Women’s Writing in the British Isles from the Beginnings to the Present
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1936: The Church of England Archbishops' Commission...
Furlong, Monica. Feminine in the Church. SPCK, 1984.
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29 July 1994: In Pensacola, Florida, a physician and his...
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29 July 1994
In Pensacola, Florida, a physician and his companion were shot dead by a fanatical anti-abortionist.
Williams, Neville et al. Chronology of the 20th Century. Helicon, 1996.
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6 August 1946: The newly introduced family allowance, payable...
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6 August 1946
The newly introduced family allowance, payable only to mothers for a second child onwards, was first issued; the payment was later called child benefit.
Oakley, Ann, and A. Susan Williams, editors. The Politics of the Welfare State. UCL Press, 1994.
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Fay Weldon
Internationally acclaimed as a novelist, playwright and essayist, FW
is a prolific writer whose work ranges over many genres and media, and in 2017 amounted to thirty-four novels, seven short-story volumes, three books for children...
Living an upper-class life in the eighteenth century, Lady Hertford
did not publish; her patronage activity was as important as her writing. But as well as letters, a fragmentary political journal, and commonplace-books, she wrote...
Stevens, Gwendolyn, and Sheldon Gardner. The Women of Psychology. Schenkman, 1982, 2 vols., http://HSS.
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April 1821-May 1829: The Greek War of Liberation was led by Greek...
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April 1821-May 1829
The Greek War of Liberation was led by Greek general Prince Alexander Ypsilantis
, an officer in the service of Russia.
Kinder, Hermann, and Werner Hilgemann. The Anchor Atlas of World History. Translator Menze, Ernest A., Vol.
2
, Anchor, 1978.
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Gildea, Robert. Barricades and Borders: Europe 1800-1914. Oxford University Press, 1987.
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Levey, Judith S., and Agnes Greenhall, editors. The Concise Columbia Encyclopedia. Columbia University Press, 1983.
Haydn, Joseph. Haydn’s Dictionary of Dates and Universal Information. Editor Vincent, Benjamin, 23rd ed., Ward, Lock, 1904.
1823: Elizabeth Scott issued an anthology, Specimens...
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1823
Elizabeth Scott
issued an anthology, Specimens of British Poetry, whose representation of women poets is unusually good.
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.
28 July 1904: The Dowager-Empress of China recognized the...
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28 July 1904
The Dowager-Empress of China recognized the medical work of Protestant missions by contributing 10,000 taels (£1,450) towards the construction of Lockhart medical college at Peking.
Keller, Helen, editor. The Dictionary of Dates. Macmillan, 1934, 2 vols.
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20 March 1933: Hitler began using Dachau, his first concentration...
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20 March 1933
Hitler
began using Dachau, his first concentration camp, to imprison Communists and other political opponents.
Messenger, Charles. World War Two Chronological Atlas: When, Where, How and Why. Bloomsbury, 1989.
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Keegan, John. The Second World War. Viking, 1990.
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10 December 1962: Max Ferdinand Perutz and Sir John Cowdery...
24 May 1738: John Wesley experienced conversion and the...
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24 May 1738
John Wesley
experienced conversion and the assurance of salvation, at the Aldersgate Street meeting-house in London.
Marriott, Sir John A. R. Oxford, Its Place in National History. Clarendon, 1933.
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By 27 January 1732: The great classical scholar Richard Bentley...
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By 27 January 1732
The great classical scholar Richard Bentley
published his notorious edition of Milton
's Paradise Lost.
Gentleman’s Magazine. Various publishers.
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1 July 1848: John Cassell established the publishing firm...
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1 July 1848
John Cassell
established the publishing firm of John Cassell
in London with the first issue of a weekly newspaper, the Standard of Freedom.
Rose, Jonathan, and Patricia J. Anderson, editors. Dictionary of Literary Biography 106. Gale Research, 1991.
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By 20 September 1939: According to one (unofficial) calculation,...
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By 20 September 1939
According to one (unofficial) calculation, 750,000 people had been thrown out of work within two weeks by the prospect of war.
Oakley, Ann. Man and Wife: Richard and Kay Titmuss: My Parents’ Early Years. HarperCollins, 1996.
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10 October 1963: The international Limited Test Ban Treaty...
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10 October 1963
The international Limited Test Ban Treaty came into force: it prohibited testing nuclear weapons on water, in the air, and in space, but not underground.
Byers, Michael. “Back to the Cold War?”. London Review of Books, 22 June 2000, pp. 16-17.
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November 1915: Women's Police Volunteers were recognized...
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November 1915
Women's Police Volunteers
were recognized by the Grantham Town Council as members of the local police force, becoming the first paid women police in local forces in Great Britain.
Allen, Mary S. The Pioneer Policewoman. AMS Press, 1973.
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1 April 1874: The Times featured the first weather map...
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1 April 1874
The Times featured the first weather map to be printed in a British newspaper.
Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century, 1992.
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19 November 1910: The Daily Sketch printed a condemnatory report...
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19 November 1910
The Daily Sketch printed a condemnatory report with pictures of the previous day's suffrage demonstration at the House of Commons
, couched in a tone of strong disapproval.
Kazantzis, Judith, editor. Women in Revolt: the fight for emancipation: a collection of contemporary documents. Cape, 1968.
1 April 1789: Hester Lynch Piozzi (a propos reports about...
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1 April 1789
Hester Lynch Piozzi
(a propos reports about Marie Antoinette
) indignantly recorded what she presents as if it was her first encounter with lesbianism.
Mavor, Elizabeth. The Ladies of Llangollen. Penguin, 1973.
July 1775: On the death of Charles Say (a major London...
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July 1775
On the death of Charles Say
(a major London printer, publisher of the official newspaper The Gazetteer), his widow Mary Say
took over the business.
Barker, Hannah. “Women, work and the industrial revolution: female involvement in the English printing trades, c. 1700-1840”. Gender in Eighteenth-Century England: Roles, Representations and Responsibilities, edited by Hannah Barker and Elaine Chalus, Longman, 1997, pp. 81-100.
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Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.
Christmas Day 1989: In Romania, Elena and Nicolae Ceausescu,...
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Christmas Day 1989
In Romania, Elena
and Nicolae Ceausescu
, whose regime was hideously oppressive in social policies, particularly those of gender, were shot by army firing squad after being removed from office by popular uprising.
Murphy, Dervla. Transylvania and Beyond. Penguin, 1998.
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August 1824: Henry Hickman, surgeon at Ludlow in Shropshire,...
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August 1824
Henry Hickman
, surgeon at Ludlow in Shropshire, published A Letter on Suspended Animation, which details his surgical experiments on anaesthetized animals and speculates about extending them to humans.
Duin, Nancy, and Jenny Sutcliffe. A History of Medicine: From Prehistory to the Year 2020. Simon and Schuster, 1992.
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Youngson, A. J. The Scientific Revolution in Victorian Medicine. Holmes and Meier, 1979.
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Nicholls, C. S., editor. The Dictionary of National Biography: Missing Persons. Oxford University Press, 1993.
