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1971: In a crucial parliamentary vote on Britain's...

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1971

In a crucial parliamentary vote on Britain's future entry into the European Community or Common Market, Conservative members plus 68 pro-European Labour members voted in favour.
Marquand, David. “Roy Jenkins”. Guardian Weekly, 9–15 Jan. 2003, p. 19.
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19 December 2006: Eighty-three-year-old Elisabeth Rivers-Bulkeley...

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19 December 2006

Eighty-three-year-old Elisabeth Rivers-Bulkeley (former financial journalist, socialite, and one of the first ten women to be admitted to the LondonStock Exchange ) died by suicide at a Swiss clinic.
Carrell, Severin. “Death of City high flyer fuels euthanasia debate”. Guardian Weekly, 16–22 Feb. 2007, p. 16.
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6 May 1992: Marlene Dietrich died at the age of ninety;...

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6 May 1992

Marlene Dietrich died at the age of ninety; her career in cabaret and films had spanned 1930s Berlin and postwar Hollywood.
Williams, Neville et al. Chronology of the 20th Century. Helicon, 1996.
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1879: The Weldon's Ladies Journal began weekly...

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1879

The Weldon's Ladies Journal began weekly publication in London from the Amalgamated Press .
White, Cynthia L. Women’s Magazines 1693-1968. Michael Joseph, 1970.
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Braithwaite, Brian, and Joan Barrell. The Business of Women’s Magazines. Associated Business Press, 1979.
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Beetham, Margaret, and Kay Boardman, editors. Victorian Women’s Magazines: An Anthology. Manchester University Press, 2001.
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6 July 1924: Hans Berger developed the electro-encephalogram...

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6 July 1924

Hans Berger developed the electro-encephalogram (EEG) for monitoring brain waves. He published his developments five years later.
“Hans Berger”. Who Named It? (whonamedit.com).

1926-1927: A Harvard University African expedition led...

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1926-1927

A Harvard University African expedition led by Dr Richard P. Strong studied tropical diseases in the Belgian Congo and conducted a medical survey of Liberia.
Keller, Helen, editor. The Dictionary of Dates. Macmillan, 1934, 2 vols.
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18 July 1848: The Sisters of St John's House was established...

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18 July 1848

The Sisters of St John's House was established at King's College Hospital for the newly founded Anglican nursing order, the Community of Nursing Sisters of St John the Divine .
Dolan, Josephine A. History of Nursing. 12th ed., Saunders, 1968.
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Poovey, Mary, and Florence Nightingale. “Introduction”. Cassandra and Other Selections from Suggestions for Thought, edited by Mary Poovey and Mary Poovey, New York University Press, 1993.
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Cartwright, Frederick F. et al. The Story of King’s College Hospital and its Medical School. Editor Britten, D. J., Farrand Press, 1991.
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Abel-Smith, Brian. A History of the Nursing Profession. Heinemann, 1960.
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Williams, Katherine. “From Sarah Gamp to Florence Nightingale: A Critical Study of Hospital Nursing Systems from 1840 to 1897”. Rewriting Nursing History, edited by Celia Davies, Barnes and Noble, 1980, pp. 41-75.
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October 1980: The Vietnamese government set up the 10-80...

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October 1980

The Vietnamese government set up the 10-80 Committee to co-ordinate scientific investigation into the effects of Agent Orange, sprayed on the country by the USA during the Vietnam War.
Cayo, Don. “Afterlife of Agent Orange”. Edmonton Journal, 16 Apr. 2000, pp. E8 - E9.
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1888: A series of annual conferences of working...

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1888

A series of annual conferences of working women began—held in such centres as Aberdeen, Birmingham, and Liverpool—which resulted in the formation in 1895 of the National Union of Women Workers .
Carter, Angela, and Martin Leman. Martin Leman’s Comic and Curious Cats. 1st ed., Gollancz, 1979.
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15 June 1703: Playwright and architect John Vanbrugh bought...

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15 June 1703

Playwright and architect John Vanbrugh bought land for a new theatre in the Haymarket, London. The theatre eventually opened as the Queen's Theatre during the 1704-5 season.
The London Stage 1660-1800. Southern Illinois University Press, 1960–1968, 5 vols.
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By December 1914: Future US president Herbert Hoover (then...

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By December 1914

Future US president Herbert Hoover (then a mining engineer) began supplying famine relief for civilians in Belgium who were starving in the wake of the German invasion.
Ezard, John. “Breaking the Silence”. Guardian Unlimited, 21 Aug. 1999.

1898: Essex House Press was founded in Mile End...

