Women’s Writing in the British Isles from the Beginnings to the Present
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1737: The Belfast Newsletter was founded as a liberal,...
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1737
The Belfast Newsletter was founded as a liberal, reformist journal which attracted disapproval some years later by its support for the revolt of the American colonists.
O’Brien, Kate. My Ireland. B. T. Batsford, 1962.
97
December 1999: The Guru Nanak Sikh primary and secondary...
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December 1999
The Guru Nanak Sikh
primary and secondary school at Hayes, West London, became the first state-funded Sikh school in Britain.
Smithers, Rebecca. “Battle won as Sikh schools join state sector”. Guardian Weekly, 2–8 Dec. 1999, p. 10.
10
1871-1872: A civil trial against the Tichborne estate...
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1871-1872
A civil trial against the Tichborne estate trustees was brought to court and was eventually lost by the Tichborne Claimant who alleged that he was heir to the Tichborne estate in Hampshire.
Mitchell, Sally, editor. Victorian Britain: An Encyclopedia. Garland Press, 1988.
804-5
Sweet, Matthew. Inventing the Victorians. St Martin’s Press, 2001.
202
3 October 1980: The Housing Act passed by Margaret Thatcher's...
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3 October 1980
The Housing Act passed by Margaret Thatcher
's recently-elected Conservative
government came into effect, giving five million council house tenants in England and Wales the right to buy their homes from local authorities
Childs, Peter, and Mike Storry, editors. Encyclopedia of Contemporary British Culture. Routledge, 1999.
261
January 1852: Publisher John Chapman purchased the Westminster...
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January 1852
Publisher John Chapman
purchased the Westminster and Foreign Quarterly and began issuing it as the Westminster Review (which, twenty-eight years and several mergers back, had been its original name).
Houghton, Walter E., and Jean Harris Slingerland, editors. The Wellesley Index to Victorian Periodicals 1824-1900. University of Toronto Press, 1966–1989, 5 vols.
3: 546-7, 617
1967: The British Virgin Islands became a Crown...
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1967
The British Virgin Islands became a Crown Colony and acquired a new constitution.
Rogozinski, Jan. A Brief History of the Caribbean: From the Arawak and the Carib to the Present. Revised, Facts on File, 1999.
249
Between 1824 and 1828: Nine railway companies were given authorization...
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Between 1824 and 1828
Nine railway companies were given authorization by Parliament, together overseeing 110 miles of track.
Hoole, Ken et al. Rail 150: The Stockton and Darlington Railway and What Followed. Eyre Methuen, 1975.
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Between 14 and 17 October 1660: A group of those associated with the execution...
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Between 14 and 17 October 1660
A group of those associated with the execution of Charles I
(several of the almost sixty Regicides who in various official capacities had signed his death-warrant, and others) were executed by hanging.
Evelyn, John. The Diary of John Evelyn. Editor De Beer, Esmond Samuel, Oxford University Press, 1959.
412
1840: R. M. Stephenson patented his iron machinery...
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1840
R. M. Stephenson
patented his iron machinery for moving stage scenery.
Booth, Michael R. Theatre in the Victorian Age. Cambridge University Press, 1991.
79
1970: The Boston Women's Health Book Collective...
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1970
The Boston Women's Health Book Collective published Our Bodies, Ourselves.
Gamble, Vanessa Northington. “Taking back our bodies”. Women’s Review of Books, Vol.
xix
, No. 12, Sept. 2002, p. 8.
8
Tuana, Nancy. “Coming to Understand: Orgasm and the Epistemology of Ignorance”. Sex and Gender: Rethinking Feminist Philosophy Conference, Edmonton, AB, 18 Oct. 2002.
24 April 1848: The People's League was founded....
Anson, Peter F. The Call of the Cloister: Religious Communities and Kindred Bodies in the Anglican Communion. Editor Campbell, A. W., Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1964.
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2 April 1938: The Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race was televised...
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2 April 1938
The Oxford
and Cambridge
Boat Race was televised for the first time on the BBC
.
