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12 April 1938: Physician Edith Summerskill was elected to...

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12 April 1938

Physician Edith Summerskill was elected to Parliament as an MP for the Labour Party .
Brakeman, Lynne, and Susan Gall, editors. Chronology of Women Worldwide: People, Places and Events that Shaped Women’s History. Gale Research, 1997.
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Florence Marryat

FM , who published about eighty books during the later nineteenth century, was primarily a novelist (known for fiction that plays about the borders of the supernatural, in spiritualist and vampire novels) and also a...
Florence Marryat Black and white, head-and-shoulders photograph of Florence Marryat. She is wearing a dark velvet dress with a square lace collar. Her hair is worn in a bun; earrings dangle from her ears, and a necklace is tied tightly around her neck with a black ribbon. She holds a fan against her chest. Her name appears below in capitals in the form "Miss Florence Marryatt".

10 December 1982: Alva Myrdal was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize...

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10 December 1982

Alva Myrdal was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize jointly with Alfonso García Robles . The two were recognized for their work, some of which was done with the United Nations , on nuclear disarmament.
Schlessinger, Bernard S., and June H. Schlessinger. The Who’s Who of Nobel Prize Winners, 1901-1995. 3rd ed., Oryx Press, 1996.
The Nobel Foundation. Nobel E-Museum.

27 February 1854: Napoleon III and the British government jointly...

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27 February 1854

Napoleon III and the British government jointly sent an ultimatum to Russia requiring the withdrawal of Russian forces from the Danubian Principalities.
Cowie, Leonard W., and Leonard Woolfson. Years of Nationalism: European History 1815-1890. Edward Arnold, 1985.
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1967: The BBC began the first regular colour television...

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1967

The BBC began the first regular colour television service in Europe.
Briggs, Asa. The BBC: The First Fifty Years. Oxford University Press, 1985.
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January 1939: The Living Art in England exhibition was...

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January 1939

The Living Art in England exhibition was held at the London Gallery. Painter Ithell Colquhoun was among the surrealists whose work was shown.
Windsor, Alan, editor. Handbook of Modern British Painting 1900-1980. Scolar Press, 1992.
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8 April 1973: Pablo Picasso, painter and sculptor, died...

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8 April 1973

Pablo Picasso , painter and sculptor, died at Mougins in France.
“Contemporary Authors”. Gale Databases: Literature Resource Centre-LRC.

Late 1874: The National Medical Association was formed...

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Late 1874

The National Medical Association was formed in Liverpool to organize support among the medical community for the repeal of the Contagious Diseases Acts.
Walkowitz, Judith R. ’We Are Not Beasts of the Field’: Prostitution and the Campaign Against the Contagious Diseases Acts, 1869-1886. University of Rochester, 1974.
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: US feminist Carrie Chapman Catt donated her...

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Spring 1938

US feminist Carrie Chapman Catt donated her book collection, as a gift from the National American Woman Suffrage Association , to the Library of Congress .
Lavoie, Chantel Michelle. Poems by Eminent Ladies: A Study of an Eighteenth-Century Anthology. University of Toronto, 1999.
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Teresa Deevy

TD was an Irish playwright of the earlier twentieth century, who also wrote stories, radio plays, and a children's book. A select bibliography lists fourteen stage plays (in three acts or one), and nine radio...

September 1727: Edmund Curll issued (with no publisher mentioned...

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September 1727

Edmund Curll issued (with no publisher mentioned in the colophon but with his name signed to the dedication) Whartoniana in two volumes, often referred to as the work of Philip, Duke of Wharton .
English Short Title Catalogue. http://estc.bl.uk/.
Baines, Paul, and Pat Rogers. Edmund Curll, Bookseller. Clarendon Press, 2007.
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Blain, Virginia et al., editors. The Feminist Companion to Literature in English: Women Writers from the Middle Ages to the Present. Yale University Press; Batsford, 1990.

1874: Charles Bosanquet, first Secretary of the...

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1874

Charles Bosanquet , first Secretary of the Charity Organization Society , published A Handy-Book for Visitors of the Poor in London.
Prochaska, F. K. Women and Philanthropy in Nineteenth-Century England. Clarendon, 1980.
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1977: The London Rape Crisis Centre began oper...

