Women’s Writing in the British Isles from the Beginnings to the Present
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Joanna Cannan
JC
published nearly twenty novels (as well as detective novels), and is generally reckoned to be the inventor of the pony story for girls, which turned out to have a bright future, much of it...
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Nawal El Saadawi
Egyptian feminist author NES
wrote hard-hitting polemic on social and political topics (unjust legal systems, interrogation, censorship, misuse of political power) and especially women's topics—clitoridectomy, prostitution, forced marriage, rape, honour killing, the hijab, and other...
By October 1753: Among many pamphlets relating to the Jew...
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By October 1753
Among many pamphlets relating to the Jew Bill, one was rebuked by the Monthly Review for using the most reproachful language, a malicious and uncandid disposition can invent.
Griffiths, Ralph, 1720 - 1803, and George Edward Griffiths, editors. Monthly Review. R. Griffiths.
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21-25 June 1935: The First International Congress of Writers...
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21-25 June 1935
The First International Congress of Writers for the Defence of Culture (an anti-fascist event urging the responsibility of writers to their society) was held in Paris.
Rowley, Hazel. Christina Stead: A Biography. Secker and Warburg, 1995.
169-77
By 1938-9: By this date average life expectancy for...
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By 1938-9
By this date average life expectancy for British women was sixty-six (up from fifty-five in 1910), while that of men was sixty-one (up from fifty-two).
Pedersen, Susan. “A Babylonian Touch”. London Review of Books, Vol.
30
, No. 21, 6 Nov. 2008, pp. 21-2.
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1 January 1808: The British settlement at Sierra Leone became...
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1 January 1808
The British settlement at Sierra Leone became a colony, intended to be self-governing, and to embody the Burke
an concept of political trusteeship.
Harding, Anthony J. “Anna Maria Falconbridge: A Woman of Sensibility in West Africa, 1790-1793”. Spectacle in the Eighteenth Century Conference, Saskatoon, SK, 20 Oct. 2001.
4-11 February 1945: At the Yalta Conference, Stalin, Roosevelt,...
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4-11 February 1945
At the Yalta Conference, Stalin
, Roosevelt
, and Churchill
decided on principles that would shape the world after the end of the Second World War.
Messenger, Charles. World War Two Chronological Atlas: When, Where, How and Why. Bloomsbury, 1989.
215
Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century, 1992.
394
Weinberg, Gerhard L. A World At Arms: A Global History of World War II. Cambridge University Press, 1994.
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13 April 1953: Ian Fleming published the first of his thrillers...
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13 April 1953
Ian Fleming
published the first of his thrillers about a secret agent named James Bond. It was titled Casino Royale on its first appearance, but You Asked For It on the first US edition.
1952: Michael Ventris first deciphered the Linear...
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1952
Michael Ventris
first deciphered the Linear B script used in ancient Mycenean tablets discovered fifty years earlier by Sir Arthur Evans
at Knossos in Crete.
Sturrock, John. “Rongorongo”. London Review of Books, 19 Sept. 2002, pp. 11-12.
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Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.
under Evans, Sir Arthur John
1967: A mammography machine was first develope...
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1967
A mammography machine was first developed.
“Women’s History Timeline”. BBC: Radio 4: Woman’s Hour.
1916: Four years before American women won the...
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1916
Four years before American women won the right to the suffrage (on 18 August 1920) Jeanette Rankin
became the first woman elected to the USCongress
.
By mid-June 1907: Margaret McMillan, socialist, educationist,...
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By mid-June 1907
Margaret McMillan
, socialist, educationist, and sister and biographer of Rachel McMillan
, published an important work in social studies entitled Labour and Childhood.
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.
under Margaret and Rachel McMillan
25 July 1907: Robert Baden-Powell founded the Boy Scout...
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25 July 1907
Robert Baden-Powell
founded the Boy Scout
movement. Its purpose was to teach outdoor survival and character building through an approach which moved its learners through successive levels of skills.
Seymour, David, and Emily Seymour, editors. A Century of News. Contender Books, 2003.
23 January 1929: The first local branch of the National Union...
“Records of the Townswomen’s Guilds: Harrow on the Hill Branch”. AIM25: London Metropolitan University: Women’s Library.
1856: American zoologist Edmund B. Wilson was the...
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1856
American zoologist Edmund B. Wilson
was the first to note the X and Y chromosomes in animals.
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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1894: The Harvard Annex (a women's section attached...
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1894
The Harvard Annex
(a women's section attached to a male seat of learning, Harvard
) received its charter from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts as Radcliffe College
, an institution for women.
“Significant Dates in Radcliffe’s History”. Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study: Harvard University: About the Institute.
April-May 1921: The London Schedule of Payments set out the...
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April-May 1921
The London Schedule of Payments set out the amount war reparations to be handed over by Germany to the Allies in the recent war.
Stevenson, David. “Casino Politics”. London Review of Books, 6 Oct. 2005, pp. 23-4.
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20 November 1805: Ludwig van Beethoven conducted the first...
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20 November 1805
Ludwig van Beethoven
conducted the first performance of his opera, Fidelio, in Vienna.
Brockway, Wallace, and Herbert Weinstock. The World of Opera. Methuen, 1963.
492
5 September 1935: Michael Joseph Limited was registered under...
Smith, Harold L. “The Politics of Conservative Reform: The Equal Pay for Equal Work Issue, 1945-1955”. The Historical Journal, Vol.
35
, No. 2, June 1992, pp. 401-15.
402
Potter, Allen. “The Equal Pay Campaign Committee: a case study of a pressure group”. Political Studies, Vol.
5
, No. 1, 1957, pp. 49-64.
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20 May 1653: Izaak Walton published The Compleat Angler;...
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20 May 1653
Izaak Walton
published The Compleat Angler; there was a second, enlarged edition in 1655.
Cox, Michael, editor. The Oxford Chronology of English Literature. Oxford University Press, 2002, 2 vols.
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Ouida
During the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, Ouida
published 44 volumes of fiction, primarily novels, but also novellas and short stories for both children and adults. Often publishing more than one book a year...
June 1947: The Labour Party declared its government...
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June 1947
The Labour Party
declared its government would not be introducing equal pay legislation.
Smith, Harold L. “The Politics of Conservative Reform: The Equal Pay for Equal Work Issue, 1945-1955”. The Historical Journal, Vol.
35
, No. 2, June 1992, pp. 401-15.
404
“Palmer’s Index to the Times”. Historical Newspapers Online.
