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The Edwardian era or Edwardian period in the United Kingdom is the period covering the reign of King Edward VII, 1901 to 1910, and is sometimes extended beyond Edward’s death to include years leading up to World War I.

The death of Queen Victoria in January 1901 and the succession of her son Edward marked the end of the Victorian era. While Victoria had shunned society, Edward was the leader of a fashionable elite that set a style influenced by the art and fashions of Continental Europe—perhaps because of the King’s fondness for travel. The era was marked by significant shifts in politics as sections of society that had been largely excluded from wielding power in the past, such as common laborers and women, became increasingly politicized.

The Edwardian period is frequently extended beyond Edward’s death in 1910 to include the years up to the sinking of the RMS Titanic in 1912, the start of World War I in 1914, the end of hostilities with Germany in 1918, or the signing of the Treaty of Versailles in 1919. [1]

Includes 1900s information from outside of the UK as well. [2]

Names

British Baby Names - 7 Ways To Create An Edwardian Baby Name

NameBerry - British Baby Names: The Edwardian Era

British Baby Names - Top 200 Most Popular Names in England and Wales in 1900

British Baby Names - The Top 100 Names in England and Wales in 1904

British Baby Names - Top 100 names in Scotland in 1900

Wikipedia - List of the Most Popular Names in the 1900s in the United States

Social Security Association - Top Names of the 1900s

Society & Life

History Today - Edwardian Era

Explore 20th Century London - 1900-1909

Edwardian Promenade - The Edward Era

Encyclopaedia Britannica - Edwardian Era (British History)

Wikipedia - History of London (1900-39)

Yale University Press - London 1900

British Library - 1900s

Fashion Era - Edwardian Society

PBS - Manor House - Edwardian Life

PBS - Edwardian Life: A Typical Day in the House

Edwardian Promenade - Ten Scenes of Day to Day Life in the Edwardian Era

Explore 20th Century London - Home & Family

PBS - Edwardian Life: Sex and Marriage

The Huffington Post - Sex In The Downton Abbey Era

Edwardian Promenade - Etiquette

PBS - Edwardian Life: Advice for and Edwardian Lady

Explore 20th Century London - Women 1900-1950

Toronto Star - How real is Downton Abbey? A study of the real downstairs

WETA - Real Life History of Downton Abbey Season 3

Daily Express - The Real Life in Downton Abbey: The True Story of Servants

The Telegraph - It wasn’t like Downton Abbey! The secret life of a servant

The Huffington Post - Ask A Historian: How Accurate Is Downton Abbey?

The Telegraph - Downton Abbey: Historical Inaccuracies and Mistakes Plaguing ITV Show

Los Angeles Times - Downton Abbey: 10 Facts About the Show’s Real Castle

BBC NEWS - 10 Dangerous Things in Victorian/Edwardian Homes

Explore 20th Century London - Children

BuzzFeed - 16 Edwardian Color Photos That Will Make You Feel Like A Time Traveler

BBC - Everyday Life in the 20th Century

The People History - What Happened from 1900 to 1909 including Events, Technology and Inventions

Library of Congress - Women Suffrage in the Progressive Era

Discovery Education - 1900s: Women of the Century

EyeWitness to History - City Life at the turn of the 20th Century

University of Houston - The United States in 1900

East Carolina University - Life in Southern Mill Villages. 1900

Australian Geographic - Images of Australia: Early 1900s

Daily Mail Online - Inside America’s Downton Abbey: Life ‘downstairs’ in 1900s coal magnate’s Rhode Island mansion is revealed in fascinating collection of photos and documents

Business Insider - Amazing Pictures of Washington D.C. In The Early 1900s

Museum Victoria - Life Onboard, 1900s-20s

History Today - Paris, 1900-1950

Australian Children’s Television Foundation - Australia in the 1900s

Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History - The Progressive Era to the New Era, 1900-1929

Examiner - Life in the Early 1900s: Chicago Historic Living

The Denver Post - Color Photography from Russia in the Early 1900’s

University of Missouri Press - African American Life in the Rural South, 1900-1950

About.com - African American Women in the 20th Century: 1900-1949

New York Public Library - Harlem 1900-1940

Business Insider - Amazing Pictures Of New York City In The Early 1900s

Gothamist - NYC In The Early 1900s, From Street Fights To Building Macy’s (Video)

