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1860: The Queen Mother; Rosamund (two plays) appeared...

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1860

The Queen Mother; Rosamund (two plays) appeared this year as Algernon Charles Swinburne 's first publication.
Drabble, Margaret, editor. The Oxford Companion to English Literature. 5th ed., Oxford University Press, 1985.
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Cox, Michael, editor. The Oxford Chronology of English Literature. Oxford University Press, 2002, 2 vols.

Charlotte Forman

Writing in the later eighteenth century, CF was a major contributor to the periodical press, with a total that may have reached about 375 of political essays in letter form, averaging something like 1,300 words...

16 October 1869: Educational reformer Emily Davies welcomed...

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16 October 1869

Educational reformer Emily Davies welcomed the first five students to Girton College .
Herstein, Sheila R. A Mid-Victorian Feminist: Barbara Leigh Smith Bodichon. Yale University Press, 1985.
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McWilliams-Tullberg, Rita. Women at Cambridge. Gollancz, 1975.
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The World of Learning. 45th ed., Allen and Unwin, 1995.
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Purvis, June. A History of Women’s Education in England. Open University Press, 1991.
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13 June 1842: Queen Victoria first travelled by train,...

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13 June 1842

Queen Victoria first travelled by train, from Slough to Paddington.
Bruno, Leonard. On the Move: A Chronology of Advances in Transportation. Gale Research, 1993.
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Allen, G. Freeman. Railways: Past, Present and Future. Orbis Publishing, 1982.
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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.
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1812: Lord Selkirk sponsored massive Scottish immigration...

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1812

Lord Selkirk sponsored massive Scottish immigration to Assiniboia in Canada.
Bozman, Ernest Franklin, editor. Everyman’s Encyclopaedia. 4th Edition, J. M. Dent, 1958, 12 vols.

24 June 1624: Virginia became a Crown Colony.img: see #...

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24 June 1624

Virginia became a Crown Colony.
Grun, Bernard. The Timetables of History. 3rd revised, Simon and Schuster, 1991.
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February 1920: A report on reorganising the British Civil...

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February 1920

A report on reorganising the BritishCivil Service (particularly with regard to the gendering of employment and salary scales) was signed by members of the National Whitley Council . It was published the same year.
“Civil Service National Whitley Council Reorganisation Committee: final report”. BOPCRIS (British Official Publications Collaborative Reader Information): Unlocking Key British Government Publications.

12 December 1963: Kenya became independent within the Commonwealth;...

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12 December 1963

Kenya became independent within the Commonwealth; its first Prime Minister (following elections in May) was Jomo Kenyatta , who had been released from imprisonment on 14 August 1961.
Reader, John. “Scram from Africa”. London Review of Books, 16 Mar. 2000, pp. 31-4.
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Maathai, Wangari. Unbowed. A Memoir. Arrow Books, 2007.
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October 1739: The Gentleman's Magazine printed a four-page...

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October 1739

The Gentleman's Magazine printed a four-page article by an anonymous Lady about women's education and women's employment.
Gentleman’s Magazine. Various publishers.
9 (1739): 525-6

By 28 November 1885: Mary Hoppus, under her married name of Mary...

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By 28 November 1885

Mary Hoppus , under her married name of Mary A. Marks, published her novel Miss Montizambart, a strong sombre story
Blain, Virginia et al., editors. The Feminist Companion to Literature in English: Women Writers from the Middle Ages to the Present. Yale University Press; Batsford, 1990.
of a woman's passionate love for her illegitimate son, who is being brought...

June 1994: The left-wing political monthly Red Pepper:...

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June 1994

The left-wing political monthly Red Pepper: Green Socialism was launched, with Hilary Wainwright as editor.
Brooks, Libby. “Ruth Rendell: Dark lady of whodunnits”. The Guardian, 3 Aug. 2002, pp. 16-19.
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1911: The Women's Industrial Council opened a nursery...

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1911

The Women's Industrial Council opened a nursery training school at Hackney.
Mappen, Ellen. Helping Women at Work: The Women’s Industrial Council, 1889-1914. Hutchinson in association with the Explorations in Feminism Collective, 1985.
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1867: Metta Victoria Fuller Victor (a successful...

