The Country Diary of an Edwardian Lady

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Live performances, both amateur and professional, were popular. Henry Wood, Edward Elgar, Gustav Holst, Arnold Bax, George Butterworth, Ralph Vaughan Williams, and Thomas Beecham were all active. Military and brass bands often played outside in parks during the summer. [92] The new technology of wax cylinders and gramophone records played on phonographs and talking machines, made live performances permanently available for repetition at any time.

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David Dutton, "Unionist Politics and the aftermath of the General Election of 1906: A Reassessment." Historical Journal 22#4 (1979): 861–876.A number of her illustrations have since been used on tie-in products, from books such as Country Diary Recipes to cookware, stationery and ornaments. The Liberals returned to power in 1906 and made significant reforms. Below the upper class, the era was marked by significant shifts in politics among sections of society that had largely been excluded from power, such as labourers, servants, and the industrial working class. Women started to play more of a role in politics. [2] I like this for the animal and flower illustrations, post cards, and stories of life in the early 1900’s of Edith’s documented life, but not necessarily of most womens’ experiences, just hers. Her whole biography is not complete and although written in bits and pieces of known facts, we must remember that she lived a life with all needs met.

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Shepherd actually started her career at Ally Pally as a waitress, but ended up performing her first (in 1904) and last (in 1912) balloon jumps here in the park at Alexandra Palace. Unlike many of her aerial pioneer friends, she survived this career and went on to serve in the first and second world wars as a driver and mechanic. She was a tour de force of a woman who knew no fear, and continues to be a huge inspiration to all who come across her story. Andrew S. Thompson, "Tariff reform: an imperial strategy, 1903–1913." Historical Journal 40#4 (1997): 1033–1054. The upper middle-class professionals included a merchant, solicitor, banker, surgeon, physician or manufacturer where as the lower middle-class people included shop keepers, office workers, traveling salesmen, teachers and factory foremen. These people were the ones that developed the maximum in this decade. The inventions of the typewriter, telephone, and new filing systems offered middle-class women increased employment opportunities. [57] [58] So too did the rapid expansion of the school system, [59] and the emergence of the new profession of nursing. Education and status led to demands for female roles in the rapidly expanding world of sports. [60] Although abortion was illegal, it was nevertheless a widespread form of birth control. [68] Used predominantly by working-class women, the procedure was used not only as a means of terminating pregnancy, but also to prevent poverty and unemployment. Those who transported contraceptives could be legally punished. Contraceptives became more expensive over time and had a high failure rate. Unlike contraceptives, abortion did not need any prior planning and was less expensive. Newspaper advertisements were used to promote and sell abortifacients indirectly. [69]On one hand, the upper middle class adopted the Edwardian fashion wholeheartedly, on the other, the lower middle class clung to the Victorian fashion. Speaking of the working class people you might be reminded of the saying beggars cant be choosers. The working class was so busy in the daily battle of arranging a square meal that Victorian or Edwardian, no fashion, no lifestyle meant anything to them. Kathryn Rix, "'Go Out into the Highways and the Hedges': The Diary of Michael Sykes, Conservative Political Lecturer, 1895 and 1907–8." Parliamentary History 20#2 (2001): 209–231. a b c Knight, Patricia (1977). "Women and Abortion in Victorian and Edwardian England". History Workshop. 4: 57–68. doi: 10.1093/hwj/4.1.57. PMID 11610301.

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Glaser, John F. (1958). "English Nonconformity and the Decline of Liberalism". The American Historical Review. 63 (2): 352–363. doi: 10.2307/1849549. JSTOR 1849549. I first got Edith (Holden) Smith’s The Country Diary of an Edwardian Lady, asa gift, and then later found this biography to compliment the diary. It’s inspired me to create my own country diary of the animals and flora of the place where I live. Every month I read the month that it is, in her diary which is organized by months. I’m currently up to June. Benson, John (2007). "One Man and His Woman: Domestic Service in Edwardian England". Labour History Review. 72 (3): 203–214. doi: 10.1179/174581607X264793. S2CID 145703473. Cinema was primitive and audiences preferred live performances to picture shows. Music hall was very popular and widespread; influential performers included male impersonator Vesta Tilley and comic Little Tich. [93]In rural areas, the national headquarters made highly effective use of paid travelling lecturers, with pamphlets, posters, and especially lantern slides, who were able to communicate effectively with rural voters – particularly the newly enfranchised agricultural workers. [11] In the first years of the twentieth century, the Conservative government, with Arthur Balfour as Prime Minister, had numerous successes in foreign policy, defence, and education, as well as solutions for the issues of alcohol licensing and land ownership for the tenant farmers of Ireland. [12] August, watercolor of "Thrush feeding on the berries of the Rowan or Mountain Ash (Pyrus aucuparia)." Martin Roberts (2001). Britain, 1846-1964: The Challenge of Change. Oxford UP. p.8. ISBN 9780199133734. By the late-1880s, the Industrial Revolution had created new technologies that changed the way people lived. The growth of industry shifts in manufacturing factories, special-purpose machinery and technological innovations, which led to increased productivity. Gender roles shifted as women made use of the new technology to upgrade their lifestyle and their career opportunities. Alun Howkins and Nicola Verdon. "The state and the farm worker: the evolution of the minimum wage in agriculture in England and Wales, 1909–24." Agricultural history review 57.2 (2009): 257–274. online