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1900: Canadian Joanna Ellen Wood published at both...

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1900

Canadian Joanna Ellen Wood published at both Toronto and London, UK, her romantic novel A Daughter of Witches.
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.
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.

2 February 1785: The recently imposed window-tax (not the...

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2 February 1785

The recently imposed window-tax (not the first, but the most notorious tax of this kind) provoked the publication of an ironic mock sermon about it.
Critical Review. W. Simpkin and R. Marshall, 5 series.
59 (1785): 154

1859: The Electric and International Telegraph...

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1859

The Electric and International Telegraph Company had over 4,400 miles of telegraph lines in England, up from 500 miles in 1845.
Onslow, Barbara. Women of the Press in Nineteenth-Century Britain. Macmillan, 2000.
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Circa 1870: At La Salpêtrière hospital in Paris, patients...

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Circa 1870

At La Salpêtrière hospital in Paris, patients classified as non-psychotic epileptics and hysterics were moved into the Quarter for Pure Epileptics, with Jean-Martin Charcot as the senior physician.
Owen, Alan Robert George. Hysteria, Hypnosis and Healing: The Work of J.-M. Charcot. Garrett Publications, 1971, http://HSS.
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24 March 1875: The Times reported that the colonial government...

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24 March 1875

The Times reported that the colonial government of Madras in India was seeking women to come and study medicine.
Blake, Catriona, and Wendy Savage. The Charge of the Parasols: Women’s Entry to the Medical Profession. Women’s Press, 1990.
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1940: Rosalind Wade published another of the more...

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1940

Rosalind Wade published another of the more than thirty novels under her own name, Fairweather Faith.
OCLC WorldCat. 1992–1998, http://www.oclc.org/firstsearch/content/worldcat/. Accessed 1999.
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.

July 1888: One thousand four hundred women workers at...

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July 1888

One thousand four hundred women workers at the Bryant and May match factory in London went on strike, in protest against poor working conditions and low wages; this became known as the Match Girls (or...

Early 1860s: The cocktail was introduced into London society,...

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Early 1860s

The cocktail was introduced into London society, via an American bar located near the Bank of England.
Adburgham, Alison. A Punch History of Manners and Modes 1841-1940. Hutchinson, 1961.
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Probably 1758: Stenography, or Short-Hand Improved, by John...

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Probably 1758

Stenography, or Short-Hand Improved, by John Angell the elder , appeared, with a prefatory dedication which has been ascribed to Samuel Johnson .
Solo: Search Oxford University Libraries Online. 18 July 2011, http://solo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?vid=OXVU1&fromLogin=true&reset_config=true.

Monica Furlong

MF was a Christian feminist who began as a journalist and went on to a prolific late-twentieth-century output of books. She published poetry, a couple of novels, stories for children, biographies of remarkable Christians, collected...

By 1955: More than half of British households possessed...

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By 1955

More than half of British households possessed a vacuum cleaner, but only eighteen per cent had washing machines and only 8% had refrigerators.
Drabble, Margaret. The Waterfall. Penguin, 1971.
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20 February 1896: The first films in Britain to charge admission...

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20 February 1896

The first films in Britain to charge admission were shown at Regent Street Polytechnic, London, for three weeks from this day.
Betts, Ernest. The Film Business: A History of British Cinema 1896-1972. Allen and Unwin, 1973.
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Harris, Melvin. ITN Book of Firsts. Michael O’Mara Books, 1994.
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Mary Carey

MC wrote in prose and verse, in the mid seventeenth century, about her spiritual life and her trials (notably, the deaths of her children).

1876: Melvil Dewey outlined the Dewey Decimal System...

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1876

Melvil Dewey outlined the Dewey Decimal System for the classification of books.
Encyclopædia Britannica Online. http://www.britannica.com/.

25 August 1746: An Indian ambush at Deerfield, Massachusetts,...

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25 August 1746

An Indian ambush at Deerfield, Massachusetts, inspired the Black slave Lucy Terry to compose an oral ballad entitled Bars Fight.
Basker, James G., editor. Amazing Grace. Yale University Press, 2002.
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1695: As an index of the decline of brewing as...

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1695

As an index of the decline of brewing as women's work, historian Deborah Simonton notes that Aberdeen had only ten female brewers this year, compared to 150 in the previous century.
Simonton, Deborah. A History of European Women’s Work, 1700 to the Present. Routledge, 1998.
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1958: Irish-born author Carla Lanyon Lanyon published...

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1958

Irish-born author Carla Lanyon Lanyon published Unfamiliar Mountain, a collection of poetry.
OCLC WorldCat. 1992–1998, http://www.oclc.org/firstsearch/content/worldcat/. Accessed 1999.

1866: Comic singer Alfred Vance was hired by the...

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1866

Comic singer Alfred Vance was hired by the Oxford music hall in London, to compete with the popular swell singer George Leybourne .
Bratton, Jacqueline S., editor. Music Hall: Performance and Style. Open University Press, 1986.
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Anne Stevenson

AS is an important contemporary poet, an heir to both the US and the British traditions. She experimented with drama and fiction early in her career. She writes fine criticism, and has edited the poems...
Anne Stevenson Photograph of Anne Stevenson, shown from the shoulders up, wearing a collared shirt, made of multicoloured velvet fabric that blends dark blue, red, and green. She is wearing wire rimmed glasses and a necklace made of copper-coloured metal, and large red stones. Her hair is jaw length and grey.

December 1908: The Men's Committee for Opposing Female Suffrage...

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December 1908

The Men's Committee for Opposing Female Suffrage was formed.
Tickner, Lisa. The Spectacle of Women: Imagery of the Suffrage Campaign, 1907-1914. University of Chicago Press, 1988.
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Susanna Hopton

SH 's intense involvement in the religious controversies of the later seventeenth century led her to study, write, and publish texts both theological and devotional, often adapting Roman Catholic sources to make them usable by...

By November 1805: Richard Payne Knight published his influential...

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By November 1805

Richard Payne Knight published his influential Analytical Inquiry into the Principles of Taste; that month it had the lead review in the Critical.
Critical Review. W. Simpkin and R. Marshall, 5 series.
3rd ser. 6 (1805): 225-37
OCLC WorldCat. 1992–1998, http://www.oclc.org/firstsearch/content/worldcat/. Accessed 1999.

April 1743: Henry Fielding published Miscellanies: the...

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April 1743

Henry Fielding published Miscellanies: the third volume contained The History of the Life of Mr. Jonathan Wild.
Rogers, Pat. Henry Fielding: A Biography. Paul Elek, 1979.
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