Library of Congress - New York City Photo Collage, Early 1900s

America at the Turn of the Century

Wikipedia - Timeline of United States History, 1900-29

PBS - The Progressive Movement, 1900-1918

BBC - History: Titanic

The New York Times - The Titanic and the End of an Era

Commerce

PBS - Edwardian Life: Servants’ Wages

Edwardian Promenade - Edwardian Economics

University of Missouri - Prices and Wages, 1900-1909

The Economist - Inflation since 1900: The Price of Age

Morris County (NJ) Library - Morris County NJ Historic Prices, 1900-2000

University of Pennsylvania - Educational Costs, 1900-1909

Entertainment & Food

PBS - Edwardian Life: Food

British Library - 1900s Food

Explore 20th Century London - Eating In 1900-1950

PBS - Edwardian Life: Servants’ Mealtime

PBS - Edwardian Life: Family Mealtimes

Explore 20th Century London - Eating Out 1900-1950

BuzzFeed - How To Throw A Historical Accurate Downton Abbey Dinner Party

The Huffington Post - The Food of Downton Abbey

The Boston Globe - Dessert Recipes from the Early 1900s

Livestrong.com - The Typical American Family Diet in the 1908

Vintage Food Advertisements of the 1900s

Vintage Candy Advertisements of the 1900s

Vintage Drinks Advertisements of the 1900s

Vintage Alcohol Advertisements of the 1900s

PBS - Edwardian Life: Leisure Time

Explore 20th Century London - Leisure

Explore 20th Century London - Toys and Games

Vintage Toy Advertisements of the 1910s

The National Museums and Galleries of Wales - British Art Around 1900: Looking to France

Wikipedia - List of British Artists

BBC - English Ballroom Dancing in the 1900s (Video)

Edwardian Promenade - Dance

Edwardian Promenade - Music

Vintage Music Advertisements of the 1900s

Vintage Movies, Theater and Entertainment Ads of the 1900s

Vintage Books, Magazines and Newspaper Ads of the 1900s

University of California, Berkeley - The Books of the Century, 1900-1909

Wikipedia - 1900s Books

Wikipedia - 1900 in Literature

Internet Movie Database - Most Popular Feature Films Released In 1900

Wikipedia - 1900 in Music

Wikipedia - 1900s in Film

Wikipedia - 1900s in Games

Hygiene, Health & Medicine

Explore 20th Century London - Medicine 1900-1948

Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain - How did people treat illness in the early 20th century? (PDF)

Science Museum, London - Polio and TB: Diseases causing Disability in Britain in the 1900s

PBS - A Science Odyssey: Then+Now: Medicine and Health

University College Hospital - Timeline 1900 - 1999

University of California, Berkeley - Life Expectancy in the USA, 1900-98

United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - Achievements in Public Health, 1900-1999: Control of Infectious Diseases

Vintage Medicine Ads of the 1900s

City University of New York - Milestones for Health in America, 1900s

Mental Floss - 9 Terrifying Medical Treatments from 1900 and Their Safer Modern Versions

Smithsonian - What’s in Century Old 'Snake Oil’ Medicines? Mercury and Lead

Daily Mail Online - Casualty 1907: What a Visit to a Hospital Held in Store for Patients a Hundred Years Ago

Edwardian Promenade - Downton Abbey: Nursing & Military Hospitals on the Home Front 

PBS - The 1900 House: The Bathroom & Bathing

University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing - History Timeline: 1900 to 1929

College of Registered Nurses of British Columbia - 100 Years of Nurse Regulation 1912 - 2012

Sentara Healthcare - History: Early 1900s

Mental Floss - 9 Unfamiliar Things You’d See in a Hospital in 1900

Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC - 1900s

Science Museum - Nerve Tonics

Fashion

PBS - Edwardian Life: Dressing Up

Daily Mail Online - Edwardian street style: Astonishing amateur images which capture the fashion of women in London and Paris over a century ago

