Women’s Writing in the British Isles from the Beginnings to the Present
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August 1874: The National Union of Working Women was founded...
8 May 1945: This day, the one following the formal, unconditional...
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8 May 1945
This day, the one following the formal, unconditional German surrender to the Allies at Rheims in France, was called V. E. Day or VE Day.
Messenger, Charles. World War Two Chronological Atlas: When, Where, How and Why. Bloomsbury, 1989.
223, 226-7
Keegan, John. The Second World War. Viking, 1990.
529, 533
Weinberg, Gerhard L. A World At Arms: A Global History of World War II. Cambridge University Press, 1994.
825-7
Briggs, Asa. The BBC: The First Fifty Years. Oxford University Press, 1985.
378
15 November 1743: George II was enthusiastically welcomed to...
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15 November 1743
George II
was enthusiastically welcomed to London, with illuminations and bonfires, on his return from his victorious campaign in Europe.
Walpole, Horace. The Letters of Horace Walpole. Editor Toynbee, Mrs Paget, Clarendon, 1903–1925, 16 vols.
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Writer or writing
Author profile
Mary Charlton
Active at the end of the eighteenth century and the first several decades of the nineteenth, MC
published a dozen historical or exotic romances and socially critical novels. The former made her one of the...
By 31 July 1886: Ida Ashworth Taylor dedicated Allegiance,...
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.
15 October 1940: A delayed-action bomb exploded in the BBC's...
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15 October 1940
A delayed-action bomb exploded in the BBC
's Broadcasting House during the 9 o'clock news, killing seven staff-members.
Briggs, Asa. The BBC: The First Fifty Years. Oxford University Press, 1985.
376
1858: The Ladies' Treasury, a monthly periodical,...
Writer or writing item
1858
The Ladies' Treasury, a monthly periodical, began publication in London.
Palmegiano, Eugenia M. Women and British Periodicals, 1832-1867: A Bibliography. Garland, 1976.
11
14 June 1645: Cromwell's New Model Army scored its first...
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14 June 1645
Cromwell
's New Model Army
scored its first signal victory, at the battle of Naseby in Northamptonshire. This defeat for Charles I
was a step towards his surrender in May 1646 and the end...
10 September 2003: Guardian Unlimited Books named as Site of...
Writer or writing item
10 September 2003
Guardian Unlimited Books named as Site of the Week a website entitled Poetry Landmarks of Britain: a map of poetic assocations plotted on an interactive map of Britain, searchable by region or category.
“Poetry Society News: News Archive”. The Poetry Society, London.
24 March 1848: King Charles Albert of Piedmont declared...
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24 March 1848
King Charles Albert
of Piedmont declared war on Austria; the outcome was his abdication.
Cowie, Leonard W., and Leonard Woolfson. Years of Nationalism: European History 1815-1890. Edward Arnold, 1985.
184-6
March 1972: National Magazine began publishing a British...
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March 1972
National Magazine
began publishing a British edition of Cosmopolitan, an American magazine for women containing articles on lifestyle and fashion.
Braithwaite, Brian, and Joan Barrell. The Business of Women’s Magazines. Associated Business Press, 1979.
95
Ferguson, Marjorie. Forever Feminine: Women’s Magazines and the Cult of Femininity. Heinemann, 1983.
34
1984: US advice columnist Ann Landers conducted...
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1984
US advice columnist Ann Landers conducted a poll of her readers and found that 72% of married women preferred hugging to The Act of intercourse.
Toth, Emily. “Common-sense columnist”. Women’s Review of Books, Vol.
xix
, No. 12, Sept. 2002, pp. 6-7.
6
15 January 2001: Jimmy Wales founded (or co-founded with Larry...
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15 January 2001
Jimmy Wales
founded (or co-founded with Larry Sanger
) a free, online, user-generated encyclopedia, and named it Wikipedia. It arose from a free, online, but edited encyclopedia, Nupedia, which Wales had launched in 2000.
Runciman, David. “Like Boiling a Frog”. London Review of Books, Vol.
31
, No. 10, 28 May 2009, pp. 14-16.
14-15
1904: The Infants' Health Society was formed in...
Hannam, June. “Women and Politics”. Women’s History: Britain, 1850-1945, edited by June Purvis, University College London Press, 1995, pp. 217-45.
229
Pugh, Martin. Women and the Women’s Movement in Britain 1914 - 1959. Macmillan Education, 1992.
68
Walker, Linda. “Party Political Women: A Comparative Study of Liberal Women and the Primrose League, 1890-1914”. Equal or Different: Women’s Politics 1800-1914, edited by Jane Rendall, Basil Blackwell, 1987, pp. 165-91.
165-91
1852: In the wake of the success of Stowe's Uncle...
Writer or writing item
1852
In the wake of the success of Stowe
's Uncle Tom's Cabin, Richard Hildreth
's retitled novel The White Slave; or, Memoirs of a Fugitive appeared in an English edition with illustrations by Charles Kean
1 January 1913: Harold Monro opened the Poetry Bookshop at...
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.
13 December 1906: The Trade Disputes Act made picketing by...
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13 December 1906
The Trade Disputes Act made picketing by striking unions legal as long as it was peaceful.
Butler, David E., and Jennie Freeman. British Political Facts, 1900-1960. Macmillan, 1963.
351
Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century, 1992.
338, 331
1865: Housing reformer Octavia Hill began to manage...
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1865
Housing reformer Octavia Hill
began to manage her first block of residences, in Paradise Place, Marylebone.
Roach, John. Social Reform in England 1780-1880. St Martin’s Press, 1978.
180
Brion, Marion, and Anthea Tinker. Women in Housing: Access and Influence. Housing Centre Trust, 1980.
61
Owen, David. English Philanthropy, 1660-1960. Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1964.
388-9
26 June 2009: Venice appointed its first female gondolier,...
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26 June 2009
Venice appointed its first female gondolier, who passed the six-month qualifying course two years after the profession was first opened to merit instead of to (male-only) inheritance.
Kington, Tom. “Female gondolier ends 900 years of Venetian discrimiation”. The Guardian, 27 June 2009, p. 25.
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1819: The committee of the Bible Society formally...
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1819
The committee of the Bible Society
formally declared its deep gratitude for the efforts of its female auxiliaries: these numbered 350 branches with 10,000 members annually raising tens of thousands of pounds.
Prochaska, F. K. Women and Philanthropy in Nineteenth-Century England. Clarendon, 1980.
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1900: Notes on a Century of Typography at the University...
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1900
Notes on a Century of Typography at the University Press, Oxford
, 1693-1794 was first published.
Clair, Colin. A Chronology of Printing. Cassell, 1969.
167
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.
Myers, Robin. The British Book Trade, from Caxton to the Present Day. Andre Deutsch in association with the National Book League, 1973.
284
1691: Robert Gould published A Satyrical Epistle...
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1691
Robert Gould
published A Satyrical Epistle to the Female Author of a Poem, call'd Silvia's Revenge, an antifeminist contribution to the Sylvia debate.
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.
