In the news1918–1928
Women Won the Right to Vote
In 1918, a limited number of women were allowed to vote, and by 1927 all women over 21 were granted the right to vote.
London, 28 Jun 1910 – Guy's Hospital, 13 Jun 1946
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28 Jun 1910
Born in London
13 Jun 1946
Dies in Guy's Hospital, aged 35
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In the news1918–1928
In 1918, a limited number of women were allowed to vote, and by 1927 all women over 21 were granted the right to vote.
What people wore
Working-class menswear habits
Working-class men often wore their father's old suits for manual labor, leading to common sights of mismatched coats and trousers.
Getting around
Horses ruled the early 1900s streets
Before World War One, horses dominated town streets, pulling everything from carriages and taxicabs to delivery carts and buses.
Around the world · 1914–1918The First World War. From 1914 to 1918 the great powers fought in trenches across Europe and beyond; some 20 million people died. Brazil joined the Allies in 1917.
In the news1919–1939
Following the 1919 Housing Act, local authorities began building council houses to replace slums, with over 1 million built by 1939.
Music
Affordable dance halls in the 1920s
During the 1920s in Glasgow, young people flocked to dance halls where they could dance for six hours for the price of sixpence. These halls were known for being fiercely respectable, and participants focused on skill and style.
Daily life
Lighting in the home was rarely electric
Most late-Victorian and Edwardian families lacked electricity and relied on gas, or in rural areas, oil lamps and homemade rushlights.