Caroline

“seem to have the knack of annoying your aunt.”
― Jodi Taylor, The Nothing Girl

“thumb. In 1895 a city of London byelaw was passed entitled Curfew on Wife Beating, which made hitting your wife between the hours of 10pm and 7am illegal in order to stop the noise keeping neighbours awake.”
― Tania O'Donnell, A History of Courtship: 800 Years of Seduction Techniques

“Oh cold, cold, rigid, dreadful Death, set up thine altar here, and dress it with such terrors as thou hast at thy command: for this is thy dominion! But of the loved, revered, and honoured head, thou canst not turn one hair to thy dread purposes, or make one feature odious. It is not that the hand is heavy and will fall down when released; it is not that the heart and pulse are still; but that the hand was open, generous, and true; the heart brave, warm, and tender; and the pulse a man’s. Strike, Shadow, strike! And see his good deeds springing from the wound, to sow the world with life immortal!”
― Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol

“The research shows one of the biggest pay gaps is between male and female health professionals. It’s been calculated at 27 per cent, which works out as the difference between £18.50 an hour and £25.33.1 The TUC says a key reason for the size of the pay gap in health is the earnings of the best-paid professionals. Top male professionals in health earn nearly £50 an hour, almost twice as much as top-earning women who earn £24.90 an hour. The TUC has found women working in manufacturing occupations experience the next biggest pay gap at 22 per cent less than men. Women working as managers, directors and senior officials experience the next biggest pay gap at 21 per cent, which works out at men getting £26.80 an hour whilst women get just £21.”
― Sue Lloyd Roberts, The War on Women