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1441-78: Margaret Paston, née Mautby, wrote—that is,...

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1441-78

Margaret Paston , née Mautby, wrote—that is, dictated—to her husband and sons (in Virginia Woolf 's words) long long letters . . . . explaining, asking advice, giving news, rendering accounts
Woolf, Virginia. The Essays of Virginia Woolf. Editors McNeillie, Andrew and Stuart Nelson Clarke, Hogarth Press, 1986–2011, 6 vols.
4: 23
about the...

1924: Englishman Lee De Forest created the audio/visual...

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1924

Englishman Lee De Forest created the audio/visual Photophone system for film which was showcased at the British Empire Exhibition at Wembley, Middlesex.
Robinson, David. The History of World Cinema. Stein and Day, 1981.
162

8 November 2016: The American people, offered the opportunity...

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8 November 2016

The American people, offered the opportunity to elect their first female President in the person of Hillary Clinton , chose instead to confer the presidency on Donald Trump , a developer, former reality tv host...

1885: Nina Kennard contributed a volume on the...

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1885

Nina Kennard contributed a volume on the famous actress Rachel (real name Elisa Félix) to the Eminent Women Series.
OCLC WorldCat. 1992–1998, http://www.oclc.org/firstsearch/content/worldcat/. Accessed 1999.
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.

21 November 1840: Prince Albert's attendance at Queen Victoria's...

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21 November 1840

Prince Albert 's attendance at Queen Victoria 's labour, in London, increased the popularity of fathers attending births.
Weintraub, Stanley. Victoria: An Intimate Biography. Dutton, 1987.
148-9
Jalland, Patricia, and John Hooper. Women from Birth to Death: The Female Life Cycle in Britain 1830-1914. Harvester, 1986.
120

1897: The Public Health Act (Scotland) provided...

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1897

The Public Health Act (Scotland) provided for the setting up of isolation hospitals: local smallpox was eradicated in seven years from this Act, after 34 years of compulsory vaccination had failed.
Pennington, Hugh. “Too much fuss?”. London Review of Books, 5 Sept. 2003, pp. 30-2.
31

1885: Matron Ethel Manson developed the St Bartholomew's...

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1885

Matron Ethel Manson developed the St Bartholomew's Hospital Trained Nurses' Institute to protect nurses' rights and independence.
McGann, Susan. The Battle of the Nurses: A Study of Eight Women who Influenced the Development of Professional Nursing, 1880-1930. Scutari, 1992.
36

26 May 1923: The British Government in Palestine gave...

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26 May 1923

The British Government in Palestine gave Transjordan rights to autonomous administration.
Keller, Helen, editor. The Dictionary of Dates. Macmillan, 1934, 2 vols.
I: 880, 905
Langer, William L., editor. An Encyclopedia of World History: Ancient, Medieval, and Modern, Chronologically Arranged. 4th ed., Houghton Mifflin, 1968.
1091

April 1817: The first issue of Blackwood's Edinburgh...

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April 1817

The first issue of Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine appeared; founder William Blackwood intended to offer Tory competition to the liberal Edinburgh Review.
Houghton, Walter E., and Jean Harris Slingerland, editors. The Wellesley Index to Victorian Periodicals 1824-1900. University of Toronto Press, 1966–1989, 5 vols.
1: 7-9, 11
University of Alberta Libraries On-line Catalogue. http://www.library.ualberta.ca/.
Sutherland, John, b. 1938. The Stanford Companion to Victorian Fiction. Stanford University Press, 1989.
69

12 November 1905: The Queen's Fund for the Unemployed was established...

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12 November 1905

The Queen's Fund for the Unemployed was established by Queen Alexandra .
Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century, 1992.
Palmer 336

1939: Mabel Constanduros and Howard Agg selected...

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1939

Mabel Constanduros and Howard Agg selected and published Tonight We Present; A Choice of One-Act Plays for Women, containing seven pieces.
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.
British Book News. British Council.
(1951): 731

December 1672: The comedy Epsom-Wells, by Thomas Shadwell,...

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December 1672

The comedy Epsom-Wells, by Thomas Shadwell , pushed back the boundaries of what was acceptable on stage, by presenting minor characters fresh from having sex.
Hughes, Derek. “The Masked Woman Revealed; or, the prostitute and the playwright in Aphra Behn criticism”. Women’s Writing, Vol.
7
, No. 2, 2000, pp. 149-64.
158

Before 1638: William Page, Fellow of All Souls College,...

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Before 1638

William Page , Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford , created a proto-feminist text entitled Womens Worth: A Treatise proveing by sundrie reasons that woemen do excell men.
“Sundrie Reasons That Woemen Do Excell Men”. Edmonton Journal, 21 Feb. 2002, p. A1, A7.
A1, A7
McBride, Kari. “Womans Worth Three”. Past Forward, No. 38, Nov. 2004–Mar. 2005, p. 31.

