educationby the state. Political conflicts between Ireland and Britain and the rise of Irishnationalismwere also hallmarks of the era, as were women’s rights activism, which resulted in theMarried Women’s Property Acts, the repeal of theContagiousDiseases Acts, and the growth of education and ...
and laid the foundations of a national system ofsecondary education. Yet local and national inquiries, official and unofficial, into the incidence of poverty had pointed to the need for public action to relieve distress, and from the start thebudget of 1909, fashioned by Lloyd George, as chance...
Founded by Valentin Haüy (1745-1822) to educate blind students, the National Institute was the first school of its kind. Valentin Haüy was a pioneering figure in the field of education and accessibility for the blind. His interest in their welfare was sparked by a chance encounter with a g...
Daily Life of Victorian Women: Women in the Victorian age weren’t just lounging around on fainting couches waiting for their lady’s maid to loosen their corsets. They owned businesses, had political voice long before suffrage, and worked alongside men in tough jobs. This entry inGreenwood’s...
He applied for various jobs (for example at the Natural History Museum in London), but perhaps in part because he didn’t have fancier academic credentials (like a PhD)—and also had spent so much of his time organizing things rather than doing research—he never ...
Brown seizes the chance to regret how “few of our own race can find a place within their walls,” and to emphasize the need, among black people, to turn their attention seriously to self-education.引自The Victorian novel and its readers 第十四页:… The prevailing assumption — one hard ...
These people are risking their jobs and livelihood out of desperation, not a whim. They don’t get up in the morning and think ‘How can we mess with everyone’s day?’ They’re saying, ‘we cannot survive!’ So if you still want an NHS, trains, legal aid, education, Royal Mail ...
Political conflicts between Ireland and Britain and the rise of Irish nationalism were also hallmarks of the era, as were women’s rights activism, which resulted in the Married Women’s Property Acts, the repeal of the Contagious Diseases Acts, and the growth of education and employment options...
Class was both economic and cultural and encompassed income, occupation, education, family structure, sexual behaviour, politics, and leisure activities. The working class, about 70 to 80 percent of the population, got its income from wages, with family incomes usually under £100 per annum. Ma...
The growth of the state and state intervention were seen in major acts that limited hours for factory workers and miners, in public health acts, and in the provision of elementary education by the state. Political conflicts between Ireland and Britain and the rise of Irish nationalism were also...