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27 September 1831: The British Association for the Advancement...

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27 September 1831

The British Association for the Advancement of Science (BAAS) was founded at a meeting in York.
Cannon, Susan Faye. Science in Culture: The Early Victorian Period. Dawson; Science History Publications, 1978.
130, 201, 216
Gascoigne, Robert Mortimer. A Chronology of the History of Science, 1450-1900. Garland, 1987.
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Knight, David. The Age of Science: The Scientific World-View in the Nineteenth Century. Basil Blackwell, 1986.
108, 129
Brock, William H. Science for All: Studies in the History of Victorian Science and Education. Variorum, 1996.
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Shteir, Ann B. Cultivating Women, Cultivating Science. Johns Hopkins University Press, 1996.
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Alic, Margaret. Hypatia’s Heritage: A History of Women in Science. Women’s Press, 1985.
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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.

1962: Critic and biographer Ian Hamilton (not the...

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1962

Critic and biographer Ian Hamilton (not the man of this name who was once involved with Anna Kavan ) launched The Review: A Bi-Monthly Magazine of Poetry and Criticism; it ran, despite persistent financial...

2 May 1923: Under the supervision of Margaret Bondfield...

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2 May 1923

Under the supervision of Margaret Bondfield and the Women's Advisory Committee , the BBC 's radio programme Women's Hour began its two-year run.
“Women’s History Timeline”. BBC: Radio 4: Woman’s Hour.

1861: The paper tax, or excise duty on paper, was...

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1861

The paper tax, or excise duty on paper, was abolished.
Clair, Colin. A Chronology of Printing. Cassell, 1969.
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Nevett, Terry R. Advertising in Britain: A History. Heinemann, 1982.
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January 1986: Poems on the Underground, brainchild of Judith...

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January 1986

Poems on the Underground , brainchild of Judith Chernaik , was launched at a ceremony at Aldwych Station. This group arranges the display of single short poems among advertisements in London underground trains.
“London Review Bookshop advertisement”. London Review of Books, Vol.
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, No. 18, 24 Sept. 2009, p. 37.
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Late July 2014: A number of international organizations and...

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Late July 2014

A number of international organizations and brave individual women, plus a massive online petition, brought about a Girl Summit in London, UK, at which the governments of Britain and a number of African countries...

Aemilia Lanyer

AL is an important poet, technically sophisticated and powerfully expressive. Her single known work is a composite volume dated 1611, which handles religious narrative (expanded from the gospel story), theological and feminist argument, natural description...
Aemilia Lanyer Photograph of a miniature painting of Aemilia Lanyer by Nicholas Hilliard, shown from the shoulders up, wearing a white gown with gold and black lacing, white and black beaded necklaces, and a broad lace ruff that fills most of the oval portrait. Her dark curly hair is pulled back by a low crown of white and black beads and gold.

8 August 1864: The first Geneva Convention met to debate...

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8 August 1864

The first Geneva Convention met to debate whether relief societies should be formed to aid the wounded in times of war; it ran until 22 August.
Haydn, Joseph. Haydn’s Dictionary of Dates and Universal Information. Editor Vincent, Benjamin, 21st ed., Ward, Lock and Bowden, 1895.
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1958: The British telephone system introduced Subscriber...

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1958

The British telephone system introduced Subscriber Trunk Dialling, with numerical dialling codes for telephone exchanges around the country. Before this, long-distance calls had to be placed through an operator.
“Trunk Dialling Heralds Cheaper Calls”. BBC News: On This Day, 21 May 1958.

Soon after 18 March 1771: Jane Dunlap (born Harris, later Livermore)...

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Soon after 18 March 1771

Jane Dunlap (born Harris, later Livermore) published at Boston, Massachusetts, her Poems, upon Several Sermons, preached by the Rev'd, and renowned, George Whitefield , while in Boston.
English Short Title Catalogue. http://estc.bl.uk/.

1953: The Kinsey Report on Sexual Behaviour in...

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1953

The Kinsey Report on Sexual Behaviour in the Human Female was published.
Tannahill, Reay. Sex in History. Stein and Day, 1980.
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Weeks, Jeffrey. Sex, Politics and Society: The Regulation of Sexuality since 1800. Longman, 1981.
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Trager, James. The Women’s Chronology: A Year-by-Year Record, from Prehistory to the Present. Henry Holt, 1994.
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Rose Hickman

RH was an earnest and committed Protestant during the sixteenth century's religious conflicts. She is remembered for the account she wrote down (in 1610 at the age of eighty-four) of her life. It is personal...
Rose Hickman Painting of Rose Hickman by a follower of John de Critz, 1596, the day after her seventieth birthday. Her pale face, white ruff, and hands (one holding a glove) are all that emerge from her dark cloak, cap, and belt, and a dark background. Her age and the date are noted in Latin, her name and those of her father and first husband in English. Gainsborough Old Hall.

