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May 1927: Nash's and Pall Mall Magazine, having issued...

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May 1927

Nash's and Pall Mall Magazine, having issued its final number under that title the previous month, appeared for the first time as Nash's Magazine, under which name it ran for two years.
Solo: Search Oxford University Libraries Online. 18 July 2011, http://solo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?vid=OXVU1&fromLogin=true&reset_config=true.

1814: John Colin Dunlop published The History of...

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1814

John Colin Dunlop published The History of Fiction: Being a Critical Account of the Most Celebrated Prose Works of Fiction, from the Earliest Greek Romances to the Novels of the Present Age.
Warner, William Beatty. Licensing Entertainment: The Elevation of Novel Reading in Britain, 1684-1750. University of California Press, 1998.
15, 18
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9 November 1918: Faced with unemployment, 6,000 female munitions...

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9 November 1918

Faced with unemployment, 6,000 female munitions workers, mainly from Woolwich Arsenal , marched to the House of Commons under the banner Shall Peace Bring Us Starvation.
The banner had no question-mark.
Beddoe, Deirdre. Back to Home and Duty: Women Between the Wars, 1918-1939. Pandora, 1989.
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January-April 1891: A failure of much of the potato crop caused...

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January-April 1891

A failure of much of the potato crop caused intense hardship in western Ireland.
Collis, Maurice. Somerville and Ross: A Biography. Faber and Faber, 1968.
84-5

1987: The Tate Gallery bought Sonia Boyce's drawing...

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1987

The Tate Gallery bought Sonia Boyce 's drawing entitled Missionary Position II. Boyce was the first black female artist to enter the collection and, she later discovered to her shock, only the fifth woman.
Higgins, Charlotte. “’The vitriol was really unhealthy’: artist Sonia Boyce on the row over taking down Hylas and the Nymphs”. theguardian.com, 19 Mar. 2018.

June 1770: Russia (under Catherine the Great) demonstrated...

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June 1770

Russia (under Catherine the Great ) demonstrated its new power by crushing Turkey in a naval victory.
Levitt, Marcus C. “An Antidote to Nervous Juice: Catherine the Great’s Debate with Chappe d’Auteroche over Russian Culture”. Eighteenth-Century Studies, Vol.
32
, No. 1, 1998, pp. 49-63.
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1957: Sculptor Jacob Epstein completed the sculpture...

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1957

Sculptor Jacob Epstein completed the sculpture Christ in Majesty for Llandaff Cathedral.
Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century, 1992.
412

1980: Three-Quarter Face: Reports & Reflections...

Women writers item

1980

Three-Quarter Face: Reports & Reflections by Penelope Gilliatt collected her various reviews and profiles of celebrities (including Nabokov , Hitchcock , Woody Allen , and Diane Keaton ).
OCLC WorldCat. 1992–1998, http://www.oclc.org/firstsearch/content/worldcat/. Accessed 1999.

10 May 1940: The Local Defence Volunteers (later called...

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10 May 1940

The Local Defence Volunteers (later called the Home Guard ) was formed in the UK for the purpose of defence against expected invasion.
Grun, Bernard. The Timetables of History. 3rd revised, Simon and Schuster, 1991.
516
Cook, Chris, and John, 1946 - Stevenson. The Longman Handbook of Modern British History, 1714-1980. Longman, 1983.
219
Minns, Raynes. Bombers and Mash: The Domestic Front 1939-45. Virago, 1980.
introductory chronology

1881: The first married female poor law guardian,...

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1881

The first married female poor law guardian, Harriet M'Ilquham of Tewkesbury, was elected.
Hollis, Patricia. Ladies Elect: Women in English Local Government, 1865-1914. Clarendon, 1987.
206-7, 232

9 August 1848: Captain Frederick Marryat, novelist and father...

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9 August 1848

Captain Frederick Marryat , novelist and father of Florence Marryat , died at Langham, Norfolk.
“Dictionary of Literary Biography online”. Gale Databases: Literature Resource Center-LRC.
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17 July 1791: People were shot while demonstrating in the...

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17 July 1791

People were shot while demonstrating in theChamp de Mars in Paris; this became known as the Massacre of the Champ de Mars.
Kelly, Gary. Women, Writing, and Revolution 1790-1827. Clarendon, 1993.
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May 1881: The Sentinel, which supported the Contagious...

