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The Edwardians: everything you wanted to know

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The Edwardian Era Is Often Characterized as a Time of Political Mobilization for the Working Classes

The edwardian era is often characterized as a time of political mobilization for the working classes. And i think a really nice example of that is the domestic workers union of great britain, established in 19 o nine or 19 ten. You also had the more sort of formal organization of the women's social political union, forming in 19 o three with the pankhurst family. The suffragettes demanded attention in the national press and in daily life,. They were heardad y at the beginning of the edwardian period.

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