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1984: US advice columnist Ann Landers conducted...

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1984

US advice columnist Ann Landers conducted a poll of her readers and found that 72% of married women preferred hugging to The Act of intercourse.
Toth, Emily. “Common-sense columnist”. Women’s Review of Books, Vol.
xix
, No. 12, Sept. 2002, pp. 6-7.
6

3 June 1963: The death of the liberal Pope John XXIII...

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3 June 1963

The death of the liberal Pope John XXIII marked the end of a brief reforming period in the life of the Roman Catholic Church .
Williams, Neville. Chronology of the Modern World: 1763 to the Present Time. David McKay, 1967.
692

17 September 1695: The first of the Penal Laws against Catholics...

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17 September 1695

The first of the Penal Laws against Catholics restricted Catholic education rights: this produced the emergence in Ireland of the celebrated, and mythologized, hedge schools.
Foster, Robert Fitzroy. Modern Ireland 1600-1972. Allen Lane, 1988.
208
Kelly, Matthew. “With Bit and Bridle”. London Review of Books, Vol.
32
, No. 15, 5 Aug. 2010, pp. 12-13.
22-3

7 February 1992: A fourteen-year-old rape victim was barred...

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7 February 1992

A fourteen-year-old rape victim was barred from leaving Ireland to procure an abortion in England; the case became internationally known.
Franck, Irene, and David Brownstone. Women’s World: A Timeline of Women in History. HarperCollins; HarperPerennial, 1995.
591
Trager, James. The Women’s Chronology: A Year-by-Year Record, from Prehistory to the Present. Henry Holt, 1994.
716

By 14 March 1885: Mark Pattison's Memoirs appeared posthumously...

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By 14 March 1885

Mark Pattison 's Memoirs appeared posthumously the year after his death.
Athenæum. J. Lection.
2994 (1885): 335
Thonemann, Peter. “Wall of Ice”. London Review of Books, 7 Feb. 2008, pp. 23-4.
23

6 March 1902: The first teachers' register was created...

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6 March 1902

The first teachers' register was created to impose standards and regulate the credentials of its members.
Holcombe, Lee. Victorian Ladies At Work: Middle-Class Working Women in England and Wales, 1850-1914. Archon Books, 1973.
67
Times. Times Publishing Company.
(23 December 1902): 2

26 January 1832: The New Strand Theatre opened in London as...

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26 January 1832

The New Strand Theatre opened in London as a subscription theatre; it operated for five years without any kind of licence, then re-opened on 25 April 1836 as fully legitimate.
Gore, Catherine. “Introduction”. Gore on Stage: The Plays of Catherine Gore, edited by John Franceschina, Garland, 1999, pp. 1-34.
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1939: The Reprint Society was founded by the publishers...

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1939

The Reprint Society was founded by the publishers William Collins , Macmillan , Heinemann , and Hodder and Stoughton .
Rose, Jonathan, and Patricia J. Anderson, editors. Dictionary of Literary Biography 112. Gale Research, 1991.
244

1811: This year the war against Napoleon cost the...

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1811

This year the war against Napoleon cost the British government 56 million pounds (nearly three times the 20 million it had cost in the year 1794).
McCarthy, William. Anna Letitia Barbauld, Voice of the Enlightenment. The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2008.
455-6

Flora Klickmann

FK was a journalist first and foremost, whose most famous books were her Flower-Patch series of sketches, which were largely reprinted from the Girl's Own Paper (where she had a long run as editor from...

Late 1777: Publisher Joseph Johnson issued the anonymous...

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Late 1777

Publisher Joseph Johnson issued the anonymous The Laws Respecting Women, in four sections, on the personal rights of women, the property of women, crimes committed by and with women (as well as their corresponding...

1894: Northampton Institute was founded in Lon...

