History A-Level
Social and cultural change
What Social and cultural change means in History A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Social and cultural change
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Reference: Pearson Edexcel
Practical changes such as bloomers, divided skirts and rational dress, alongside the image of the ‘New Woman’, made the bicycle part of broader debates about women's rights and suffrage.
Topics that use Social and cultural change
- Paper 3, Option 34.1: Industrialisation and social change in Britain, 1759–1928: forging a new society - 4 John Kemp Starley: cycles, cycling clubs and emancipation, 1885–1901 (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
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