Women’s Writing in the British Isles from the Beginnings to the Present
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5 July 2007: Odile Crick, British-born artist who becme...
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5 July 2007
Odile Crick
, British-born artist who becme famous for her sketch of the structure of DNA, died at her home in California.
“Odile Crick”. The Independent: Obituaries, 20 July 2007.
1963: The Cobden Trust (later the Civil Liberties...
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1963
The Cobden Trust (later the Civil Liberties Trust
) was founded for research and educational work in the area of preserving personal liberties within the state.
Liberty: A Brief History. http://web.archive.org/web/20080807173131/http://www.liberty-human-rights.org.uk/about/1-history/index.shtml.
23 April 1945: Blackout regulations throughout England were...
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23 April 1945
Blackout regulations throughout England were lifted; it became legal again to use window-coverings of normal weight, to show a light outdoors, and drive on undimmed headlights.
Glendinning, Victoria. Vita. Penguin, 1984.
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“New Restrictions on the Home Front: Britain is Blacked Out!”. Home Sweet Home Front.
6 May 1903: Coolies (that is, unskilled, imported Asian...
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6 May 1903
Coolies (that is, unskilled, imported Asian labourers) rioted in British Guiana.
Haydn, Joseph. Haydn’s Dictionary of Dates and Universal Information. Editor Vincent, Benjamin, 23rd ed., Ward, Lock, 1904.
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17 December 1884: The Theatre Royal, Stratford, East London,...
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, the Duchess of Death, produced eighty books, including sixty-six novels and detective fictions, and fourteen of short stories as well as poetry and suspense drama. At the height of her career she...
1 April 1943: Phyllis Deakin called a meeting in a London...
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1 April 1943
Phyllis Deakin
called a meeting in a London pub, attended by sixty-two women journalists, which agreed to set up the Women's Press Club
. (The existing Press Club
refused to admit women.)
“Records of the Women’s Press Club”. AIM25: London Metropolitan University: Women’s Library.
April 1844: Elizabeth Planché's drama Ivan Daniloff;...
Stevens, Gwendolyn, and Sheldon Gardner. The Women of Psychology. Schenkman, 1982, 2 vols., http://HSS.
II: 21
Hergenhahn, Baldwin Ross. An Introduction to the History of Psychology. 2nd ed., Wadsworth Publishing, 1992, http://HSS.
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1878: Given the increasing institutionalizing of...
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1878
Given the increasing institutionalizing of philanthropic visiting, the Workhouse Visiting Society
closed its Waterloo Place offices, considering its work to be done.
Prochaska, F. K. Women and Philanthropy in Nineteenth-Century England. Clarendon, 1980.
179
28 September 2012: A press release announced that the Women's...
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28 September 2012
A press release announced that the Women's Library
, given notice to quit its purpose-built premises by London Metropolitan University
, was to move to a new, central location under the auspices of the London...
27 October 1832: The weekly Ladies' Penny Gazette, or Mirror...
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27 October 1832
The weekly Ladies' Penny Gazette, or Mirror of Fashion and Miscellany of Instruction and Amusement began publication in London.
Palmegiano, Eugenia M. Women and British Periodicals, 1832-1867: A Bibliography. Garland, 1976.
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7 February 1928: The All-India Women's Conference opened;...
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7 February 1928
The All-India Women's Conference
opened; participants adopted resolutions urging the necessity of compulsory education for girls.
Keller, Helen, editor. The Dictionary of Dates. Macmillan, 1934, 2 vols.
1: 845
February 1986: Slobodan Milosevic became leader of the Communist...
Rose, Jonathan, and Patricia J. Anderson, editors. Dictionary of Literary Biography 106. Gale Research, 1991.
106: 138
January 1835: John Macrone established his own publishing...
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January 1835
John Macrone
established his own publishing business at 3 St James Street, London.
Rose, Jonathan, and Patricia J. Anderson, editors. Dictionary of Literary Biography 106. Gale Research, 1991.
106: 196
24 October 1964: Northern Rhodesia became independent within...
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24 October 1964
Northern Rhodesia became independent within the Commonwealth as Zambia. So, in the same year, did Nyasaland as Malawi.
Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century, 1992.
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Williams, Neville. Chronology of the Modern World: 1763 to the Present Time. David McKay, 1967.
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1852: The shilling Ladies' Monthly Magazine began...
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1852
The shilling Ladies' Monthly Magazine began publication in London; it ran until 1897.
Palmegiano, Eugenia M. Women and British Periodicals, 1832-1867: A Bibliography. Garland, 1976.
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Anne Katharine Elwood
Anne Katharine Elwood
published two books in the mid-nineteenth century: one a narrative of her travels to India, and the other a collection of biographies of English women writers.
1884: The Conjoint Board of Examiners was established...
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1884
The Conjoint Board of Examiners was established to ensure physicians' proficiency in obstetrics, medicine, and surgery; this debarred the partly-qualified from entering the profession.
Moscucci, Ornella. The Science of Woman: Gynaecology and Gender in England, 1800-1929. Cambridge University Press, 1990.
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October 1667: John Milton published his epic poem Paradise...
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October 1667
John Milton
published his epic poem Paradise Lost, which he had begun dictating before the Restoration and entered in the Stationers' Register in August.
Cox, Michael, editor. The Oxford Chronology of English Literature. Oxford University Press, 2002, 2 vols.
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.
Gascoigne, Robert Mortimer. A Chronology of the History of Science, 1450-1900. Garland, 1987.
404
18 April 1949: Éire became the Republic of Ireland and left...
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18 April 1949
Éire became the Republic of Ireland and left the Commonwealth after the Republic of Ireland Act went into effect.
Foster, Robert Fitzroy. Modern Ireland 1600-1972. Allen Lane, 1988.
616
26 January 1942: Eamon De Valera protested against the stationing...
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26 January 1942
Eamon De Valera
protested against the stationing of American troops in Northern Ireland on the grounds that Britain and the US might invade Eire to secure military bases.
Messenger, Charles. World War Two Chronological Atlas: When, Where, How and Why. Bloomsbury, 1989.
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Weinberg, Gerhard L. A World At Arms: A Global History of World War II. Cambridge University Press, 1994.
