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: Transition, edited by Eugene Jolas, ceased...

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Spring 1938

Transition, edited by Eugene Jolas , ceased publication in Paris.
Hanscombe, Gillian, and Virginia L. Smyers. Writing for Their Lives: The Modernist Women, 1910-1940. Women’s Press, 1987.
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Marek, Jayne E. Women Editing Modernism: "Little" Magazines & Literary History. University Press of Kentucky, 1995.
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By 25 July 1835: John Clare, labourer-poet, published his...

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By 25 July 1835

John Clare , labourer-poet, published his last volume, The Rural Muse.
Athenæum. J. Lection.
404 (1835): 566
Drabble, Margaret, editor. The Oxford Companion to English Literature. 5th ed., Oxford University Press, 1985.

Aldous Huxley

In addition to Brave New World, 1932, one of the most famous dystopian novels of the twentieth century, AH penned more than forty other novels, often satirical, frequently mystical, that confront the dogmas, idiosyncrasies...

1786: The first recorded advertising agent, William...

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1786

The first recorded advertising agent, William Taylor , announced his business in the opening issue of the Maidstone Journal.
Nevett, Terry R. Advertising in Britain: A History. Heinemann, 1982.
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27 July 1778: Hostilities between Britain and France in...

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27 July 1778

Hostilities between Britain and France in the American Revolutionary war opened with a naval battle off Ushant in Brittany.
Coakley, Robert, and Stetson Conn. The War of the American Revolution. Center of Military History, 1975.
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1936: The Library Association (backed by the Carnegie...

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1936

The Library Association (backed by the Carnegie United Kingdom Trust ) established the annual Carnegie Medal for an outstanding book for children published in Britain.
The Carnegie Medal. http://www.carnegiegreenaway.org.uk/carnegie/carn.html.
Ray, Sheila G. The Blyton Phenomenon. Andre Deutsch, 1982.
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28 December 1694: Queen Mary died of smallpox during a severe...

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28 December 1694

Queen Mary died of smallpox during a severe epidemic, leaving her husband, William , to reign alone.
Evelyn, John. The Diary of John Evelyn. Editor De Beer, Esmond Samuel, Oxford University Press, 1959.
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The Concise Dictionary of National Biography: From Earliest Times to 1985. Oxford University Press, 1995, 3 vols.
2: 1971

1 May 1758: Sir John Fielding, magistrate, questioned...

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1 May 1758

Sir John Fielding , magistrate, questioned twenty-five women rounded up from bawdy houses in Hedge Lane in London, and recorded their answers.
Henderson, Tony. Disorderly Women. Longman, 1999.
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2 August 1788: The painter Thomas Gainsborough died at the...

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2 August 1788

The painter Thomas Gainsborough died at the age of sixty-two; he was buried beside his friend Joshua Kirby (father of Sarah Trimmer ) in Kew churchyard.
Stephen, Sir Leslie, and Sidney Lee, editors. The Dictionary of National Biography. Smith, Elder, 1908–2026, 22 vols. plus supplements.

1924: The British tax inspectorate was opened to...

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1924

The British tax inspectorate was opened to women.
Martindale, Hilda. Women Servants of the State, 1870-1938: A History of Women in the Civil Service. G. Allen and Unwin , 1938.
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Evans, Dorothy. Women and the Civil Service. Sir Isaac Pitman and Sons, 1934.
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October 1901: George G. Harrap and Company was founded...

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October 1901

George G. Harrap and Company was founded at 15 York Street, Covent Garden, London.
Rose, Jonathan, and Patricia J. Anderson, editors. Dictionary of Literary Biography 112. Gale Research, 1991.
112: 142
Mumby, Frank Arthur, and Ian Norrie. Mumby’s Publishing and Bookselling in the Twentieth Century. 6th ed., Bell and Hyman, 1982.
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January 1944: The average wage for women in engineering...

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January 1944

The average wage for women in engineering jobs was £3, 10s compared to £7 for men.
Minns, Raynes. Bombers and Mash: The Domestic Front 1939-45. Virago, 1980.
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1853: The Charter Act replaced patronage appointments...

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1853

The Charter Act replaced patronage appointments to the Indian Civil Service with competitive examinations open to British subjects of all classes.
Cohen, Emmeline W. The Growth of the British Civil Service 1780-1939. Archon Books, 1965, http://U of G.
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26 July 1769: The London Chronicle reported Susannah Lott's...

