War as an Agent of Social Change

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War as an Agent of Social Change
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Womens Suffrage I

• New Social Context
• Role of Patriotic War Work
• Suspension of Violent Protest
• New Political Context
• Coalition Government (1915-22)
• Lloyd George as Prime Minister
• Fears of Renewed Womens Militancy

WPSU Black Friday, 10 Nov. 1910
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Womens Suffrage II

• Reward Theory
• Revisionist View
• Importance of Franchising Soldiers
• 4th Reform Bill Representation of the People Act
  (1918)

Suffragettes The Pankhursts in Prison
Garb
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Impact of Womens Enfranchisement
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Temperance I

• Campaign Against Insobriety
• War-Time Changes
• Restricted Hours
• Increased Prices
• Weaker Beer

George V
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Temperance II

• Impact on Drinking Habits
• Drunkenness
• Per Capita Beer Consumption
• Licensing Act (1921)

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Prestige of Land Ownership I

• Phase I Great Depression (1873-96)
• Phase 2 Pre-War (1910-14)
• Peoples Budget

David Lloyd George
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Prestige of Land Ownership II

• Phase 3 Post-1914 (1914-27)
• Low Financial Returns
• Lloyd Georges Appointments
• Extent of Sale of Land
• Incentives to Sell Heavier Taxation and Tax
  Avoidance

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More Egalitarian Society

• Smaller, Less Impoverished Working Class
• Growth of Middle Class
• Lowering of Class Barriers
• Rise of Real Wages
• Shorter Work Week
• Declining Employment of Domestic Servants