Women’s Writing in the British Isles from the Beginnings to the Present
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3 September 1802: William Wordsworth composed his well-known...
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3 September 1802
William Wordsworth
composed his well-known sonnet Upon Westminster Bridge, responding to the power of the city, as well as countryside or wilderness, to arouse transcendent feelings.
Tollet, Elizabeth. Poems on Several Occasions. J. Clarke, 1755.
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Purkis, John. A Preface to Wordsworth. Scribner, 1970.
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George Sand
French writer George Sand
(Aurore Dudevant) wrote over one hundred novels and plays. Her correspondence fills twenty-five volumes. She averaged two novels a year after 1831. British writers including Elizabeth Barrett Browning
and George Eliot
13 June 1628: Dr John Lambe, cunning man or astrologer...
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13 June 1628
Dr John Lambe
, cunning man or astrologer and servant of the Duke of Buckingham
, was beaten to death by a London mob as punishment for a rape.
Purkiss, Diane. The Witch in History: early modern and twentieth-century representations. Routledge, 1996.
147, 171
1969: Jane Arden's culturally radical Vagina Rex...
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1969
Jane Arden
's culturally radical Vagina Rex and the Gas Oven was produced by Drury Lane Arts Lab
. The first British play to spring from the Women's Liberation Movement, it was published in 1971.
Barclay, Katie. email to the Women’s History Network. 9 Oct. 2009.
1964: Dorothea Kerslake learned the vacuum aspiration...
Hindell, Keith, and Madeleine Simms. Abortion Law Reformed. Peter Owen, 1971.
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Hordern, Anthony. Legal Abortion: The English Experience. Pergamon, 1971.
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15 March 1916: An amendment to Japan's nationality law allowed...
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15 March 1916
An amendment to Japan's nationality law allowed for the expatriation of Japanese born abroad; Japanese women marrying aliens were to lose their citizenship.
Keller, Helen, editor. The Dictionary of Dates. Macmillan, 1934, 2 vols.
I: 863
1911: William Waldorf Astor bought the Observer...
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.
under William Waldorf Astor
28 July 1849: The Encumbered Estates Act began to rationalize...
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28 July 1849
The Encumbered Estates Act began to rationalize Irish land titles, in a move towards English-style capitalist land ownership.
MacDonagh, Oliver. Ireland: the Union and its Aftermath. George Allen and Unwin, 1977.
23, 45
The Statutes of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. Printed by J. Bentham, 1762–2026.
“Encumbered Estates”. The Public Records Office of Northern Ireland: Records.
1869: Wyoming Territory became the first political...
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1869
Wyoming Territory became the first political region in the United States to grant women the vote.
Faber, Doris. Petticoat Politics: How American Women Won the Right to Vote. Lothrip, Lee and Shepard, 1967.
74-5
1826: Duty was placed on opium imports at the rate...
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1826
Duty was placed on opium imports at the rate of nine shillings per pound; this rate decreased over the next decades.
Parssinen, Terry M. Secret Passions, Secret Remedies: Narcotic Drugs in British Society 1820-1930. Institute for the Study of Human Issues, 1983.
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16 June 1922: The Irish Free State held a General Election....
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16 June 1922
The Irish Free State held a General Election. A large majority of Sinn Féin
candidates were in favour of the Anglo-Irish Treaty of 6 December 1921.
Foster, Robert Fitzroy. Modern Ireland 1600-1972. Allen Lane, 1988.
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Theodora Benson
TB
published over a thirty-year span in the earlier twentieth century. Most immediately successful among her works in terms of sales were books of the currently fashionable flippant humour, most of them in collaboration with...
1867: The library of books by women collected by...
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1867
The library of books by women collected by the Rev. Francis John Stainforth
was sold at Sotheby
's and the greater part of it acquired for the British Museum (that part of it which is...
From 5 December 1934: Italy (under Mussolini) sent troops to Africa,...
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From 5 December 1934
Italy (under Mussolini
) sent troops to Africa, where sporadic fighting heralded its colonial invasion of Ethiopia.
Romero, Patricia W. E. Sylvia Pankhurst: Portrait of a Radical. Yale University Press, 1987.
221
1794: The revenues of Bengal were effectively vested...
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1794
The revenues of Bengal were effectively vested in Britain by the Permanent Settlement.
Bayly, Christopher Alan. Indian Society and the Making of the British Empire. Cambridge University Press, 1988.
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1673: The first recorded slave revolt on a serious...
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1673
The first recorded slave revolt on a serious scale took place, in Jamaica; the instigators were said to be Coromantines, that is people shipped from Fort Cormantine in what is now Ghana.
Behn, Aphra. “Editorial Materials”. Oroonoko, edited by Joanna Lipking, W. W. Norton, 1997, p. Various pages.
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November 1802: Thomas Holcroft's "A Tale of Mystery", produced...
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November 1802
Thomas Holcroft
's "A Tale of Mystery", produced at Covent Garden
, formally introduced melodrama to the English stage.
Emeljanow, Victor. Victorian Popular Dramatists. Twayne, 1987.
2-3
1911: The Byam Shaw and Vicat Cole School of Art...
Windsor, Alan, editor. Handbook of Modern British Painting 1900-1980. Scolar Press, 1992.
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By January 1786: Charles Wilkins' translation from Sanskrit...
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By January 1786
Charles Wilkins
' translation from Sanskrit of the Bhagvat Gita was published at the particular desire of Warren Hastings
and by the authority of the court of directors of the East India Company
.
Critical Review. W. Simpkin and R. Marshall, 5 series.
61 (1786): 1
20 November 1837: Joanna Baillie wrote a heartfelt complaint...
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20 November 1837
Joanna Baillie
wrote a heartfelt complaint (which she feared might sound envious & spiteful) about the effects of the recent fashion for expensive albums, or annuals or gift books.
Baillie, Joanna. The Collected Letters of Joanna Baillie. Editor Slagle, Judith Bailey, Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 1999, 2 vols.
2: 668
June 1980: Vigdis Finnbogadottir was elected president...
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June 1980
Vigdis Finnbogadottir
was elected president of Iceland, making her the first woman democratically elected as head of state.
“Women’s History Timeline”. BBC: Radio 4: Woman’s Hour.
13 August 1971: A report by Detective Chief Inspector George...
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13 August 1971
A report by Detective Chief Inspector George Fenwick
to Home Secretary Reginald Maudling
justified the public prosecution for indecency of hippie publications like the magazine Oz.
Travis, Alan. “Oz trial lifted lid on bribery in porn squad”. Guardian Weekly, 18–24 Nov. 1999, p. 11.
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1811: Army regulations set out the system whereby...
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1811
Army regulations set out the system whereby regiments ordered abroad on active service were allocated six soldiers' wives' tickets per company, distributed by ballot.
Page, F. C. G. Following the Drum: Women in Wellington’s Wars. Deutsch, 1986.
133, 17-18, 2, and passim
Ham, Elizabeth. Elizabeth Ham, by Herself, 1783-1820. Editor Gillett, Eric, Faber and Faber, 1945.
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3 June 1829: Publisher Henry Colburn went into partnership...
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.
under Richard Bentley, 1794-1871
14 August 1939: Four hundred US intellectuals signed an open...
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14 August 1939
Four hundred US intellectuals signed an open letter to All Active Supporters of Democracy and Peace asserting that the USSR was a bulwark against war and aggression,
Rowley, Hazel. Christina Stead: A Biography. Secker and Warburg, 1995.
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contrary to politically orthodox views.
Rowley, Hazel. Christina Stead: A Biography. Secker and Warburg, 1995.
