Women’s Writing in the British Isles from the Beginnings to the Present
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4 May 1847: Jenny Lind, the Swedish Nightingale, gave...
French, Richard D. Antivivisection and Medical Science in Victorian Society. Princeton University Press, 1975.
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1843: A two-shilling annual entitled the Christian...
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1843
A two-shilling annual entitled the Christian Ladies' Pocket-Book Almanack began publication in London.
Palmegiano, Eugenia M. Women and British Periodicals, 1832-1867: A Bibliography. Garland, 1976.
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August 1975: Enid Nemy's New York Times story entitled...
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August 1975
Enid Nemy
's New York Times story entitled Women Begin to Speak Out Against Sexual Harassment at Work was syndicated across the USA, popularizing and legitimating the term coined three months before by Cornell
October 1981: Conservative career politician Baroness Janet...
McAleer, Joseph. Popular Reading and Publishing in Britain 1914-1950. Clarendon Press, 1992.
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14 October 1769: Garrick's afterpiece The Jubilee opened at...
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14 October 1769
Garrick
's afterpiece The Jubilee opened at Drury Lane
, where it enjoyed the record run of the century: ninety performances in one season.
The London Stage 1660-1800. Southern Illinois University Press, 1960–1968, 5 vols.
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25 July 1834: The Superannuation Act legalized deductions...
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25 July 1834
The Superannuation Act legalized deductions from the salaries of all Civil Servants to pay for pensions that could be claimed before the age of sixty-five (though retirement was not yet mandatory) only by those retiring...
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Joan Aiken
JA
was a popular and successful later twentieth-century writer of short stories and longer fictions for children, most of which are fantasies or have strong supernatural or mystery elements. She also wrote adult novels (both...
Drabble, Margaret, editor. The Oxford Companion to English Literature. 5th ed., Oxford University Press, 1985.
1874: Henry Sidgwick published The Methods of Ethics,...
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1874
Henry Sidgwick
published The Methods of Ethics, which aimed to find a rational basis for morality, or to reconcile morality with reason.
Drabble, Margaret, editor. The Oxford Companion to English Literature. 5th ed., Oxford University Press, 1985.
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By October 1928: Stephen Spender, as an Oxford undergraduate,...
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By October 1928
Stephen Spender
, as an Oxford undergraduate, self-published a booklet of poems entitled Nine Experiments.
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.
26 April 1828-September 1829: The Russo-Turkish War (first of several conflicts...
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26 April 1828-September 1829
The Russo-Turkish War (first of several conflicts to bear this name) took place, following on the Greek War of Independence.
Kinder, Hermann, and Werner Hilgemann. The Anchor Atlas of World History. Translator Menze, Ernest A., Vol.
2
, Anchor, 1978.
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Haydn, Joseph. Haydn’s Dictionary of Dates and Universal Information. Editor Vincent, Benjamin, 23rd ed., Ward, Lock, 1904.
Gildea, Robert. Barricades and Borders: Europe 1800-1914. Oxford University Press, 1987.
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2 July 1737: The Opposition paper The Craftsman published...
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2 July 1737
The Opposition paper The Craftsman published excerpts from Shakespeare
's King John which were designed to reflect obloquy on the conduct of George II
.
Clark, Jonathan Charles Douglas. Samuel Johnson: Literature, religion and English cultural politics from Restoration to Romanticism. Cambridge University Press, 1994.
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1850: Scottish doctor Robert Knox in The Races...
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1850
Scottish doctor Robert Knox
in The Races of Men posited racial difference as the foundation of human conflict; a second edition followed in 1862.
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.
Kaplan, Cora, and Dinah Mulock Craik. “Introduction”. Olive; and, The Half-Caste, Oxford University Press, 1996, p. ix - xxv.
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Beckman, Linda Hunt. Amy Levy: Her Life and Letters. Ohio University Press, 2000.
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27 August 1971: Bahrain became independent from Britain....
Murphy, Dervla. Through the Embers of Chaos. J. Murray, 2002.
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January 1824: The Ladies' Pocket Magazine, containing fiction,...
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January 1824
The Ladies' Pocket Magazine, containing fiction, light reading, and fashion, began publication in London.
White, Cynthia L. Women’s Magazines 1693-1968. Michael Joseph, 1970.
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Bogenschneider, Duane R., editor. The Gerritsen Collection of Women’s History, 1543-1945: A Bibliographic Guide to the Microform Collection. Microfilming Corporation of America, 1983, 3 vols.
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Library of Congress Online Catalog. http://catalog.loc.gov/.
18 September 1850: The Fugitive Slave Act (or Runaway Slave...
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18 September 1850
The Fugitive Slave Act (or Runaway Slave Act) was passed by American president Millard Fillmore
, giving slaveowners wide power to abduct people of colour in both slave and non-slave states.
Zinn, Howard. A People’s History of the United States: 1492-Present. 20th Anniversary Edition, HarperCollins, 1999.
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Evans, Richard J. The Penguin Dictionary of Nineteenth Century History. Editors Belchem, John and Richard Price, Penguin, 1996.
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Kathleen Caffyn
KC
was a New Woman novelist and short-story writer of the late nineteenth and early twentieth century who, throughout her career, worked under the pseudonym Iota. She was best known for her first novel,...
1911-1912: The Bristol Hippodrome was built by Stoll:...
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1911-1912
The Bristol Hippodrome was built by Stoll
: seating two thousand, it was intended to be the biggest and best variety venue outside London.
Hartnoll, Phyllis, editor. The Oxford Companion to the Theatre. 4th ed., Oxford University Press, 1983.
