Women’s Writing in the British Isles from the Beginnings to the Present
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By 3 September 1887: Margaret Louisa Woods published her first...
November 1762: At the annual Lord Mayor's Banquet in London,...
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November 1762
At the annual Lord Mayor's Banquet in London, Pitt
was vociferously welcomed, while Bute
, who was thought to be too soft in the peace negotiations, was nearly mauled by the crowd.
Furneaux, Rupert. The Seven Years War. Hart-Davis MacGibbon, 1973.
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December 1925: White Ribbon and Wings, a temperance magazine,...
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December 1925
White Ribbon and Wings, a temperance magazine, ended monthly publication in London.
Probably early May 1807: William Wordsworth published Poems in Two...
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Probably early May 1807
William Wordsworth
published Poems in Two Volumes; the Critical Review commented unkindly: A silly book is a serious evil; but it becomes absolutely insupportable when written by a man of sense.
Critical Review. W. Simpkin and R. Marshall, 5 series.
3d ser. 11 (1807): 399
26 August 1889: The first Official Secrets Act passed in...
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26 August 1889
The first Official Secrets Act passed in Britain, at a time notable for labour and popular unrest.
Porter, Bernard. “Boarder or Day Boy?”. London Review of Books, 15 July 1999, pp. 13-15.
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The Statutes of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. Printed by J. Bentham, 1762–2026.
15 August 1761: While negotiations were in progress to end...
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15 August 1761
While negotiations were in progress to end what was later called the Seven Years' War, the Bourbon kings (of France and Spain) entered the Family Compact, which provided in a secret clause...
June 1980: Vigdis Finnbogadottir was elected president...
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June 1980
Vigdis Finnbogadottir
was elected president of Iceland, making her the first woman democratically elected as head of state.
“Women’s History Timeline”. BBC: Radio 4: Woman’s Hour.
Writer or writing
Author profile
Frances Arabella Rowden
FAR
, a schoolteacher by profession in the early nineteenth century, published mostly with instruction in mind. She began with a textbook on botany (designed to sanitize that topic after the work of Erasmus Darwin
Beckman, Linda Hunt. Amy Levy: Her Life and Letters. Ohio University Press, 2000.
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878: By the Treaty of Wedmore, King Alfred ceded...
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878
By the Treaty of Wedmore, King Alfred
ceded to the Danes that part of England lying north of the Roman road called Watling Street.
Bozman, Ernest Franklin, editor. Everyman’s Encyclopaedia. 4th Edition, J. M. Dent, 1958, 12 vols.
1937: Under Eamon De Valera, Ireland unilaterally...
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1937
Under Eamon De Valera
, Ireland unilaterally adopted a new Constitution making it no longer the Irish Free State but Eire.
Craig, Alec. The Banned Books of England and Other Countries. George Allen and Unwin, 1962.
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Kelly, Matthew. “Now is your chance”. London Review of Books, 5 Oct. 2006, pp. 31-2.
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1805-1830: During these years the proportion of British...
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1805-1830
During these years the proportion of British men who made their wills in India and left their property to Indian wives or mixed-race families dropped from one in four to one in six, according to...
14 August 1829: King's College, University of London, was...
Harte, Negley. The University of London 1836-1986. Athlone, 1986.
61-80
The World of Learning. 45th ed., Allen and Unwin, 1995.
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Haydn, Joseph. Haydn’s Dictionary of Dates and Universal Information. Editor Vincent, Benjamin, 23rd ed., Ward, Lock, 1904.
1852: Victoria Stuart-Wortley (later Welby), future...
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1852
Victoria Stuart-Wortley (later Welby
), future philosopher, published her first book (which she wrote and illustrated) at the age of twelve: A Young Traveller's Journal of a Tour in North and South America During the...
1 August 1946: The nationalization of the British air transport...
Alderman, Geoffrey. Modern Britain 1700-1983: A Domestic History. Croom Helm, 1986.
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Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century, 1992.
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1795: Uvedale Price published his influential contribution...
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1795
Uvedale Price
published his influential contribution to the romantic concept of landscape: Essays on the Picturesque.
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.
31 March 1898: Eleanor Marx, socialist, feminist, and writer,...
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31 March 1898
Eleanor Marx
, socialist, feminist, and writer, committed suicide.
Bradley, Ian. The Call to Seriousness: The Evangelical Impact on the Victorians. Jonathan Cape, 1976.
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8 January 1995: Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill (who has typically issued...
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8 January 1995
Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill
(who has typically issued her books of poetry in Irish first, before English translations appeared by others) explained her linguistic policy in the New York Times Book Review.
Romanets, Maryana. “Cartographers of Desire: Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill Versus the Love Canon in Irish Poetry”. Canadian Review of Comparative Literature / Revue Canadienne de Littérature Comparée, Vol.
29
, June–Sept. 2002, pp. 321-42.
321-3, 334
9 January 1862: Alexandrine P. F. Tinné, a Dutch heiress,...
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9 January 1862
Alexandrine P. F. Tinné
, a Dutch heiress, left Cairo with her mother and aunt and began an ascent of the White Nile.
Keller, Helen, editor. The Dictionary of Dates. Macmillan, 1934, 2 vols.
I: 583-4
1 October 1957: Great Britain ended the Anglo-American postal...
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1 October 1957
Great Britain ended the Anglo-American postal agreement of 1908, by charging the same price for letters to the United States as for letters destined for other foreign countries.
Staff, Frank. The Penny Post, 1680-1918. Lutterworth Press, 1964.
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27 October 1931: Irene Ward (later Dame Irene) was elected...
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27 October 1931
Irene Ward
(later Dame Irene) was elected for the Conservatives
to the British Parliament
, where she remained for thirty-eight of the next forty-two years, making her the longest-serving woman MP.
Brakeman, Lynne, and Susan Gall, editors. Chronology of Women Worldwide: People, Places and Events that Shaped Women’s History. Gale Research, 1997.
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Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.
