Gladstone's domestic reforms first ministry
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- Gladstone's domestic reforms
- 1869 Municipal Franchise Act
- Allowed women ratepayers to vote in local elections
- Forster's Education Act 1870
- This Act was important because it indicated a move away from laissez-faire in government social legislation and acknowledged the role of the State in educating it's children
- Laid the foundations for Disraeli later on...
- Set the framework etc
- There were problems that arose over the place of religion
- The University Tests Act 1871
- Ended the Anglican monopoly of teaching posts in Oxford and Cambridge
- Opened posts to all suitable candidates whatever their region
- Pleased Non-conformists but some Anglicans resented their loss of privilege
- In practice, there was no real change in teaching
- Pleased Non-conformists but some Anglicans resented their loss of privilege
- Opened posts to all suitable candidates whatever their region
- Ended the Anglican monopoly of teaching posts in Oxford and Cambridge
- Trade Union Act 1871
- Criminal Law Amendment Act
- PH Act 1872
- Ballot Act 1872
- Licensing Act 1872
- Judicature Act 1873
- Married Women's Property Act 1870
- Gave married women legal status + allowed them to keep £200 of their own earnings
- Before this, many money made /had automatically became property of her husbands upon marriage
- Gave married women legal status + allowed them to keep £200 of their own earnings
- 1869 Municipal Franchise Act
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