1. they are concerned with the lack of rights women have and how they are subservient, they also point out how if someone is not religious, they are considered to be an evil individual 2. Linton advocates that women should not be hampered by societal limitation but should instead be help to achieve what they are best at "Be it pleasant or unpleasant, it is none the less an absolute truth—the raison détre of a woman is maternity. For this and this alone nature has differentiated her from man, and built her up cell by cell and organ by organ. The continuance of the race in healthy reproduction, together with the fit nourishment and care of the young after birth, is the ultimate end of woman as such; and whatever tells against these functions, and reduces either her power or her perfectness, is an offence against nature and a wrong done to society." Bradauh makes the claim that atheism in fact can do more for humanities than religion does "I maintain that thoughtful Atheism affords greater possibility for human happiness than any system yet based on, or possible to be founded on Theism, and that the lives of true atheists must be more virtuous——because more human—than those of the believers in Deity, the humanity of the devout believer often finding itself neutralized by a faith with which that humanity is necessarily inconstant collision." 3. both authors seem to agree that the Victorian societal norms often clash with what is natural or in the best interest of humanities and individuals and how it often provides no value " complete separation of the Church from the State, including in this the removal of the Bishops from the position they at present occupy as legislators in the House of Lords. A provision by which minorities may be fairly represented in the legislative chambers. The abolition of all disabilities and disqualifications consequent upon the holding or rejection of any particular speculative opinion."

2: How they proposed to fix these problems was to have people of a minority run for Parliament, and how Bradlaugh suggested national education, which would help women significantly. National education was suggested by Bradlaugh, as well as minorities running for Parliament so they can have their own rights, and that people who are not having shared experiences with them can control what they do and do not receive.

3: All the documents are either directly or indirectly stating that women should play a larger role than just a wife. One example is that Bradlaugh indirectly suggests that saying minorities should be represented in the chambers, it can also be thought of with women. Women have no representation in the chambers of Parliament, which is also significant because if you just have one "type" of person, they don't know what the others experience. In Annie Besant's document, she suggests that women should receive sex education so they are prepared when they are married, since they are just taught to do house work and to support the husband.

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In document 2 " Northampton Election Address, 1868" A system of compulsory national education. The bare minimum of english education.

In the first page in the first document it says "Instructions on Christian Theology, goes so far as to declare that "'nearly all the atheists upon record have been men of extremely debauched and vile conduct'"

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A lot of western christianity was focused on the women being in her "godly place", they were meant to do one thing and that was their god given role, going against that even in court even though it was supposed to be separated was looked down upon because it was socially unacceptable at the time. An example in the documents would be in Document seven, Annie Besant: Autobiography (1893), "The judge states that I had taken the greatest possible care of the child, but decided that the mere fact of my refusing to give the child religious instruction was sufficient ground for depriving me of her custody". Basically stating that by not giving the child the religious teachings it was taking away from it .

Women were expected to only be educated in a way that was able to teach them ways to benefit the male rather than benefit themselves. They wanted to teach women how to act to their husband and how to treat them where they were supposed to be the typical house wife. In the source Document 4, The subject of Women (1869), "The claim of women to be educated as solidly, and in the same branches of knowledge, as men, is urged with growing intensity, and with a great prospect of success;".

2. Bradlaugh's solutions were to increase taxes on the rich, unify the conservative party, and make legal processes easier for the poor. Besant noted that it was a mistake to "train a girl to womanhood in ignorance of all life's duties and burdens," and that girls should learn how to be good wives before they leave their house.

3. Bradlaugh's proposals to tax the rich more and separate church and state went against the system that usually favored the rich and noble families in Britain. He wanted to help the poorer people integrate better into middle-class society, while also reforming the conservative party to gain political favor from the working-class.

Besant wrote about the gender roles and expectations of each gender in her autobiography. In writing about her life, she gave people a view of a woman who went against the grain. When she wrote "In truth, I ought never to have married," she went against one of the biggest expectations for women at the time.

2: According to "North Hampton election address" They wanted to do this by removing bishops from house of the lords and removing their governmental power. Examples from the text for the education are: "A system of compulsory National Education, by which the state shall secure to each child the opportunity of acquiring at least the rudiments of a sound English education preparatory to the commencement of the mere struggle for bread." This is used to give base intelligence to the poor and create greater education for the middle.

3: There is a connection of Victorian middle class values and a need for education. This is important because they want everyone of the middle class to be educated. This is to create a more divided line of power. While still giving base level education to the lower class, like understanding and reading English so they can provide better. And while the Victorian middle class had values of religion, it was seemed as unseemly for a religious man to be in the place of power like that. This is why they wanted to remove these Bishops from the house of the lord.

1) Some issues that the Victorian reformers were concerned about was public health, inequality, and working conditions.

2) One example proposed to fix these problems is Charles Bradlaugh who criticized and advocated for a national party which would "destroy the system of government by aristocratic families", which would give people of poor backgrounds better chances of getting positions of power. Annie Besant proposes that "no more fatal blunder can be made than to train a girl to womanhood in ignorance of all life's duties and burdens". Using her life experiences, she exemplifies how being dependent on men leads to isolation and a life void of ambition.

3) Annie Besant opposes the Victorian middle-class values and gender roles because she believes women should not be ignorant and depend on a man, while people in the Victorian middle class thought that women should stay at home, take care of her family, and not be well educated. One person who holds a common Victorian value is Eliza Linton, who wrote "The Wild Women" in opposition to the rise of women wanting independence. In one excerpt from this passage Linton says, "We can conceive nothing more disastrous to a woman in any stage of maternity, expectant or accomplished, than the heated passions and turmoil of a political contest"