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September-October 1969: The journal Socialist Woman was launched...

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September-October 1969

The journal Socialist Woman was launched by women's groups in Nottingham and London and by the International Marxist Group (IMG).
Ross, Elizabeth Arledge, and Miriam L. Bearse. A Chronology of the Women’s Liberation Movement in Britain. Editors Boyle, Karen E. and The Oral History Project Advisory Group, The Feminist Archive, 1996, http://Bodleian.
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Solo: Search Oxford University Libraries Online. 18 July 2011, http://solo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?vid=OXVU1&fromLogin=true&reset_config=true.

1966: The sixteen-year-old future first supermodel...

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1966

The sixteen-year-old future first supermodel Twiggy (born Leslie Hornby, later Lawson) participated in her first photo shoot.
“Women’s History Timeline”. BBC: Radio 4: Woman’s Hour.

22 May 1661: The common hangman at London publicly burned...

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22 May 1661

The common hangman at London publicly burned the Covenant with the Scots, as a symbol of stamping out Presbyterianism in England.
Evelyn, John. The Diary of John Evelyn. Editor De Beer, Esmond Samuel, Oxford University Press, 1959.
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Marghanita Laski

ML , a cultural force in twentieth-century Britain, published six novels, four biographies (one on multiple subjects), an anti-nuclear play, a collection of children's stories, three quasi-scientific investigations into secular and religious experiences, and various...
Marghanita Laski Black-and-white photo of Marghanita Laski. She is wearing a tassled cap and is draped in striped fabric. Therer is a small gecko brooch on her left that sits between her fingers.

1906: Tolstoy on Shakespeare, which included a...

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1906

Tolstoy on Shakespeare, which included a translation of Tolstoy by Isabella Fyvie Mayo as I. F. M., and Vladimir Grigorevich Chertkov as V. Tchertkoff (as well as an essay by George Bernard Shaw ), was published.
OCLC WorldCat. 1992–1998, http://www.oclc.org/firstsearch/content/worldcat/. Accessed 1999.

9 April 1763: Christopher Smart published A Song to Da...

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9 April 1763

Christopher Smart published A Song to David.
Critical Review. W. Simpkin and R. Marshall, 5 series.
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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.
Borne Back Daily. 2001, http://borneback.com/ .
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29 July 1986: George Allen and Unwin Limited and Bell and...

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29 July 1986

George Allen and Unwin Limited and Bell and Hyman Limited merged to form Unwin Hyman Limited .
Rose, Jonathan, and Patricia J. Anderson, editors. Dictionary of Literary Biography 112. Gale Research, 1991.
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19 May 1908: A campaign to establish a National Theatre...

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19 May 1908

A campaign to establish a National Theatre began with a mass meeting at the Lyceum Theatre , London.
Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century, 1992.
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Weinreb, Ben, and Christopher Hibbert, editors. The London Encyclopaedia. Papermac, 1987, http://4-22.
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Mary More

An amateur writer of the mid-seventeenth century (as well as a painter) who could also turn her hand to verse, MM left two surviving, unpublished works, both entirely forgotten until very recently. The now better-known...

1896: Grant Allen published A Splendid Sin, which...

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1896

Grant Allen published A Splendid Sin, which was influenced by the psychological ideas of Henry Maudsley .
Collie, Michael. Henry Maudsley: Victorian Psychiatrist. West End House, 1988, http://HSS.
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Cox, Michael, editor. The Oxford Chronology of English Literature. Oxford University Press, 2002, 2 vols.

30 April 1793: Women were officially excluded from the revolutionary...

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30 April 1793

Women were officially excluded from the revolutionary French army.
Godineau, Dominique. The Women of Paris and Their French Revolution. Translator Streip, Katherine, University of California Press, 1998.
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1983: The Avon Touring Company produced Melissa...

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1983

The Avon Touring Company produced Melissa Murray 's drama The Crooked Scythe.
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.

1889: Bertha von Suttner published Die Waffen nieder...

