Women’s Writing in the British Isles from the Beginnings to the Present
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25 May 1912: The Irish Citizen, a suffrage newspaper jointly...
Ceadel, Martin. Pacifism in Britain, 1914-1945 : The Defining of a Faith. Clarendon, 1980, http://U of A HSS.
Appendix I
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Damaris Masham
DM
, philosophical controversialist of the late seventeenth and early eighteenth century, was also a memorable writer of familiar letters and witty poetry (both pastoral and satire).
By 17 November 1675: John Dryden's heroic tragedy Aureng-Zebe...
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By 17 November 1675
John Dryden
's heroic tragedy Aureng-Zebe had its first performance.
Watson, George, and Ian Roy Wilson, editors. The New Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature. Cambridge University Press, 1969, 5 vols., http://U of A, HSS Ruth N Flr 1 Ref.
Johnson, Samuel. The Lives of the Poets. Editor Lonsdale, Roger, Clarendon Press, 2006, 4 vols.
Bruno, Leonard. On the Move: A Chronology of Advances in Transportation. Gale Research, 1993.
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Barker, Theodore Cardwell, and Michael Robbins. A History of London Transport: Passenger Travel and the Development of the Metropolis. Rev., Allen and Unwin, 1975, 2 vol.
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23 July 1829: Greek independence was established with Russian...
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23 July 1829
Greek independence was established with Russian and British help; a Greek National Assembly began sitting at Argos. The independence of Greece was recognized at the London conference in 1830.
Hobsbawm, Eric John. The Age of Revolution 1789-1848. Vintage, 1996.
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Kinder, Hermann, and Werner Hilgemann. The Anchor Atlas of World History. Translator Menze, Ernest A., Vol.
2
, Anchor, 1978.
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Haydn, Joseph. Haydn’s Dictionary of Dates and Universal Information. Editor Vincent, Benjamin, 23rd ed., Ward, Lock, 1904.
1916: Francis Meynell, with the help of Victoria...
Rose, Jonathan, and Patricia J. Anderson, editors. Dictionary of Literary Biography 112. Gale Research, 1991.
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Myers, Robin. The British Book Trade, from Caxton to the Present Day. Andre Deutsch in association with the National Book League, 1973.
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5 November 1993: The Railways Act initiated the privatization...
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5 November 1993
The Railways Act initiated the privatization of British Rail
, after rather less than fifty years in state or public ownership. Shares were offered in the new Railtrack
in 1996.
Prescott, John. “On Track or Off the Rails?”. The Ship, Vol.
91
, 2001–2002, pp. 41-2.
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“Railways Act 1993”. Railways Archive, 2004–2014.
1921: Mary Frances Harriet Dowdall published her...
MP
, writing and publishing at the end of the seventeenth century and the beginning of the eighteenth, was the most prolific female playwright since Behn
. Her comedies, full of fun and acute observation...
10 June 1963: In a university commencement speech, US President...
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10 June 1963
In a university commencement speech, US President John F. Kennedy
(who had recently declared a unilateral end to American nuclear testing in the atmosphere) called for a re-examination of US-Soviet relations.
Sorenson, Ted, and John F. Kennedy. “Foreword”. Ask not what your country can do for you, Guardian News and Media, 2007, pp. 5-6.
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December 1847: Frederick Douglass launched his anti-slavery...
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December 1847
Frederick Douglass
launched his anti-slavery periodical, North Star, in Rochester, New York, substantially aided by British abolitionist women.
Douglass, Frederick. Frederick Douglass on Women’s Rights. Editor Foner, Philip S., Greenwood Press, 1976.
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Halbersleben, Karen I. Women’s Participation in the British Antislavery Movement, 1824-1865. Edwin Mellen Press, 1993.
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1881: The first married female poor law guardian,...
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1881
The first married female poor law guardian, Harriet M'Ilquham
of Tewkesbury, was elected.
Hollis, Patricia. Ladies Elect: Women in English Local Government, 1865-1914. Clarendon, 1987.
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Rachel Speght
RS
stands out among authors of polemic answers to Joseph Swetnam's offensive misogynist pamphlet of 1615. Her editor Barbara Kiefer Lewalski
observes that she is the first Englishwoman to identify herself solidly by name (granted...
1925: Modern Woman, a magazine directed at lower...
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1925
Modern Woman, a magazine directed at lower and middle-class women, began publishing in London.
White, Cynthia L. Women’s Magazines 1693-1968. Michael Joseph, 1970.
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Dancyger, Irene. A World of Women: An Illustrated History of Women’s Magazines. Gill and Macmillan, 1978.
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Elizabeth Isham
EI
, living unmarried in a gentry family in the earlier seventeenth century, left two unique pieces of life-writing: a year-by-year summary of major events in her life, and a connected narrative based on the...
1949: At British lending libraries, more than twelve...
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1949
At British lending libraries, more than twelve million readers borrowed nearly 300 million books, most of them classified as Fiction.
McAleer, Joseph. Popular Reading and Publishing in Britain 1914-1950. Clarendon Press, 1992.
