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1889: Scottish author Helen Wallace, as Gordon...

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1889

Scottish author Helen Wallace , as Gordon Roy, published her novel For Her Sake. A Tale of Life in Ireland, a country which her Scotswoman protagonist comes gradually to appreciate.
British Library Catalogue. http://explore.bl.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?dscnt=0&tab=local_tab&dstmp=1489778087340&vid=BLVU1&mode=Basic&fromLo.

16 March 1649: Jean de Brebeuf was captured by Iroquois...

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16 March 1649

Jean de Brebeuf was captured by Iroquois and murdered at St-Ignace, Huronia (in what would become Ontario, Canada).
“The Catholic Encyclopedia”. New Advent.

Spring 1843: The Glasgow Abstinence Society organized...

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Spring 1843

The Glasgow Abstinence Society organized the first People's Concert in Britain; these soon became a vehicle for attempts to reform and educate the working classes.
Russell, Dave. Popular Music in England, 1840-1914: A Social History. Manchester University Press, 1987.
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1854: The Ladies' Ecclesiastical Embroidery Society...

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1854

The Ladies' Ecclesiastical Embroidery Society was founded.
Cumming, Elizabeth, and Wendy Kaplan. The Arts and Crafts Movement. Thames and Hudson, 1991.
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Callen, Anthea. Women in the Arts and Crafts Movement 1870-1914. Astragal Books, 1980.
104

1 May 1855: At the wedding of Lucy Stone and Henry Blackwell...

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1 May 1855

At the wedding of Lucy Stone and Henry Blackwell in Massachusetts, they protested against the legal restrictions imposed on women after marriage.
Stone Blackwell, Alice. Lucy Stone: Pioneer of Women’s Rights. Little, Brown, and Company, 1971.
Stone, 166-169

April-May 1797: Sailors mutinied at Spithead (off Portsmouth)...

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April-May 1797

Sailors mutinied at Spithead (off Portsmouth) and the Nore in the mouth of the Thames, threatening to paralyse Britain's naval defences.
Goodwin, Albert. The Friends of Liberty: The English Democratic Movement in the Age of the French Revolution. Hutchinson, 1979.
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1881: George Newnes established the publishing...

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1881

George Newnes established the publishing house George Newnes Limited at Manchester.
Rose, Jonathan, and Patricia J. Anderson, editors. Dictionary of Literary Biography 112. Gale Research, 1991.
226

September 1826: The conservative Quarterly Review, discussing...

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September 1826

The conservative Quarterly Review, discussing Sir Walter Scott 's Lives of the Novelists, omitted all mention of any female writer.
Quarterly Review. J. Murray.
34 (1826): 349ff, 366-7

By 1812: The first British gas company was establ...

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By 1812

The first British gas company was established.
Debeir, Jean-Claude et al. In the Servitude of Power: Energy and Civilization through the Ages. Translator Barzman, John, Zed Books, 1991.
112

By June 1806: Poems Written on Different Occasions by the...

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By June 1806

Poems Written on Different Occasions by the domestic servant Charlotte Richardson were selected, edited, and published with some account of the author by the middle-class activist and social reformer Catharine Cappe .
Critical Review. W. Simpkin and R. Marshall, 5 series.
3rd ser. 8 (1806): 217

24 February 1809: Drury Lane Theatre was demolished by fir...

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24 February 1809

Drury Lane Theatre was demolished by fire.
Mander, Raymond, and Joe Mitchenson. The Theatres of London. Rupert Hart-Davis, 1963.
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Dobbs, Brian. Drury Lane: Three Centuries of the Theatre Royal, 1663-1971. Cassell, 1972.
133, 139
Weinreb, Ben, and Christopher Hibbert, editors. The London Encyclopaedia. Macmillan, 1983.
861

1990: Penelope Gilliatt published this year both...

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1990

Penelope Gilliatt published this year both Lingo, a short-story volume, and To Wit: In Celebration of Comedy, a study of the genre.
OCLC WorldCat. 1992–1998, http://www.oclc.org/firstsearch/content/worldcat/. Accessed 1999.

1863: The Liverpool Central Relief Society was...