November 1775: Lord Dunmore, British governor of Virginia,...

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November 1775

Lord Dunmore , British governor of Virginia, proclaimed that slaves deserting their masters to fight for the British would be rewarded with freedom.
Basker, James G. “’The Next Insurrection’: Johnson, Race, and Rebellion”. The Age of Johnson, edited by Paul J. Korshin, Vol.
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, 2000, pp. 37-51.
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13 January 1950: Carol Reed's most successful film, The Third...

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13 January 1950

Carol Reed 's most successful film, The Third Man, starring Orson Welles , opened in London.
Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century, 1992.
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Robinson, David. The History of World Cinema. Stein and Day, 1981.
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May 1847: David Joy designed a popular high-pressure...

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May 1847

David Joy designed a popular high-pressure engine; the first one of which was called Jenny Lind after the popular singer, leading these locomotives to be known as Jennies.
Ellis, Hamilton. British Railway History: An Outline from the Accession of William IV to the Nationalisation of Railways 1830-1876. George Allen and Unwin, 1954.
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New Year's Day 1964: The popular and long-running BBC programme...

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New Year's Day 1964

The popular and long-running BBC programme Top of the Pops was launched The presenter was Jimmy Savile , who years later was posthumously disgraced as a paedophile.
O’Hagan, Andrew. “Light Entertainment”. London Review of Books, Vol.
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, No. 21, 8 Nov. 2012, pp. 5-8.
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April 1890: W. T. Stead established the Review of Reviews...

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April 1890

W. T. Stead established the Review of Reviews Office in Mowbray House, London.
Rose, Jonathan, and Patricia J. Anderson, editors. Dictionary of Literary Biography 112. Gale Research, 1991.
266, 270

Late September 1730: The death of Laurence Eusden activated interest...

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Late September 1730

The death of Laurence Eusden activated interest in the question of who would be next Poet Laureate; many despised both leading candidates, Stephen Duck and Colley Cibber .
Ennis, Daniel J. “The Making of the Poet Laureate, 1730”. The Age of Johnson, edited by Paul J. Korshin, Vol.
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, 2000, pp. 217-35.
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1729: Carl von Linné (also known as Linnaeus),...

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1729

Carl von Linné (also known as Linnaeus) , twenty-two this year, published his early Praeludia Sponsaliarum Plantarum, which already sexualises and anthropomorphises plant reproduction.
Shteir, Ann B. Cultivating Women, Cultivating Science. Johns Hopkins University Press, 1996.
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1671: Madame de Sévigné of France first brought...

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1671

Madame de Sévigné of France first brought the sheath (condom) to public attention by writing disparagingly of it.
Fraser, Antonia. The Weaker Vessel: Woman’s Lot in Seventeenth Century England. Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1984.
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Trager, James. The Women’s Chronology: A Year-by-Year Record, from Prehistory to the Present. Henry Holt, 1994.
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9 August 1945: The US dropped a second atomic bomb, on Nagasaki:...

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9 August 1945

The US dropped a second atomic bomb, on Nagasaki: up to 80,000 people (by early twenty-first century estimates) were killed on the spot, with thousands more seriously injured.
Messenger, Charles. World War Two Chronological Atlas: When, Where, How and Why. Bloomsbury, 1989.
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Keegan, John. The Second World War. Viking, 1990.
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Adam, David. “The day the sky exploded”. Guardian Weekly, 7–13 Aug. 2003, p. 24.
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1850: From this date, anaesthetic was regularly...

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1850

From this date, anaesthetic was regularly used in the practice of gynaecology, gaining wide popularity after 1870.
Moscucci, Ornella. The Science of Woman: Gynaecology and Gender in England, 1800-1929. Cambridge University Press, 1990.
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September 1892: The monthly British Women's Temperance Journal...

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September 1892

The monthly British Women's Temperance Journal ceased publication in London. It was the first British feminist temperance paper, having begun in January 1886.
Doughan, David, and Denise Sanchez. Feminist Periodicals, 1855-1984. Harvester Press, 1987.
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