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Contagious Disease Acts, repealed in 1886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