Women’s Writing in the British Isles from the Beginnings to the Present
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1910: My Weekly, a magazine for working class women...
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1910
My Weekly, a magazine for working class women focusing on fashion, meal-planning, and domestic issues, began publication by D. C. Thomson
in London.
Ferguson, Marjorie. Forever Feminine: Women’s Magazines and the Cult of Femininity. Heinemann, 1983.
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White, Cynthia L. Women’s Magazines 1693-1968. Michael Joseph, 1970.
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Ulrich’s International Periodicals Directory 1999. 37th ed., R. R. Bowker, 1998.
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1 December 1752: The Public Advertiser was launched in London,...
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1 December 1752
The Public Advertiser was launched in London, appearing daily except Sundays; from 1 March 1794 until 8 September 1798 it ran under a new title, The Oracle and Public Advertiser.
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.
11 October 1819: The Theatre Royal, Bury St Edmunds, owned...
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11 October 1819
The Theatre Royal
, Bury St Edmunds, owned by its architect, William Wilkins
, opened as a state-of-the-art modern theatre.
Bury St Edmunds Theatre Royal. http://www.theatreroyal.org/.
Kuti, Elizabeth. Email to Orlando about conference, 19 April 2010.
14 January 1766: William Pitt appealed to the House of Commons...
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14 January 1766
William Pitt
appealed to the House of Commons
to treat America as a kindly, paternalistic husband would treat a wife.
Thomas, Peter David Garner. British Politics and the Stamp Act Crisis: The First Phase of the American Revolution, 1763-1767. Clarendon, 1975.
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Thomas, Peter David Garner. British Politics and the Stamp Act Crisis: The First Phase of the American Revolution, 1763-1767. Clarendon, 1975.
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December 1941-May 1942: The Nazis killed 97,000 Jews by gassing in...
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December 1941-May 1942
The Nazis
killed 97,000 Jews by gassing in specially built lorries near Chelmno in Poland; they later changed this method because of the stress on work crews who did the killing.
Guttenplan, D. D. “Visa Requirement”. London Review of Books, 6 July 2000, pp. 28-9.
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30 January 1961: The National Health Service announced that...
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30 January 1961
The National Health Service announced that the early contraceptive pill Enovid would become available in Britain in December this year. The birth-control pill had to be bought, but was subsidized to keep its cost to...
10 August 1854: The Youthful Offenders Act provided for youths...
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10 August 1854
The Youthful Offenders Act provided for youths under sixteen to be sent to reform school after the completion of their prison sentences.
Emsley, Clive. Crime and Society in England 1750-1900. 2nd ed., Longman, 1996.
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The Statutes of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. Printed by J. Bentham, 1762–2026.
4 January 1642: Charles I entered the House of Commons with...
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4 January 1642
Charles I
entered the House of Commons
with the intention of arresting the five men he regarded as opposition ringleaders, including Pym
and Hampden
; the result was a public-relations defeat for the monarchy.
Purkiss, Diane. The English Civil War, A People’s History. Harper Perennial, 2007.
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From 1935: A new design for public telephone kiosks...
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From 1935
A new design for public telephone kiosks was introduced in Britain: the K6, replacing the K2 (both designed by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott
). The new version was the most widespread and enduring; its distinctive...
15 July 1916: King George V opened the National Library...
Clair, Colin. A Chronology of Printing. Cassell, 1969.
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1549: A poor people's rising took place in East...
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1549
A poor people's rising took place in East Anglia, led by Robert Kett
; the government of Protector Somerset
sided with the commons against the gentry, but was for this reason brought down.
Clark, Jonathan Charles Douglas. Samuel Johnson: Literature, religion and English cultural politics from Restoration to Romanticism. Cambridge University Press, 1994.
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Collinson, Patrick. “What news?”. The London Review of Books, 1 Nov. 2001, pp. 19-22.
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15 September 1870: Following the proclamation on the 4th of...
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15 September 1870
Following the proclamation on the 4th of September of the French Third Republic, the Prussian army besieged Paris.
Merriman, John M. “Contested Freedoms in the French Revolutions, 1830-1871”. Revolution and the Meanings of Freedom in the Nineteenth Century, edited by Isser Woloch, Stanford University Press, 1996, pp. 173-11.
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Sayer, John. “Diary of an Unknown Parisienne”. Bodleian Library Record, Vol.
xviii
, No. 1, Apr. 2003, pp. 43-56.
43-4, 47-50
11 October 1709: Richard Steele's use of Mrs Jenny Distaff...
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11 October 1709
Richard Steele
's use of Mrs Jenny Distaff (supposedly half-sister of the supposed author, Isaac Bickerstaff) in The Tatler gave rise to a short-lived periodical, The Whisperer, written as by this fictional woman.
Prescott, Sarah, and Jane Spencer. “Prattling, tattling and knowing everything: public authority and the female editorial persona in the early essay-periodical”. Journal for Eighteenth-Century Studies, Vol.
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, No. 1, 1 Mar.–31 May 2000, pp. 43-57.
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English Short Title Catalogue. http://estc.bl.uk/.
By 21 February 1880: Émile Zola published Nana....
Keller, Helen, editor. The Dictionary of Dates. Macmillan, 1934, 2 vols.
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April 1870: Supporters of Sophia Jex-Blake's campaign...
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April 1870
Supporters of Sophia Jex-Blake
's campaign for female medical education wrote to The Times and The Englishwoman's Review asking women to petition Parliament in support of female doctors.
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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Olaudah Equiano
OE
wrote, and published in 1789, the earliest known autobiography by a Black person. This book pioneered the genre of the slave narrative, and increased Equiano's opportunities for publishing other writing (public letters, petitions, and...
1976: The Domestic Violence and Matrimonial Proceedings...
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1976
The Domestic Violence and Matrimonial Proceedings Act allowed a woman to take out an injunction ordering a man out of the matrimonial home, without instigating proceedings for divorce or separation.
Ross, Elizabeth Arledge, and Miriam L. Bearse. A Chronology of the Women’s Liberation Movement in Britain. Editors Boyle, Karen E. and The Oral History Project Advisory Group, The Feminist Archive, 1996, http://Bodleian.
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1934: The Incitement to Disaffection Act, designed...
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1934
The Incitement to Disaffection Act, designed to facilitate the suppression of grassroots political dissent, was passed despite the efforts of the newly-formed National Council for Civil Liberties
.
Porter, Bernard. “How the Judges Stood in the Way of Socialism”. London Review of Books, 1 June 2000, pp. 27-8.
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1665: François de La Rochefoucauld published Réflexions,...
“François de La Rochefoucauld (1613-1680)”. Pegasos: A Literature Resource Site: Authors’ Calendar: Books and Writers: Alphabetical listing of authors in this calendar.
22 November 1697: For this day Dryden wrote his Alexander's...
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22 November 1697
For this day Dryden
wrote his Alexander's Feast; or, The Power of Musique, An Ode, In Honour of St. Cecilia's Day; it was performed to music by Jeremiah Clarke
.
Dryden, John. Selected Poetry and Prose of John Dryden. Editor Miner, Earl, Modern Library College Editions, The Modern Library, 1985.
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1978: US feminist theologian Mary Daly published...
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1978
US feminist theologian Mary Daly
published her best-known work, Gyn/Ecology: The Metaethics of Radical Feminism, which among other things addresses the misogynist assumptions ingrained within language.
Sturgis, Susanna J. “Mary Daly, Revolting Hag”. Women’s Review of Books, Vol.
