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By mid-October 1983: Ursula Owen, editor of Virago Press, published...

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By mid-October 1983

Ursula Owen , editor of Virago Press , published with them an anthology of essays: Fathers: Reflections by Daughters.
OCLC WorldCat. 1992–1998, http://www.oclc.org/firstsearch/content/worldcat/. Accessed 1999.
Dated from the Bodleian Library acquisition stamp.

25 July 1889: The Women's Franchise League, an organisation...

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25 July 1889

The Women's Franchise League , an organisation committed to including married women in future women's suffrage proposals, was formed in London by Elizabeth Wolstenholme Elmy , Alice Scatcherd , and Harriet M'Ilquham and others.
Holton, Sandra Stanley. Suffrage Days: Stories from the Women’s Suffrage Movement. Routledge, 1996.
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1781: Alexander Hamilton published a Treatise of...

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1781

Alexander Hamilton published a Treatise of Midwifery, arguing (like others) that this subject was too important to be left to women.
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1926: Irish dancer and choreographer Ninette de...

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1926

Irish dancer and choreographer Ninette de Valois founded her own school, the Academy of Choreographic Art , in London.
Clarke, Mary, 1923 -, and David Vaughan, editors. The Encyclopedia of Dance and Ballet. Pitman, 1977.
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1 January 1876: The Women's Pavilion at the Centenary Exhibition...

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1 January 1876

The Women's Pavilion at the Centenary Exhibition in Philadelphia featured a number of household appliances invented by women, all patented, which were markedly ahead of their time.
Robinson, Jane. Pandora’s Daughters: The Secret History of Enterprising Women. Constable, 2002.
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3 June 1647: Charles I passed into the custody of Cromwell's...

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3 June 1647

Charles I passed into the custody of Cromwell 's New Model Army at Holmby in Northamptonshire.
Marriott, Sir John A. R. Oxford, Its Place in National History. Clarendon, 1933.
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By 10 August 1844: Coventry Patmore published Poems, his first...

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By 10 August 1844

Coventry Patmore published Poems, his first collection, which included The Woodman's Daughter.
Athenæum. J. Lection.
876 (1844): 727
Drabble, Margaret, editor. The Oxford Companion to English Literature. 5th ed., Oxford University Press, 1985.
Weinig, Mary Anthony. Coventry Patmore. Twayne, 1981.
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27 June 1828: Joseph Grimaldi, famous clown of English...

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27 June 1828

Joseph Grimaldi , famous clown of English pantomime, gave a farewell performance at Drury Lane , aged forty-eight.
Roose-Evans, James. London Theatre from the Globe to the National. Phaidon, 1977.
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Roose-Evans, James. London Theatre from the Globe to the National. Phaidon, 1977.
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Dobbs, Brian. Drury Lane: Three Centuries of the Theatre Royal, 1663-1971. Cassell, 1972.
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12 December 1890: A Chinese Imperial decree allowed that representatives...

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12 December 1890

A Chinese Imperial decree allowed that representatives of foreign powers might be granted audience with the Emperor.
Keller, Helen, editor. The Dictionary of Dates. Macmillan, 1934, 2 vols.
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1884: By this date, advertisers were familiar with...

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1884

By this date, advertisers were familiar with print media across the world, and willing to place international advertisements for customers.
Hindley, Diana, and Geoffrey Hindley. Advertising in Victorian England 1837-1901. Wayland, 1972.
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By 10 August 1839: Captain Philip Meadows Taylor published The...

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By 10 August 1839

Captain Philip Meadows Taylor published The Confessions of A Thug, purporting knowledge of an indigenous and criminal secret society in India.
Athenæum. J. Lection.
615 (1839): 595
Drabble, Margaret, editor. The Oxford Companion to English Literature. 5th ed., Oxford University Press, 1985.

Maud Gonne

English-born MG subjected almost all the writing as well as all the activity in her life to her Irish nationalism. From a highly effective and dramatic orator she became a polemical journalist, first in French...
Maud Gonne Black and white, three-quarter-length photograph of Maud Gonne, standing hand on hip in a defiant pose. Her dark, elaborate hat has a bird's wings jutting out on top; her dark jacket has a standaway collar, leg-of-mutton sleeves, decoration all over and a tight belt.

