Women’s Writing in the British Isles from the Beginnings to the Present
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2 March-September 1878: The British Medical Journal ran a six-month...
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2 March-September 1878
The British Medical Journal ran a six-month correspondence debating whether menstruating women ought to work at curing hams.
Tannahill, Reay. Sex in History. Stein and Day, 1980.
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1691: Robert Gould published another misogynist...
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1691
Robert Gould
published another misogynist satire, A Satyrical Epistle to the Female Author of a Poem Called Sylvia's Revenge.
Buchanan, Dave. Augustan Women’s Verse Satire. University of Alberta, 1998.
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.
Hughes, Derek. “The Masked Woman Revealed; or, the prostitute and the playwright in Aphra Behn criticism”. Women’s Writing, Vol.
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, No. 2, 2000, pp. 149-64.
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1928: Selmar Ascheim (1878-1965) and Bernhard Zondek...
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1928
Selmar Ascheim
(1878-1965) and Bernhard Zondek
(1891-1966) devised a pregnancy test that examined the increase of pituitary hormones (gonadotrophins) in the pregnant body.
Forbes, Thomas Roger. The Midwife and The Witch. Yale University Press, 1966.
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Bullough, Vern L. Science in the Bedroom: A History of Sex Research. Basic Books, 1994.
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1851-1910: Over this period, four million people in...
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1851-1910
Over this period, four million people in Britain contracted tuberculosis and died from the disease; this accounted for thirteen percent of the total national mortality rate.
Woods, Robert, and John Woodward. “Mortality, Poverty and the Environment”. Urban Disease and Mortality in Nineteenth-Century England, edited by Robert Woods and John Woodward, St Martin’s Press, 1984, pp. 19-36.
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Cronjé, Gillian. “Tuberculosis and Mortality Decline in England and Wales, 1851-1910”. Urban Disease and Mortality in Nineteenth-Century England, edited by Robert Woods and John Woodward, St Martin’s, 1984, pp. 79-101.
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December 1968-December 1972: During these years of NASA's Apollo space...
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December 1968-December 1972
During these years of NASA
's Apollo space program twenty-seven people, all male Americans, visited what is called Deep Space, beyond the earth's orbit.
McKie, Robin. “Dark side of the Moon”. Guardian Weekly, 10–16 June 2005, p. 26.
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John Buchan
JB
began writing and publishing before the end of the nineteenth century and continued through the first forty years of the twentieth. His output was large (especially for a man with a busy professional, non-literary...
1856: Advances in organic chemistry enabled William...
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1856
Advances in organic chemistry enabled William Henry Perkin
to synthesize the first artificial or aniline dye, mauve; the dyes started a fashion craze for brilliant colours.
Hellemans, Alexander, and Bryan Bunch. The Timetables of Science: A Chronology of the Most Important People and Events in the History of Science. Simon and Shuster, 1988.
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Taton, René, editor. Science in the Nineteenth Century. Translator Pomerans, Arnold J., Vol. 3, Basic Books, 1965.
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Before 21 October 1714: George Berkeley compiled and published The...
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Before 21 October 1714
George Berkeley
compiled and published The Ladies Library, as by a Lady.
Steele, Sir Richard. The Correspondence of Richard Steele. Editor Blanchard, Rae, Oxford University Press, 1941.
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11-19 July 1905: The Baptist World Alliance held their first...
Edwards, David Lawrence. Christian England, from the Eighteenth Century to the First World War. Collins, 1984, 3 vols.
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Torbet, Robert G. A History of the Baptists. Rev. ed., Judson Press, 1963.
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Brackney, William H., editor. Baptist Life and Thought, 1600-1980. Judson Press, 1983.
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1785: Benjamin Stillingfleet, writer and male member...
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1785
Benjamin Stillingfleet
, writer and male member of the Bluestocking circle, edited and introduced a volume of scientific Miscellaneous Tracts relating to Natural History, Husbandry, and Physick.
Shteir, Ann B. Cultivating Women, Cultivating Science. Johns Hopkins University Press, 1996.
1867: Joseph Lister (still a surgeon and professor...
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1867
Joseph Lister
(still a surgeon and professor in Glasgow) introduced two antiseptic agents this year: phenol, which was said to have reduced the surgical death rate from 45% to 15%, and carbolic acid for...
1 December 1942: Sir William Beveridge, long-time head of...
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1 December 1942
Sir William Beveridge
, long-time head of the London School of Economics, released through His Majesty'ss Stationery Office the Beveridge Report (titled Social Insurance and Allied Services), which has been called the foundation...
8 October 1970: Alexander Solzhenitsyn was awarded the Nobel...
Late Summer 1842: The Plug Riots, with significant participation...
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Late Summer 1842
The Plug Riots, with significant participation by women, occurred in the northern industrial region of England when workers rebelled against inadequate wages.
Hall, Lesley. “Chloe, Olivia, Isabel, Letitia, Harriette, Honor, and Many More: Women in Medicine and Biomedical Science, 1914-1945”. This Working-Day World: Women’s Lives and Culture(s) in Britain, 1914-1945, edited by Sybil Oldfield, Taylor and Francis, 1994, pp. 192-0.
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28 March 1835: The Englishwoman ceased publication as a...
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28 March 1835
The Englishwoman ceased publication as a weekly, after less than a year.
Palmegiano, Eugenia M. Women and British Periodicals, 1832-1867: A Bibliography. Garland, 1976.
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10 December 1991: Aung San Sui Kii was awarded the Nobel Peace...
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10 December 1991
Aung San Sui Kii
was awarded the Nobel
Peace Prize for her resistance to totalitarian government in Burma (which since 18 June 1989 has been styled the Union of Myanmar).
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.
May 1939: The first Nazi concentration camp for women...
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May 1939
The first Nazi
concentration camp for women was established at Ravensbrück, near Furstenberg.
“A Timeline of the Holocaust (1933-1945)”. JewishGen: JewishGen Hosted Projects: The Forgotten Camps: The Holocaust.
Victor, Edward. “Ravensbruck”. Judaica Philatelic Resources: Holocaust Philatelic & Related Materials: Concentration Camps.
