have walked out‚ they have decided the pay and conditions aren’t reasonable and they want fair play. On June 23rd Annie Besant wrote an article ‘White Slavery In London’ in her newspaper ‘The Link’ after witnessing Clement Black’s speech in London on female labour. ‘I had heard of the Pay and conditions in Bryant &May’s Factory and decided that these girls needed to be heard’ Annie Besant told us. She also told us that the women worked upto fourteen hours a day for less than 10shillings a week‚ They
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KENDRIYA VIDYALAYA‚ MUZAFFARPUR Social Science A.P. SHARMA TGT(S. Sc.) Topic :- Role of Women in Freedom struggle of India Women of the freedom struggle India has for a long time produced of most as feckless female as she did male ones. Unlike in most other civilizations and contrary to popular belief‚ Indian women played politically and socially important roles since times unknown. HERE is a look at a few such forgotten women heroes of the Indian freedom struggle. Women’s participation
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Annie Besant describes the conditions of the London Match Workers as a kind of white Slavery‚ but does their condition really match those of the slaves brought to the Americas? The conditions of both reflect social debates of their times‚ where human beings were treated as property. I see both parallels and differences between the conditions of Londons working class and the African slaves brought to the AmericasBeginning with the physical conditions of the labor each had to perform‚ many parallels
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INTRODUCTION We record our homage and deep admiration for the Womanhood of India who in the hour of peril for the motherland forsook the shelter of their homes and with unfailing courage and endurance stood shoulder to shoulder with their menfolk‚ in the frontline of India’s national army to share with them the sacrifices and triumphs of the struggle”. From a Resolution passed on January 26‚ 1931. When the history of India’s fight for Independence comes to be written‚ the sacrifice made by the
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Jump to: navigation‚ search Jawaharlal Nehru | | Jawaharlal Nehru in 1951 | 1st Prime Minister of India | In office 15 August 1947 – 27 May 1964 | Monarch | George VI (until 26 January 1950) | President | Rajendra Prasad Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan | Governor General | The Earl Mountbatten of Burma Chakravarti Rajagopalachari (until 26 January 1950) | Deputy | Vallabhbhai Patel | Preceded by | Position established | Succeeded by | Gulzarilal Nanda (Acting) | Minister of
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Gokhale‚ Rabindranath Tagore‚ Muhammad Ali Jinnah‚ Annie Besant‚ C. P. Ramaswami Iyer‚ Mahatma Gandhi and Jawaharlal Nehru.[6] During 1915-1918‚ she traveled to different regions in India delivering lectures on social welfare‚ women empowerment and nationalism. She awakened the women of India and brought them out of the kitchen. She also helped to establish the Women’s Indian Association (WIA) in 1917.[7] She was sent to London along with Annie Besant‚ President of WIA‚ to present the case for the women’s
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bone were worked out through their gums. Annie Besant‚ a journalist‚ took on the cause of the match maker and helped organise a strike for the workers at Bryant and May. She wrote an article on July 14th‚ 1888 in the newspaper The Link titled ‘White Slavery in London’ addressing the poor conditions endured by the employees and highlighting the insufficient pay obtained whilst the shareholders profited huge returns and benefitted from their work. Besant writes that the company owners were also huge
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Sociology Unit 1 Discussion Chapter 1 How did prejudice and discrimination affect the development of sociology in America in the late 19th and early 20th centuries? When researching prejudice and discrimination‚ I am often perplexed by my inability to separate or distinguish between the two. Prejudice is usually seen through discrimination and where one is found‚ the other is always lurking nearby. Consider this excerpt from the “questia” website; Prejudice is an unsubstantiated prejudgment of an
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India was under British rule for over more than 200 years. The freedom of India did not come easily. It required fearless courage and true spirit to regain India’s freedom. The freedom history of India is full of great leaders and freedom fighters that faced exploitations‚ hardships and immense torture to earn freedom that was dutifully ours. It demanded immense courage and sacrifice to devote one’s life to the cause of freedom of the mother nation. Every Indian who lived under the British rule dreamt
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King’s College London and later at Girton College‚ Cambridge. Sarojini Naidu joined the Indian national movement in the wake of partition of Bengal in 1905. She came into contact with Gopal Krishna Gokhale‚Rabindranath Tagore‚ Muhammad Ali Jinnah‚ Annie Besant‚ C. P. Ramaswami Iyer‚ Mahatma Gandhi and Jawaharlal Nehru.[4] In 1925‚ Naidu presided over the annual session of Indian National Congress at Cawnpore. In 1929‚ she presided over East African Indian Congress inSouth Africa. She was awarded the
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