31 May-2 June 1793: Power was seized in France in a coup d'état...

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31 May-2 June 1793

Power was seized in France in a coup d'état by the faction called La Montagne or the Montagnards (mountaineers, from their seats high up in the assembly).
Kafker, Frank A., and James M. Laux, editors. The French Revolution: Conflicting Interpretations. 4th ed., R. E. Krieger, 1989.
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Tomalin, Claire. The Life and Death of Mary Wollstonecraft. Revised, Penguin, 1992.
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1868: Whitaker's Almanack first appeared....

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1868

Whitaker's Almanack first appeared.
Grun, Bernard. The Timetables of History. 3rd revised, Simon and Schuster, 1991.

6 November 1896: The ninth Duke of Marlborough married Consuelo...

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6 November 1896

The ninth Duke of Marlborough married Consuelo Vanderbilt : a vivid example of the marriages between British peers and American heiresses.
Adburgham, Alison. A Punch History of Manners and Modes 1841-1940. Hutchinson, 1961.
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Cokayne, George Edward. The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant. Editor Gibbs, Vicary, St Catherine Press, 1910–1959, 14 vols.

1890: Scottish author Lucy Walford published The...

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1890

Scottish author Lucy Walford published The Havoc of a Smile, a story of a young man's unrequited love for his dazzling cousin.
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William Empson

WE 's Times obituary called him one of the most distinguished and widely influential English poets, critic[s] and university teachers of this century.
“The Times Digital Archive 1785-2007”. Thompson Gale: The Times Digital Archive.
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Though his output was relatively small (and a...

1879: The office of Public Prosecutor was crea...

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1879

The office of Public Prosecutor was created.
Tobias, John Jacob. Urban Crime in Victorian England. Shocken Books, 1972.
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9 February 1955: The first 150 families out of about 60,000...

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9 February 1955

The first 150 families out of about 60,000 inhabitants of Sophiatown and other African communities close to the centre of Johannesburg, South Africa, were evicted under the Native Resettlement Bill, with heavy police presence, and...

1859: Mrs Robert Cartwright published her travel...

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1859

Mrs Robert Cartwright published her travel book Pilgrim Walks: A Chaplet of Memories, with appended poems.
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Blain, Virginia et al., editors. The Feminist Companion to Literature in English: Women Writers from the Middle Ages to the Present. Yale University Press; Batsford, 1990.

1879: A new cloak from Spence and Co., the Polarium,...

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1879

A new cloak from Spence and Co. , the Polarium, was constructed of a faithful imitation of fur.
Adburgham, Alison. Shops and Shopping 1800-1914: Where, and in What Manner the Well-Dressed Englishwoman Bought Her Clothes. Allen and Unwin, 1964.
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21 April 1958: Margery Fry died as almost a national celebrity:...

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21 April 1958

Margery Fry died as almost a national celebrity: criminal justice reformer, prison reformer, campaigner for victims' compensation, educationalist (briefly Principal of Somerville College ), writer on children's care and development, and latterly broadcaster (a regular...

Emma Jane Worboise

EJW was a prolific Victorian novelist who wrote didactic and often sensational tales on domestic, courtship, evangelical, ecumenical (within Protestantism), and anti-Catholic themes. Apart from her nearly fifty novels, she published a book of hymns...
Emma Jane Worboise Colour scan of the cover of Clarissa by Emma Jane Worboise, 1800

1609-10: Ben Jonson's comedy Epicœne, or The Silent...

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1609-10

Ben Jonson 's comedy Epicœne, or The Silent Woman was first performed.
Dutton, Richard. Ben Jonson, Authority, Criticism. Macmillan, 1996.
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1926: Lucia Welch became the first woman to hold...

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1926

Lucia Welch became the first woman to hold the office of sheriff in England.
Greenspan, Karen. The Timetables of Women’s History. Simon and Shuster, 1994.
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