Women’s Writing in the British Isles from the Beginnings to the Present
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Elizabeth B. Lester
EBL
was an early-nineteenth-century didactic novelist whose favourite topic is the question of whether it is better to marry or stay single. Most of her fiction considers this and comparable issues of domestic morality, but...
11 June 1895: The UK annexed Tongaland....
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11 June 1895
The UK annexed Tongaland.
Keller, Helen, editor. The Dictionary of Dates. Macmillan, 1934, 2 vols.
I: 589
Langer, William L., editor. An Encyclopedia of World History: Ancient, Medieval, and Modern, Chronologically Arranged. 4th ed., Houghton Mifflin, 1968.
889
26 January 1942: Eamon De Valera protested against the stationing...
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26 January 1942
Eamon De Valera
protested against the stationing of American troops in Northern Ireland on the grounds that Britain and the US might invade Eire to secure military bases.
Messenger, Charles. World War Two Chronological Atlas: When, Where, How and Why. Bloomsbury, 1989.
77
Weinberg, Gerhard L. A World At Arms: A Global History of World War II. Cambridge University Press, 1994.
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14 April 1582: The College of Edinburgh (later the University...
Haydn, Joseph. Haydn’s Dictionary of Dates and Universal Information. Editor Vincent, Benjamin, 23rd ed., Ward, Lock, 1904.
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Edinburgh University: A Sketch of its Life for 300 Years. James Gemmeli, 1884.
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Sir Walter Scot
The remarkable career of Walter Scott
began with a period as a Romantic poet (the leading Romantic poet in terms of popularity) before he went on to achieve even greater popularity as a novelist, particularly...
ST
's writing arose out of her work for two causes, religion and education, brought most closely together in her interest in Sunday schools. She edited magazines and was a pioneer both in animal stories...
6 April 1962: Britain and the USA signed the Polaris agreement,...
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6 April 1962
Britain and the USA signed the Polaris agreement, whereby Britain contracted to buy American nuclear missiles.
Williams, Neville et al. Chronology of the 20th Century. Helicon, 1996.
330
25 April 1913: The Cat and Mouse Act (Prisoners' Temporary...
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25 April 1913
The Cat and Mouse Act (Prisoners' Temporary Discharge for Ill-Health Act) received royal assent; the Act empowered authorities to release hunger-strikers from prison long enough for them to regain their health, after which they were...
1859: The first pharmaceuticals factory opened...
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1859
The first pharmaceuticals factory opened in St Helens, Merseyside
Sweet, Matthew. Inventing the Victorians. St Martin’s Press, 2001.
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February 1878: The acquittal of Charles Bradlaugh and Annie...
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February 1878
The acquittal of Charles Bradlaugh
and Annie Besant
in their famous obscenity trial meant that distribution of birth control information was no longer illegal.
Weeks, Jeffrey. Sex, Politics and Society: The Regulation of Sexuality since 1800. Longman, 1981.
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Fryer, Peter. The Birth Controllers. Secker and Warburg, 1965.
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Margery Lawrence
A twentieth-century writer of popular fiction, ML
published nearly thirty novels in a wide range of genres, including adventure-romance and novels of the supernatural. The generic boundaries of her novels are fluid, and many verge...
February 1879: The Malthusian, advocating birth control,...
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February 1879
The Malthusian, advocating birth control, began monthly publication in London.
Ledbetter, Rosanna. A History of the Malthusian League: 1877-1927. Ohio State University Press, 1976.
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.
1788: Bernardin de Saint-Pierre published his popular...
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1788
Bernardin de Saint-Pierre
published his popular sentimental novel Paul et Virginie, a two-generation story involving friendship between two single mothers living in a kind of exile in the idyllic, colonial, tropical Ile de France...
1858: The Female Mission to the Fallen was organized...
Walkowitz, Judith R. ’We Are Not Beasts of the Field’: Prostitution and the Campaign Against the Contagious Diseases Acts, 1869-1886. University of Rochester, 1974.
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1951: Peter Owen founded his own publishing company...
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1951
Peter Owen
founded his own publishing company in London.
Rose, Jonathan, and Patricia J. Anderson, editors. Dictionary of Literary Biography 112. Gale Research, 1991.
242
Mumby, Frank Arthur, and Ian Norrie. Mumby’s Publishing and Bookselling in the Twentieth Century. 6th ed., Bell and Hyman, 1982.
158
16 January 1855: Eleanor Marx, leading British socialist (and...
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16 January 1855
Eleanor Marx
, leading British socialist (and daughter of Karl Marx
), was born in London.
Hill, Draper. Mr. Gillray, the Caricaturist. Phaidon Press, 1965.
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By the late 1640s: Caribbean sugar production became established...
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By the late 1640s
Caribbean sugar production became established among the colonists on the island of Barbados. An upper-class luxury hitherto imported from Palestine and Syria now became a popular commodity in Britain, and an engine driving...
1953: Chad Varah began the Samaritans, a charity...
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1953
Chad Varah
began the Samaritans
, a charity to assist people in despair, with a telephone line in the bombed-out crypt of St Stephen Walbrook in London, where he was the incumbent.
Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century, 1992.
407
Dickens, Monica. An Open Book. Heinemann, 1978.
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October 1983: The Women's Review of Books began publication...
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October 1983
The Women's Review of Books began publication as a feminist reviewing journal on the model of The New York Review of Books.
University of Alberta Libraries On-line Catalogue. http://www.library.ualberta.ca/.
From 1670: Mrs Bellpine (nee La Marre) ran a fashionable...
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From 1670
Mrs Bellpine
(nee La Marre) ran a fashionable boarding school for girls at Marylebone, London, which flourished until the mid 1700s.
Adburgham, Alison. Women in Print: Writing Women and Women’s Magazines from the Restoration to the Accession of Victoria. George Allen and Unwin Ltd., 1972.
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1897: Anton Pavlovich Chekhov published at St Petersburg...
“Dictionary of Literary Biography online”. Gale Databases: Literature Resource Center-LRC.
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1933: The British Museum purchased Codex Sinaiticus...
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1933
The British Museum
purchased Codex Sinaiticus from the Soviet government for £100,000.
Clair, Colin. A Chronology of Printing. Cassell, 1969.
181
Bozman, Ernest Franklin, editor. Everyman’s Encyclopaedia. 4th Edition, J. M. Dent, 1958, 12 vols.
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1956: Ann Landers (Esther Phillips), born in Iowa,...
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1956
Ann Landers (Esther Phillips), born in Iowa, living in Chicago, began publishing her newspaper advice column, later syndicated around the USA and beyond.
Toth, Emily. “Common-sense columnist”. Women’s Review of Books, Vol.
