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1827: Using a substantial inheritance, Catherine...

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1827

Using a substantial inheritance, Catherine McAuley commissioned a building in Dublin which became schools and a residence for unemployed women.
Scanlan, Pauline. The Irish Nurse: A Study of Nursing in Ireland. Drumlin, 1991.
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5 October 1844: A weekly newspaper for women entitled Ladies'...

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5 October 1844

A weekly newspaper for women entitled Ladies' Own Journal and Miscellany began publication in Edinburgh.
Palmegiano, Eugenia M. Women and British Periodicals, 1832-1867: A Bibliography. Garland, 1976.
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By August 1749: Benjamin Martin published his New English...

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By August 1749

Benjamin Martin published his New English Dictionary, one of the early examples of the genre.
Griffiths, Ralph, 1720 - 1803, and George Edward Griffiths, editors. Monthly Review. R. Griffiths.
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25 November 1913: The Irish Volunteers were established at...

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25 November 1913

The Irish Volunteers were established at a meeting at the Rotunda Rink in Dublin, using a name from an earlier period of Irish nationalist ferment—that of the short-lived, late-eighteenth-century Dublin parliament.
Foster, Robert Fitzroy. Modern Ireland 1600-1972. Allen Lane, 1988.
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Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century, 1992.
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1850: A Royal Commission was appointed to examine...

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1850

A Royal Commission was appointed to examine the workings of the British legal system, particularly the law on divorce.
Shanley, Mary Lyndon. Feminism, Marriage, and the Law in Victorian England. Princeton University Press, 1989.
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Chedzoy, Alan. A Scandalous Woman: The Story of Caroline Norton. Allison and Busby, 1995.
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Frances Trollope

Frances Trollope is best known for her novels and travel writing about early nineteenth-century America. She was also known for her outspoken social reform novels, and for her depictions of independent, intelligent, vulgar and...
Frances Trollope Photograph of a painting of Frances Trollope by Auguste Hervieu, c. 1832, seated in a red upholstered chair, against a dark background. She is wearing a dark red-brown dress with blue and gold cuffs, a blue and gold buckle on the waistband, and large lace collar matching the bonnet that covers her dark, smooth, middle-parted hair. National Portrait Gallery.

3 August 1914: Germany (which had already, for two days,...

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3 August 1914

Germany (which had already, for two days, been at war with Russia) declared war on France. To people in Britain it was becoming apparent that this was no limited, containable conflict.
Spartacus Educational. 28 Feb. 2003, http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/.

From 1861: Paul du Chaillu's documentation of gorillas...

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From 1861

Paul du Chaillu 's documentation of gorillas started a craze for these primates.
Merrill, Lynn L. The Romance of Victorian Natural History. Oxford University Press, 1989.
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July 1793: The Evangelical Magazine, an important Dissenting...

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July 1793

The Evangelical Magazine, an important Dissenting journal, began publication.
Watson, George, and Ian Roy Wilson, editors. The New Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature. Cambridge University Press, 1969, 5 vols., http://U of A, HSS Ruth N Flr 1 Ref.
White, Daniel E. “The Joineriana: Anna Barbauld, the Aikin Family Circle, and the Dissenting Public Sphere”. Eighteenth-Century Studies, Vol.
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, No. 4, 1999, pp. 511-33.
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29 May 1660: Charles II entered London as the restored...

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29 May 1660

Charles II entered London as the restored king; the date became one of annual celebration for royalists.
Miles, Peter. “’Humphry Clinker’: the politics of correspondence”. Journal for Eighteenth-Century Studies, Vol.
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, No. 2, 1 Sept.–30 Nov. 2000, pp. 167-82.
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30 January 1855: Public outrage against Lord Raglan, who commanded...

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30 January 1855

Public outrage against Lord Raglan , who commanded Britain's forces in the Crimean War, culminated in a Parliament ary inquiry that brought down Lord Aberdeen 's government and enabled various reforms.
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.
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.
under Somerset, FitzRoy James Henry

1921: Professor Mary Williams (1883-1977) of the...

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1921

Professor Mary Williams (1883-1977) of the University College of Swansea (now Swansea University) became Professor of French: the first woman in the UK to be appointed to a University Chair.
“About Us: History”. Swansea University.

By 6 April 1742: An Account of the Conduct of Sarah Duchess...

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By 6 April 1742

An Account of the Conduct of Sarah Duchess of Marlborough, a political apologia and attack on her enemies composed by her over almost forty years with various helpers, appeared a few weeks after Prime...

1849: Following the death of Charlotte Elizabeth...

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1849

Following the death of Charlotte Elizabeth Tonna , the monthly Christian Lady's Magazine ceased publication.
Beetham, Margaret. A Magazine of Her Own?: Domesticity and Desire in the Woman’s Magazine, 1800-1914. Routledge, 1996.
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Palmegiano, Eugenia M. Women and British Periodicals, 1832-1867: A Bibliography. Garland, 1976.
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1833: Following the 1832 Reform Act, the Whig government...

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1833

Following the 1832 Reform Act, the Whig government put through (as well as a Factory Act and abolition of slavery, both August 1833) an Education Act which provided a parliamentary grant to provide or improve...

Mary Ann Kelty

MAK 's first publications were novels issued in the 1820s (intelligent, pious but not totally unworldly), which had considerable success in Britain, the USA, and Continental Europe. Later the religious element became dominant in her...

29 October 1919: The New Zealand legislative council bill...

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29 October 1919

The New Zealand legislative council bill made women eligible to sit in Parliament.
Keller, Helen, editor. The Dictionary of Dates. Macmillan, 1934, 2 vols.
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1691: Richard Ames published two misogynist satires...

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1691

Richard Ames published two misogynist satires this year: The Folly of Love and Female Fireships, or A Satire against Whoring.
English Short Title Catalogue. http://estc.bl.uk/.

July 1972: The premier issue of Ms. was published, featuring...

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July 1972

The premier issue of Ms. was published, featuring a description of the consciousness raising or "c.r." group organization tactics advocated by associations like the Redstockings throughout the early 1970s.
Brownmiller, Susan. In Our Time: Memoir of a Revolution. Dial, 1999.
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1923: The Nursery School Association of Great Britain...

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1923

The Nursery School Association of Great Britain was founded.
Summerfield, Penny. Women Workers in the Second World War: Production and Patriarchy in Conflict. Croom Helm, 1984.
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Joanna Cannan

JC published nearly twenty novels (as well as detective novels), and is generally reckoned to be the inventor of the pony story for girls, which turned out to have a bright future, much of it...

During the 1760s: Martha Winter (later Martha Routh, Quaker...

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During the 1760s

Martha Winter (later Martha Routh , Quaker minister and autobiographer) was principal of a girls' boarding school which the Quakers ran in Nottingham.
Hans, Nicholas A. New Trends in Education in the Eighteenth Century. Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1951.
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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.

March 1854: The City of Glasgow, a 227-foot ship carrying...

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March 1854

The City of Glasgow, a 227-foot ship carrying 480 people, left Liverpool for New York; on the voyage it disappeared without a trace.
Bruno, Leonard. On the Move: A Chronology of Advances in Transportation. Gale Research, 1993.
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15 August 1057: Malcolm killed King Macbeth, and assumed...

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15 August 1057

Malcolm killed King Macbeth , and assumed the throne of Scotland as King Malcolm III of Scots or of Scotland.
Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century, 1992.
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Elizabeth Moody

EM was a talented and independent-minded poet of the later eighteenth century, who also worked professionally as a reviewer into the early years of the nineteenth. She was said to be a remarkable letter-writer. She...