Briggs, Asa. The BBC: The First Fifty Years. Oxford University Press, 1985.
373
1786: Maximilien Robespierre in Discours sur les...
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1786
Maximilien Robespierre
in Discours sur les droits et les devoirs des bâtards sought to improve some of the civil rights of those born outside marriage, but denounced contraception as a secret crime against Nature.
Hecht, Jacqueline. “From ‘Be Fruitful and Multiply’ to Family Planning: The Enlightenment Transition”. Eighteenth-Century Studies, Vol.
32
, No. 4, 1 June 1999–2026, pp. 536-51.
539 and n14
1912: The Primrose League claimed to have almost...
Hannam, June. “Women and Politics”. Women’s History: Britain, 1850-1945, edited by June Purvis, University College London Press, 1995, pp. 217-45.
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Hollis, Patricia. Ladies Elect: Women in English Local Government, 1865-1914. Clarendon, 1987.
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1868: A memorandum protesting against the Contagious...
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1868
A memorandum protesting against the Contagious Diseases Acts was circulated among Members of Parliament.
Walkowitz, Judith R. ’We Are Not Beasts of the Field’: Prostitution and the Campaign Against the Contagious Diseases Acts, 1869-1886. University of Rochester, 1974.
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24 July 1950: Obscenity cases began in the seaside resort...
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24 July 1950
Obscenity cases began in the seaside resort of Blackpool, against several bookshops and a shop selling birth control supplies and educational material.
Craig, Alec. The Banned Books of England and Other Countries. George Allen and Unwin, 1962.
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1909: Dorothy Levitt published The Woman and the...
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1909
Dorothy Levitt
published The Woman and the Car: A Chatty Little Handbook for All Women Who Motor or Want to Motor.
Adburgham, Alison. Shops and Shopping 1800-1914: Where, and in What Manner the Well-Dressed Englishwoman Bought Her Clothes. Allen and Unwin, 1964.
266
Barker, Theodore Cardwell, and Dorian Gerhold. The Rise and Rise of Road Transport, 1700-1990. Macmillan, 1993.
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1861: The Birmingham public library opened; it...
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1861
The Birmingham public library opened; it was the first library in Britain with a juvenile section.
Kelly, Thomas. A History of Public Libraries in Great Britain 1845-1975. 2nd ed., Library Association, 1977.
78-80
1885: The Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge...
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.
By December 1760: Canal building was in progress in Lancashire,...
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By December 1760
Canal building was in progress in Lancashire, following the passing of the third Duke of Bridgewater
's Canal Act.
Stephen, Sir Leslie, and Sidney Lee, editors. The Dictionary of National Biography. Smith, Elder, 1908–2026, 22 vols. plus supplements.
Gentleman’s Magazine. Various publishers.
30 (1760): 623
1628-1632: John Comenius wrote his Didactica Magna,...
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1628-1632
John Comenius
wrote his Didactica Magna, which argues for the education of girls.
Barbour, Paula L., and Bathsua Makin. “Introduction”. An Essay to Revive the Antient Education of Gentlewomen, William Andrews Clark Memorial Library, University of California, 1980, p. iii - xi.
iv
Comenius, John Amos. “Introductions”. The Great Didactic of John Amos Comenius, translated by. Maurice Walter Keatinge, 2nd ed., Russell, 1967, pp. 1-169.
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6 November 1860: Oil was struck at the first Canadian oil...
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6 November 1860
Oil was struck at the first Canadian oil well, sunk at Petrolia, Ontario.
Keller, Helen, editor. The Dictionary of Dates. Macmillan, 1934, 2 vols.
II: 471
January 1894: James Tochatti edited the first issue of...
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January 1894
James Tochatti
edited the first issue of Liberty, A Journal of Anarchist Communism, published in London.
Quail, John. The Slow Burning Fuse: The Lost History of the British Anarchists. Granada, 1978.
48, 54-56
Harrison, Royden et al. The Warwick Guide to British Labour Periodicals, 1790-1970: A Check List. Harvester Press, 1977.
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16 April 1859: French historian and sociologist Alexis de...
