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wat is arpanet ? wat is een gps ? wat is computer hardware ? de "wat is" site verklaart deze en veel andere woorden in gemakkelijk te begrijpen taal. - [Read more]

Tactic used in the Chartist campaigns which gave orators such as Fears O'Connor and George Julian Harney the opportunity to persuade people to join the campaign for the six points of the Charter. - [Read more]

Refers to a means of dealing with women prisoners' hunger strikes. Includes postcard and brief summary. - [Read more]

Photos of succulents of numerous families. - [Read more]

Describes the career of this socialist and feminist in the late nineteenth century, particularly her efforts to improve the physical and intellectual welfare of slum children. - [Read more]

The supreme god in Zoroastrianism. - [Read more]

Brief biography of the Leeds born Victorian artist. - [Read more]

Legal statement in Islam, issued by a mufti or a religious lawyer, on a specific issue. - [Read more]

City in Scotland, known for its university and shipyards. Important lines included the Garnkirk and Glasgow, the Edinburgh and Glasgow, and the Caledonian Railway that linked the main industrial centers of England with Glasgow. Includes brief history and selections from works of several authors. - [Read more]

Abstract - Born in Manchester in 1880. In 1903 she helped form the Women's Social and Political Union (WSPU). In October 1915, The WSPU changed its newspaper's name from The Suffragette to Britannia with the a new slogan: "For King, For Country, for Freedom'. In 1921 she went to live in the United States where she became a prominent member of Second Adventist movement. She died in the USA in 1958. - [Read more]

Played an important role in the opposition to factory legislation, universal suffrage and government control over education. Includes excerpts from his autobiography. (1774-1848) - [Read more]

Abstract: Born in 1770, the son of the Baronet of Foremark. After being educated at Westminster School and Oxford University, he went on a long tour of Europe. In 1797 he became a member of the House of Commons. He opposed the suspension of Habeas Corpus in 1796 and criticised all attempts by the government to suppress individual freedom. He was seen as the leader of the Radicals in the House of Commons. He died in 1884, while sitting as the Tory M.P. for North Wiltshire. - [Read more]

Situated on the south coast of Wales. Served by the Swansea and Mumbles horse-drawn line along Swansea Bay, that served local quarries and coal mines. Includes brief history. - [Read more]

Situated where the River Hull flows into the Humber estuary. Noted for its wool exporting and deep-sea fishing base. Includes brief history and excerpt from a work by Daniel Defoe. - [Read more]

Strict Methodist who joined the Temperance Society. Wrote a great deal about his views on Christian Socialism, the Temperance Movement and economics issues in The Socialist's Budget, Old Age Pensions, Socialism and the Drink Question, Socialism and Teetotalism and the Living Wage. (1864-1937) - [Read more]

Egypt's largest newspaper, founded in 1875 by the Taqla family. - [Read more]

Abstract - Founded in the summer of 1908, the Anti-Suffrage League argued the case against women's suffrage and collected signatures against women having the vote and at a meeting on 26th March, 1909, announced that over 250,000 people had signed the petition and the following June reported there were 15,000 paying members and 110 branches and the number who had signed the petition had reached 320,000. - [Read more]

Term used for congregations in Islam that are partly set apart from the general community of Islam. - [Read more]

Ancient fortress and national symbol for Israel. - [Read more]

Exerpt from book about the caricaturist. - [Read more]