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July 1797: Reviewing Margaret Stephen's Domestic Midwife;...

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July 1797

Reviewing Margaret Stephen 's Domestic Midwife; or, the best Means of preventing Danger in Child-Birth, 1795, the Critical indulged in one of its periodic pronouncements about the limitations of midwives.
Critical Review. W. Simpkin and R. Marshall, 5 series.
20 (1797): 351-2

November 1919: The American Senate voted against the United...

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November 1919

The American Senate voted against the United States joining the League of Nations .
Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century, 1992.
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Messenger, Charles. World War Two Chronological Atlas: When, Where, How and Why. Bloomsbury, 1989.
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January 1872: Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche published his...

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January 1872

Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche published his first major work, Die Geburt der Tragödie (The Birth of Tragedy).
Drabble, Margaret, editor. The Oxford Companion to English Literature. 5th ed., Oxford University Press, 1985.
Holligdale, Reginald John. Nietzsche: The Man and His Philosophy. Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1965.
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Muriel Jaeger

MJ began her book-publishing career with four novels during the 1920s and 30s; she is one of the least known amongst the Somerville novelists who attended Oxford together at the time of the First World...

21 January 2017: The day after the inauguration of Donald...

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21 January 2017

The day after the inauguration of Donald J. Trump as President of the USA, a Women's March of over a million people took place in Washington, DC, to register protest against various aspects of...

1783: James Graham announced in the Public Advertiser...

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1783

James Graham announced in the Public Advertiser his intention of prosecuting the Rambler's Magazine (which was known for pornography) for printing his Lecture on Generation (i.e. procreation).
Stephen, Sir Leslie, and Sidney Lee, editors. The Dictionary of National Biography. Smith, Elder, 1908–2026, 22 vols. plus supplements.

April 1946 : A fact-finding mission for Clement Attlee's...

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April 1946

A fact-finding mission for Clement Attlee 's Labour government visited Tanganyika (now Tanzania) to investigate the feasibility of a large-scale scheme for cultivating groundnuts (peanuts).
Wood, Alan. The Groundnut Affair. Bodley Head, 1950.

14 November 1940: The Luftwaffe conducted a heavy raid on ...

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14 November 1940

The Luftwaffe conducted a heavy raid on Coventry.
Messenger, Charles. World War Two Chronological Atlas: When, Where, How and Why. Bloomsbury, 1989.
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Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century, 1992.
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1915: Sarah MacNaughtan published her writings...

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1915

Sarah MacNaughtan published her writings based on her experiences during World War I in Belgium and Russia as a nurse, A Woman's Diary of the War.
OCLC WorldCat. 1992–1998, http://www.oclc.org/firstsearch/content/worldcat/. Accessed 1999.
Blain, Virginia et al., editors. The Feminist Companion to Literature in English: Women Writers from the Middle Ages to the Present. Yale University Press; Batsford, 1990.

Héloïse

Héloïse was a woman of high intellectual ability who strove by several different means to reach beyond what twelfth-century convention allowed her. The texts of some letters addressed to her one-time lover on the topic...
Héloïse Photograph of illustration of Héloïse from "World Noted Women", New York, 1883. She is imagined in the dress of a lay person, not of a nun, seated at a large table covered in books, apparently writing in a particularly large one. She wears a fairly low-cut dress with flowing sleeves, and has a veil over her hair.

1984: The Equal Value Amendment was added to the...

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1984

The Equal Value Amendment was added to the Equal Pay Act of 29 May 1970, legislating equal pay for work of equal value (though the establishing of value parity between traditionally male and traditionally female...

19 May 1711: Joseph Addison, in a famous Spectator essay...

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19 May 1711

Joseph Addison , in a famous Spectator essay in praise of trade and the Royal Exchange , described Englishwomen as clad in exotic clothes, like spoils or tribute from all over the world.
Addison, Joseph et al., editors. The Spectator (1711-1714). Clarendon Press, 1965, 5 vols.
69 (1711): 295

3 May 1926: The General Strike began in England: all...

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3 May 1926

The General Strike began in England: all transport workers, as well as those in the heavy industries, the printing and building trades, and gas and electricity companies walked off the job in support of miners...