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1894

Northampton Institute was founded in London.
The World of Learning. 45th ed., Allen and Unwin, 1995.
1595
Dent, Harold Collett. 1870-1970: Century of Growth in English Education. Longmans, 1970.
157

16 July 1985: The Sexual Offences Act criminalised kerb-crawling...

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16 July 1985

The Sexual Offences Act criminalised kerb-crawling in England and Wales; men could not solicit from within or near a motor vehicle the services of women believed to be prostitutes.
Law Reports: Statutes. Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1866–2026.
(1985): 1015-17

26 May 1906: The Manchester Guardian printed How to dress...

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26 May 1906

The Manchester Guardian printed How to dress in the water, a piece about sea bathing, and strongly advised feminine bathers, if possible, to make their costumes at home.
Sharp, Evelyn. “How to dress in the water”. Guardian Unlimited, 26 May 1906.
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1840: The first Railway Inspectors (or Inspecting...

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1840

The first Railway Inspectors (or Inspecting Officers) were appointed from among members of the Royal Corps of Engineers : this was an important step towards promoting safety.
Binyon, Jane. “Delays that Kill”. London Review of Books, 16 Mar. 2000, pp. 14-16.
14

1637: William Austin published a formal defence...

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1637

William Austin published a formal defence of women, Haec Homo, Wherein the Excellency of the Creation of Woman is Described.
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.

1949: Makerere University College in Kampala, Uganda,...

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1949

Makerere University College in Kampala, Uganda, was taken into special relation with the University of London .
Harte, Negley. The University of London 1836-1986. Athlone, 1986.
252
The World of Learning. 45th ed., Allen and Unwin, 1995.
1506

17 August 1896: In the world's first fatal accident involving...

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17 August 1896

In the world's first fatal accident involving a motor vehicle, Bridget Driscoll was struck by a car giving demonstration rides outside the Crystal Palace in Sydenham, south of London.
“The CARnage continues”. The CCPA Monitor. Economic, Social, and Environmental Perspectives, Vol.
18
, No. 5, Oct. 2011, p. 3.

18 January 1788: After sailing for eight months from England,...

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18 January 1788

After sailing for eight months from England, the first convicts landed at Botany Bay in Australia. A European settlement was founded at nearby Sydney Cove on 26 January, which was later commemorated in Australia...

9 June 1790: A few days after the first US Copyright Act...

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9 June 1790

A few days after the first US Copyright Act became law, John Barry issued the first American book registered to bear copyright: The Philadelphia Spelling Book, Arranged Upon a Plan Entirely New.
Borne Back Daily. 2001, http://borneback.com/ .
9 June 2011

Before May 1862: Whistler's highly realist painting The White...

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Before May 1862

Whistler 's highly realist painting The White Girl was rejected by the Royal Academy .
Spencer, Robin. The Aesthetic Movement: Theory and Practice. Studio Vista, 1972.
20, 26
McMaster, Juliet. That Mighty Art of Black-and-White. Linley Sambourne, Punch, and the Royal Academy. Ad Hoc Press, 2009.
3

From September 1939: Following the issue of gas masks to humans,...

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From September 1939

Following the issue of gas masks to humans, gas-masks for dogs and for cart-horses (issued to farmers) were made available.
Minns, Raynes. Bombers and Mash: The Domestic Front 1939-45. Virago, 1980.
7

1922: Helen Hamilton's Mountain Madness relates...

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1922

Helen Hamilton 's Mountain Madness relates her adventures climbing in the French Alps and the Lake District.
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.
OCLC WorldCat. 1992–1998, http://www.oclc.org/firstsearch/content/worldcat/. Accessed 1999.

19 March 1891: The ruling in R. v Jackson established that...

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19 March 1891

The ruling in R. v Jackson established that it was illegal in Britain for a husband to beat or imprison his wife.
Emsley, Clive. Crime and Society in England 1750-1900. 2nd ed., Longman, 1996.
160
Shanley, Mary Lyndon. Feminism, Marriage, and the Law in Victorian England. Princeton University Press, 1989.
177-182

Kate Marsden

A nurse and explorer, KM published a small but widely-circulated body of travel writing that at once documented her search for treatments for leprosy and served as tools for her to raise funds and awareness...
Kate Marsden Black and white photo of Kate Marsden, 1906, shown from the waist up, wearing a dark dress speckled with ornament, with her dark hair pulled up and topped by a white headdress and long veil pushed back. She holds a bouquet. Her name is written in a top corner: "Marsden, July 13. 1906."