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Pankhurst and the Founding of WSPU
The Women's Social and Political Union was the leading militant organisation campaigning for Women's suffrage in Great Britain from 1903 to 1917. Pankhurst defied politicians by disrupting party rallies, marching, smashing store windows and going on hunger strikes. In 1918, women age 30 or older were granted the right to vote, and in 1928, the age was lowered to 21. -
Sinn Fein
A militant group created in 1905 by Irish Catholics who proclaimed themselves as the head of an Irish republic. A guerilla war was waged against the british, and the passage of the Home Rule Bill split ireland into two sections. What is designated as northern ireland remained a part of the UK -
Ulysses
Initially judged obscene, early editions subjected to confiscation and book burning, long banned in England and the United States, Ulysses found its exalted stature confirmed in controversy in 1998 when it was chosen the best English-language novel of the 20th century by an editorial board of the Modern Library, a division of Random House publishers.
Ulysses has been described as mad, but also as work of a genious.
The novel is about 265,000 words in length. -
Art Deco
The term Art Deco derives from the name of a Paris exhibit: the Exposition Internatinale des Arts Decoratifs et Industriels Modernes. This style is marked by geometric shapes and smooth lines suggesting elegance and sophistication. New York City's Empire State Building is a famous example of Art Deco architecture. -
The Iron Curtain
The Iron Curtain was the imaginary boundary dividing Europe into two separate areas from the end of World War II in 1945 until the end of the Cold War in 1991. The term, coined by Winston Churchill, symbolized efforts by the Soviet Union to block itself and its satellite states from open contact with the west and non-Soviet-controlled areas. -
George Orwell
George Orwell, the pen name of Eric Blair, carried a lifelong "horror of politics" and concern for human freedom. This was transferred in his writings into two landmark books, Animal Farm and 1984, the former bitterly predicting the downfall of communism and the latter warning of what he saw as a trend toward totalitarian dominance by governments.