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1977

The London Rape Crisis Centre began operation.
“Women’s History Timeline”. BBC: Radio 4: Woman’s Hour.

Henrik Ibsen

The plays of Henrik Ibsen , nineteenth-century Norwegian poet and dramatist, were both controversial and enormously influential in Britain; their use of realist techniques to address contemporary social problems helped to bring about a revolution...
Henrik Ibsen Three-quarter-length painting of Henrik Ibsen by Eilif Peterssen, 1895. Ibsen sits looking straight at the viewer through rimless glasses. He has grey bushy hair and mutton-chop whiskers, and wears a black coat.

18 June 1894: The UK formally announced a protectorate...

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18 June 1894

The UK formally announced a protectorate over Uganda.
Keller, Helen, editor. The Dictionary of Dates. Macmillan, 1934, 2 vols.
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Langer, William L., editor. An Encyclopedia of World History: Ancient, Medieval, and Modern, Chronologically Arranged. 4th ed., Houghton Mifflin, 1968.
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1932: The National Union of Tailors and Garment...

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1932

The National Union of Tailors and Garment Workers was formed in the UK.
Wilson, Elizabeth. Adorned in Dreams: Fashion and Modernity. Virago Press, 1985.
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Sarojini Naidu

Sarojini Naidu was an Indian poet and political activist who published in English in the first decades of the twentieth century.
The British Library catalogue spells her name Sarojini Nayadu .
While studying in England...
Sarojini Naidu Black and white photo of Sarojini Naidu, head and neck only. She looks quizzically at the camera, her face resting on one hand, with slightly raised eyebrows emphasizing the wrinkles on her forehead. Her dark grey hair is brushed back, and she wears dangly earrings.

14 August 1775: American ships raided Bermuda, capturing...

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14 August 1775

American ships raided Bermuda, capturing forts and carrying off all the powder in their magazines.
Coakley, Robert, and Stetson Conn. The War of the American Revolution. Center of Military History, 1975.
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Alice Walker

AW is an African-American writer and activist, who began publishing in the late 1960s and is best known for her novel The Color Purple. As well as other novels, she publishes or has published...
Alice Walker Photograph of Alice Walker, standing behind a podium and speaking into a microphone. She is wearing a blue jacket, dangling leaf-shaped earrings, and wire-rimmed glasses.

George Eliot

GE , one of the major novelists of the nineteenth century and a leading practitioner of fictional realism, was a professional woman of letters who also worked as an editor and journalist, and left a...
George Eliot Portrait of George Eliot, seated, after the 1881 painting of Francois Albert Durade.

November 1956: The US Supreme Court ruled that racial segregation...

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November 1956

The US Supreme Court ruled that racial segregation of seating on public transport was unconstitutional.
Forbes, Peter, editor. Scanning the Century. Viking, 1999.
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December 1898: Ada S. Ballin edited the first issue of Womanhood,...

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December 1898

Ada S. Ballin edited the first issue of Womanhood, a monthly improving magazine.
Doughan, David, and Denise Sanchez. Feminist Periodicals, 1855-1984. Harvester Press, 1987.
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Tye, J. R. Periodicals of the Nineties: A Checklist of Literary Periodicals Published in the British Isles at Longer than Fortnightly Intervals 1890-1899. Oxford Bibliographical Society, 1974.
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2 April 1917: Harold Warne, of the respected publishing...

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2 April 1917

Harold Warne , of the respected publishing firm of Frederick Warne , was arrested for forgery; the sum involved was so large that he was denied bail.
Grinstein, Alexander. The Remarkable Beatrix Potter. International Universities Press, 1995.
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6 February 1952: King George VI died and Elizabeth II assumed...

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6 February 1952

King George VI died and Elizabeth II assumed the throne.
Cook, Chris, and John, 1946 - Stevenson. The Longman Handbook of Modern British History, 1714-1980. Longman, 1983.
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Steinberg, Sigfrid Henry. Historical Tables: 58 BC-AD 1985. 11th ed., Garland Publishing, 1986.
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1836: A temperance meeting in Taunton, Somerset,...

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1836

A temperance meeting in Taunton, Somerset, witnessed the outbreak of a riot, as moderationists violently disrupted a speech by teetotaller James Tearle .
Shiman, Lilian Lewis. Crusade against Drink in Victorian England. Macmillan, 1988.
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