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52 Cards in this Set
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1829
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Metropolitan Police Act
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1830
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Charles Lyell writes "Principles of Geology" describing the age of the earth
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1833
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Slavery abolished, Factory Act limits child labor
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1835
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David Strauss publishes "Life of Jesus Critically Examined," which is translated into English by George Eliot
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1841
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40% of women were unmarried and dueling outlawed
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1842
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Detective Department founded
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1844
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Factory Act limits working hours to 6 1/2 for children and 12 for women
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1850
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Millais "Christ in the House of His Parents"
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1851
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Great Exhibition, Prince Albert's Crystal Palace
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1852
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"Bleak House" introduces Inspector Bucket
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1853
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Matrimonial and Divorce Bill, Matrimonial Causes Act (divorce less expensive, women don't need to give husbands part of income, men prove adultery, women prove adultery plus)
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1857
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Indian Rebellion
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1859
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Charles Darwin "Origin of Species"
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1862
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Greg "Why Are Women Redundant?"
Cobbe "What Shall We Do With Our Old Maids?" |
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1864, 66, 69
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Contagious Disease Acts, repealed in 1886
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1865
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Jamaican Rebellion
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1866
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Sanitary Act
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1872
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Police strike over labor conditions and pay, "A Christmas Carol"
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1879
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Anglo-Zulu conflicts
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1880-81
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First Boer War
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1884-85
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Berlin Conference
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1887
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Victoria's Golden Jubilee, Trafalgar Square riots
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1897
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Victoria's Diamond Jublilee
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Carlyle, "Democracy"
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-Having good leaders is better than a democracy
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Carlyle, "Captains of Industry"
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-Leaders need to become more chivalrous
-Comparison between industry and the army -Reform will be difficult but it is necessary |
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E. B. Browning, "Cry of the Children"
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-Children seek death because their lives are so hard
-Children do not believe in God because they feel ignored |
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E. B. Browning, "Sonnets from the Portuguese"
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-Depth of love
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E. B. Browning, Aurora Leigh
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-Women are forced to learn useless things
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Tennyson, "The Lady of Shalott"
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-Woman is trapped in domestic pursuits and dies when she looks outward
-Valued only for her beauty |
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Tennyson, "Ulysses"
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-Both life and death are adventures
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Tennyson, "The Charge of the Light Brigade"
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-The soldiers don't question orders
-British pluck |
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Tennyson, "Crossing the Bar"
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-Religion and immortality
-Death as an adventure |
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Robert Browning, "Porphyria's Lover"
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-Insanity of reason
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Robert Browning, "My Last Duchess"
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-Arrogance of nobility
-Woman valued only for her beauty |
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George Eliot, "Silly Novels by Lady Novelists"
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-Mediocre women novelists are allowed and even encouraged
-Perpetuates stereotype of bad female writers -Women are using their education badly |
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Mill, The Subjection of Women
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-Compares women to slaves and men to masters
-Men dominate over women and then expect them to love them -It is impossible to now know the true nature of women -Women will do what it is in their nature to do if they are given the freedom to do as they will |
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Dickens, A Christmas Carol
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-Responsibility to care for the poor
-Legacy, consequences of choices |
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Arnold, "The Buried Life"
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-Water imagery
-True selves are hidden, even from ourselves |
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Arnold, "Dover Beach"
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-Faith is replaced by melancholy
-Confusion of the world |
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D. G. Rossetti, "The Blessed Damozel"
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-Faith of parted lovers
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Ruskin, Of Queen's Gardens
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-Women create a shelter for their husbands
-Women must be perfect |
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Patmore, The Angel in the House
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-Women are the perfect half of men
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Ellis, "The Women of England: Their Social Duties and Domestic Habits"
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-Women should be educated in domestic skills because that is where their talents lie
-Disinterested kindness is the most valuable trait that a woman can have |
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Nightingale, Cassandra
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-Women are encouraged to be idle or do useless things
-Society keeps women from reaching their full potential |
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C. Rossetti, "A Birthday"
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-Value of romantic love
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C. Rossetti, "An Apple-Gathering"
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-Value of love
-Imagery of an orchard |
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C. Rossetti, "Goblin Market"
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-Relationship between sisters
-Power of virtue |
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Henley, "Invictus"
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-British pluck
-Independence, reliance on self |
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Kipling, "The White Man's Burden"
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-Responsibility to weaker people
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Kipling, "If--"
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-To be a man, you must be able to overcome just about anything and have courage
-British pluck |
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Doyle, "A Scandal in Bohemia"
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-Place of women
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Wilde, The Importance of Being Earnest
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-Humor for the sake of humor
-Why does it need to mean something? |