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1898

Essex House Press was founded in Mile End Road, London, by C. R. Ashbee and Ananda K. Coomaraswamy , who took over supervision of the press in 1906.
Gentry, Helen, and David Greenhood. Chronology of Books and Printing. Rev. ed., Macmillan, 1936.
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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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Cave, Roderick. The Private Press. Faber and Faber, 1971.
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March 1917: British troops invading Ottoman territory,...

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March 1917

British troops invading Ottoman territory, having suffered defeat at Kut the previous spring, succeeded in capturing Baghdad.
Glass, Charles. “Iraq Must Go!”. London Review of Books, 3 Oct. 2002, pp. 12-13.
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June-November 1800: Arthur Young made a tour through East Anglia...

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June-November 1800

Arthur Young made a tour through East Anglia and several Southern counties.
Kelly, Gary, editor. Dictionary of Literary Biography 158. Gale Research, 1996.
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1878: After his death, Frenchman Claude Bernard...

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1878

After his death, Frenchman Claude Bernard was awarded a state funeral in honour of his contributions to science.
Bynum, William F. Science and the Practice of Medicine in the Nineteenth Century. Cambridge University Press, 1994.
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Shryock, Richard Harrison. The Development of Modern Medicine: An Interpretation of the Social and Scientific Factors Involved. University of Wisconsin Press, 1979.
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1927: The Woman's Companion, a service magazine...

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1927

The Woman's Companion, a service magazine for housewives, began publication in London.
White, Cynthia L. Women’s Magazines 1693-1968. Michael Joseph, 1970.
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3 May 1915: The League of Nations Society was founded...

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3 May 1915

The League of Nations Society was founded in London to study proposals to create a league of nations.
Ceadel, Martin. Pacifism in Britain, 1914-1945 : The Defining of a Faith. Clarendon, 1980, http://U of A HSS.
Appendix I
Harvey, Kathryn. "Driven by War into Politics": A Feminist Biography of Kathleen Innes. University of Alberta, 1995.
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Mary Collier

MC , writing during the earlier eighteenth century, is the first of the known proletarian women poets. Her best-known work is a powerful modern georgic; she also published occasional poems, some of them proto-feminist, and...
Mary Collier A painting that depicts just one aspect of the gruelling women's work that Mary Collier wrote of: "The Washerwoman" byJean-Baptiste Siméon Chardin.

1907: Florence Warden published her mystery The...

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1907

Florence Warden published her mystery The Man with the Amber Eyes.
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.

March 1796: An Abolition Bill, calling for the gradual...

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March 1796

An Abolition Bill, calling for the gradual abolition of the slave trade, put before the House of Commons by William Wilberforce , reached a third reading. It was narrowly defeated when some of its supporters...

July 1919: Others; A Magazine of the New Verse, edited...

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July 1919

Others; A Magazine of the New Verse, edited by Alfred Kreymborg in Grantwood, New Jersey, ceased publication.
Hanscombe, Gillian, and Virginia L. Smyers. Writing for Their Lives: The Modernist Women, 1910-1940. Women’s Press, 1987.
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OCLC WorldCat. 1992–1998, http://www.oclc.org/firstsearch/content/worldcat/. Accessed 1999.

8 June 2017: In a general election called by Britain's...

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8 June 2017

In a general election called by Britain's second-ever female Prime Minister, Theresa May , her Conservative government was returned with a significantly reduced majority, weakening instead of strengthening its hand for the imminent negotiations over...

1901: The publication of George Douglas Brown's...

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1901

The publication of George Douglas Brown 's novel The House with the Green Shutters marked the first attack on the Scottish school of fiction that was afterwards known as Kailyard.
Campbell, Ian. Kailyard. Ramsay Head, 1981.
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Blake, George. Barrie and the Kailyard School. Arthur Barker, 1951.
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Dickson, Beth. “Annie S. Swan and O. Douglas: Legacies of the Kailyard”. A History of Scottish Women’s Writing, edited by Douglas Gifford et al., Edinburgh University Press, 1997, pp. 329-46.
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Hart, Francis Russell. The Scottish Novel: From Smollett to Spark. Harvard University Press, 1978.
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After 11 April 1914: The refusal by the Irish Women's Franchise...

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After 11 April 1914

The refusal by the Irish Women's Franchise League to support Home Rule without the enfranchisement of women led to an internal split: divisions between Irish suffragists and nationalists deepened.
McKillen, Beth. “Irish Feminism and Nationalist Separatism, 1914-23”. Éire-Ireland, Vol.
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Sarah Austin

Sarah Austin was primarily known as a translator of weighty books, but was also an editor and an author of works on female education and German intellectual history. From the 1820s to the 1850s she...
Sarah Austin Head-and-shoulders painting of Sarah Austin by Lady Arthur Russell, c. 1867. She is leaning sideways in a red chair, wearing a white cap with lappets hanging down on each side, and a simple black dress with white collar. National Portrait Gallery.