WH+Unit+5+Part+2

= **Vocabulary** = Define: Innovation: a new method, idea, product, Objective: not influenced by personal feelings oropinions in considering and representing Feminism: the advocacy of women's rights on the grounds of political, social, and economic equality to men. Literacy: the ability to read and write.

**People** Identify: Florence Nightingale: 12 May 1820 – 13 August 1910) was a celebrated English nurse, writer and statistician. A Christian universalist, Nightingale believed that God had called her to be a nurse. She came to prominence for her pioneering work in nursing during the Crimean War, where she tended to wounded soldiers. She was dubbed "The Lady with the Lamp" after her habit of making rounds at night. English nurse and medical reformer. In 1854, during the Crimean War, she improved sanitation and medical procedures at the army hospital at Scutari, achieving a dramatic reduction in the mortality rate. She became known as the “Lady of the Lamp” for her nightly rounds. Emmeline Pankhurst: (14 or 15 July 1858 – 14 June 1928) was an English political activist and leader of the British suffragette movement, which helped women win the right to vote. In 1999, Time named Pankhurst as one of the 100 Most Important People of the 20th Century, stating: "she shaped an idea of women for our time; she shook society into a new pattern from which there could be no going back." Although she was widely criticized for her militant tactics, her work is recognized as a crucial element in achieving women's suffrage in Britain. However, historians disagree about the effect of her activity on public support for the cause.



** QUESTIONS ** On your wikipage for Chapter 5 create a space for section 2 and copy the following. Replace the ** xxxxx ** ﻿withe the correct word or words. Be sure to highlight your correction to make it easy to read.

PART 2:

By the end of the nineteenth century, industrialization had led to the emergence of a (1) ** mass **society where the lower classes were concentrated in cities. Municipal governments made innovations in (2) ** public health ** and sanitation so that many more people could survive living close together. At the top of European society stood a wealthy (3) ** elite **. This group made up only 5 percent of the population but controlled 30 to 40 percent of the (4) ** wealth **. The (5) ** upper **classes consisted of lawyers, doctors, members of the civil service, business managers, engineers, architects, accountants, and chemists. The European middle classes believed in (6) ** hard work **, which was open to everyone and guaranteed to have positive results. The working classes were (7) ** landholding **peasants, farm laborers, and sharecroppers. (8) ** Semi Skilled **labor was made up of day laborers and domestic servants who were mostly women. The (9) ** second **Industrial Revolution opened the door to new jobs for women. By the 1840s and 1850s, the movement for women’s rights expanded as women called for equal (10) ** political **rights. Between 1870 and 1914, most Western governments financed (11) ** primary **education. Both boys and girls between the ages of 6 and 12 were now required to attend school. The most immediate result of public education was an increase in (12) ** literacy **. New forms of (13) ** leisure **appeared in society. Leisure came to be viewed as what people do for (14) ** fun **after work.