Women’s Writing in the British Isles from the Beginnings to the Present
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Maggie Gee
MG
's novels are deeply marked by the various threats that dominated the late twentieth century: nuclear damage, global warming, urban disintegration. They often centre on the particular difficulties and dilemmas of women's lives and...
20 May 1707: Jacob Tonson the elder signed the first of...
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20 May 1707
Jacob Tonson
the elder signed the first of two copyright agreements giving him sole right in Shakespeare
's plays.
Nichol, Donald W. “Warburton (Not!) on copyright: Clearing up the Misattribution of An Enquiry into the Nature and Origin of Literary Property”. Journal for Eighteenth-Century Studies, Vol.
19
, No. 2, 1996, pp. 171-82.
172
Bernard, Stephen. Whig Literary Culture and the Canon: the Legacy of the Tonsons. Oxford University Press, 2015.
About 9 September 1985: Race riots occurred at Handsworth in Birmingham...
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About 9 September 1985
Race riots occurred at Handsworth in Birmingham and at Chapeltown in Leeds.
“Race riots”. The Independent on Sunday, 1 July 2001, p. 9.
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Richmal Crompton
Richmal Crompton
's great popularity during her lifetime and her later enduring fame rest on her extraordinary outpouring of William stories for children, published between 1922 and 1970. There were thirty-eight books of William stories...
7 September 1968: Feminist protesters disrupted the Miss America...
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7 September 1968
Feminist protesters disrupted the Miss America contest at Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA.
Williams, Neville et al. Chronology of the 20th Century. Helicon, 1996.
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Pollitt, Katha. “Our Soft-Shelled Condition”. London Review of Books, 14 Nov. 2002, pp. 32-3.
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11 February 2011: Following protests which had begun on 24...
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11 February 2011
Following protests which had begun on 24 January, Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak
was deposed. The situation in Egypt, however, continued to be no less volatile.
Ali, Tariq. “Diary”. London Review of Books, Vol.
36
, No. 11, 5 June 2014, p. 39.
36.11 (5 June 2014)
1892: The British Medical Association rescinded...
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1892
The British Medical Association
rescinded its resolution (passed in 1878) excluding women from its membership.
Witz, Anne. Professions and Patriarchy. Routledge, 1992.
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6 April 1780: The Radical cause in Britain was advanced...
Greenspan, Karen. The Timetables of Women’s History. Simon and Shuster, 1994.
327
1859: Adolph Wilhelm Hermann Kolbe developed a...
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1859
Adolph Wilhelm Hermann Kolbe
developed a chemical reaction which enabled the industrial production of acetylsalicylic-acid-based pain relievers.
Hellemans, Alexander, and Bryan Bunch. The Timetables of Science: A Chronology of the Most Important People and Events in the History of Science. Simon and Shuster, 1988.
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Rocke, Alan J. Chemical Atomism in the Nineteenth Century: From Dalton to Cannizzaro. Ohio State University Press, 1984.
242-4, 256, 293, 319
December 1984: The feminist publisher Virago Press, under...
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December 1984
The feminist publisher Virago Press
, under its editor Carmen Callil
, launched its own bookshop in Covent Garden, London; the opening was performed by Rosamond Lehmann
.
Hastings, Selina. Rosamond Lehmann. Chatto and Windus, 2002.
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5 May 1789: The Estates-General met at Versailles for...
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5 May 1789
The Estates-General
met at Versailles for the first time since 1614.
Kafker, Frank A., and James M. Laux, editors. The French Revolution: Conflicting Interpretations. 4th ed., R. E. Krieger, 1989.
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Paxton, John. Companion to the French Revolution. Facts on File, 1988.
155
16 August 1896: Ashanti was declared a British protectorate,...
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16 August 1896
Ashanti was declared a British protectorate, ending the Fourth Ashanti war with the British, which had begun the previous year.
Freeman-Grenville, Greville Stewart Parker. Chronology of African History. Oxford University Press, 1973.
190
Langer, William L., editor. An Encyclopedia of World History: Ancient, Medieval, and Modern, Chronologically Arranged. 4th ed., Houghton Mifflin, 1968.
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1881: The weekly Lady's Pictorial magazine began...
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1881
The weekly Lady's Pictorial magazine began publication.
Beetham, Margaret. A Magazine of Her Own?: Domesticity and Desire in the Woman’s Magazine, 1800-1914. Routledge, 1996.
217
1936: The Midwives' Act established a diploma programme...
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1936
The Midwives' Act established a diploma programme for teaching midwifery, with further provisions for training and salaries.
“About Us”. The Royal College of Midwives.
5 June 1916: Lord Kitchener was drowned when the HMS Hampshire...
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5 June 1916
Lord Kitchener
was drowned when the HMS Hampshire sank after hitting a mine off the Orkney Islands.
Cook, Chris, and John, 1946 - Stevenson. The Longman Handbook of Modern British History 1714-1987. 2nd ed., Longman, 1988.
291
Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century, 1992.
353
5 May 2005: A British general election returned the Labour...
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5 May 2005
A British general election returned the Labour Party
under Tony Blair
to power with a majority reduced since 2001 but still substantial.
“Blair secures historic third term”. BBC News, 6 May 2005.
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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May 1830: By this date London was packed annually with...
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May 1830
By this date London was packed annually with Evangelicals for the month of May, as they crowded in from the provinces to attend various gatherings.
Bradley, Ian. The Call to Seriousness: The Evangelical Impact on the Victorians. Jonathan Cape, 1976.
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Augusta Gregory
Augusta Gregory
was a highly energetic and creative force in the Irish Literary Revival, which began in the late nineteenth century. Material from her collections and translations of Irish folklore, epics, and oral poetry inspired...
25 April 2013: A bill to end succession to the crown based...
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25 April 2013
A bill to end succession to the crown based on male primogeniture was passed by the British parliament.
“Law ending exclusively male royal succession now law”. BBC News UK, 25 Apr. 2013.
1982: London's only feminist bookstore, the Silver...
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1982
London's only feminist bookstore, the Silver Moon Bookshop
, opened in the Charing Cross Road.
The Feminist Library Newsletter. The Feminist Library.
3
“A New Era for Silver Moon”. Foyles - Press Archive, May 2002.
1848: Doctor Hugh Welch Diamond became resident...
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1848
Doctor Hugh Welch Diamond
became resident physician of the female ward at Surrey County Asylum; he introduced the concept of psychiatric photography for female surveillance.
Showalter, Elaine. The Female Malady: Women, Madness, and English Culture, 1830-1980. Pantheon Books, 1985.
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15 July 1099: The First Crusade ended with the fall of...
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15 July 1099
The First Crusade ended with the fall of Jerusalem to the Franci or Christians. The epic slaughter on this occasion was long remembered.
Nelson, J. L. “Eastern Promises”. London Review of Books, 29 Nov. 2008, pp. 30-2.
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1932: Plymouth in Devon founded the first city-sponsored,...
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1932
Plymouth in Devon founded the first city-sponsored, permanent birth control clinic in Britain, with encouragement from the National Birth Control Association
.
Franck, Irene, and David Brownstone. Women’s World: A Timeline of Women in History. HarperCollins; HarperPerennial, 1995.
