Representation of the People Act 1918

The 1970 Act only dealt with equal pay for the same work but in 1975 the EU directive on Equal Pay was passed based on article 119. In 1978, despite the passage of legislation to promote equal pay, women’s position in the UK was still worse than in Italy, France, Germany, or the Benelux countries in 1972. However, The Act has now been mostly superseded by Part 5, chapter 3, of the Equality Act 2010. The Equality Act 2010 legally protects people from discrimination in the workplace and in wider…

The Legacy and Consequences of War In his coming-of-age novel, A Separate Peace, John Knowles tells the story of Gene Forrester and the struggles he faces – both internal and external. While Gene’s external struggles revolve mainly around world affairs at large; his internal struggles prove to be his greatest obstacle to overcome. The following excerpt demonstrates the struggle of consequences as being like a chain-reaction and how it destructively affects his best friend Phineas, “I took a…

conveys how the struggle, in which the National Union of Women’s Suffrage Societies formed a coalition with the Labour Party, eventually lead to women’s suffrage. By doing this, suffragists allowed women’s suffrage to be included in the 1918 Representation of the People Act. This path was not easy as it took years of hard work, determination, and the help of several political parties forming coalitions. The women and advocates for women’s suffrage were not deterred by the times and they fought…

History of American Women’s Movements. New York, NY: Liveright Publishing, 2014. Fuentes, Sonja. “The Women’s Rights Movement: Where It’s Been, Where It’s At.” Userpages.umbc.edu. 2001. Web. 10 Nov. 2014. History, Art & Archives, U.S. House of Representations, Office of the Historian, Women in Congress, 1917-2006. Washington, D.C. U.S. Government Printing Office, 2007. “The Women’s Rights Movement, 1848-1920 Larkin, Jack. “Historical Background on Antislavery and Women’s Rights 1830-1845.” …

Too many people do not understand what feminism is about and this is greatly harming the cause. Especially for young impressionable women, instilling core values of feminism is vital to gender equality in the future. The same goes for young boys, they must learn…

1982, p.3). In recent years, however, Coolidge, that stout, implacable “man from Vermont”, has seen somewhat of a resurgence in the public mind and in scholarly works, leading many historians to question whether such such typically dismissive representations are a fair, or even accurate, portrayal of…

the Nazi Party, and the results of Nazism have been regarded in most of the world as synonymous with evil. Historic and cultural portrayals of Hitler in the West is almost uniformly negative, sometimes neglecting to mention the adulation the German people bestowed on Hitler during his lifetime. So I am going to tell you about the life history of Adolf Hitler. Hitler was born in Braunau Am Inn, Austria, on April 20, 1889. He was the son of a minor customs official and a poor girl. He never…

In “Untitled (Collage with Squares Arranged according to the Laws of Chance)” (1917), Arp has ripped up a series of colored paper and let them fall on a piece of paper. These pieces where then glued onto the paper. In this act, Arp is releasing himself from any type of premeditated method of production in this form of art, which rejects the idea that artists must painstakingly take long periods of time to formulate their art in the bourgeois tradition. More so, Arp is rejecting…

to companies spending more money on marketing efforts than on their sustainability initiatives.” This is exactly what is happening in this story and it begins by talking about a family company called Becker Dairy. This dairy company was founded in 1918 and since it is known for its high quality products, it is one of the big players of this market. The products that they mainly serve are milk, ice cream, butter, and cream cheese. They have one of the largest farms in the United States, with a…

World War I started in August of 1914. The Great War or also known as World War I ended on 11 November 1918, which is currently today Veteran’s Day. After the World War I, in the 1920’s, this era was known as the roaring 20’s. The Harlem Renaissance or the Jazz Age came about around 1924. It’s important to note “that cultural developments during this decade was The Lost Generation of writers after the war called the Jazz Age witnessed a flowering of African-American music, as well as art and…