Women’s Writing in the British Isles from the Beginnings to the Present
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Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire
An occasional or amateur author during the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire
, wrote in a number of genres: poetry, diaries, travel writings, letters, and possibly two novels. Much of...
1532: Five years after the death of Niccolò Machiavelli,...
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1532
Five years after the death of Niccolò Machiavelli
, there was published his treatise on political education (generally known in English as The Prince).
Bozman, Ernest Franklin, editor. Everyman’s Encyclopaedia. 4th Edition, J. M. Dent, 1958, 12 vols.
Late July 1931: In Britain the confusingly-named May committee...
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Late July 1931
In Britain the confusingly-named May committee responded to escalation both in the international financial crisis and mass unemployment at home, by advising draconian cuts in government expenditure.
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.
under Ramsay Macdonald
29 March 1461: In a climactic and singularly unchivalric...
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29 March 1461
In a climactic and singularly unchivalric battle of the Wars of the Roses, fought on Palm Sunday at Towton in North Yorkshire, about 28,000 men died and Edward IV
's position as king was confirmed.
Boylston, Anthea. “The Towton Mass Grave Project”. University of Bradford, Department of Archaeological Sciences, 22 May 2003.
September 1607: Hugh O'Neill's rebellion in Ireland came...
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September 1607
Hugh O'Neill
's rebellion in Ireland came to a final end with the Flight of the Earls: this was the last stand of Gaelic Ireland against the colonising English.
Boylan, Henry, editor. A Dictionary of Irish Biography. Gill and Macmillan, 1978.
Kelly, Matthew. “With Bit and Bridle”. London Review of Books, Vol.
32
, No. 15, 5 Aug. 2010, pp. 12-13.
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3 November 1793: Olympe de Gouges, revolutionary and feminist...
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3 November 1793
Olympe de Gouges
, revolutionary and feminist writer, was guillotined in Paris.
Godineau, Dominique. The Women of Paris and Their French Revolution. Translator Streip, Katherine, University of California Press, 1998.
371
1881: The first married female poor law guardian,...
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1881
The first married female poor law guardian, Harriet M'Ilquham
of Tewkesbury, was elected.
Hollis, Patricia. Ladies Elect: Women in English Local Government, 1865-1914. Clarendon, 1987.
206-7, 232
By 15 July 1876: Emma Paterson, in association with Emily...
Hume, Leslie Parker. The National Union of Women’s Suffrage Societies, 1897-1914. Garland, 1982.
51
30 June 1849: A weekly periodical for women entitled The...
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30 June 1849
A weekly periodical for women entitled The Domestic Journal and Home 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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Harriet Downing
HD
is remarkable both as a late Romantic poet (whose first publication makes a strong claim for women's capacity for friendship, equal to that of men) and as an early Victorian writer of short magazine...
2 May 1907: Rioting broke out in Rawalpindi in connection...
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2 May 1907
Rioting broke out in Rawalpindi in connection with the charge of sedition brought against the proprietor and editor of the Punjabi in February.
Keller, Helen, editor. The Dictionary of Dates. Macmillan, 1934, 2 vols.
I: 834
18 May-19 July 1899: The First International Peace Conference...
Cambridge Women’s Peace Collective. My Country is the Whole World: An Anthology of Women’s Work on Peace and War. Pandora Press, 1984.
274
Kinder, Hermann, and Werner Hilgemann. The Anchor Atlas of World History. Translator Menze, Ernest A., Vol.
2
, Anchor, 1978.
II: 101
Black, Ian. “Dutch furnish ideal home for justice”. Guardian Weekly, 11–17 May 2000, p. 6.
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4 May 1557: The Royal Charter of the Stationers' Company...
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4 May 1557
The Royal Charter of the Stationers' Company
of London, granted by Mary Tudor
, restricted the privilege of book-production to its limited membership.
McDowell, Paula. The Women of Grub Street: Press, Politics, and Gender in the London Literary Marketplace, 1678-1730. Clarendon, 1998.
63
The Stationers’ and Newspaper Makers’ Company. http://web.archive.org/web/20080807130318/http://www.stationers.org/companyhall-history.asp.
Smyth, Adam. “23153.8; 19897.7; 15635”. London Review of Books, Vol.
37
, No. 16, 27 Aug. 2015, pp. 37-9.
37
30 September 1957: The Independent Schools Registration Regulations...
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30 September 1957
The Independent Schools Registration Regulations compelled proprietors of private schools to register them with the Ministry of Education within six months. Henceforward they would be subject to the same government inspectorate as state schools.
Shepherd, June. Doreen Wallace, 1897-1989: Writer and Social Campaigner. Edwin Mellen Press, 2000.
108-9
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.
1930s: Tuppenny libraries (also known as Pay-as-you-read...
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1930s
Tuppenny libraries (also known as Pay-as-you-read or No Deposit libraries) greatly expanded during this decade.
McAleer, Joseph. Popular Reading and Publishing in Britain 1914-1950. Clarendon Press, 1992.
49-50, 58
1982: Aileen La Tourette's play Risking Night,...
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1982
Aileen La Tourette
's play Risking Night, Testing Dreams was staged in Bristol.
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.
There is no record of this play receiving individual publication.
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Jane Anger
JA
may have been an actual woman; or the text that was published in this name in 1589 may have been written by a man. There is no doubt of the interest and value of...
4 February-13 April 1769: Disputes occurred over John Wilkes's right...
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4 February-13 April 1769
Disputes occurred over John Wilkes
's right to take his seat in the House of Commons
, from which he had been expelled for the first time in 1764.
Hill, Bridget. The Republican Virago: The Life and Times of Catharine Macaulay, Historian. Clarendon Press, 1992.
56, 62, 67
First week in March 1946: Nearly 14,000 babies born this week in Britain...
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First week in March 1946
Nearly 14,000 babies born this week in Britain (representing 98% of families canvassed) were tracked by James Douglas
in a statistical cohort study for sociological information.
Francis, Gavin. “Get the placentas”. London Review of Books, Vol.
38
, No. 11, 2 June 2016, pp. 21-2.
May 1971: Irish feminists crossed the border from Belfast,...
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May 1971
Irish feminists crossed the border from Belfast, Northern Ireland, on the condom train, effecting a mass importation of illegal contraceptives.
Enright, Anne. “Diary”. London Review of Books, Vol.
35
, No. 6, 21 Mar. 2013, pp. 42-3.
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16 August 1534: St Ignatius Loyola, then an officer of Ferdinand...
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16 August 1534
St Ignatius Loyola
, then an officer of Ferdinand V of Spain
, laid the foundation (at Paris) for the Jesuits
, also known as the Society of Jesus or the Order of Jesus.
Haydn, Joseph. Haydn’s Dictionary of Dates and Universal Information. Editor Vincent, Benjamin, 23rd ed., Ward, Lock, 1904.
696-7
1926: With the establishment of the World Union...
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1926
With the establishment of the World Union for Progressive Judaism
, hosted in London, liberal Judaism achieved international organizational unity.
Eliade, Mircea, and Charles J. Adams, editors. The Encyclopedia of Religion. Macmillan, 1987, 16 vols.
259
Late 1843: Sir Henry Cole, tired of writing out Christmas...
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Late 1843
Sir Henry Cole
, tired of writing out Christmas greetings for all his friends, commissioned John Callcott Horsley
to design the first pictorial Christmas card.
“Christmas Gallery”. Postcard & Greeting Card Museum.
