THEME Social reform and change
Absence from school in rural areas 1876
The Rural Poor and Education 1876
Read MoreFirst Teacher Training Scheme 1846
The first teacher training colleges
Read MorePoor Law Amendment Act 1834
The draconian Poor Law Amendment Act of 1834 was to seal the fate and abject misery of many poor people through the majority of the19th century. Find out here the basis of the law and how it was implemented in Victorian Britain.
Read MoreIntroduction of Antiseptics 1867
The father of antiseptic surgery, Joseph Lister
Read More1867 Britain’s Second Reform Act and Bill
The Reform Bills of the C19th had an enormous impact on our ancestors lives, second reform act in britain in 1867.
Read MoreLondon University Founded 1828
Founding of London University
Read MoreMarie Curie Nobel Prize 1911 for Chemistry
A second Nobel Prize for Marie?
Read MoreMarie Curie Born in Warsaw 1867
Marie Curie born in 1867
Read MoreInternational Council of Women 1904
Women’s Suffrage 1904
Read MoreThe plight of sick children 1843
The lack of hospital care for children in 1843
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