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1873: The Cambridge Association for the Higher...

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1873

The Cambridge Association for the Higher Education of Women secured admission for women to the lectures of Cambridge University .
Stephen, Barbara. Emily Davies and Girton College. Constable, 1927.
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1960: The ten most heavily advertised products...

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1960

The ten most heavily advertised products in Britain this year were five detergents (Persil, Tide, Omo, Daz, and Surf), two instant coffees (Nescafé, Maxwell House), one foodstuff (Stork margarine), one beer (Guinness), and one make...

June 1967: The last remaining law in the USA which prohibited...

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June 1967

The last remaining law in the USA which prohibited interracial marriage (operative in the State of Virginia) was struck down by the US Supreme Court in the case of Loving v. Virginia.
Trimberger, E. Kay. “For better or worse”. Women’s Review of Books, Vol.
xviii
, No. 7, Apr. 2001, pp. 21-2.
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1616: Helkiah Crooke in Microcosmographia: A Description...

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Helkiah Crooke in Microcosmographia: A Description of the Body of Man laid out an exhaustive account of the human body, in which he rejected the one-sex model (the original editions spell this Mikrokosmographia).
Smith, Bruce R. “Premodern Sexualities”. PMLA, Vol.
115
, No. 3, May 2000, pp. 318-29.
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1 November 1863: The British Workwoman: Out and At Home, an...

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1 November 1863

The British Workwoman: Out and At Home, an illustrated improving magazine, began monthly publication in London.
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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2 December 1869: Queen's University of Belfast instituted...

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2 December 1869

Queen's University of Belfast instituted examinations for female external candidates.
Moody, Theodore William, and James Camlin Beckett. Queen’s, Belfast 1845-1949: The History of a University. Faber and Faber, 1959.
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1880: Sabine Baring-Gould's novel Mehalah, published...

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1880

Sabine Baring-Gould 's novel Mehalah, published this year, was compared by Swinburne to Emily Brontë 's Wuthering Heights.
Drabble, Margaret, editor. The Oxford Companion to English Literature. 5th ed., Oxford University Press, 1985.
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25 May 1760: Dr James Fordyce, a minister in the Church...

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25 May 1760

Dr James Fordyce , a minister in the Church of Scotland , preached a sermon which, as published, made him famous: The Folly, Infamy, and Misery of Unlawful Pleasure.
Sheridan, Frances. “Introduction”. Memoirs of Miss Sidney Bidulph, edited by Jean Coates Cleary et al., World’s Classics, Oxford University Press, 1995.
xxvii and n24

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.

Mary Hays

MH is one of the best-known among the group of radical feminists surrounding Mary Wollstonecraft; she is notable for arguing from emotion, even passion, as well as reason. She wrote two novels, poetry, and a...
Mary Hays Title-page of Mary Hays's "Female Biography", 1803, volume 2.

1975: The Women in Publishing Group, Women in Science,...

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1975

The Women in Publishing Group , Women in Science , and Women's Research and Resource Centre (WRRC ) were all founded in London, and the journal Bread and Roses was launched in Leeds.
Ross, Elizabeth Arledge, and Miriam L. Bearse. A Chronology of the Women’s Liberation Movement in Britain. Editors Boyle, Karen E. and The Oral History Project Advisory Group, The Feminist Archive, 1996, http://Bodleian.
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1932: The Religious Tract Society renamed its publishing...

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1932

The Religious Tract Society renamed its publishing imprint for books and magazines the Lutterworth Press .
McAleer, Joseph. Popular Reading and Publishing in Britain 1914-1950. Clarendon Press, 1992.
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Agnes Strickland

AS , writing in the middle nineteenth century, won renown as a historian and biographer, particularly of the British royal family and particularly of its female members. In fact all of these books were co-authored...
Agnes Strickland Photograph of a painting of Agnes Strickland by John Hayes, 1846. She is seated with her elbow resting on a wooden table. She is wearing a black velvet dress that laces at the front, over a cream coloured shirt that is trimmed with ruffles. Her sleeves are trimmed with cream coloured lace and pearls, and she is wearing a matching pearl bracelet. Her dark hair is curly, and partly pulled back. She holds a small paper scroll with early-period writing on it, and perhaps a seal. National Portrait Gallery.

