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2 April 1911: A national census took place in Britain,...

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2 April 1911

A national census took place in Britain, and was widely boycotted by suffragist organizations under the slogan No Vote, No Census.
Frye, Kate Parry. Campaigning for the Vote: Kate Parry Frye’s Suffrage Diary. Editor Crawford, Elizabeth, Francis Boutle Publishers, 2013.
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McCarthy, Helen. “The Statistical Gaze”. London Review of Books, Vol.
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, No. 11, 29 June 2017, pp. 34-5.
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Flora Macdonald Mayor

FMM tried her hand at drama and short fiction but is chiefly remembered for her four novels, published between 1901 and 1929. Hailed as an incisive, perceptive reporter of contemporary women's lives during her lifetime...

1966: Women were granted licences from the Jockey...

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1966

Women were granted licences from the Jockey Club as racehorse trainers for the first time.
“Women’s History Timeline”. BBC: Radio 4: Woman’s Hour.

February 1741: Mary Pendarves (later Delany) wrote of her...

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February 1741

Mary Pendarves (later Delany) wrote of her friend the Duchess of Queensberry 's court dress representing botanically exact flowers of many species, with the banks and tree-stumps they grew on.
Shteir, Ann B. Cultivating Women, Cultivating Science. Johns Hopkins University Press, 1996.
41-3 and n23

1992: Francis Fukuyama in The End of History and...

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1992

Francis Fukuyama in The End of History and the Last Man argued that the process of national and international change and struggle called history had ended with the acceptance of technology, capitalism, and Western liberal...

By September 1782: The Letters of the black Londoner Ignatius...

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By September 1782

The Letters of the black Londoner Ignatius Sancho were published two years after the author's death.
Gentleman’s Magazine. Various publishers.
52 (1782): 437
Carey, Brycchan. “’The extraordinary Negro’: Ignatius Sancho, Joseph Jekyll, and the Problem of Biography”. Journal for Eighteenth-Century Studies, Vol.
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, No. 1, 2003, pp. 1-14.
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Carey, Brycchan. “’The extraordinary Negro’: Ignatius Sancho, Joseph Jekyll, and the Problem of Biography”. Journal for Eighteenth-Century Studies, Vol.
26
, No. 1, 2003, pp. 1-14.
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1845: The Alleged Lunatics' Friend Association...

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1845

The Alleged Lunatics' Friend Association was founded.
Showalter, Elaine. The Female Malady: Women, Madness, and English Culture, 1830-1980. Pantheon Books, 1985.
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McCandless, Peter. “Liberty and Lunacy: The Victorians and Wrongful Confinement”. Madhouses, Mad-Doctors, and Madmen: The Social History of Psychiatry in the Victorian Era, edited by Andrew Scull, University of Pennsylvania Press, 1981, pp. 339-62.
342-3

1729: John Wood began building Queen Square, Bath:...

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1729

John Wood began building Queen Square, Bath: an early stage in his creation of the Georgian city.
Stephen, Sir Leslie, and Sidney Lee, editors. The Dictionary of National Biography. Smith, Elder, 1908–2026, 22 vols. plus supplements.

1817: The eccentric Baron Karl von Drais launched...

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1817

The eccentric Baron Karl von Drais launched his Laufmaschine or running machine, a forerunner of the bicycle, having two wheels and a saddle for sitting astride, which became popular as the draisine or velocipede.
Robb, Graham. “Two Wheels Good”. London Review of Books, 6 July 2006, pp. 30-1.
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July 1963: The world's first nuclear test ban treaty...

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July 1963

The world's first nuclear test ban treaty was signed in Moscow.
Thomson, David, and Geoffrey Warner. England in the Twentieth Century, 1914-1979. 2nd ed., Penguin Books, 1981.
270

December 1883: The National League Journal ended publication...

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December 1883

The National League Journal ended publication in Liverpool.
Doughan, David, and Denise Sanchez. Feminist Periodicals, 1855-1984. Harvester Press, 1987.
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10 May 1954: A white American couple, the Bradens, bought...

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10 May 1954

A white American couple, the Bradens, bought a house on behalf of a black couple, the Wades, who had been rejected as purchasers in their chosen area of Louisville, Kentucky.
Culley, Margo. “The courage of their convictions”. Women’s Review of Books, Vol.
xvii
, No. 8, May 2000, pp. 1-4.
1-4

Rosita Forbes

RF was a popular travel writer of the earlier twentieth century. Her travel books are often flavoured with adventure, and she also published books of biography, essays, stories, political and social commentary, and memoirs, all...
Rosita Forbes Black and white, three-quarter-length photo of Rosita Forbes by Mendoza. She is seated, gazing at the viewer, in a dark hat with wide brim and large artificial flowers, and a fur wrap thrown over an open jacket and light dress with a full, gauzy or lacy skirt. Library of Congress.

