Women’s Writing in the British Isles from the Beginnings to the Present
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29 September 1941: A secret directive issued at Berlin enunciated...
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29 September 1941
A secret directive issued at Berlin enunciated Hitler
's decision to have Leningrad wiped from the face of the earth.
Dunmore, Helen. The Siege. Quality Paperbacks Direct, 2001.
prelims
3 October 1932: The Times first used the Times New Roman...
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3 October 1932
The Times first used the Times New Roman type-face, designed by Stanley Morison
.
Clair, Colin. A Chronology of Printing. Cassell, 1969.
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Dahl, Svend. Dahl’s History of the Book. Editor Katz, William A., 3rd English ed., Scarecrow Press, 1995.
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February 1869: Denied access to a degree in England because...
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February 1869
Denied access to a degree in England because of her sex but with an apothecary's licence and considerable medical experience behind her, Elizabeth Garrett
began her medical degree at the Sorbonne
, Paris, from...
1921: The year after women were first permitted...
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1921
The year after women were first permitted to stand for parliament in Australia, Edith Cowan
, aged sixty and with thirty years of public service behind her, was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia
1853: Two Frenchmen named Coupier and Mellier invented...
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1853
Two Frenchmen named Coupier
and Mellier
invented the first successful process for making paper from straw.
Clair, Colin. A Chronology of Printing. Cassell, 1969.
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23 July 1999: A judge defended the right to public speech (even 'irritating, contentious, provocative public speech') of a woman who was arrested for evangelical preaching.
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23 July 1999
A judge defended the right to public speech (even irritating, contentious, provocative public speech) of a woman who was arrested for evangelical preaching.
Guardian Weekly.
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1806: Joseph Dufour of Paris, manufacturer of scenic...
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1806
Joseph Dufour
of Paris, manufacturer of scenic panoramic wallpapers, aroused immense public interest with a set of wallpaper depicting The Voyages of Captain Cook.
Printing panoramic wallpaper was a complex process. Each colour...
1923: Marion Lyon, Punch's advertising manager,...
“Women’s History Timeline”. BBC: Radio 4: Woman’s Hour.
1787: Manchester fustian manufacturers confirmed...
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1787
Manchester fustian manufacturers confirmed that cottons from Surat in India would fetch almost twice the price of West Indian cotton on the English market.
Mackay, David. In the Wake of Cook: Exploration, Science and Empire, 1780-1801. Croom Helm, 1985.
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Autumn 1867: The London National Society for Women's Suffrage...
Fawcett, Millicent Garrett. What I Remember. Hyperion Press, 1976.
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Blackburn, Helen. Women’s Suffrage. Facsimile Edition, Source Book Press, 1970.
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Kent, Susan Kingsley. Sex and Suffrage in Britain, 1860-1914. Princeton University Press, 1987.
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Smith, Janet. “Helen Taylor’s Anti-imperial Feminism: Ireland and the Land League question”. Women’s History, Vol.
2
, No. 4, 1 Mar.–31 May 2016, pp. 19-24.
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Elizabeth Walker
EW
's writings, dating from the later seventeenth century, comprise diary entries, prayers, meditations, letters, memoirs of early life, writings about her husband, her children and herself, and religious advice designed for them.
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.
1851: As the author of Brampton Rectory (her first...
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1851
As the author of Brampton Rectory (her first novel, on a religious theme), Mary Matilda Howard
edited and published Memorials of James Mackness at London.
British Library Catalogue. http://explore.bl.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?dscnt=0&tab=local_tab&dstmp=1489778087340&vid=BLVU1&mode=Basic&fromLo.
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.
1976: The East Sussex Fire Brigade hired Mary Joy...
“Women’s History Timeline”. BBC: Radio 4: Woman’s Hour.
: The five pioneering female medical students...
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Spring 1870
The five pioneering female medical students at Edinburgh University were awarded significant honours.
Blake, Catriona, and Wendy Savage. The Charge of the Parasols: Women’s Entry to the Medical Profession. Women’s Press, 1990.
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May 1649: Alexander Ross anonymously produced the earliest...
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May 1649
Alexander Ross
anonymously produced the earliest English version of the Koran, from the French translation which had appeared the same year.
English Short Title Catalogue. http://estc.bl.uk/.
28 November 1832: Leslie Stephen, father of Virginia Woolf,...
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28 November 1832
Leslie Stephen
, father of Virginia Woolf
, first editor of the Dictionary of National Biography, editor of Cornhill Magazine, biographer, and agnostic, was born.
Annan, Noel. Leslie Stephen: The Godless Victorian. Random House, 1984.
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Stephen, Sir Leslie, and Sidney Lee, editors. The Dictionary of National Biography. Smith, Elder, 1908–2026, 22 vols. plus supplements.
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Author profile
Mary, Lady Chudleigh
Mary, Lady Chudleigh
, was a versatile writer who began publishing during her middle age. Her poems and essays are earnest on religious topics but vividly dramatic in feminist debate. She wrote letters which were...
6 February 1953: Singer Kathleen Ferrier collapsed during...
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6 February 1953
Singer Kathleen Ferrier
collapsed during Gluck
's opera Orfeo at Covent Garden
; she never sang again, but died of cancer later this year.
Drogheda, Charles Garrett Ponsonby Moore, Earl of et al. The Covent Garden Album: 250 Years of Theatre, Opera, and Ballet. Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1981.
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Stevenson, John, 1946 -. British Society, 1914-45. Penguin, 1984.
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Stephen, Sir Leslie, and Sidney Lee, editors. The Dictionary of National Biography. Smith, Elder, 1908–2026, 22 vols. plus supplements.
9 June 1792: Gillray published a remarkable political...
Wall, Bernard. Alessandro Manzoni. Yale University Press, 1954.
63
“The Catholic Encyclopedia”. New Advent.
1834: Thomas and Emily Davenport collaborated on...
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1834
Thomas
and Emily Davenport
collaborated on the invention of the first electric motor.
Vare, Ethlie Ann, and Greg Ptacek. Patently Female. John Wiley and Sons, 2002.
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8 November 1793: Manon Roland, formerly regarded as a leader...
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8 November 1793
Manon Roland
, formerly regarded as a leader of the Girondins
or moderate revolutionaries (often known as Madame Roland), was guillotined in Paris.
Tomalin, Claire. The Life and Death of Mary Wollstonecraft. Revised, Penguin, 1992.
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Elson Roessler, Shirley. Out of the Shadows: Women and Politics in the French Revolution, 1789-95. Peter Lang, 1996.
154
: In an official move against writing that...
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Spring 1599
In an official move against writing that was critical of the British government or the crown (that is, against satire), copies of various books were burned.
Dobson, Michael. “A Furtive Night’s Work”. London Review of Books, 20 Oct. 2005, pp. 7-8.
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Christmas Day 1797: The owner of The Press, a radical Dublin...
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Christmas Day 1797
The owner of The Press, a radical Dublin paper, was sentenced for reporting an execution as murder.
