Edwardian Era

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Edwardian Era

• 1901-1910

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King Edward

• Queen Victoria reigned after death, her son
  Edward VII took over
• He was the leader of the fashionable elite-highly
  styled, loved art
• Loved to travel

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Edwardian Society

• Rigid class society
• Interest in socialism
• Interest in womens
• rights, the poor
• Industrialization-increase in economy
• Upper Class enjoyed leisure sports
• Lower Class worked as servants (making between
  1200-5200 a year)

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Science and Technology

• Albert Einstein began production of famous
  inventions
• 1st Nobel Peace Prize awarded
• The Wright Brothers flew for the first time
• First transatlantic wireless signals sent
• Automobiles were common

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The Home
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Fashion

• Modeled after royalty
• Upper class dressed
• elaborately
• Women changed clothes
• 5-6x a day
• Corsets were used to give women a S shape-all
  classes wore them (for various reasons)

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Societal Norms

• Marriage was common-divorce was not an answer
• Upper Class turned a blind eye to adultery it
  was common and expected
• Servants were common (and should not be paid
  attention to)
• Upper Class well rounded (sing, dance, draw,
  ridding, etc)

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Lower Class Life
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Typical Day-Upper Class

• Wake Up- Servant brings tea
• Servants quickly eat and return to their masters
• Servant helps you dress, bell rings to meet
  family for prayer-family style breakfast follows
• Servants work all day and family eats lunch at
  1pm
• Family participates in leisure activities and
  takes a late tea (5pm)
• Full dinner is served
• 11pm is bed time servants have to turn off all
  the lights

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What it was Really Like

• Rich werent ashamed to live lavishly a time of
  leisure
• A time of great inequality (servants provided the
  labor and the rich benefited)
• Great Britain was at their height of power
• Lower class remained poor-difficult to change
  social status

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You get the idea

• Life in the Lower Class
• http//www.youtube.com/watch?vAaYAqWnfclMfeature
  related
• Life in the Upper Class
• http//www.youtube.com/watch?v5cmaCOf4LMM