By 24 December 1881: Lillie Langtry became the first English society...

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By 24 December 1881

Lillie Langtry became the first English society woman to appear professionally on the stage when she played Kate Hardcastle in Goldsmith 's She Stoops to Conquer at the Haymarket Theatre , London.
Norback, Craig T., and Melvin Gray. The World’s Great News Photos 1840-1980. Crown Publishers, 1980.
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Hartnoll, Phyllis, editor. The Oxford Companion to the Theatre. 4th ed., Oxford University Press, 1983.
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Athenæum. J. Lection.
2826 (1881): 861

1611: Thomas Dekker's (or Dekker's and Thomas Middleton's)...

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1611

Thomas Dekker 's (or Dekker's and Thomas Middleton 's) comedy The Roaring Girle, or Moll Cut-Purse, written between 1604 and 1608, was published.
English Short Title Catalogue. http://estc.bl.uk/.

Shortly before 15 January 1753: A woman tried at the Old Bailey for prostitution...

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Shortly before 15 January 1753

A woman tried at the Old Bailey for prostitution and theft (stealing a client's watch) testified that she was not a regular whore, and only took the watch when the man went back on his...

1991: Elisabeth Bond's play Love and Dissent was...

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1991

Elisabeth Bond 's play Love and Dissent was included in Herstory: Volume 2: Plays by Women for Women edited by Elaine Aston and Gabriele Griffin .
OCLC WorldCat. 1992–1998, http://www.oclc.org/firstsearch/content/worldcat/. Accessed 1999.

Spring 1852: Clark, Beeton and Company was founded after...

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Spring 1852

Clark, Beeton and Company was founded after the London publishing house of Charles Henry Clark went into partnership with Samuel Orchart Beeton .
Rose, Jonathan, and Patricia J. Anderson, editors. Dictionary of Literary Biography 106. Gale Research, 1991.
106: 19, 20, 21
Freeman, Sarah. Isabella and Sam: The Story of Mrs Beeton. Coward, McCann and Geoghegan, 1977.
70-1

2 September 1852: The Manchester Free Library, the first major...

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2 September 1852

The Manchester Free Library , the first major British public lending library, opened in Manchester.
Black, Alistair. A New History of the English Public Library: Social and Political Contexts, 1850-1914. Leicester University Press, 1996.
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Kelly, Thomas. A History of Public Libraries in Great Britain 1845-1975. 2nd ed., Library Association, 1977.
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Uglow, Jennifer S. Elizabeth Gaskell: A Habit of Stories. Faber and Faber, 1993.
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Medora Gordon Byron

Miss Byron, or Medora Gordon Byron, or Julia Maria Byron, whose identity is still a mystery, published either five or eight early-nineteenth-century novels with the Minerva Press, depending on whether or not they...
Medora Gordon Byron Title-page of vol.1 (of 2) of "Celia in Search of a Husband", 1809, by "A Modern Antique" (generally identified with "Medora Gordon Byron"): a response to Hannah More's "Coelebs in Search of a Wife".

1534: A sidesman, enforcing the officially approved...

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1534

A sidesman, enforcing the officially approved order of service, removed Certain maidens
Adamson, John William. ’The Illiterate Anglo-Saxon’ and Other Essays on Education, Medieval and Modern. Cambridge University Press, 1946.
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from church in Langham, a village in East Anglia, for reading matins from an English Primer.
Adamson, John William. ’The Illiterate Anglo-Saxon’ and Other Essays on Education, Medieval and Modern. Cambridge University Press, 1946.
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Adamson, John William. ’The Illiterate Anglo-Saxon’ and Other Essays on Education, Medieval and Modern. Cambridge University Press, 1946.
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3 March 1876: Alexander Graham Bell patented the telep...

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3 March 1876

Alexander Graham Bell patented the telephone.
Standage, Tom. The Victorian Internet. Walker and Company, 1998.
197

12 July 1808: A British expeditionary force under Sir Arthur...

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12 July 1808

A British expeditionary force under Sir Arthur Wellesley (later Duke of Wellington) sailed to relieve Corunna in Spain.
Page, F. C. G. Following the Drum: Women in Wellington’s Wars. Deutsch, 1986.
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1923: MGs, sports cars with no windscreen, an outside...

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1923

MGs, sports cars with no windscreen, an outside handbrake, and wire-spoked wheels, were introduced in Britain.
Bruno, Leonard. On the Move: A Chronology of Advances in Transportation. Gale Research, 1993.
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8 June 1730: James Thomson published by subscription The...

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8 June 1730

James Thomson published by subscription The Seasons as a four-fold poem, with A Hymn on the Seasons and William Kent 's illustrations.
Thomson, James, 1700 - 1748. Winter. J. Millan, 1726.
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Johnson, Samuel. The Lives of the Poets. Editor Lonsdale, Roger, Clarendon Press, 2006, 4 vols.
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