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8 December 1941: US Representative Jeanette Rankin cast the...

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8 December 1941

US Representative Jeanette Rankin cast the sole dissenting vote in Congress against the American declaration of war on Japan following the bombing of Pearl Harbor.
Greenspan, Karen. The Timetables of Women’s History. Simon and Shuster, 1994.
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4 March 1912: Gertrude Wilkinson received a medal from...

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4 March 1912

Gertrude Wilkinson received a medal from the Women's Social and Political Union to commemorate her endurance of hunger strike and forcible feeding.
“Women’s History Month: From the Women’s Library”. Women’s History Network Blog, 4 Mar. 2010.

December 1961: A Handful of Time, a novel by Helen Foley,...

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December 1961

A Handful of Time, a novel by Helen Foley , was published.
The British National Bibliography. Council of the British National Bibliography; British Library, Bibliographic Services Division, 1950.

1836: The Emperor Ferdinand I of Austria was crowned...

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1836

The Emperor Ferdinand I of Austria was crowned King of Bohemia at Prague.
Cowie, Leonard W., and Leonard Woolfson. Years of Nationalism: European History 1815-1890. Edward Arnold, 1985.
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January 1896: The first number of The Savoy: An Illustrated...

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January 1896

The first number of The Savoy: An Illustrated Monthly appeared; the cover was by Aubrey Beardsley .
Beardsley, Aubrey. The Savoy. Editor Symons, Arthur, Leonard Smithers.
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University of Alberta Libraries On-line Catalogue. http://www.library.ualberta.ca/.

16 December 1944: The Germans launched the Ardennes counter-offensive,...

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16 December 1944

The Germans launched the Ardennes counter-offensive, which aimed to reach Antwerp and to delay the Allied campaign to cross the Rhine.
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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Weinberg, Gerhard L. A World At Arms: A Global History of World War II. Cambridge University Press, 1994.
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15-21 October 1945: The fifth Pan-African Congress, held in Manchester,...

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15-21 October 1945

The fifth Pan-African Congress , held in Manchester, UK, marked the beginning of the end of colonial rule in Africa and the Caribbean.
Andrews, Kehinde. “Spirit of the Pan–African Congress should be revived”. Guardian Weekly, 23 Oct. 2015, p. 8.

January 1781-December 1782: The Lady's Poetical Magazine, or Beauties...

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January 1781-December 1782

The Lady's Poetical Magazine, or Beauties of British Poetry appeared, published by James Harrison in four half-yearly numbers; it is arguable whether or not it kept the first number's promise of generous selections of work...

17 July 1969: The Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists...

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17 July 1969

The Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists ordered an investigation into the working of the Abortion Act: partly, no doubt, as a result of a deliberate media campaign.
Hordern, Anthony. Legal Abortion: The English Experience. Pergamon, 1971.
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12 August 1896: Gold was discovered in the Klondike region...

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12 August 1896

Gold was discovered in the Klondike region of Yukon.
Keller, Helen, editor. The Dictionary of Dates. Macmillan, 1934, 2 vols.
II: 491
Langer, William L., editor. An Encyclopedia of World History: Ancient, Medieval, and Modern, Chronologically Arranged. 4th ed., Houghton Mifflin, 1968.
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Anne Wentworth

AW , member of a Baptist congregation, became a prophet in the 1670s. She addressed warnings of the wrath of God to the king and the Lord Mayor of London, and published two prophecies of...

22 August 1791: Marie-Antoinette wrote to her friend the...

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22 August 1791

Marie-Antoinette wrote to her friend the princesse de Lamballe , persuading the princess to stay away from her for the sake of the safety of both of them.
Roulston, Christine. “Separating the Inseparables: Female Friendship and its Discontents in Eighteenth-Century France”. Eighteenth-Century Studies, Vol.
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, No. 2, 1998–1989, pp. 215-31.
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1650: Parliament passed an Adultery Act, which...

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1650

Parliament passed an Adultery Act, which reflected Puritan views of the sanctity of marriage by making adultery a punishable offence.
Gillis, John R. For Better, For Worse: British Marriages, 1600 to the Present. Oxford University Press, 1985.
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Henderson, Tony. Disorderly Women. Longman, 1999.
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1881: Two Acts of Parliament important for Ireland...

