1800s: Theatre is one of the most popular forms of mass entertainment. The number of theatres built in England doubles between 1850 and I860, and on a given night in London alone, 150,000 people attend the theatre.
Today: While theatre remains an important force in contemporary culture, many more people watch television and films.
1800s: Women in England cannot vote or control their own property until a series of Married Women's Property Acts (1870-1908). Though the first college offering advanced education to women is founded in London in 1848, by the 1890s, women can take degrees at twelve British universities, and study, though not take degrees, at Oxford and Cambridge.
Today: British women,.....
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