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1889: Queen's College, Belfast, began admitting...

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1889

Queen's College, Belfast, began admitting women to medical classes in response to requests from the Belfast Ladies' Institute .
Breathnach, Eibhlín. “Charting New Waters: Women’s Experience in Higher Education, 1879-1908”. Girls Don’t Do Honours: Irish Women in Education in the 19th and 20th Centuries, edited by Mary Cullen, Women’s Education Bureau, 1987, pp. 55-78.
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Moody, Theodore William, and James Camlin Beckett. Queen’s, Belfast 1845-1949: The History of a University. Faber and Faber, 1959.
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May 1912: A group of women singers including Sarah...

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May 1912

A group of women singers including Sarah Bernhardt , Mrs Patrick Campbell , Clara Butt , and Anna Pavlova rallied together for a single performance in aid of the Titanic Disaster Fund at Covent Garden.
Drogheda, Charles Garrett Ponsonby Moore, Earl of et al. The Covent Garden Album: 250 Years of Theatre, Opera, and Ballet. Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1981.
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By February 1984: The National Portrait Gallery in London recognised...

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By February 1984

The National Portrait Gallery in London recognised the historical character of the contemporary century by opening new Twentieth Century Galleries, devoted to that period exclusively.
“The Times Digital Archive 1785-2007”. Thompson Gale: The Times Digital Archive.
(6 February 1984): 13

5 December 1922: Children's Hour was first broadcast on the...

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5 December 1922

Children's Hour was first broadcast on the BBC .
Briggs, Asa. The BBC: The First Fifty Years. Oxford University Press, 1985.
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About 1600: Women made up 10% of listed members of the...

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About 1600

Women made up 10% of listed members of the Stationers' Company .
Franck, Irene, and David Brownstone. Women’s World: A Timeline of Women in History. HarperCollins; HarperPerennial, 1995.
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1888: After dominating the spiritualist field for...

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1888

After dominating the spiritualist field for forty years, the famous American sisters Margaret and Kate Fox announced that their abilites had been completely fraudulent
Owen, Alex. The Darkened Room: Women, Power, and Spiritualism in Late Nineteenth-Century England. Virago, 1989.
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Jessie Russell

JR was a Scottish working-class poet who published in periodicals and in a single volume, 1877. Her work evinces a strong sense of class identity and of incisive protest against the violence and hardship suffered...

29 September 1941: A secret directive issued at Berlin enunciated...

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29 September 1941

A secret directive issued at Berlin enunciated Hitler 's decision to have Leningrad wiped from the face of the earth.
Dunmore, Helen. The Siege. Quality Paperbacks Direct, 2001.
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6 February 1772: The House of Commons rejected a petition...

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6 February 1772

The House of Commons rejected a petition to drop the Creeds and Thirty-Nine Articles as requisites to Anglican belief.
Gentleman’s Magazine. Various publishers.
42 (1772): 156

September 1965: The United Nations Conference on Population...

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September 1965

The United Nations Conference on Population was held.
Pfeffer, Naomi. The Stork and the Syringe: A Political History of Reproductive Medicine. Polity Press, 1993.
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Jackie Kay

JK 's poetry, plays, and fiction explore issues of divided, displaced, or mixed identity. Her writings probe and challenge assumptions about race, gender, and sexuality with a mixture of pain and humour. She often draws...
Jackie Kay Photo of Jackie Kay taken during the annual Edinburgh International Book Festival. She is wearing brown tinted glasses and a dress with small polka-squares that matches her earrings. she has short black hair.

January 1874: Following the controversy surrounding female...

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January 1874

Following the controversy surrounding female medical students, Edinburgh University announced that it would no longer teach women.
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 1895: The Women's National Liberal Association...

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December 1895

The Women's National Liberal Association began publishing a quarterly review in London.
Doughan, David, and Denise Sanchez. Feminist Periodicals, 1855-1984. Harvester Press, 1987.
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1943: The comic book Wonder Woman was launched...

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1943

The comic book Wonder Woman was launched by All-America Comics . The comic relates the exploits of a female Superman who, wearing a swimsuit and riding astride a circus horse, hunts down Hitler and his...

1868: The first traffic light (invented by John...

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1868

The first traffic light (invented by John Peake Knight ) was installed outside the Houses of Parliament in London.
O’Hagan, Andrew. “At Tottenham Court Road”. London Review of Books, Vol.
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20 February 1702: William III broke his collar-bone when his...

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20 February 1702

William III broke his collar-bone when his horse stumbled on a mole-hill; this was the ultimate cause of his death the following month.
Defoe, Daniel. Selected Poetry and Prose of Daniel Defoe. Editor Shugrue, Michael F., Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1968.
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Stephen, Sir Leslie, and Sidney Lee, editors. The Dictionary of National Biography. Smith, Elder, 1908–2026, 22 vols. plus supplements.

1841: The death penalty for rape was changed to...

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1841

The death penalty for rape was changed to transportation for life.
Mitchell, Sally, editor. Victorian Britain: An Encyclopedia. Garland Press, 1988.
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Adler, Zsuzsanna. Rape on Trial. Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1987.
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27 March 1802: The Peace of Amiens ended the war which had...

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27 March 1802

The Peace of Amiens ended the war which had raged between England and France for nine years.
Hemlow, Joyce. The History of Fanny Burney. Clarendon, 1958.
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Newman, Gerald, editor. Britain in the Hanoverian Age, 1714-1837: An Encyclopedia. Garland, 1997.
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5 May 1646: King Charles I surrendered to the Scots Covenanters,...

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5 May 1646

King Charles I surrendered to the Scots Covenanters , with whom he had been at war for seven years.
Bozman, Ernest Franklin, editor. Everyman’s Encyclopaedia. 4th Edition, J. M. Dent, 1958, 12 vols.
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1869: The intellectual Oxford magazine Academy...

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1869

The intellectual Oxford magazine Academy began publication, founded by Charles Appleton .
Sutherland, John, b. 1938. The Stanford Companion to Victorian Fiction. Stanford University Press, 1989.
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4 January 1894: The Woman's Signal: a Weekly Record and Review...

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4 January 1894

The Woman's Signal: a Weekly Record and Review devoted to the interests of women in the home and in the wider world (successor to Henrietta Müller 's Women's Penny Paper) issued its first number...

25 September-20 November 1819: The Briton, a radical weekly, began a month...

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25 September-20 November 1819

The Briton, a radical weekly, began a month after the Peterloo Massacre and appeared each Saturday for two months.
Keen, Paul, and Kevin Gilmartin, editors. The Popular Radical Press in Britain 1817-1821. Pickering and Chatto, 2003, 6 vols.

June 1942: Austerity regulations outlawed pockets, pleats,...

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June 1942

Austerity regulations outlawed pockets, pleats, and long socks.
Minns, Raynes. Bombers and Mash: The Domestic Front 1939-45. Virago, 1980.
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2 July 1798: The conservative Lady's Monthly Museum: or...

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2 July 1798

The conservative Lady's Monthly Museum: or polite repository of amusement and instruction published its first number. Sometimes called The Ladies' Monthly Museum . . . it ran until the 1830s.
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.
Beetham, Margaret. A Magazine of Her Own?: Domesticity and Desire in the Woman’s Magazine, 1800-1914. Routledge, 1996.
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Pitcher, Edward W. The "Lady’s Monthly Museum". First Series: 1798-1806. Edwin Mellen Press, 2000.
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.

Mrs Ross:

The still unidentified novelist Mrs Ross , known only by her surname, published a rush of titles—seven—between 1811 and 1816. Her work is racy, highly-coloured, and heavily moralised. Later works once listed as hers have...