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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...

Spring 1983: Granta magazine's first listing of twenty...

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Spring 1983

Granta magazine's first listing of twenty Best of Young British Novelists included the names of six women: Pat Barker , Ursula Bentley , Buchi Emecheta , Maggie Gee , Lisa St Auban de Teran , and Rose Tremain .
Taylor, David John. “Why these Men Killed the Hampstead Novel”. The Independent on Sunday, 29 Dec. 2002, p. Life Etc. 8.
Life Etc. 8

30 January 1826: A wrought-iron suspension bridge opened across...

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30 January 1826

A wrought-iron suspension bridge opened across the Menai Straits, linking Anglesey to mainland Wales by road.
Bruno, Leonard. On the Move: A Chronology of Advances in Transportation. Gale Research, 1993.
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Henry, Dorothy, and Jack Jerome. Modern British Bridges. C. R. Books, 1965.
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Haydn, Joseph. Haydn’s Dictionary of Dates and Universal Information. Editor Vincent, Benjamin, 23rd ed., Ward, Lock, 1904.

1806: German pharmacy assistant Frederick Sertürner...

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1806

German pharmacy assistant Frederick Sertürner isolated the drug morphia from opium; it became widely available in Britain from the 1820s.
Duin, Nancy, and Jenny Sutcliffe. A History of Medicine: From Prehistory to the Year 2020. Simon and Schuster, 1992.
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Parssinen, Terry M. Secret Passions, Secret Remedies: Narcotic Drugs in British Society 1820-1930. Institute for the Study of Human Issues, 1983.
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Historians Duin and Sutcliffe give 1803 as the year of this discovery. However...

1874: The novel By Still Waters: A Story for Quiet...

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1874

The novel By Still Waters: A Story for Quiet Hours was published; it was attributed to Edward Garrett, the pseudonym of Isabella Fyvie Mayo .
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.

7 April 1908: Herbert Henry Asquith (Liberal) became the...

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7 April 1908

Herbert Henry Asquith (Liberal ) became the British Prime Minister following the resignation of Campbell-Bannerman .
Fryde, Edmund Boleslaw. Handbook of British Chronology. Editors Greenway, D. E. et al., 3rd ed., Offices of the Royal Historical Society, 1986.
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Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century, 1992.
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Sramek, Joseph. “Lloyd George’s ’People’s Budget’, and the Parliamentary Act of 1911, 12 June 1998”. History and Politics: Modern British History.

March 1873: A Times correspondent reported that Sir Bartle...

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March 1873

A Times correspondent reported that Sir Bartle Frere (father of the folklorist Mary Frere ) had received a flat refusal from the Sultan of Zanzibar in his attempt negotiate an end to the Zanzibarian slave trade.
“12 March 1873. Zanzibar’s slaving sultan gets lesson”. Guardian Weekly, 13 Mar. 2009, p. 22.

Clemence Dane

CD wrote, during the earlier twentieth century, over thirty plays for the stage, radio, and screen, in addition to her journalism and other non-fiction, and fourteen fictional works ranging from girls' school novels to detective...
Clemence Dane Black and white photograph of Clemence Dane, shown from the shoulders up, and posed with her body on an angle and her face turned to face the camera directly. She is wearing a black shirt with a long, dark, beaded necklace, and she has short, dark hair.

Anne Conway

AC 's reputation has been quietly growing into that of a serious late-seventeenth-century philosopher, rather than merely a patron of male philosophers. Her correspondence with Henry More is full of philosophical as well as personal interest.
Anne Conway Painting thought to be of Anne Conway by Samuel van Hoogstraten, c. 1662-7. She stands reading a letter in the open loggia of a palace or mansion, with columns and statues indicating a garden beyond. She wears a golden gown. In the foreground is a spaniel, which if indeed Conway's was called Julietto. The Mauritshuis Art Museum in The Hague, Netherlands.

1865: The Dudley Gallery was founded; it featured...

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1865

The Dudley Gallery was founded; it featured the works of many female artists.
Marsh, Jan, and Pamela Gerrish Nunn. Women Artists and the Pre-Raphaelite Movement. Virago, 1989.
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December 1898: Ada S. Ballin edited the first issue of Womanhood,...

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December 1898

Ada S. Ballin edited the first issue of Womanhood, a monthly improving magazine.
Doughan, David, and Denise Sanchez. Feminist Periodicals, 1855-1984. Harvester Press, 1987.
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Tye, J. R. Periodicals of the Nineties: A Checklist of Literary Periodicals Published in the British Isles at Longer than Fortnightly Intervals 1890-1899. Oxford Bibliographical Society, 1974.
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Edith Mary Moore

EMM , early twentieth-century novelist, also published, years after the virtual end of her career in fiction, non-fictional works including a long essay or brief treatise on the relations between women and men. Her novels...

1993: Three formerly male-only Oxford colleges...