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26 July 1769

The London Chronicle reported Susannah Lott 's execution by burning, near Maidstone in Kent, for the petty treason of poisoning her husband.
Oldham, James. “Law Reporting in the London Newspapers, 1756-1786”. American Journal of Legal History, Vol.
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, No. 3, –July 1987, pp. 173-06.
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Staves, Susan. Married Women’s Separate Property in England, 1660 - 1833. Harvard University Press, 1990.
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14 April 1702: A Comparison Between theTwo Stages, probably...

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14 April 1702

A Comparison Between theTwo Stages, probably by Charles Gildon , was anonymously published.
Gildon, Charles. A Comparison Between the Two Stages. Editor Wells, Staring B., Princeton University Press; Oxford University Press, 1942.
xii and n5
Staring B. Wells doubted this attribution, though it continues to be generally made.
Gildon, Charles. A Comparison Between the Two Stages. Editor Wells, Staring B., Princeton University Press; Oxford University Press, 1942.
xii n5

1 January 1848: The first issue appeared of the Rambler,...

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1 January 1848

The first issue appeared of the Rambler, a controversial periodical aimed at Roman Catholics and recent converts.
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: 732
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: 733
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: 732-3

27 April 1994: The UK introduced Take Our Daughters to Work...

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27 April 1994

The UK introduced Take Our Daughters to Work Day, a year after it started in the USA. It later mutated, for many people, into Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day.
“Women’s History Timeline”. BBC: Radio 4: Woman’s Hour.

1937: Eve Garnett published The Family from One-End...

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1937

Eve Garnett published The Family from One-End Street, which was remarkable as probably the first British story for children to centre on an ordinary, realistically depicted working-class family.
Ray, Sheila G. The Blyton Phenomenon. Andre Deutsch, 1982.
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Akbar, Arifa. “Heroes and heroin: the 10 greatest novels for children”. The Independent, 20 Apr. 2007, p. 18.
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1870: The National Association for the Promotion...

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1870

The National Association for the Promotion of Social Purity was founded to ensure purity as the law of individual and social life.
Hunt, Alan. Governing Morals: A Social History of Moral Regulation. Cambridge University Press, 1999.
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Hunt, Alan. Governing Morals: A Social History of Moral Regulation. Cambridge University Press, 1999.
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“Guide to Sources: Archives, Libraries and Museums”. Genesis: Developing Access to Women’s History Sources in the British Isles.

July 1940: Margarine, cooking fats, and tea were rationed...

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July 1940

Margarine, cooking fats, and tea were rationed to two ounces per week, and the government called a stop to the sale of timber for furniture.
Minns, Raynes. Bombers and Mash: The Domestic Front 1939-45. Virago, 1980.
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1933: Sculptor Barbara Hepworth was the only female...

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1933

Sculptor Barbara Hepworth was the only female member of the shortlived artistic movement Unit One, which was formed in this year by Paul Nash .
Ford, Boris, editor. The Cambridge Guide to the Arts in Britain. Vol. 9 vols, Cambridge University Press, 1988–2026.
8: 170
Windsor, Alan, editor. Handbook of Modern British Painting 1900-1980. Scolar Press, 1992.
137, 272

December 1854: The last issue of Ainsworth's Magazine: A...

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December 1854

The last issue of Ainsworth's Magazine: A Miscellany of Romance, General Literature, & Art was published.
Houghton, Walter E., and Jean Harris Slingerland, editors. The Wellesley Index to Victorian Periodicals 1824-1900. University of Toronto Press, 1966–1989, 5 vols.
3: 52

May 1921: American pilot Laura Brownell set a world...

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May 1921

American pilot Laura Brownell set a world record for women by performing the loop-the-loop one hundred and ninety-nine times.
Trager, James. The Women’s Chronology: A Year-by-Year Record, from Prehistory to the Present. Henry Holt, 1994.
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8 May 1919: The League of the Church Militant, which...

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8 May 1919

The League of the Church Militant , which developed out of the Church League for Women's Suffrage , challenged the Church on its exclusion of women from the priesthood.
Heeney, Brian. “The Beginnings of Church Feminism: Women and the Councils of the Church of England, 1897-1919”. Religion in the Lives of English Women, 1760-1930, edited by Gail Malmgreen, Indiana University Press, 1986, pp. 260-84.
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Frances Horovitz

Late twentieth-century poet and broadcaster FH published during her short lifetime four volumes of poetry, as well as individual poems, a series for Gallery 5 , and collaborations with her second poet-husband, Roger Garfitt ...