Women’s Writing in the British Isles from the Beginnings to the Present
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Clotilde Graves
CG
, who published from the late nineteenth through the first decades of the twentieth century, wrote short stories, an estimated sixteen plays, and novels. Among her fiction, some of the earlier titles concern themselves...
Orme, Nicholas. From Childhood to Chivalry: The Education of the English Kings and Aristocracy, 1066-1530. Methuen, 1984.
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Knowles, David, and Richard Neville Hadcock. Medieval Religious Houses: England and Wales. Longmans and Green, 1953.
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1991: Much discussion was provoked by Ridley Scott's...
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1991
Much discussion was provoked by Ridley Scott
's film Thelma and Louise, which depicts two women walking out of their domestic routine into a life of crime and freedom.
Williams, Neville et al. Chronology of the 20th Century. Helicon, 1996.
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Early 1975: Gay Sweatshop Theatre Company was founded...
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Early 1975
Gay Sweatshop Theatre Company
was founded as a result of plans by a London co-operative community arts resource centre, Inter-Action
, for a season of gay plays to follow their successful women's season.
“Gay Sweatshop Theatre Company”. AIM25: Royal Holloway College, University of London.
1894: Havelock Ellis' Man and Woman: A Study of...
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1894
Havelock Ellis
' Man and Woman: A Study of Human Secondary Sexual Characteristics, which investigated gender differences, was published in London.
Bullough, Vern L. Science in the Bedroom: A History of Sex Research. Basic Books, 1994.
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Brome, Vincent. Havelock Ellis, Philosopher of Sex: A Biography. Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1979.
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December 1666: Wenceslaus Hollar published a map of London...
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December 1666
Wenceslaus Hollar
published a map of London to show how it had changed since the Great Fire.
In the text the date is given wrongly as 1665, but it is clear on the print.
Copeland, Edward. “Defoe and the London Wall: Mapped Perspectives”. Eighteenth-Century Fiction, Vol.
10
, No. 4, July 1998, pp. 407-28.
416 and fig. 4
January 1817: The Prince Regent, on his way to open Parliament,...
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January 1817
The Prince Regent
, on his way to open Parliament
, was the target of (probably) a stone which broke the window of the state coach; like a similar missile hurled at his father
on...
23 October 1731: A fire at Ashburnham House in London destroyed...
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23 October 1731
A fire at Ashburnham House in London destroyed the Cottonian Library: a collection of rare books and manuscripts amassed by Sir Robert Cotton
, many of them in Old English.
Gentleman’s Magazine. Various publishers.
1 (1731): 451
1782: A spinning school was set up for poor girls...
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1782
A spinning school was set up for poor girls in York, for middle-class women to communicate the skills and good influence that were beyond working-class parents.
Hunt, Margaret R. The Middling Sort: Commerce, Gender, and the Family in England, 1680-1780. University of California Press, 1996.
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5 March 1953: Joseph Stalin, long-time ruler of the USSR,...
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5 March 1953
Joseph Stalin
, long-time ruler of the USSR, died of a stroke; his body was embalmed, and lay in state for three days, during which time crowds massed to view their former leader.
Oxford Reference. http://www.oxfordreference.com.
1847: Nathaniel Woodard launched his first school,...
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1847
Nathaniel Woodard
launched his first school, in his own home with two teachers. By the twentieth century the Woodard Schools
comprised a group of private, Anglican, charitable-status girls' boarding schools.
Sturrock, June. "Heaven and Home": Charlotte M. Yonge’s Domestic Fiction and the Debate over Women. University of Victoria, 1995.
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8 April 1795: The Prince of Wales (later George IV) married...
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8 April 1795
The Prince of Wales
(later George IV) married Princess Caroline of Brunswick.
Ayling, Stanley. George the Third. Collins, 1972.
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Carretta, Vincent. George III and the Satirists from Hogarth to Byron. University of Georgia Press, 1990.
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1806: The Elgin Marbles, ancient Greek statues...
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1806
The Elgin Marbles, ancient Greek statues removed from the Parthenon in Athens by Lord Elgin
, were exhibited for the first time in England.
Boase, Thomas Sherrer Ross, editor. English Art, 1800-1870. Clarendon, 1959.
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1878: Electromechanical vibrators were probably...
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1878
Electromechanical vibrators were probably first used medically in the treatment of hysteria at La Salpêtrière
in Paris.
Maines, Rachel P. The Technology of Orgasm: ’Hysteria’, the Vibrator, and Women’s Sexual Satisfaction. Johns Hopkins University Press, 1999.
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1836: American T. Daddy Rice introduced the black...
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1836
American T. Daddy Rice
introduced the black minstrelsy song Jim Crow to the London stage.
Bratton, Jacqueline S., editor. Music Hall: Performance and Style. Open University Press, 1986.
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After 4 August 1914: The Women's Freedom League formed the Women's...
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After 4 August 1914
The Women's Freedom League
formed the Women's Suffrage National Aid Corps to assist women and children during wartime.
Garner, Les. Stepping Stones to Women’s Liberty: Feminist Ideas in the Women’s Suffrage Movement, 1900-1918. Heinemann Educational, 1984.
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1846: Britain's international copyright law was...
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1846
Britain's international copyright law was first used in agreement with Prussia.
Feather, John. Publishing, Piracy and Politics: An Historical Study of Copyright in Britain. Mansell, 1994.
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1874: Edward Robert Bulwer Lytton published another...
Knox, Thomas Malcolm, and Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel. “Translator’s Foreword”. Introduction to the Lectures on the History of Philosophy, translated by. Arnold Vincent Miller et al., Clarendon Press, 1985, p. v - vi.
v
Haldane, Elizabeth Sanderson et al. “Translator’s Note”. Hegel’s Lectures on The History of Philosophy, Lowe and Brydone, 1963, p. v - vi.
v
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Mabel Birchenough
MB
published three novels and a guide book between 1885 and 1901. She also frequently contributed literary articles to Nineteenth Century.
7 April 1944: Rudolf Vrba and Fred Wetzler escaped from...
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7 April 1944
Rudolf Vrba
and Fred Wetzler
escaped from Auschwitz
in Poland. They headed for Slovakia, where by the end of the month they submitted a report on the Nazi death-camp to the Slovak Judenrat
17 June 1789: In France the Third Estate assumed the title...
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17 June 1789
In France the Third Estate assumed the title of National Assembly
, and called on deputies from other estates (the nobles and clergy) to join them.
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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April 1771: John Horne (later John Horne Tooke) and others...
