The Victorian Era Do Now: What is suffrage? 12/17/08 – Today’s Objectives: Explore the social changes of the Victorian Era Analyze the women’s suffrage movement The Victorian Era Do Now: What is suffrage? Who’s still left out of the chart by the 1880s?

Queen Victoria Reigned from 1837-1901 – 64 yrs The Industrial Revolution started during her reign Britain became the world leader in manufacturing This began trade with and conquest of Asian and African Countries Growth of middle and working classes Victorian Ideals service thrift honesty hard work respectability

Reforming Politics Great Reform Act The Chartist Movement Redistributed seats in the House of Commons giving more representation to large towns and cities Allowed all landowning men to vote The Chartist Movement Demanded universal male suffrage Asked for voting by secret ballot

Reforming Society Women allowed to attend college Reduction of work day for women and children Some taxes on imports were repealed supported the ideas of a laissez-faire government created free trade which helped the consumer Banned slavery in Great Britain and all its colonies Still imported cotton from the United States Reduced punishment for petty crimes Crimes such as shoplifting, sheep stealing, and impersonating an army veteran were punishable by death Petty criminals were often transported to the penal colonies of Australia and New Zealand

Limits on Reform - Women were divided on how to achieve suffrage The Irish Question Fight for home rule Reforms were made, but Ireland remained under English Rule Women’s Suffrage - Women were divided on how to achieve suffrage - Queen Victoria called the suffrage struggle “mad, wicked folly.”

Wrap-Up What rights do women enjoy today because of Emmeline Pankhurst? How do you think you can use information from today’s lesson in your newspaper?

Corn Laws High tariffs placed on corn Discouraged food imports Kept food prices high Suspended in 1846 to help potato famine in Ireland

Imperialism Ethnocentrism Crimean War Western white civilization superior to rest of world Crimean War Britain, Ottoman Turkey, France, and southern Russia vs. Russia to stop Russian advancement/growth

Philosophy Darwin Materialism Survival of the fittest Natural Selection Evolution Materialism

Literature Realism: Naturalism: Ordinary people with everyday problems Pleased middle class Against romanticism Naturalism: Blatantly real to induce social reform Human suffering

Oscar Wilde Wit and Satire Plays – The Importance of Being Earnest Fled England to avoid arrest for being homosexual Emphasized “Art for art’s sake”

Famous Wilde Quotes One should never trust a woman who tells one her real age. A woman who would tell one that, would tell one anything." -- “A Woman of No Importance” The more one analyses people, the more all reasons for analysis disappear. Sooner of later one comes to that dreadful universal thing called human nature." -- “The Decay of Lying” The world is a stage, but the play is badly cast." -- “Lord Arthur Savile's Crime” Nothing spoils a romance so much as a sense of humor in the woman - or the want of it in the man." -- “A Woman of No Importance” Good resolutions are simply checks that men draw on a bank where they have no account."