Already binged the new #Bridgerton episodes & can't get enough of the British upper class?
May we suggest some further reading on #Diana & #QueenVictoria ? Details on each book in the replies! 👑
#BritishHistory
The British Home Revolution Of The 1950s
From austerity to affluence. Witness the total transformation of the British living room as vibrant plastics, the DIY movement, and the arrival of the television turned drab post-war houses into modern hubs of family life.
#1950s #BritishHistory #SocialHistory #MidCenturyModern #HistoryChannel #HomeRevolution
https://www.history-channel.org/the-british-home-revolution-of-the-1950s/
Tudor Expert Reacts To ‘Mary Queen of Scots’ Movie
Fact vs. Hollywood fiction. Renowned historians unpick the dramatic life of Mary Stuart, exploring whether she and Elizabeth I ever truly met and how sexual politics and espionage were distilled into the blockbuster film.
#MaryQueenOfScots #TudorHistory #ElizabethI #MovieReview #HistoryExpert #BritishHistory
https://www.history-channel.org/tudor-expert-reacts-to-mary-queen-of-scots-movie/
In 1889, the Cleveland Street scandal revealed a London male brothel serving elite clients.
Working-class youths faced prosecution while aristocratic figures benefited from caution and containment.
Victorian Britain defended morality loudly. It defended hierarchy more carefully. 🕯️
#Brewminate #History #BritishHistory
https://brewminate.com/cleveland-street-scandal-british-aristocrats-male-brothel-1889/
Eadric Streona’s betrayals during the Viking wars weakened England, enabled Danish conquest, and may have led to King Edmund’s murder — setting the stage for the Norman Conquest.
#HistoryTok #DarkHistory #BritishHistory #GameOfThronesVibes
Read more: https://www.ancient-origins.net/premium-articles?page=144
The Swedish settlers established a trading relationship with the Susquehannock, and supported them in their successful war against Maryland colonists.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swedish_overseas_colonies
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#britishhistory #russianhistory #japanesehistory #frenchhistory #spanishhistory #poruguesehistory #dutchhistory #belgianhistory #swedishhistory
The Battle of Cable Street
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kOU_ryMCIXk
#fascism #antisemitism #britishhistory #jewishhistory #oswaldmosley #samaronow
#OnThisDay, 13 Feb 1907, around 15 suffragettes rush into the lobby of the House of Commons in London: around 60 more are arrested outside.
The picture shows their release the next day.
#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #BritishHistory #VotesForWomen #Histodons
Mud, glorious mud!
#OnThisDay, 9 Feb 1907, around 3,000 people take part in the National Union of Women’s Suffrage Societies' march through London, demanding the vote.
The weather was dreadful, hence its nickname of “the Mud March”.
#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #VotesForWomen #BritishHistory #Histodons
Bit of a long shot, but does anyone here know anything about the female British typists who went to Germany in 1945 to type up the peace treaty? My grandmother was one of them!
#wwii #worldwarii #potsdam #peacetreaty #postwar #Germanhistory #britishhistory #history #europeanhistory #militaryhistory
#OnThisDay, 6 Feb 1918, the Representation of the People Act receives royal assent, allowing some women in the UK the right to vote in general elections.
All men over 21 were able to vote for the first time, but only women over 30 who met some property requirements could join them at the ballot box.
Full enfranchisement came in 1928.
Listen to the Sheffield Street Choirs sing 'Nana was a Suffragette': https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-KklWkhG748
RE: https://mastodon.online/@helenpugh/116017455297487687
Transcript:
Our next lady has a special place in my heart. Dorothy Pentreath was one of the last native speakers of Cornish and my family have always told me she is our ancestor. To be precise, according to my research, she was the sister of my great great great times something grandfather whose name was Nicholas Pentreath.
King Charles & Kate: Can They Save Oldest Curry House from Eviction?
https://youtu.be/8bB7-kysuz8
#KingCharles #KateMiddleton #Veeraswamy #RoyalFamily #Curry #SaveVeeraswamy #LondonNews #CrownEstate #RoyalIntervention #BritishHistory
#OnThisDay, 1 Feb 1587, Queen Elizabeth I of England signs the death warrant of her first cousin once-removed Mary, Queen of Scots.
"We aren't super heroes. We are four ordinary women.”
#OnThisDay, 29 Jan 1996, Andrea Needham, Joanna Wilson, and Lotta Kronlid break into a BAE aerodrome and damage the electronics of a Hawk warplane destined to be used by Indonesia’s regime in East Timor.
#BritishHistory #WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #Histodons
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#OnThisDay, 27 Jan 1920, Mary Selina Share Jones becomes the first woman to join Gray's Inn in London as a student. No photo of her is online.
Membership of an Inn is a requirement for barristers in England and Wales. Until Dec 1919, women were barred from joining.
#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #BritishHistory #Histodons
#OnThisDay, 24 Jan 1901, British aid-worker Emily Hobhouse first visits Bloemfontein concentration camp in South Africa.
Her reporting on the conditions white South Africans are being held in by the British government causes uproar.
Short 🧵
Note: if you search to learn more about her work, please be aware you may find images of dead children.
#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #BritishHistory #History #Histodons
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