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December 1939: The National Service Bill was passed by the...

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December 1939

The National Service Bill was passed by the British parliament, extending the limits of conscription introduced earlier in the year.
Bozman, Ernest Franklin, editor. Everyman’s Encyclopaedia. 4th Edition, J. M. Dent, 1958, 12 vols.
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January 1806: The Monthly Repository, a Dissenting magazine,...

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January 1806

The Monthly Repository, a Dissenting magazine, began publication in London, edited by Robert Aspland .
White, Daniel E. “The Joineriana: Anna Barbauld, the Aikin Family Circle, and the Dissenting Public Sphere”. Eighteenth-Century Studies, Vol.
32
, No. 4, 1999, pp. 511-33.
531n25
University of Alberta Libraries On-line Catalogue. http://www.library.ualberta.ca/.

2 March 1816: The publishing firm of Crosby went bankr...

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2 March 1816

The publishing firm of Crosby went bankrupt.
Caplan, Clive. “Jane Austen’s Banker Brother: Henry Thomas Austen of Austen and Co., 1801-1816”. Persuasions, Vol.
20
, 1998, pp. 69-90.
86

1848: Frederic Rowton published his anthology The...

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1848

Frederic Rowton published his anthology The Female Poets of Great Britain, Chronologically Arranged, with Copious Selections and Critical Remarks.
Solo: Search Oxford University Libraries Online. 18 July 2011, http://solo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?vid=OXVU1&fromLogin=true&reset_config=true.

1920s: Women's ready-to-wear clothing and standardized...

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1920s

Women's ready-to-wear clothing and standardized sizing became commonplace in Britain, France, and the United States.
Brumberg, Joan Jacobs. Fasting Girls. Harvard University Press, 1988.
239-40

30 January 1775: Walter Savage Landor, poet and essayist,...

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30 January 1775

Walter Savage Landor , poet and essayist, was born probably at Ipsley Court, Warwick.
Stephen, Sir Leslie, and Sidney Lee, editors. The Dictionary of National Biography. Smith, Elder, 1908–2026, 22 vols. plus supplements.

1901: Phoebe Traquair, leading artist of the arts...

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1901

Phoebe Traquair , leading artist of the arts and crafts movement in Edinburgh, completed her mural decoration of the interior of the Mansfield Place Church .
Mansfield Traquair Trust. http://www.mansfieldtraquair.org.uk/.

5 July 1931: Ninette de Valois's ballet Job, with music...

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5 July 1931

Ninette de Valois 's ballet Job, with music by Ralph Vaughan Williams , was performed for the Camargo Society at the Cambridge Theatre in London.
Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century, 1992.
374
Clarke, Mary, 1923 -, and David Vaughan, editors. The Encyclopedia of Dance and Ballet. Pitman, 1977.
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April 1943: The government began to compel women with...

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April 1943

The government began to compel women with domestic responsibilities (who were exempt from full-time work) to work part-time in war-related labour.
Smith, Harold L. “The Effects of the War on the Status of Women”. War and Social Change: British Society in the Second World War, edited by Harold L. Smith, Manchester University Press, 1986.
216

28 March 1589: A child named Sarah Glascock died after six...

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28 March 1589

A child named Sarah Glascock died after six weeks' languishing; despite a persuasive defence, Joan Prentice was found guilty of bewitching her and sentenced to hang.
Purkiss, Diane. The Witch in History: early modern and twentieth-century representations. Routledge, 1996.
168-9, 176n91

26 April 1986: A nuclear accident at a power station at...

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26 April 1986

A nuclear accident at a power station at Chernobyl in Ukraine (then in the USSR) caused widespread fallout, deaths and damage.
Forbes, Peter, editor. Scanning the Century. Viking, 1999.
252

17 March 1873: The Oxford, one of London's most popular...

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17 March 1873

The Oxford , one of London's most popular music halls, reopened after being rebuilt and redesigned.
Cheshire, David F. Music Hall in Britain. David and Charles, 1974.
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1888: The Society of Apothecaries began to admit...