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1881

Two Acts of Parliament important for Ireland were passed: a second Irish Land Act (implicitly supporting the fiercely contested concept of co-ownership of the land) and the Coercion Act, which gave the Viceroy unlimited power...

Marie-Madeleine de Lafayette

MML , writing in France in the late seventeenth century, originated there the new form of the novel: shorter, less diffuse, more vigorous in its emotional effect than the long, many-storied, courtly romances. She was...
Marie-Madeleine de Lafayette Black and white, head-and-shoulders image of a lost painting of Marie-Madeleine de Lafayette by Louis Ferdinand Elle l'Aîné. She sits with her head resting on one hand, wearing a gown with a V neck and puffed sleeves, without jewellery. Her dark hair is pulled back into a pearl-wrapped bun, with a ringlet lying on her shoulder.

By October 1754: Thomas Birch published his Memoirs of the...

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By October 1754

Thomas Birch published his Memoirs of the Reign of Queen Elizabeth.
Griffiths, Ralph, 1720 - 1803, and George Edward Griffiths, editors. Monthly Review. R. Griffiths.
11 (1754): 241

1906: The publication of Writing & Illuminating...

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1906

The publication of Writing & Illuminating & Lettering by Edward Johnston prompted new interest in the subject and led to profound improvement[s] in calligraphy.
Gentry, Helen, and David Greenhood. Chronology of Books and Printing. Rev. ed., Macmillan, 1936.
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Gentry, Helen, and David Greenhood. Chronology of Books and Printing. Rev. ed., Macmillan, 1936.
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Clair, Colin. A Chronology of Printing. Cassell, 1969.
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Cave, Roderick. The Private Press. Faber and Faber, 1971.
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John Strange Winter

Best known for her early military fiction, JSW (nom de plume of Henrietta Palmer, later Stannard) was a prolific and popular author of over a hundred novels and volumes of short stories. Writing in the...
John Strange Winter Black and white, oval photograph of John Strange Winter. Her face is in profile, her body turned a little to the right. Her curly hair is styled in a fringe in front and a bun behind. She is wearing a black dress with a tulle-like fabric at the neck. Her signature is reproduced below: "Ever yours, H. E. V. Stannard".

1881: Christina Catherine Liddell, as Mrs Edward...

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1881

Christina Catherine Liddell , as Mrs Edward Liddell, published a collection of short religious lyrics entitled Songs in Minor Keys.
OCLC WorldCat. 1992–1998, http://www.oclc.org/firstsearch/content/worldcat/. Accessed 1999.
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.

1815: Elizabeth Appleton published Private Education;...

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1815

Elizabeth Appleton published Private Education; or a Practical Plan for the Studies of Young Ladies. With an address to parents, private governesses, and young ladies.
Burmester, James et al. English Books. James Burmester Rare Books, 1985–2026, Numbered catalogues.
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1878: A British magazine advertisement claimed...

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1878

A British magazine advertisement claimed that its corset was an ever present monitor of a well-disciplined mind and well-regulated feelings.
Bordo, Susan. Unbearable Weight: Feminism, Western Culture, and the Body. University of California Press, 1993.
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Bordo, Susan. Unbearable Weight: Feminism, Western Culture, and the Body. University of California Press, 1993.
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21 June 1779: Spain declared war on Britain in the American...

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21 June 1779

Spain declared war on Britain in the American Revolutionary war.
Coakley, Robert, and Stetson Conn. The War of the American Revolution. Center of Military History, 1975.
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4 July 1985: At the age of thirteen, maths prodigy Ruth...

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4 July 1985

At the age of thirteen, maths prodigy Ruth Lawrence became the youngest Briton to earn a starred first-class degree when she graduated from St Hugh's College , Oxford.
“Teenage Genius Gets a First”. BBC News: On This Day, 4 July 1985.
“Einstein Institute of Mathematics”. The Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

27 December 1788: Louis XVI consented to public demands and...

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27 December 1788

Louis XVI consented to public demands and overuled the Parlement of Paris to double the size of the Third Estate.
Chisholm, Hugh, editor. Encyclopaedia Britannica. Eleventh, Cambridge University Press, 1911.
10: 852

Charlotte O'Conor Eccles

COCE succeeded in earning a living as a journalist in Dublin (in the 1880s) and London (1890s and early twentieth century). She published books on social and political matters, household management, and male conduct, as...