Women’s Writing in the British Isles from the Beginnings to the Present
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Emma Marshall
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's output as a writer during the latter part of the nineteenth century amounted to almost two hundred volumes: a rate of production necessitated by the bank crash which lost her husband his job...
2 February 1774: General Gage, Commander-in-Chief of the British...
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2 February 1774
General Gage
, Commander-in-Chief of the British army in North America, noted that the crisis is come, when the provinces must be either British colonies, or independent and separate states.
This was in a...
1989: Margaret Thatcher blocked a study into the...
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1989
Margaret Thatcher
blocked a study into the sex life of 20,000 adults that had been set up to assist in preventing the spread of HIV.
Pfeffer, Naomi. The Stork and the Syringe: A Political History of Reproductive Medicine. Polity Press, 1993.
28
1715: The Society of Ancient Britons (that is,...
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1715
The Society of Ancient Britons
(that is, of people of Welsh descent) was founded among the flourishing Welsh community of London—the beginning of a movement of antiquarian nationalism.
Shippey, Tom. “Bardism”. London Review of Books, Vol.
31
, No. 13, 9 July 2009, pp. 27-9.
28
“Iolo’s People. The London-Welsh Societies”. Iolo Morganwg.
23 July 1855: The Friendly Societies Act issued licenses...
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23 July 1855
The Friendly Societies Act issued licenses and created a system of regulation for these organizations.
Shiman, Lilian Lewis. Crusade against Drink in Victorian England. Macmillan, 1988.
176
The Statutes of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. Printed by J. Bentham, 1762–2026.
By June 1893: Sir Charles Hallé founded the Royal Manchester...
Ford, Boris, editor. The Cambridge Guide to the Arts in Britain. Vol. 9 vols, Cambridge University Press, 1988–2026.
7: 290; 8: 119
15 November 1901: The Immigration Restriction Bill was read...
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15 November 1901
The Immigration Restriction Bill was read for the third time in the Australian House of Representatives.
Keller, Helen, editor. The Dictionary of Dates. Macmillan, 1934, 2 vols.
I: 932
Langer, William L., editor. An Encyclopedia of World History: Ancient, Medieval, and Modern, Chronologically Arranged. 4th ed., Houghton Mifflin, 1968.
932
After March 1843: Following a controversial trial, judges for...
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After March 1843
Following a controversial trial, judges for the House of Lords formalized the M'Naghten
Rules, aimed at regularizing legal procedure for prosecuting defendants showing no criminal intent by virtue of defect of reason.
Smith, Roger. “The Boundary Between Insanity and Criminal Responsibility in Nineteenth-Century England”. Madhouses, Mad-Doctors, and Madmen: The Social History of Psychiatry in the Victorian Era, edited by Andrew Scull, University of Pennsylvania Press, 1981, pp. 363-84.
366-7
Walker, Nigel. Crime and Insanity in England. Edinburgh University Press, 1968.
96
20 February 1874: In the election of this year, Irish Home...
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20 February 1874
In the election of this year, Irish Home Rule candidates increased their parliamentary presence more than tenfold, from five to 59 members.
Morton, Grenfell. Home Rule and the Irish Question. Longman, 1980.
15-16, 18
16 November 1710: George Powell brought from Bath to London...
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16 November 1710
George Powell
brought from Bath to London a puppet show presenting the titillating History of Chast Susanna, and the 2 wicked Elders.
The London Stage 1660-1800. Southern Illinois University Press, 1960–1968, 5 vols.
2: 233
By 28 July 1883: George Meredith published Poems and Lyrics...
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By 28 July 1883
George Meredith
published Poems and Lyrics of the Joy of Earth.
Athenæum. J. Lection.
2909 (1883): 103
30 October 1884: Indian coolies (that is labourers) at San...
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30 October 1884
Indian coolies (that is labourers) at San Fernando, Trinidad, were attacked during a forbidden religious procession.
Haydn, Joseph. Haydn’s Dictionary of Dates and Universal Information. Editor Vincent, Benjamin, 21st ed., Ward, Lock and Bowden, 1895.
1066
21 December 1988: A plane belonging to Pan Am (also known as...
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21 December 1988
A plane belonging to Pan Am
(also known as Pan Am World Airways)
was blown apart by a bomb, killing the 259 passengers and crew on board, plus eleven on the ground in the small...
3 March 1959: Ruth Handler put together at her kitchen...
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3 March 1959
Ruth Handler
put together at her kitchen table the prototype Barbie doll, which was unveiled shortly afterwards by Mattel
at this year's American International Toy Fair: a doll with a stylized female body, glamorous in...
June 1868: The publishing firm of Hodder and Stoughton...
Anna Wickham was a prolific poet of the earlier twentieth century: in addition to several hundred published poems, more than a thousand remain unpublished.
Hepburn, James et al. “Editor’s Note and Acknowledgements”. The Writings of Anna Wickham, Free Woman and Poet, edited by Reginald Donald Smith, Virago Press, 1984, p. xxv - xxvi.
xxv
Her poems, with their unique blend of acerbity and lyricism...
10 December 1973: Three British scientists were awarded Nobel...
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10 December 1973
Three British scientists were awarded Nobel
Prizes which they shared with colleagues from other nations (in Physiology or Medicine, Chemistry, and Physics respectively).
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.
1869: For the first time, upscale French evening...
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1869
For the first time, upscale French evening dresses featured a sewn-in label displaying the manufacturer's name.
Adburgham, Alison. Shops and Shopping 1800-1914: Where, and in What Manner the Well-Dressed Englishwoman Bought Her Clothes. Allen and Unwin, 1964.
225
15 September 1856: Marie Wilton made her London stage debut...
Macqueen-Pope, Walter James. Ladies First: The Story of Woman’s Conquest of the British Stage. W. H. Allen, 1952.
346-8
July 1835: The first issue of The British and Foreign...
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July 1835
The first issue of The British and Foreign Review; or, European Quarterly Journal was published.
Houghton, Walter E., and Jean Harris Slingerland, editors. The Wellesley Index to Victorian Periodicals 1824-1900. University of Toronto Press, 1966–1989, 5 vols.
2: 133
Houghton, Walter E., and Jean Harris Slingerland, editors. The Wellesley Index to Victorian Periodicals 1824-1900. University of Toronto Press, 1966–1989, 5 vols.
2: 133; 3: 62-3, 68-9
1935: New Zealand pilot Jean Batten flew from England...
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1935
New Zealand pilot Jean Batten
flew from England to New Zealand in eleven days, setting the record.
Trager, James. The Women’s Chronology: A Year-by-Year Record, from Prehistory to the Present. Henry Holt, 1994.