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1863

The Liverpool Central Relief Society was founded by philanthropist William Rathbone .
Roach, John. Social Reform in England 1780-1880. St Martin’s Press, 1978.
178

1919-39: The early twentieth-century decline in breastfeeding...

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1919-39

The early twentieth-century decline in breastfeeding is illustrated by the drop over these years in the percentage of babies being breastfed at three months old in Bristol, from 77% to 33%.
Oakley, Ann. Telling the Truth about Jerusalem. Basil Blackwell, 1986.
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1 January 1831: William Lloyd Garrison launched his anti-slavery...

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1 January 1831

William Lloyd Garrison launched his anti-slavery journal The Liberator with a reference to Elizabeth Heyrick 's doctrine of immediate, not gradual abolition as the only impregnable position to assume.
OCLC WorldCat. 1992–1998, http://www.oclc.org/firstsearch/content/worldcat/. Accessed 1999.

31 August 1827: Frederick Robinson, a Tory, formed a coalition...

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31 August 1827

Frederick Robinson , a Tory, formed a coalition government after the death of George Canning .
Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century, 1992.
491
Cook, Chris, and John, 1946 - Stevenson. The Longman Handbook of Modern British History, 1714-1980. Longman, 1983.
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Parry, Jonathan. The Rise and Fall of Liberal Government in Victorian Britain. Yale University Press, 1993.
324

1871: Dr Robert Fowler published his account of...

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1871

Dr Robert Fowler published his account of the widely publicized case of Sarah Jacob , a fourteen year-old who died from starvation associated with girlhood hysteria.
Brumberg, Joan Jacobs. Fasting Girls. Harvard University Press, 1988.
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Brumberg, Joan Jacobs. Fasting Girls. Harvard University Press, 1988.
64-73, 76-7

1983: In the USA Catharine MacKinnon and Andrea...

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1983

In the USACatharine MacKinnon and Andrea Dworkin drafted the Dworkin-MacKinnon ordinance, which sought to employ civil law in the fight against pornography.
Brownmiller, Susan. In Our Time: Memoir of a Revolution. Dial, 1999.
316-25
“Feminist author Andrea Dworkin dies”. CBC Arts and Entertainment, 12 Apr. 2005.

Sarah Green

Besides a conduct book, a translation, and a pamphlet, SG wrote most fictional forms available to her: novels in several modes, stories, romances, and most notably mock-romances. She was one of the ten most prolific...

May 1977: The Scottish Women's Liberation Journal began...

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May 1977

The Scottish Women's Liberation Journal began publication from Edinburgh.
Doughan, David, and Denise Sanchez. Feminist Periodicals, 1855-1984. Harvester Press, 1987.
145-6

1925: Eleanor Barton became the General Secretary...

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1925

Eleanor Barton became the General Secretary of the Women's Co-operative Guild (WCG).
Webb, Catherine. The Woman with the Basket: The History of the Women’s Co-operative Guild 1883-1927. Co-operative Wholesale Society’s Printing Works, 1927.
190

1926: The Hadow Report (The Education of the Adolescent)...

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1926

The Hadow Report (The Education of the Adolescent) was published; it recommended the division of schools into primary (up to age eleven) and secondary (up to age fifteen) levels; barriers between school and...

1883: Popular baptist preacher William Landels...

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1883

Popular baptist preacher William Landels published The Marriage Ring, emphasizing wives' duty to obey their husbands.
Hammerton, A. James. Cruelty and Companionship: Conflict in Nineteenth-Century Married Life. Routledge, 1992.
152, 210n79

1938: BBC radio began a broadcasting service to...

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1938

BBC radio began a broadcasting service to Latin America, Africa, Asia, and countries throughout Europe, which ran until 1943.
BBC Handbook: 1960. BBC, 1960, http://U of A HSS HE 8690 B86.
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29 June 1910: Women Folk ended publication in London....

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29 June 1910

Women Folk ended publication in London.
OCLC WorldCat. 1992–1998, http://www.oclc.org/firstsearch/content/worldcat/. Accessed 1999.
Doughan, David, and Denise Sanchez. Feminist Periodicals, 1855-1984. Harvester Press, 1987.
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Harrison, Royden et al. The Warwick Guide to British Labour Periodicals, 1790-1970: A Check List. Harvester Press, 1977.
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