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1867

Metta Victoria Fuller Victor (a successful American writer and publisher, as was her husband, Orville James Victor ) serialised under the pseudonym Seeley Regester her novel The Dead Letter.
American National Biography. http://www.anb.org/articles/home.html.
under Orville James Victor
Nickerson, Catherine Ross, and Metta Victoria Fuller Victor. “Introduction”. The Dead Letter; and, The Figure Eight, Duke University Press, 2003, pp. 1-10.
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1683: John Bunyan published a tract examining the...

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1683

John Bunyan published a tract examining the relation of women to the church: A Case of Conscience Resolved.
English Short Title Catalogue. http://estc.bl.uk/.
Beaumont, Agnes. “Introduction”. The Narrative of the Persecutions of Agnes Beaumont, edited by Vera J. Camden, Colleagues Press, 1992, pp. 1-33.
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Probably 1540: Sir Thomas Elyot's The Defence of Good Women...

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Probably 1540

Sir Thomas Elyot 's The Defence of Good Women was published. Its date has provoked disagreement, but 1540 is now generally preferred to 1545.
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.
Cox, Michael, editor. The Oxford Chronology of English Literature. Oxford University Press, 2002, 2 vols.
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.

Earlier 1767: John Trusler founded the Literary Society...

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Earlier 1767

John Trusler founded the Literary Society (designed to make up for the slight attention paid to literature by the Royal Society of Arts, Manufacture and Commerce) and the accompanying Literary Press .
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.
under Trusler

After January 2002: To honour the memory of the beloved author...

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After January 2002

To honour the memory of the beloved author of Pippi Longstocking, the Swedish government founded the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award for children's and young people's literature.
The Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award. http://www.alma.se/default_a.aspx?id=247&epslanguage=EN.

Margaret Legge

ML , author of seven novels published between 1912 and 1929, used her fiction to discuss issues of marriage, women's suffrage, the difficulty of an older generation in adapting to modern life, and utopianism presented...

670: St Ebba the Elder founded a convent at Ebchester...

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670

St Ebba the Elder founded a convent at Ebchester (on the River Derwent, near Newcastle upon Tyne) and a settlement at Coldingham (on the Northumberland coast).
Leibell, Sister Helen Dominica. Anglo-Saxon Education of Women: From Hilda to Hildegarde. B. Franklin, 1971.
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1882: The Lyceum company set out on the first international...

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1882

The Lyceum company set out on the first international theatre tour of North America.
Booth, Michael R. Theatre in the Victorian Age. Cambridge University Press, 1991.
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11 May 1654: John Evelyn noted in his diary that respectable...

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11 May 1654

John Evelyn noted in his diary that respectable women were beginning to paint themselves, formerly a most ignominious thing and us'd only by prostitutes.
Brett, Simon, b. 1945, editor. The Faber Book of Diaries. Faber, 1987.
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By 2 April 1756: Stephen Duck, the poet and former farm labourer...

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By 2 April 1756

Stephen Duck , the poet and former farm labourer who had been taken up by patrons including Queen Caroline and supplied with a living as a clergyman, drowned himself in the trout stream behind the...

17 November 680: Saint Hilda, Abbess of Whitby, died after...

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17 November 680

Saint Hilda , Abbess of Whitby, died after a lifetime of religious leadership whose high points included establishing a double monastery at Whitby in 657 and hosting the Synod of Whitby in 664.
Stephen, Sir Leslie, and Sidney Lee, editors. The Dictionary of National Biography. Smith, Elder, 1908–2026, 22 vols. plus supplements.

4 June 1870: An order in council established a policy...

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4 June 1870

An order in council established a policy of open competitive examinations for positions in the Civil Service .
Pellew, Jill. The Home Office, 1848-1914: from Clerks to Bureaucrats. Heinemann Educational Books, 1982.
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1937: French composer and conductor Nadia Boulanger...

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1937

French composer and conductor Nadia Boulanger became the first woman to conduct the London Symphony Orchestra .
Brakeman, Lynne, and Susan Gall, editors. Chronology of Women Worldwide: People, Places and Events that Shaped Women’s History. Gale Research, 1997.
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