The 1911 National Insurance Act
byWhile watching the second episode of Dr. Pamela Cox’s BBC documentary, Servants: The True Story of Life Below Stairs, I was struck by yet…
controversy
W. E. B. Du Bois & Booker T. Washington: Two Sides of the Same Coin
byNo two men of equal stature could have come from different places than Booker T. Washington and W. E. B. Du Bois. One was…
Daily Life in the British Parliament: Home Rule
byThe “Irish Question” dominated British politics for the majority of the nineteenth century. No other issue tore families, friends, and otherwise friendly political opponents…