Panic of 1893

Submitted by Deja Barnes on

During the 1890s, there was a time of economic depression in the year 1893. This was caused by the 1890 Sherman Silver Purchase Act which required the United States government to purchase 4.5 million onces of silver every month at market price, purchased with a new issue of treasury notes and minted into dollar coins, both of which could be redeemed for gold from the U.S. Treasury. The Act also required the Treasury to value gold at sixteen times that of silver by law.

Sense and Sensibility Map - Related Locations

Submitted by Bettina Pedersen on

This map contains the locations--many real and some fictional--referenced in the plot of Sense and Sensibility as well as realated locations connected to the issues raise in the novel: i.e. entail, primogeniture, women's education (sense, sensibility, susceptibility), the season, and so on.

Please add your contribution as you identify important locations in the novel.

 

 

Pride and Prejudice Map - Related Locations

Submitted by Bettina Pedersen on

This map contains the actual locations referenced in the plot of Pride and Prejudice as well as realated locations connected to the issues raised in the novel: i.e. women's education - accomplishments, conduct literature (Fordyce's Sermons), entail, as so on.

Please add your contribution as you identify important locations in the novel.

Holloway Prison, London.

The movement for women’s suffrage took many forms and involved many different groups and societies. The National Union of Women’s suffrage Societies (NUWSS) campaigned peacefully and aided the movement by signing petitions and publishing pamphlets and newspapers. The women involved in peaceful actions were known as suffragists. Organizations such as the Women’s Social and Political Union (WSPU) and the Women’s Tax Resistance League (WTRL), resorted to more violent actions such as setting fires, vandalizing property, and hassling government officials.

Holloway Prison, London. Clemence Housman Is Incarcerated for Tax Evasion.

Submitted by Alessia Dickson on

The movement for women’s suffrage took many forms and involved many different groups and societies. The National Union of Women’s suffrage Societies (NUWSS) campaigned peacefully and aided the movement by signing petitions and publishing pamphlets and newspapers. The women involved in peaceful actions were known as suffragists. Organizations such as the Women’s Social and Political Union (WSPU) and the Women’s Tax Resistance League (WTRL), resorted to more violent actions such as setting fires, vandalizing property, and hassling government officials.

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