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Mr B - arrogant

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titanic sunk in 1912
‘unsinkable absolutely unsinkable’

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eva - no money had to turn to mrs B - mr B had power as an employer

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no unemployment benefits in 1912
no welfare state / help for lower classes
1912 coal miner strikes secured minimum wage

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class importance

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position in society was important to edwardians
JB Priestley turned down a knighthood - didnt care about class
written after war - set before (after war classes banded together)

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Mr B / eva - why striking/ poor conditions

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1912 coal miner strikes secured minimum wage
no welfare state / help for lower classes

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gender roles / role of women

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unmarried women were vulnerable
family dynamics were very patriarchal
suffragettes were protesting for the votes
during war women left in charge when men went to fight

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younger generation

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priestley went to uni in 1912

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socialism

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founded a socialist party
father was a socialist
did a socialist broadcast during war
performed in 1945 when socialist gov elected

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