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Lifetime: 1864 - 1939 Passed: ≈ 85 years ago

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Thomas George Higdon

Books by Thomas George Higdon

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Burston Rebellion

History Non-Fiction Education
Social Justice Working class Strikes Norfolk Education Reform Suffolk Trade Unions Labor Party Children's Rights

This book chronicles the Burston Rebellion, a strike that began in 1914 when two teachers were dismissed from their posts for trying to improve the conditions of their pupils and the children's parents, who were mostly agricultural laborers. The stri...