16 October 1946: Eleven leading Nazi war criminals were hanged...

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16 October 1946

Eleven leading Nazi war criminals were hanged at Nuremberg.
Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century, 1992.
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10 December 1937: Writer and founder of the International Peace...

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10 December 1937

Writer and founder of the International Peace Campaign , Viscount Cecil of Chelwood from Great Britain was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
Schlessinger, Bernard S., and June H. Schlessinger. The Who’s Who of Nobel Prize Winners, 1901-1995. 3rd ed., Oryx Press, 1996.
Nobel Prize in Literature. http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/.

November 1850: Harriot Hunt was formally accepted into the...

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November 1850

Harriot Hunt was formally accepted into the Faculty of Medicine at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Blake, Catriona, and Wendy Savage. The Charge of the Parasols: Women’s Entry to the Medical Profession. Women’s Press, 1990.
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early June 1890: Philippa Fawcett of Newnham College, Cambridge,...

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early June 1890

Philippa Fawcett of Newnham College, Cambridge , was placed above the Senior Wrangler in the university's mathematics results.
McWilliams-Tullberg, Rita. Women at Cambridge. Gollancz, 1975.
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The World of Learning. 45th ed., Allen and Unwin, 1995.
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Oakley, Ann. Telling the Truth about Jerusalem. Basil Blackwell, 1986.
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Kazantzis, Judith, editor. Women in Revolt: the fight for emancipation: a collection of contemporary documents. Cape, 1968.

26 July 1931: A religious sect called the Bible Students,...

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26 July 1931

A religious sect called the Bible Students, founded about 1872 by Charles Taze Russell , changed their name to Jehovah's Witnesses .
Penton, M. James. Apocalypse Delayed: The Story of Jehovah’s Witnesses. University of Toronto Press, 1985.
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1850s: Railway lines were completed to provide service...

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1850s

Railway lines were completed to provide service along the north and south coasts in Wales.
Turnock, David. Railways in the British Isles: Landscape, Land Use and Society. Adam and Charles Black, 1982.
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Beatrice Harraden

Writing in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, BH published seventeen novels, besides journalism and letters to the editor, short stories, a suffrage play and pamphlet, and children's books. Favourite topics with her, seemingly...
Beatrice Harraden Black and white photograph of Beatrice Harraden, shown from the shoulders up. She has her head turned and appears to be looking off intently into the distance. She wears a light dress with flower detailing around the neck, and she has short curly hair and small wire-rimmed spectacles perched on the end of her nose.

By February 1818: Byron published Beppo, a light-hearted narrative...

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By February 1818

Byron published Beppo, a light-hearted narrative poem in stanzas.
Santucho, Oscar José, and Clement Tyson, Jr Goode. George Gordon, Lord Byron: A Comprehensive Bibliography of Secondary Materials in English, 1807-1973. Scarecrow Press, 1977.
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1893: 2,200 people signed the Women's Co-operative...

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1893

2,200 people signed the Women's Co-operative Guild 's (WCG) national petition for women's suffrage.
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.
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2 August 1786: A working-class woman named Margaret Nicholson...

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2 August 1786

A working-class woman named Margaret Nicholson tried to stab George III with a knife outside St James's Palace; she had no political motive.
Gentleman’s Magazine. Various publishers.
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1820: American writer Washington Irving published...

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1820

American writer Washington Irving published The Sketch Book under the pseudonym Geoffrey Crayon, Gent..
Drabble, Margaret, editor. The Oxford Companion to English Literature. 5th ed., Oxford University Press, 1985.
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19 April 2010: A company named Ether Books launched a new...

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19 April 2010

A company named Ether Books launched a new app (or application) for i-phones which offers subscribers short stories to read.
Flood, Alison. “Publisher Ether Books gives short stories new lease of life on an iPhone”. The Guardian, 19 Apr. 2010, p. 7.
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