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1888

The Society of Apothecaries began to admit women to its examinations.
Witz, Anne. Professions and Patriarchy. Routledge, 1992.
99

August 1875: Elizabeth Garrett Anderson became the first...

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August 1875

Elizabeth Garrett Anderson became the first woman to present a paper at the Annual General Meeting of the British Medical Association .
Blake, Catriona, and Wendy Savage. The Charge of the Parasols: Women’s Entry to the Medical Profession. Women’s Press, 1990.
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December 1984: The feminist publisher Virago Press, under...

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December 1984

The feminist publisher Virago Press , under its editor Carmen Callil , launched its own bookshop in Covent Garden, London; the opening was performed by Rosamond Lehmann .
Hastings, Selina. Rosamond Lehmann. Chatto and Windus, 2002.
395

1889: Matron Eva Lückes published the pamphlet...

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1889

Matron Eva Lückes published the pamphlet What Will Trained Nurses Gain by Joining the British Nurses' Association ? arguing against a national register for nurses.
McGann, Susan. The Battle of the Nurses: A Study of Eight Women who Influenced the Development of Professional Nursing, 1880-1930. Scutari, 1992.
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December 1666: Wenceslaus Hollar published a map of London...

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December 1666

Wenceslaus Hollar published a map of London to show how it had changed since the Great Fire.
In the text the date is given wrongly as 1665, but it is clear on the print.
Copeland, Edward. “Defoe and the London Wall: Mapped Perspectives”. Eighteenth-Century Fiction, Vol.
10
, No. 4, July 1998, pp. 407-28.
416 and fig. 4

December 1923: Opportunity, journal of the US National Urban...

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December 1923

Opportunity, journal of the US National Urban League , announced new voices speaking from the depths and fullness of the Negro's life. As yet, however, those voices were male.
Nkosi, Lewis. “An UnAmerican in New York”. London Review of Books, 24 Aug. 2000, pp. 30-2.
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F. Henrietta Müller

Henrietta Müller was a prominent activist for women's rights in the late-nineteenth century, who used her talents in the service of public reform. Best known for her radical opposition to taxation without representation, she became...

26 June 1948: The Berlin airlift began; by its end on 4...

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26 June 1948

The Berlin airlift began; by its end on 4 May 1949, over 1 million tonnes of aid were delivered to Soviet-blockaded West Berlin by British and American planes.
Ramsden, John, editor. The Oxford Companion to Twentieth Century British Politics. Oxford University Press, 2002.
49-50

1589: Richard Hakluyt published Principall Navigations,...

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1589

Richard Hakluyt published Principall Navigations, Voiages, and Discoveries of the English Nation.
Cox, Michael, editor. The Oxford Chronology of English Literature. Oxford University Press, 2002, 2 vols.

17 September 1593: Thomas Nashe's prose fiction The Unfortunate...

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17 September 1593

Thomas Nashe 's prose fiction The Unfortunate Traveller was entered in the Stationers' Register .
Arber, Edward, editor. A Transcript of the Registers of the Company of Stationers of London 1554-1660, A. D. Privately Printed, 1875–1894, 5 vols.

Fanny Fern

Sara Payson Willis, the journalist and novelist known as FF , was one of the most successful United States writers of the nineteenth century. Author of the best-selling Ruth Hall, she was also widely...
Fanny Fern Oval black-and-white, head-and-shoulders photograph of Fanny Fern. She is sitting with her cheek resting on her left hand. Her dark hair is parted in the middle, done in rigid waves. She is wearing earrings and a dark dress buttoned in front with thin stripes on her sleeves.

22 November 1687: For this day's celebrations Dryden wrote...

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22 November 1687

For this day's celebrations Dryden wrote his Song for St. Cecilia's Day.
Dryden, John. Selected Poetry and Prose of John Dryden. Editor Miner, Earl, Modern Library College Editions, The Modern Library, 1985.
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18 July 1671: The Quaker women's meeting, begun by Ann...

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18 July 1671

The Quaker women's meeting, begun by Ann Stevens and Damaris Sanders , was held at Priestwood near Great Missenden in Buckinghamshire: it has been called the first documented women's meeting.
Feminist Companion Archive.