Women’s Writing in the British Isles from the Beginnings to the Present
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Phillis Wheatley
Despite her youth at the time she published most of her works, PW
is an interesting and original late eighteenth-century poetic voice. Her poems (dozens published in newspapers, as well as collected) and letters range...
1946: William Joyce, born in New York of an Irish-American...
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1946
William Joyce
, born in New York of an Irish-American father and English mother, was hanged for treason on account of his pro-Nazi broadcasts during the war.
Dear, Ian C. B., and Michael Richard Daniell Foot, editors. The Oxford Companion to World War II. Oxford University Press, 1995.
640
Vonnegut, Kurt, Jr, and Laurie Clancy. “Running Experiments Off: An Interview”. Conversations with Kurt Vonnegut, edited by William Rodney Allen, Mississippi University Press, 1988, pp. 46-56.
50
: The Dublin Review ceased independent publication;...
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Winter 1968-9
The Dublin Review ceased independent publication; after this issue it became part of The Month.
Houghton, Walter E., and Jean Harris Slingerland, editors. The Wellesley Index to Victorian Periodicals 1824-1900. University of Toronto Press, 1966–1989, 5 vols.
2: 18
From November 1914: The Actresses' Franchise League, led by Lena...
Booth, Michael R. Theatre in the Victorian Age. Cambridge University Press, 1991.
xix
1871: The University Test Act abolished all religious...
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1871
The University Test Act abolished all religious tests (of loyalty to the Church of England
) at both ancient universities in England (Oxford
and Cambridge
) for admittance to matriculation, degrees, prizes, and fellowships.
Veale, Sir Douglas. “Modern Oxford”. Handbook to the University of Oxford, 1969th ed., Oxford University Press, 1969, pp. 29-50.
32-3
Mitchell, Sally, editor. Victorian Britain: An Encyclopedia. Garland Press, 1988.
xvii
By June 1958: The Nigerian Chinua Achebe published his...
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By June 1958
The Nigerian Chinua Achebe
published his first and still most famous novel, Things Fall Apart (titled from W. B. Yeats
).
“The Centre Cannot Hold”. Times Literary Supplement, No. 2938, 20 June 1958, p. 341.
341
January 1821: Jane Carlile, wife of publisher Richard Carlile...
Thomas, Donald. A Long Time Burning: The History of Literary Censorship in England. Frederick A. Praeger, 1969.
203
1957: The film The Bridge on the River Kwai, starring...
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1957
The film The Bridge on the River Kwai, starring Alec Guinness
, directed by David Lean
, and dealing with British prisoners of war in Asia, was released.
Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century, 1992.
413
Pickard, Roy. The Oscar Movies from A to Z. Frederick Muller, 1977.
20
1923: Ten years after the first, Mary Frances Harriet...
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1923
Ten years after the first, Mary Frances Harriet Dowdall
released another book on domesticity titled The Second Book of Martha.
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.
1729: Carl von Linné (also known as Linnaeus),...
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1729
Carl von Linné (also known as Linnaeus)
, twenty-two this year, published his early Praeludia Sponsaliarum Plantarum, which already sexualises and anthropomorphises plant reproduction.
Shteir, Ann B. Cultivating Women, Cultivating Science. Johns Hopkins University Press, 1996.
16
6 April 1830: The religious society of the Mormons, or...
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6 April 1830
The religious society of the Mormons
, or Latter-Day Saints, was officially organized by Joseph Smith, Jr
, in Fayette, New York.
Hansen, Klaus J. Mormonism and the American Experience. University of Chicago Press, 1981.
1
Brooke, John L. The Refiner’s Fire: The Making of Mormon Cosmology, 1644-1844. Cambridge University Press, 1994.
157
1662: William Winstanley launched Poor Robin's...
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1662
William Winstanley
launched Poor Robin's Almanac, an annual publication whose satirical element made it almost more like a mock than a true almanac.
Miegon, Anna E. The Ladies Diary and the Emergence of the Almanac for Women, 1704-1753. Simon Fraser University, Sept. 2008.
6, 40
22 October 1930: The BBC Symphony Orchestra (established this...
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.
375
11 December 1931: The Statute of Westminster defined the status...
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11 December 1931
The Statute of Westminster defined the status of the Dominions.
Bayly, Christopher Alan. Atlas of the British Empire. Facts on File, 1989.
203, 246
Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century, 1992.
367, 374
Williams, Neville et al. Chronology of the 20th Century. Helicon, 1996.
530
12 July 1691: At the battle of Aughrim in county Galway,...
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12 July 1691
At the battle of Aughrim in county Galway, William III
's forces in Ireland (having just taken the town of Athlone with fearful destruction) won a decisive victory over those of James II
...
24 July 1923: Turkey agreed to cede territory under the...
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24 July 1923
Turkey agreed to cede territory under the Treaty of Lausanne; this signalled the end of the Ottoman Empire.
Keller, Helen, editor. The Dictionary of Dates. Macmillan, 1934, 2 vols.
I: 850
Langer, William L., editor. An Encyclopedia of World History: Ancient, Medieval, and Modern, Chronologically Arranged. 4th ed., Houghton Mifflin, 1968.
1086-7
Mazower, Mark. “Half-Infidels”. London Review of Books, 3 Aug. 2006, pp. 9-10.
9-10
1876: The first volume of Herbert Spencer's The...
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1876
The first volume of Herbert Spencer
's The Principles of Sociology was published.
Elliot, Hugh Samuel Roger. Herbert Spencer. Books for Libraries Press, 1970.
37-44
5 April 1867: The School of Physic (Ireland) Amendment...
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5 April 1867
The School of Physic (Ireland) Amendment Act opened several Professorships at the University of Dublin (Trinity College) to all qualified persons regardless of religious affiliation.
Law Reports: Statutes. Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1866–2026.
1867: 72-5
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Joanna Baillie
JB
is best known for her stylistically and thematically innovative drama, published from 1798 and through the first two decades of the nineteenth century. Her poetry is now also beginning to be appreciated and a...
JS
published in 1742 her single text, a scientific or crypto-scientific treatise explaining her proposed method of ascertaining longitude. She may not have solved this scientific enigma, but she is remarkable as a female mathematician...
Late 1874: The National Medical Association was formed...
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Late 1874
The National Medical Association
was formed in Liverpool to organize support among the medical community for the repeal of the Contagious Diseases Acts.
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.
123
28 November 1820: Philosopher Friedrich Engels was born in...
