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OWEN’S 2
important social and political reforms
3 Reform --> 60% British Adult (VOTE)
1832 the 1° Reform Bill
granted the right to vote to all the (male) heads of family who owned property
1867 2° Reform Bill
extended - vote to urban working class
1884 3° Reform Bill
vote to all adult men
1918 (men over 21), for the
first time, to women over 30
1928 it was granted to women over 21
1833 Parliament passed the Slavery Abolition Act
1870 Parliament passed the Elementary Education Act
series of acts passed between 1870 and 1893
Education compulsory and free to stop children’s labour
compulsory -->age of 5 /13
1871 Parliament passed the Trade Union Act
1825 bought an entire village in Indiana.
proposing a new way of life based on the principle of true
equality /abolition of traditional religion, conventional marriage, private property
1828 the experiment collapsed
Owen’s legacy
supported:
child labour laws /free co-educational schools
development of cooperatives /Trade Union movement
Owen’s utopistic idea remained alive
animated socialism (150 y.)
Karl Marx /Friedrich Engels criticising Owen's idea