastes like.'
article_snippet: By the Seventies, 40 per cent of women were working, leading to a rise in the number of convenience foods on offer.
article_snippet: Dr Russell explained: 'Now women have less time for cooking so the food industry starts offering help in terms of processed, convenience foods so there are things like Pot Noodles available. '
article_snippet: By the Seventies, with more women going out to work, food is becoming more convenient with products like Angel Delight, back left, and ready-made cake mixtures, back right .
article_snippet: Arctic rolls and Pot Noodles became popular in the Seventies as people spent less time cooking .
article_snippet: Such convenience foods became even more popular in the Eighties as the number of women working increased again. '
article_snippet: There was a more disposable income and less time so the ready-meal industry steps up
article_snippet: In the Eighties, the invention of the microwave led to a rise in ready-meals while pre-packed sandwiches, bottom right, appeared on shelves for the first time as workers wanted to grab lunch and go .
article_snippet: She added that the pre-packed sandwich we take for granted today only came in to fruition in 1981 'marking we changing relationship with time and leisure' as people would rather grab lunch and go than do a home-made packed lunch.
article_snippet: Following the rise of convenience foods came concerns for health in the Nineties.
article_snippet: While families tried to be healthier by opting for organic foods and aiming for families 'five-a-day' families were also bombarded with high sugar, processed foods like Pop Tarts and Mr Kipling snack cakes.
article_snippet: In the Nineties, people became more health conscious opting for salad and organic foods but at the same time, high sugar, processed foods like Pop Tarts were introduced . '
highlights_snippet: As more women went out to work, foods became more convenient .