Edwardian Promenade - Dressing the Edwardian Man

Victoriana - Edwardian Clothing: Fashion 1900

Central Washington University - Edwardian Costume

Explore 20th Century London - London Fashion Designers 1900-1950

Victoria and Albert Museum - Dating Clothes & Photographs from the 1900s

BBC - Clothes in the Early 1900s

Wikipedia - 1900s in Fashion

Fashion Era - Children in the 20th Century: 1900-1910 Edwardian Fashion

University of Vermont - Women’s Clothing: 1900s

Edwardian Promenade - The Chemistry of Beauty

Glamourdaze - 1900s Makeup

Glamourdaze - Edwardian Guide to Makeup and Hairstyles

Glamourdaze - Edwardian Fashion: The Gibson Girl

Glamourdaze - Easy Edwardian Hairstyles on 10 Minutes

Fashion Era - Hairstyles in Fashion History, 1900-1920

Vintage Clothes & Fashion Ads of the 1900s

Vintage Jewelry and Watches Ads of the 1910s

Vintage Beauty and Hygiene Ads of the 1900s

Vintage Perfume Ads of the 1910s

Dialogue

Edwardian Promenade - A Glossary of Slang

alphaDictionary - A Historical Dictionary of American Slang, 1900s

Academia.edu - American Slang: The 20th Century

Justice & Crimes

History Today - Crime in 20th Century Britain

History Today - Naming and Shaming in late-Victorian and Edwardian Britain

Islington London Borough Council - Crime and Punishment in Islington (PDF)

Daily Mail Online - The Female Thieves of North Shields: Haunting Mugshots of Edwardian Criminals Show Darker Side of Britain’s Past

Daily Mail Online - Edwardian Inebriates Act of 1898 ASBO Mugshots

Wikipedia - History of the Metropolitan Police Service, 1900-present

Los Angeles Police Department - The LAPD: 1900-1925

Anaheim Police Department - History: 1900s 

Trenton Police Museum - 1900-1919

Wikipedia - Major Crimes in the United Kingdom, 1900s-1930s

National Center for Biotechnology Information - Police Service in Victorian and Edwardian London

La Crosse - The History of the La Crosse Police Department 1900 - 1930

Richmond Police Department - History: 1900 - 1999

Edwardian First Edition Covers of Lucy Maud Montgomery books.

💌 walter/una fic recs 💌

once again @batrachised reminded me of a thing i was working on and was being lazy about finishing, oops. here's the walter/una fic rec list i mentioned a while back!

Keeping Faith by m_shell - An incredibly lovely, thoughtful Walter lives oneshot, this is one of my fave fanfics of all time, for any fandom. I remember finding this a while after reading Rilla of Ingleside and finally breathing out, it made me feel so light and hopeful after my baby heart had been totally destroyed by Walter's death for the very first time. The writing is so perfect -- melancholy and wistful, sweet in a painful sort of way, and sensual at the end (there is a sex scene, in case anyone tries to read this at work). It handles Walter's PTSD and healing with a gentle touch -- the whole thing, as the author themselves writes, throb[s] like a wound. I've seen the occasional criticism that 'Walter lives' fic cheapens the tragedy of WWI and his death, and while I don't agree with that myself, the ache and vulnerability of the story absolutely makes the happy ending feel earned. ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

The Piper and Reflections by Una-Blythe - Another Walter lives AU, this one a multichapter fic (and its coda). The story is set far after the end of Rilla, and Walter is more outwardly cynical and Una less romantic; it actually feels quite prescient for the series (big TBaQ vibes) and very right for the older characters. I love that it's more realistic about what Walter and Una's future would be like after the tumult of his survival -- neither Walter nor Una are the person the other remembers, but they grow and are content despite it all. It also brings in characters from LMM's other books as side characters -- I particularly love the Valancy+Una friendship; it's esp. delightful considering how Valancy feels a bit like an AU version of Una. admittedly shirley gets done a bit dirty in this fic but such is the life of a shirley fan

The World Beneath the Water by Lefaym - A quietly beautiful, introspective oneshot set while Walter's overseas. I love how it talks frankly about the realities of being a soldier, but touches on Walter wanting to hold onto himself, and the romance and poetry he has left. The writing is delicate and gentle, which always feels so right for Walter and Una. The use of fairytales also feels very true to canon, and the world beneath the water gives the story a bit of hope even though the reader knows how it has to end. I think about this story a lot.

Tiny Quick Breath by melwil - Oneshot reflecting on the kiss Walter gives Una before he leaves. I always love fic that digs into what brings Walter to think of Una the night before he goes over the top -- the connection they have across distances, the thinking of each other without knowing what it means. It's captured beautifully here in just a few words.

People Will Talk by Alinya Alethia - A sweet little oneshot wherein Walter dances with Una. Some really lovely character details -- I love Una being musical always -- and Walter noticing Una but not quite like that. 💔

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