March 1664: George Etherege's first play, The Comical...

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March 1664

George Etherege 's first play, The Comical Revenge, or Love in a Tub, opened on stage.
Watson, George, and Ian Roy Wilson, editors. The New Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature. Cambridge University Press, 1969, 5 vols., http://U of A, HSS Ruth N Flr 1 Ref.

Susanna Wright

SW , early American poet and woman of letters, was writing throughout the middle years of the eighteenth century. She did not preserve her letters or poems, and comparatively few have survived, though the known...
Susanna Wright First page of Susanna Wright's "Directions for the management of Silk-Worms", posthumously printed in the "Philadelphia Physical and Medical Journal", 1 (1804): 103, with editorial praise of Wright's life and work.

12 April 1877: The Transvaal in South Africa was annexed...

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12 April 1877

The Transvaal in South Africa was annexed for the UK when Sir Theophilus Shepstone marched into it with twenty-five policemen and a Union Jack,
Gilderdale, Betty. The Seven Lives of Lady Barker. Canterbury University Press, 2009.
243
as Anthony Trollope put it.
Keller, Helen, editor. The Dictionary of Dates. Macmillan, 1934, 2 vols.
I: 746
Gilderdale, Betty. The Seven Lives of Lady Barker. Canterbury University Press, 2009.
243-4

1996: US punk writer Kathy Acker published Pussy,...

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1996

US punk writer Kathy Acker published Pussy, King of the Pirates, a feminist-pornographic reworking of Robert Louis Stevenson 's Treasure Island in which the treasure-seekers are a band of women pirates.
OCLC WorldCat. 1992–1998, http://www.oclc.org/firstsearch/content/worldcat/. Accessed 1999.

1901: Sydney C. Grier set her next novel, The Warden...

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1901

Sydney C. Grier set her next novel, The Warden of the Marches, in Afghanistan.
OCLC WorldCat. 1992–1998, http://www.oclc.org/firstsearch/content/worldcat/. Accessed 1999.

6 March 1893: The Liverpool Overhead Railway opened: it...

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6 March 1893

The Liverpool Overhead Railway opened: it was the first elevated city electric line.
Bruno, Leonard. On the Move: A Chronology of Advances in Transportation. Gale Research, 1993.
138

6 April 1941: Germany invaded Yugoslavia and Greece. Yugoslavia...

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6 April 1941

Germany invaded Yugoslavia and Greece. Yugoslavia surrendered on 17 April, and Athens fell on 27 April.
Messenger, Charles. World War Two Chronological Atlas: When, Where, How and Why. Bloomsbury, 1989.
46, 58
Keegan, John. The Second World War. Viking, 1990.
144-5, 155-8

1834: The German Customs Union was established...

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1834

The German Customs Union was established among the various German states.
Kinder, Hermann, and Werner Hilgemann. The Anchor Atlas of World History. Translator Menze, Ernest A., Vol.
2
, Anchor, 1978.
47

22 September 1862: Abraham Lincoln set forth the Emancipation...

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22 September 1862

Abraham Lincoln set forth the Emancipation Proclamation, declaring that all slaves held in the states which were now rebel territory of the USA would be free as of 1 January 1863.
Steinberg, Sigfrid Henry. Historical Tables: 58 BC-AD 1985. 11th ed., Garland Publishing, 1986.
204

10 April 1827: George Canning, a Tory, became Prime Minister...

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10 April 1827

George Canning , a Tory, became Prime Minister after Lord Liverpool had a stroke.
Parry, Jonathan. The Rise and Fall of Liberal Government in Victorian Britain. Yale University Press, 1993.
44, 312
Cook, Chris, and John, 1946 - Stevenson. The Longman Handbook of Modern British History, 1714-1980. Longman, 1983.
50

1888: Americans John Wesley Hyatt and John Carbutt...

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1888

Americans John Wesley Hyatt and John Carbutt produced clear sheets of celluloid for commercial use in photography.
Singer, Charles et al., editors. A History of Technology. Clarendon, 1958, 8 vols.
5: 729
Sources give conflicting dates for Parke's discovery of celluloid: either 1826, 1855, or 1861.
Panati, Charles. Panati’s Browser’s Book of Beginnings. Houghton Mifflin, 1984.
366
Derry, Thomas Kingston, and Trevor I. Williams. A Short History of Technology From the Earliest Times to A.D. 1900. Clarendon, 1960.
658
Singer, Charles et al., editors. A History of Technology. Clarendon, 1958, 8 vols.
vol. 5
).

1 December 1881: The Schoolmistress, devoted to the furtherance...

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1 December 1881

The Schoolmistress, devoted to the furtherance of female education, began weekly publication in London.
Doughan, David, and Denise Sanchez. Feminist Periodicals, 1855-1984. Harvester Press, 1987.
10
Harrison, Royden et al. The Warwick Guide to British Labour Periodicals, 1790-1970: A Check List. Harvester Press, 1977.
480