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1889

Bertha von Suttner published Die Waffen nieder (Lay down your Arms), a work which inspired Alfred Nobel to establish his Peace Prize.
Grun, Bernard. The Timetables of History. 3rd revised, Simon and Schuster, 1991.
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7 September-November 1940: The first period of the Blitz brought London...

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7 September-November 1940

The first period of the Blitz brought London months of regular nightly bombing. Three million homes were damaged, probably more than 30,000 people killed, and millions of books were destroyed in publishers' warehouses around St...

30 January 1933: Hitler became Chancellor of Germany....

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30 January 1933

Hitler became Chancellor of Germany.
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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Laqueur, Thomas. “Devoted to Terror”. London Review of Books, Vol.
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17 July 1742: At least six women died after being arrested...

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17 July 1742

At least six women died after being arrested in the streets at night and crammed into a round-house (i.e. a lock-up) in St Martin in the Fields, London.
Walpole, Horace. The Letters of Horace Walpole. Editor Toynbee, Mrs Paget, Clarendon, 1903–1925, 16 vols.
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Henderson, Tony. Disorderly Women. Longman, 1999.
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1910: Russian-American anarchist Emma Goldman (most...

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1910

Russian-American anarchist Emma Goldman (most of whose writing appeared in periodicals or pamphlets) reached to a wider public with Anarchism and Other Essays.
Forster, Margaret. Significant Sisters. Secker and Warburg, 1984.
prelims, 311, 327

July 1873: Eliza Walker Dunbar was elected to the post...

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July 1873

Eliza Walker Dunbar was elected to the post of house-surgeon at the Hospital for Sick Children and Outdoor Treatment of Women in Bristol; however, she was soon forced to resign.
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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July 1944: British Jews appealed to the government on...

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July 1944

British Jews appealed to the government on behalf of Jews in Hungary; Herbert Morrison told Anthony Eden that nothing must be done that would result in receiving more refugees.
Guttenplan, D. D. “Visa Requirement”. London Review of Books, 6 July 2000, pp. 28-9.
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December 1852: The first examination for the Midwifery Licence...

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December 1852

The first examination for the Midwifery Licence of the College of Surgeons was held.
Moscucci, Ornella. The Science of Woman: Gynaecology and Gender in England, 1800-1929. Cambridge University Press, 1990.
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Towler, Jean. Midwives in History and Society. Croom Helm, 1986.
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Donnison, Jean. Midwives and Medical Men: A History of Inter-Professional Rivalries and Women’s Rights. Schocken Books, 1977.
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9 November 1640: In a season during which John Pym and the...

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9 November 1640

In a season during which John Pym and the Long Parliament created the laws and institutions which were to guide the early parliamentarian regime, a committee was set up to consider the issue of recusants.
Purkiss, Diane. The English Civil War, A People’s History. Harper Perennial, 2007.
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19 May 1900: An international convention was held with...

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19 May 1900

An international convention was held with the object of securing the conservation of wild animals in Africa.
Keller, Helen, editor. The Dictionary of Dates. Macmillan, 1934, 2 vols.
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Gertrude Bell

GB , who began publishing in the late nineteenth century, became well-known in the early twentieth century as a writer of popular travel narratives. She also wrote books on archeological and political topics, and she...
Gertrude Bell Black and white photo of Gertrude Bell standing in front of a tent in Iraq, 1941, palm trees in the background. She has a covering on her head to protect her from the sun. She is wearing a jacker, a long skirt, and unsuitable-looking shoes.

1702: Hanging paper (i.e. wallpaper) was already...

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1702

Hanging paper (i.e. wallpaper) was already on sale in London, some of it imported from China.
Saumarez Smith, Charles. Eighteenth-Century Decoration: Design and the Domestic Interior in England. Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1993.
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Garnett, Oliver. “Paper Chase”. The National Trust Magazine, Vol.
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1815: The Guardian Society was founded, with the...

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1815

The Guardian Society was founded, with the aim of clearing the City of London of vice.
Bristow, Edward. Vice and Vigilance: Purity Movements in Britain Since 1700. Gill and Macmillan, 1977.
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