25 May 1951: Guy Burgess and Donald Maclean, friends from...

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25 May 1951

Guy Burgess and Donald Maclean , friends from their Cambridge days, who had been spying for the Soviet Union from positions of some influence within the British establishment, fled to Russia.
Stephen, Sir Leslie, and Sidney Lee, editors. The Dictionary of National Biography. Smith, Elder, 1908–2026, 22 vols. plus supplements.

August 1852: The first public lavatory in Britain was...

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August 1852

The first public lavatory in Britain was opened, in Fleet Street, London, following the realisation that public toilets would improve hygiene and facilitate women's freedom of movement around the streets.
Meikle, James. “Campaigners raise stink on public lavatory’s 150th birthday”. The Guardian, 15 Aug. 2002, p. 6.
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12 February 2008: On behalf of the government, Australian Prime...

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12 February 2008

On behalf of the government, Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd offered an unconditional apology to the country's Aboriginal population for laws and policies which had inflicted profound grief, suffering and loss on these our...

1928: The College of Nursing received its royal...

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1928

The College of Nursing received its royal charter.
Cowie, Anne. “Organized Labour”. Nursing, Midwifery and Health Visiting since 1900, edited by Peta Allen and Moya Jolley, Faber and Faber, 1982.
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September 1864: Susanna Meredith edited the first issue of...

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September 1864

Susanna Meredith edited the first issue of The Alexandra Magazine and English Woman's Journal, a feminist monthly published in London.
Doughan, David, and Denise Sanchez. Feminist Periodicals, 1855-1984. Harvester Press, 1987.
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Mitchell, Sally, editor. Victorian Britain: An Encyclopedia. Garland Press, 1988.
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1993: The Irish government decriminalized homo...

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1993

The Irish government decriminalized homosexuality.
Williams, Neville et al. Chronology of the 20th Century. Helicon, 1996.
515

1841: Joseph Cundell established his own publishing...

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1841

Joseph Cundell established his own publishing firm in London.
Rose, Jonathan, and Patricia J. Anderson, editors. Dictionary of Literary Biography 106. Gale Research, 1991.
106: 120-1

14-18 November 1932: British aviator Amy Johnson flew solo from...

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14-18 November 1932

British aviator Amy Johnson flew solo from England to Cape Town, South Africa, in four days and fifty-four minutes.
Bruno, Leonard. On the Move: A Chronology of Advances in Transportation. Gale Research, 1993.
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20 April 1534: Elizabeth Barton (often called the Nun—or...

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20 April 1534

Elizabeth Barton (often called the Nun—or the Fair Maid—of Kent) was executed at Tyburn for seeking the king 's death.
Stephen, Sir Leslie, and Sidney Lee, editors. The Dictionary of National Biography. Smith, Elder, 1908–2026, 22 vols. plus supplements.

1949: The University of London founded the Athlone...

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1949

The University of London founded the Athlone Press , named after its then current chancellor.
Rose, Jonathan, and Patricia J. Anderson, editors. Dictionary of Literary Biography 112. Gale Research, 1991.
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Mumby, Frank Arthur, and Ian Norrie. Mumby’s Publishing and Bookselling in the Twentieth Century. 6th ed., Bell and Hyman, 1982.
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1806: The Elgin Marbles, ancient Greek statues...

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1806

The Elgin Marbles, ancient Greek statues removed from the Parthenon in Athens by Lord Elgin , were exhibited for the first time in England.
Boase, Thomas Sherrer Ross, editor. English Art, 1800-1870. Clarendon, 1959.
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1961: The Electrical Trades Union was expelled...

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1961

The Electrical Trades Union was expelled from the both the Trades Union Congress (TUC) and the Labour Party amid allegations of malpractice and ballot-rigging on the part of its Communist leadership.
Cook, Chris, and John, 1946 - Stevenson, editors. The Longman Handbook of Modern British History, 1714-1995. Third edition, Longman, 1996.
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