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1993

Three formerly male-only Oxford colleges each elected its first female head: Marilyn Butler became Rector of Exeter , Averil Cameron Warden of Keble , and Jessica Rawson Warden of Merton .
Williams, Neville et al. Chronology of the 20th Century. Helicon, 1996.
517

14 June 1910: The Conciliation Bill, which would extend...

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14 June 1910

The Conciliation Bill, which would extend the vote to women based on the municipal qualification (granted in the Representation of the People Act, 1884) and which would thus enfranchise one million women, passed its...

16 May 1765: The Rev. John Brown preached a conservative...

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16 May 1765

The Rev. John Brown preached a conservative sermon to the Guardians of the Asylum for Deserted Female Orphans , published that year as On the Female Character and Education.
The Origins of Modern Feminism, 1567-1876. Quaritch, 1998.
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October 1656: Quaker maverick James Nayler set out to demonstrate...

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October 1656

Quaker maverick James Nayler set out to demonstrate the spirit of Christ within him by staging an entry into Bristol riding on a donkey, as Christ had ridden into Jerusalem.
Hill, Christopher. “The World Turned Upside Down, 1975: Part I: Inspiration and Experience”. Street Corner Society: Upside Down.

16 June 1926: The English Law of Property (Amendment) Act...

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16 June 1926

The English Law of Property (Amendment) Act permitted women, whether married or single, to hold and dispose of property on the same terms as men.
Law Reports: Statutes. Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1866–2026.
(1926): 55-68

Probably October 1807: William Hazlitt published A Reply to the...

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Probably October 1807

William Hazlitt published A Reply to the Essay on Population, by the Rev. T. R. Malthus.
Drabble, Margaret, editor. The Oxford Companion to English Literature. 5th ed., Oxford University Press, 1985.
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Cox, Michael, editor. The Oxford Chronology of English Literature. Oxford University Press, 2002, 2 vols.

26 July 1913: The National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies...

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26 July 1913

The National Union of Women's Suffrage SocietiesWomen's Pilgrimage culminated in London with a meeting in Hyde Park.
Hume, Leslie Parker. The National Union of Women’s Suffrage Societies, 1897-1914. Garland, 1982.
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Tickner, Lisa. The Spectacle of Women: Imagery of the Suffrage Campaign, 1907-1914. University of Chicago Press, 1988.
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1824: The Lying-In Hospital in London began training...

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1824

The Lying-In Hospital in London began training monthly nurses.
Towler, Jean. Midwives in History and Society. Croom Helm, 1986.
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1789-98: Essays in Physiognomy (translated by Henry...

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1789-98

Essays in Physiognomy (translated by Henry Hunter from Johann Kaspar Lavater ), with engravings by Johann Heinrich Füssli (known in England as Henry Fuseli), set off crazes for physiognomy and silhouettes.
Donato, Clorinda. “Reading the Face: Lavater in the Twenty-first Century”. Lumen, edited by William Kinsley et al., Vol.
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, 2001, pp. 83-100.
83, 89-90, 91, 97 and n12

31 December 1864: Samuel Beeton began publishing from London...

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31 December 1864

Samuel Beeton began publishing from London a magazine for young girls called The Young Englishwoman.
Beetham, Margaret. A Magazine of Her Own?: Domesticity and Desire in the Woman’s Magazine, 1800-1914. Routledge, 1996.
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Palmegiano, Eugenia M. Women and British Periodicals, 1832-1867: A Bibliography. Garland, 1976.
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White, Cynthia L. Women’s Magazines 1693-1968. Michael Joseph, 1970.
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Freeman, Sarah. Isabella and Sam: The Story of Mrs Beeton. Coward, McCann and Geoghegan, 1977.
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26 or 27 August 1788: Jacques Necker was recalled as French Director...

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26 or 27 August 1788

Jacques Necker was recalled as French Director of Finances and Minister of State, with a brief to effect reforms.
Kafker, Frank A., and James M. Laux, editors. The French Revolution: Conflicting Interpretations. 4th ed., R. E. Krieger, 1989.
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Paxton, John. Companion to the French Revolution. Facts on File, 1988.
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Soboul, Albert. The French Revolution 1787-1799. Translators Forrest, Alan and Colin Jones, Vintage, 1975.
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Soboul says this happened on 26 August; Paxton says 27 August.

June 1866: The Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution...

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June 1866

The Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States, which gave male Negroes the vote, was drafted so as to deny the vote to women.
James, Joseph B. The Framing of the Fourteenth Amendment. University of Illinois Press, 1965.
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Faber, Doris. Petticoat Politics: How American Women Won the Right to Vote. Lothrip, Lee and Shepard, 1967.
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5 March 1970: The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT)...

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5 March 1970

The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) became international law, allowing the possession of nuclear weapons only to the USA, Russia, Britain, France, and China.
Physicians for Global Survival (Canada). Guide to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT). 2002.