Women’s Writing in the British Isles from the Beginnings to the Present
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April 1977: The introduction of Special Procedures in...
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April 1977
The introduction of Special Procedures in Britain made divorce one further degree easier to obtain.
Gibson, Colin S. Dissolving Wedlock. Routledge, 1994.
109, 177
1940: Ernest Bevin and Basil Dean established the...
Minns, Raynes. Bombers and Mash: The Domestic Front 1939-45. Virago, 1980.
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Turner, Ernest Sackville. The Phony War on the Home Front. Michael Joseph, 1961.
101
Ziegler, Philip. London at War. Alfred A. Knopf, 1995.
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Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson
is primarily known for her poems; she was also a letter writer. She published very little during her lifetime and the full scope of her output—some 1,775 poems—was discovered only after her death....
EH
, the earliest of the female Quaker
writers, left a printed prophecy, petition, and testimony, as well as a manuscript attack on colonial settlements in New England. Literary historian Phyllis Mack
observes that...
25 October 1983: The United States invaded Grenada, a member...
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25 October 1983
The United States invaded Grenada, a member of the British Commonwealth, and occupied it within three days in Operation Urgent Fury.
Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century, 1992.
448
Rogozinski, Jan. A Brief History of the Caribbean: From the Arawak and the Carib to the Present. Revised, Facts on File, 1999.
290
26 February 1852: The Birkenhead, a 1,400-ton paddle-wheel...
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26 February 1852
The Birkenhead, a 1,400-ton paddle-wheel steamer carrying troops and civilians from England to South Africa, ran aground and sank; about five hundred men died, almost all of them soldiers.
Bruno, Leonard. On the Move: A Chronology of Advances in Transportation. Gale Research, 1993.
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Kemp, Peter, editor. Encyclopedia of Ships and Seafaring. Stanford Maritime, 1980.
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Albion, Robert G. Five Centuries of Famous Ships: From the Santa Maria to the Glomar Explorer. McGraw-Hill, 1978.
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1944: The Bishop of Hong Kong, Dr R. V. Hall, ordained...
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1944
The Bishop of Hong Kong, Dr R. V. Hall
, ordained the first Anglican woman priest, Lei Tim Oi
. Hall's church colleagues, however, asked her to resign, and she did so in 1946.
Fletcher, Sheila. Maude Royden: A Life. Basil Blackwell, 1989.
281
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.
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1873: William Moon published Light for the Blind,...
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1873
William Moon
published Light for the Blind, the first use of his system of type for the blind.
Clair, Colin. A Chronology of Printing. Cassell, 1969.
157
27 July 1949: The de Havilland Comet, the first passenger...
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27 July 1949
The de Havilland Comet, the first passenger jet plane (a major British scientific innovation), made its inaugural flight.
Guardian Weekly.
(20-26 January 2000): 20
January 1802: The Christian Observer was launched, as a...
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January 1802
The Christian Observer was launched, as a journal Conducted by members of the established church with the aim of combating Methodism
and other Dissenting sects as well as radicalism and scepticism.
Bruno, Leonard. On the Move: A Chronology of Advances in Transportation. Gale Research, 1993.
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Ellis, Hamilton. British Railway History: An Outline from the Accession of William IV to the Nationalisation of Railways 1830-1876. George Allen and Unwin, 1954.
65, 76
10 February 1897: The Victorian Order of Nurses was founded...
1847: The Fast Man's Phrase Book was published,...
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1847
The Fast Man's Phrase Book was published, offering a translation of the fop lexicon.
Adburgham, Alison. A Punch History of Manners and Modes 1841-1940. Hutchinson, 1961.
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1837-1838: The Select Committee on Transportation, known...
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1837-1838
The Select Committee on Transportation
, known also as the Molesworth Commission, heard reports on the appalling treatment of convicts in Australia; transportation continued for another twenty years, virtually unreformed.
Briggs, John et al. Crime and Punishment in England: An Introductory History. St Martin’s, 1996.
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Emsley, Clive. Crime and Society in England 1750-1900. 2nd ed., Longman, 1996.
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November 1940-January 1941: The Registration for Employment Order authorized...
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November 1940-January 1941
The Registration for Employment Order authorized Ernest Bevin
, Minister of Labour, to require women aged between twenty and thirty-one to register at the Labour Exchange
for war work.
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.
213
7 October 1899: The Transvaal Committee was founded by Irish...
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7 October 1899
The Transvaal Committee
was founded by Irish nationalists in support of the Boers.
Ward, Margaret. Unmanageable Revolutionaries: Women and Irish Nationalism. Pluto, 1983.
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5 December 1837: After declaring a provisional government,...
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5 December 1837
After declaring a provisional government, W. L. Mackenzie
led the revolt in Upper Canada, launched the previous day when rebels gathered at Montgomery's Tavern in what is now Toronto.
Keller, Helen, editor. The Dictionary of Dates. Macmillan, 1934, 2 vols.
II: 460
Williams, Neville. Chronology of the Modern World: 1763 to the Present Time. David McKay, 1967.
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Burroughs, Peter. The Canadian Crisis and British Colonial Policy, 1828-1841. Macmillan of Canada, 1972.
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McInnis, Edgar. Canada: A Political and Social History. Revised ed., Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1964.
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1785: A traveller to Paris reported as a novelty...
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1785
A traveller to Paris reported as a novelty that a shop had just opened, called Prix Fixe, where prices were listed on cards and there was therefore no haggling.
Goodman, Dena. Becoming a Woman in the Age of Letters. Cornell University Press, 2009.
168
1858: F. W. Farrar, at that time a master at Harrow...
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1858
F. W. Farrar
, at that time a master at Harrow School
, published Eric, or Little by Little, a more Evangelical rival to Tom Brown's Schooldays by Thomas Hughes
, issued the previous year.
Turner, Ernest Sackville. “Bosh”. London Review of Books, 17 Apr. 2003, pp. 36-8.
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1 March 1711: Joseph Addison began to publish the Spec...
