Representation of the People Act 1918

the government in regards to the common folks, advanced the rights of the people,…

They were subjected and were going to be subjected to inhumane laws that barred them from full participation in the community. The major beginning of their fight began in 1848, the year of revolutions across Europe, which called for the liberation of the middle class among other rights. The poor harvests combined with disease caused uproar and when the people noticed only some of them got a say, or vote, in the matter they looked for expanded suffrage. The liberal Jews participated in this fight…

There are two types of popular pressure which may have brought improved representation and greater democracy. The Marxist historians argued that violence improved representation. The meritocratic or moral force argument was the idea that the unfranchised proved that they would not undermine the constitution through their interest in property initially, but World War One led to the reformation of this idea. In addition, the different party political interests may have also led to the Reform Acts…

events of the nineteenth century. The nineteenth century, or the Victorian age, was a time where change and parliament reform happened. Many acts and legislation were either passed or rejected through parliament and most were aimed at reform. Even some of the legislation passed during the Victorian era was aimed at parliament itself. Even though parliament went through some changes, legislation passed in the nineteenth century helped shape…

During Interwar years, status and position of women have changed greatly prior to World War One. Due to women’s contribution to war effort in factories, offices and homes, their status and position in society have been elevated. Between late 1910s to early 1920s, the introduction of a number of important legislations reforms in United Kingdom, such as Representation of the People Act 1918 and the Sex Discrimination (Removal) Act 1919, improved the position of women. The passing of the 1918…

In July 1909 Suffragette prisoner Marion Dunlop refused to eat which began a campaign of mass hunger strikes. In response, the Government introduced the Prisoner’s Temporary Discharge for Ill Health Act, also known as the Cat and Mouse Act. This Act was used to embarrass the Government and gained much more publicity for women’s suffrage. Their actions also made men think they could not be trusted to use the vote efficiently. In 1912, Mrs Pankhurst returned from the USA and committed the WSPU to…

Emmeline Pankhurst, born July 15 1858 in Manchester, United Kingdom, was raised in a politically active family, in which both her parents were abolitionists and supporters of female suffrage. Pankhurst was exposed to social issues at a young age and attended her first women’s suffrage meeting at age fourteen. Pankhurst was fifteen when she left the country to receive an education in Paris at École Normale Supérieure. She returned to Great Britain in 1878 and married Richard Pankhurst in December…

Alternatively, other historians give credit to women’s pre-war political movements. In fact, as the men returned after the war, women were dismissed back home, forced from their jobs and were expected to go back into domestic life. This demonstrates how women’s employment could only have had a short term impact. In fact, the argument can be taken further, with some claiming that the war actually delayed the process. Historian Paula Bartley states that “” In fact, only women over 30 were granted…

entry into World War I, The Espionage Act of 1917 was passed. The Act was supposed to prevent the support of U.S. enemies during wartime, as well as insubordination in the military. It was also meant to protect the military operations and recruitment from those who openly opposed it, such as the communist and socialist parties and unions. Many famous people were charged with offenses under the Act, among them presidential candidate and leader of the Socialist Party of America Eugene V. Debs,…

Owen was a capitalist and social reformer. He gained influence as a supporter of the humane treatment of industrial workers. He was also a critic of child labour, and he also co-founded the labour’s cooperative movement. Karl Marx said that workers world rebel against the owners of the factories and take over the economy and the government themselves. In the 1900s Marx's ideas influenced many Communist governments. Marx also disapproved of religion. Marx wrote the Communist Manifesto in 1848. In…