----------------------- - After 1870‚ government functions expanded to include public education and national systems of welfare - As government responsibilities were enlarged‚ new taxes were imposed to pay for the additional programs. - Western Governments introduced civil service exam to test applicants on the basis of talent rather than on connections on birth alone. - Growing bureauary and improved recruitment‚ governments began to extend their regulatory apparatus‚ inspecting
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there have been historical examples where civil disobedience turned for the worst when acts committed delayed the goal of the group or person — as was the case when suffragists during the women’s voting movement in the United Kingdom‚ such as Emmeline Pankhurst‚ took to breaking windows‚ vandalizing property‚ and defying the police. Yet defining their actions as civil
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shared the same goal; to achieve women’s suffrage in National Elections. However‚ unlike the suffragists‚ the suffragettes preferred to take militant action to gain publicity. It was the WSPU (Women’s Social and Political Union)‚ founded by Emmeline Pankhurst in 1903‚ whose militant actions reflect what society was like between 1886-1914. Members of the WSPU would campaign at by-elections‚ disrupt political meetings and threaten public order by committing offenses such as breaking windows and chaining
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To what extent did the First World War change the role of women in British society? INTRO In the lead up to the First World War‚ the suffrage movement was making significant advances towards the enfranchisement of British women. By 1914‚ the National Union of Women’s Suffrage Societies (NUWSS) had 52‚000 members and attracted annual donations totalling £37‚000. Furthermore‚ the increasingly militant actions of the Women’s Social and Political Union (WSPU)‚ attracted greater public attention to
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The Tate Britain museum is the first to touch upon the subject of physical attacks on art in Britain within the period from the 16th century to the present day. The exhibition is dedicated to the issue of iconoclasm which mainly describes religiously‚ politically or aestheticly motiveted destruction of different art pieces such as icons‚ symbols or monuments. This exhibition primarily aims to investigate and point out the particular movements and causes of the assaults on art through objects‚ paintings
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Does it matter if democracy is still expanding in Great Britain or anywhere else in the world? Democracy‚ a form of government by the people‚ expanded somewhat dramatically in Great Britain between 1830 and 1914. Examples of democratic expansion in Great Britain include the increase of male suffrage and the regulation of working conditions. This expansion wasn’t dramatic because women still couldn’t vote during that time period. The increase of male suffrage helped the expansion of democracy
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19th and 20th century many advances were being taken in the equal rights movement for women. Many people philosophised why the oppression of women was so apparent‚ among these people were activists and writers like The Suffragettes‚ especially Emmeline Pankhurst in the late 1890’s‚ who focussed on the legal side of the movement. Then de Beauvoir and Betty Friedman in the 1950-60‚ who focussed on the expectation of women in society and their place in society. Both Friedman and de Beauvoir came to the
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Vindication of the Rights of Woman‚ by Mary Wollstonecraft in Britain. Militant political action among women began in Britain in 1903 with the formation of the Women’s Social and Political Union (WSPU) for the right to vote‚ under the leadership of Emmeline Pankhurst. Women of all ages and classes demonstrated on a massive scale; the demonstrators were jailed‚ locked out of their meeting places‚ and thrown down the steps of Parliament. National divisiveness ended in a truce at the outbreak of World War I
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Evadne Price wrote the book "Not So Quiet" in 1930 under the pseudonym Helen Zenna Smith. Price was an established author and playwright by the time she wrote "Not So Quiet‚" best known for her serialized romance novels. She also wrote children’s books and articles for women’s magazine. But "Not So Quiet" was a very different kind of piece‚ partly because of its far more serious nature‚ partly because it was somewhat autobiographical. She was initially approached by a British publisher to write a
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political activity largely on hold for the duration of the war‚ and the more militant WSPU did likewise after speaking with the government‚ although in 1915 they did demonstrate publicly‚ demanding that women be given a ‘right to serve’. Emmeline and Christabel Pankhurst‚ perhaps the most famous Suffragettes‚ turned to recruiting soldiers for the war effort‚ actions echoed across Europe. Women on the front line few women served in the front lines fighting‚ but there were exceptions: Flora Sands was
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