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May 1881

The Sentinel, which supported the Contagious Diseases Acts and emphasized social purity, began monthly publication in London.
Doughan, David, and Denise Sanchez. Feminist Periodicals, 1855-1984. Harvester Press, 1987.
10

Julian of Norwich

Julian of Norwich was a religious visionary whose experiences of the divine came to her in the later fourteenth century. She was also something that no Englishwoman had been before her: the author of a...
Julian of Norwich Photograph of the statue of Julian of Norwich sculpted for a niche in the west front of Norwich Cathedral by David Holgate in 2014, six centuries after Julian's death. The photo, taken from below, shows only the waist up. Julian has an alert face and heroic stance, wrapped in a loose cloak and hood, and holding a book titled (in capitals very unlike the writing of her own day) "Revelations of Divine Love."

31 March 1941: German troops, commanded by General Erwin...

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31 March 1941

German troops, commanded by General Erwin Rommel , fought with British troops in Libya.
Messenger, Charles. World War Two Chronological Atlas: When, Where, How and Why. Bloomsbury, 1989.
54-5
Keegan, John. The Second World War. Viking, 1990.
149
Weinberg, Gerhard L. A World At Arms: A Global History of World War II. Cambridge University Press, 1994.
215, 222

31 January 1919: The Ministry of Labour stated that 425,000...

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31 January 1919

The Ministry of Labour stated that 425,000 women were unemployed.
Beddoe, Deirdre. Back to Home and Duty: Women Between the Wars, 1918-1939. Pandora, 1989.
49

Rumer Godden

RG was a popular writer for much of the twentieth century, author of about seventy books: more than twenty novels for adults (some drawing on her own experiences), as well as about the same number...
Rumer Godden Black-and-white photo of Rumer Godden. She is posing at a table with her hand on her chin. There are two wicker baskets in the image, one in the foreground and one in the back.

1907: The Association of Medical Women in India...

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1907

The Association of Medical Women in India was established by Dr Annette Benson .
Bell, E. Moberly. Storming the Citadel. Constable, 1953.
123

24 March 1882: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, poet, died....

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24 March 1882

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow , poet, died.
“Dictionary of Literary Biography online”. Gale Databases: Literature Resource Center-LRC.
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1668: The East India Company acquired Bombay, the...

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1668

The East India Company acquired Bombay, the present-day Mumbai (which had come to the British crown in 1662 as part of the dowry of Catherine of Braganza ).
Grun, Bernard. The Timetables of History. 3rd revised, Simon and Schuster, 1991.
304
Pagden, Anthony. “Oak in a Flowerpot”. London Review of Books, 14 Nov. 2002, pp. 9-10.
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17 November 1711: The Duke of Marlborough landed in England...

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17 November 1711

The Duke of Marlborough landed in England after what proved to be his last military campaign.
Harris, Frances. A Passion for Government: The life of Sarah, Duchess of Marlborough. Clarendon, 1991.
186-7

1935: Isabel Grant established the Highland Folk...

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1935

Isabel Grant established the Highland Folk Life collection to preserve and record disappearing traditional Scottish culture.
Greenspan, Karen. The Timetables of Women’s History. Simon and Shuster, 1994.
334

1919: Alice Clark published her ground-breaking...

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1919

Alice Clark published her ground-breaking The Working Life of Women in the Seventeenth Century. She opened a new topic in history: women's work was as yet unexamined in other periods besides this one.
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.
under Clark and Pinchbeck

25 May 1951: Guy Burgess and Donald Maclean, friends from...

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25 May 1951

Guy Burgess and Donald Maclean , friends from their Cambridge days, who had been spying for the Soviet Union from positions of some influence within the British establishment, fled to Russia.
Stephen, Sir Leslie, and Sidney Lee, editors. The Dictionary of National Biography. Smith, Elder, 1908–2026, 22 vols. plus supplements.

Margaret Calderwood

MC , living and writing in the eighteenth century, is remembered for her travel journal (which grew out of letters to her daughter). As a Scotswoman she reports on the foreign country of England as...
Margaret Calderwood Painting of Margaret Calderwood, she is wearing a low cut brown dress and has a blue scarf over her left arm. The background is also a shade of brown, and her hair is black.