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Evans, Timothy. -1953. Wrongful hanging led to abolition of capital punishment in Britain.
Fabian Society. 1883. English non-revolutionary socialist movement. Founded Labour Party. Shaw.
Factory Acts. England. 1802 Apprentices 12 hr day. 1819 Minimum age 9. 1833. Limited child labour to 8 hours and education required 1844 Women, children 10 hr max. 1842 No women/children in mines. 1920 Minimum age 14. US 1844 Women 12 hr max. 1874 Women/children 10 hr max.
Fair Labor Standards Act. 1938. US fixes minimum wage(25¢/hr), child labor laws, 44hr week.
Fontainebleau. School of Art. 1528-1600. Classical style of painting precipitated by above. Later, allegorical style.
Frederick IV. 1671-1730. King of Norway and Denmark, 1699-. Abolished serfdom. Educational system.
French Equatorial Africa. 1839 French settle. 1910 French Equatorial Africa. 1960 Central African Republic + Independent Chad, Gabon, Congo.
Gabon. Mpongwe. 1485 Portugal. 1839 France 1889 «Congo. 1910 French Equatorial Africa. 1940 Free France. 1946 French Territory. 1960 Independent republic.
Gabor, Dennis. 1900-79. Hungarian/English holograph inventor, 1947.
Grenville, William. 1759-1834. British statesman. Ministry of All Talents 1806-7. Abolished Slave Trade, 1807.
Grimké, Sarah and Angelina. 1792-1873; 1805-79. US feminists, abolitionists.
Hardie, Keir. 1856-1915. British. Founded Scottish Labour Party 1888, Independent Labour Party 1893.
Haymarket Riot. 1886. Anarchist bomb kills 7 police at Chicago labour demonstration.
Henderson, Arthur. 1863-1935. British organizer of Labour Party.
Heracles. Son of Zeus, noted for his twelve labours. =Hercules.
Independent Labour Party. 1893. Britain. Founded by Hardie....Labour Party 1906.
Industrial Workers of the World. IWW. 1905-25. Radical militant US labour union of unskilled workers.
International Labour Organization. ILO. 1919- Agency of League of Nations, United Nations.
Investiture Controversy. 1075-1122. Gregory VII abolished Holy Roman Emperor’s power to invest bishops. Led to war with Henry IV. Concordat of Worms.
Isabel. 1846-1921. Brazilian princess. As regent during Pedro II absence, abolished slavery 1888. Led to fall of Brazilian Empire.
Jameson Raid. 1895. Abortive British-led revolt vs Boer government of Transvaal.
Kagawa. 1888-1960. Japanese Christian pacifist evangelist writer/labour leader. National Anti-War League 1928.
Knights of Labor. 1869-1917. Secret (-1879) US anti-capitalist labour organization. Haymarket. AFL.
Krupp. 1587-1968. German family of arms manufacturers. Steel works 1812. Canon 1847. Used slave labour in WWII.
Labour Party. 1888 Scotland. 1890 NZ. 1891 Australia. 1900 Britain. 1930 Israel. Founded by unions, Fabians for democratic change towards socialism. First UK MPs elected 1906. First UK Labour government 1924.