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However, major achievements should be underlined. London was the financial centre of the world—far more efficient and wide-ranging than New York, Paris or Berlin. Britain had built up a vast reserve of overseas credits in its formal Empire, as well as in its informal empire in Latin America and other nations. It had huge financial holdings in the United States, especially in railways. These assets proved vital in paying for supplies in the first years of the World War. The amenities, especially in urban life, were accumulating—prosperity was highly visible. The working classes were beginning to protest politically for a greater voice in government, but the level of industrial unrest on economic issues was not high until about 1908. [51] Social change and improved health [ edit ] The government entered the Second Boer War with great confidence, little expecting that the two small rural Boer republics in southern Africa with a combined White population smaller than that of London would hold off the concentrated power of the British Empire for two and half years and take 400,000 Imperial troops to secure victory. [26] The war split the Liberal Party into anti- and pro-war factions. Great orators, such as Liberal David Lloyd George, who spoke against the war, became increasingly influential. Nevertheless, Liberal Unionist Joseph Chamberlain, who was largely in charge of the war, maintained his hold on power. [27] David Dutton, "Unionist Politics and the aftermath of the General Election of 1906: A Reassessment." Historical Journal 22#4 (1979): 861–876.

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Olian, JoAnne (1998). Victorian and Edwardian Fashions from "La Mode Illustrée". New York: Dover Publications. ISBN 9780486297118. Aston, Jennifer, and Paolo Di Martino. "Risk, success, and failure: female entrepreneurship in late Victorian and Edwardian England." Economic History Review 70.3 (2017): 837–858. online Shepherd actually started her career at Ally Pally as a waitress, but ended up performing her first (in 1904) and last (in 1912) balloon jumps here in the park at Alexandra Palace. Unlike many of her aerial pioneer friends, she survived this career and went on to serve in the first and second world wars as a driver and mechanic. She was a tour de force of a woman who knew no fear, and continues to be a huge inspiration to all who come across her story. David Brooks, The age of upheaval: Edwardian politics, 1899–1914 (Manchester University Press, 1995). At the time, single mothers were the poorest sector in society, disadvantaged for at least four reasons. First, women lived longer, often leaving them widowed with children. Second, women had fewer opportunities to work, and when they did find it, their wages were lower than male workers' wages. Thirdly, women were often less likely to marry or remarry after being widowed, leaving them as the main providers for the remaining family members. Finally, poor women had deficient diets, because their husbands and children received disproportionately large shares of food. Many women were malnourished and had limited access to health care. [70] Female servants [ edit ]

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