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1839: Theodor Schwann published the results of...

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1839

Theodor Schwann published the results of his cell research, translated into English in 1847 as Microscopical Researches into the Accordance in the Structure and Growth of Animals and Plants.
Merrill, Lynn L. The Romance of Victorian Natural History. Oxford University Press, 1989.
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Taton, René, editor. Science in the Nineteenth Century. Translator Pomerans, Arnold J., Vol. 3, Basic Books, 1965.
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14 February 1998: US playwright Eve Ensler, author of The Vagina...

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14 February 1998

US playwright Eve Ensler , author of The Vagina Monologues (premiered in 1996), used this stage piece for what she called V-day, raising money for groups campaigning against violence to women.
Weiss, Suzanne. “The Vagina Monologues - Eve Ensler”. culturevulture.net - choices for the cognoscenti, 5 Nov. 2000.

1927: The Cinematograph Films Act developed from...

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1927

The Cinematograph Films Act developed from a sense of American infringement on the British film industry; it imposed on cinema owners some minimum standards of British productions.
Robinson, David. The History of World Cinema. Stein and Day, 1981.
150, 195

28 June 1940: The Womanpower Committee (WPC) was formed,...

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28 June 1940

The Womanpower Committee (WPC) was formed, with Irene Ward as chairman, with the purpose of influencing government policy.
Smith, Harold L. “The Womanpower Problem in Britain During the Second World War”. The Historical Journal, Vol.
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, No. 4, Dec. 1984, pp. 925-45.
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Parker, Henry Michael Denne. Manpower: A Study of War-time Policy and Administration. Her Majesty’s Stationery Office, 1957.
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Margaret Mead

MM was a United States anthropologist whose works, many of them concerned with sexuality or gender and full of comparisons between the customs of primitive societies and those of the contemporary USA, reached a...
Margaret Mead Black and white head-shot of Margaret Mead. She is wearing a dark jacket and she has dark, curly, jaw-length hair.

1914: In Burgess Unabridged: A New Dictionary of...

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1914

In Burgess Unabridged: A New Dictionary of Words You Have Always Needed, Gelett Burgess coined the word blurb, meaning an author's testimonial for the work of another writer.
Cronin, Blaise. “Puff pellets”. The Author, Vol.
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, No. 4, 1 Dec. 2005–28 Feb. 2006, pp. 159-60.
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January 1870: The Bankruptcy Act ended the use of imprisonment...

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January 1870

The Bankruptcy Act ended the use of imprisonment as punishment for debt.
Cook, Chris, and John, 1946 - Stevenson, editors. The Longman Handbook of Modern British History, 1714-1995. Third edition, Longman, 1996.
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September 1736-1738: Joseph Ilive, who had worked on the Gentleman's...

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September 1736-1738

Joseph Ilive , who had worked on the Gentleman's Magazine, founded a rival Gentleman's Magazine; and Monthly Oracle; but it proved short-lived.
Italia, Iona. Philosophers, Knights-Errant, Coquettes and Old Maids. Cambridge University, 1997.
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October 1972: The National Health Services Amendment Bill...

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October 1972

The National Health Services Amendment Bill allowed local authorities in Britain to support vasectomy services.
Wood, Clive. Vasectomy and Sterilization. Temple Smith, 1974.
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1891: The St Bride Printing Library of London was...

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1891

The St Bride Printing Library of London was established from the acquired collection of the bibliographer William Blades (d. 1890).
Gentry, Helen, and David Greenhood. Chronology of Books and Printing. Rev. ed., Macmillan, 1936.
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Clair, Colin. A Chronology of Printing. Cassell, 1969.
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28 May 1937: Neville Chamberlain, as Conservative leader...

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28 May 1937

Neville Chamberlain , as Conservative leader within the coalition government called National, became British Prime Minister following Stanley Baldwin 's resignation.
Cook, Chris, and John, 1946 - Stevenson. The Longman Handbook of Modern British History 1714-1987. 2nd ed., Longman, 1988.
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Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century, 1992.
491, 382

1994: The Royal Astronomical Society elected its...

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1994

The Royal Astronomical Society elected its first female president, Carole Jordan .
“Women’s History Timeline”. BBC: Radio 4: Woman’s Hour.

1973: Erin Pizzey of the Chiswick women's refuge...

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1973

Erin Pizzey of the Chiswick women's refuge was the presiding spirit behind the first Women's Aid (WA) National Conference, held in London.
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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18 May 1661: The group which later became the Royal Society...

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18 May 1661

The group which later became the Royal Society received its first gift of a rarity for its Repository.
Todd, Janet. The Secret Life of Aphra Behn. Rutgers University Press, 1997.
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From October 1774: The famous Bristol election campaign was...

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From October 1774

The famous Bristol election campaign was fought on the issue of taxing the American colonies, with Edmund Burke standing against the tax.
Jones, Mary Gwladys. Hannah More. Cambridge University Press, 1952.
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Namier, Sir Lewis Bernstein, and John, 1920 - Brooke, editors. The House of Commons, 1754-1790. Her Majesty’s Stationery Office, 1964.
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By April 1772: A work entitled Essay on the Force of Imagination...

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By April 1772

A work entitled Essay on the Force of Imagination in Pregnant Women exploded (not for the first time) myths about a woman's fantasies physically marking the body of the embryo in her womb.
Critical Review. W. Simpkin and R. Marshall, 5 series.
33 (1772): 329

Alicia D'Anvers

ADA is a remarkably skilled and hard-hitting verse satirist of the late Restoration period, who writes about international politics and about the misogynist, ingrown, self-satisfied culture of the university to whose press her father was...

27 June 2007: Gordon Brown succeeded Tony Blair as Prime...

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27 June 2007

Gordon Brown succeeded Tony Blair as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom after an unprecedented period in the role of Prime-Minister-elect as well as Chancellor of the Exchequeur.
“Brown is UK’s new prime minister”. BBC News: Politics, 27 June 2007.

1803: The Wesleyan Conference decided that their...

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1803

The Wesleyan Conference decided that their association (still within the Anglican Church but soon to form the new body of the Methodist Church ) should bar women from preaching.
Ashton, Rosemary. George Eliot: A Life. Hamish Hamilton, 1996.
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2 August 1914: The World Alliance for Promoting International...

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2 August 1914

The World Alliance for Promoting International Friendship through the Churches was founded at a conference in Constance, Switzerland.
Edwards, David Lawrence. Christian England, from the Eighteenth Century to the First World War. Collins, 1984, 3 vols.
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23 March 1866: The Jamaica Government Act was passed in...

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23 March 1866

The Jamaica Government Act was passed in the UK; it was the first of a number of instances in which a constitution was rewritten to incorporate rule from London.
Haydn, Joseph. Haydn’s Dictionary of Dates and Universal Information. Editor Vincent, Benjamin, 21st ed., Ward, Lock and Bowden, 1895.
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Wiseman, Herbert Victor. A Short History of the British West Indies. University of London Press, 1950.
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October 1859: The Society for Promoting the Employment...

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October 1859

The Society for Promoting the Employment of Women officially joined with the Social Science Association .
Herstein, Sheila R. A Mid-Victorian Feminist: Barbara Leigh Smith Bodichon. Yale University Press, 1985.
140, 142

1665: The Royal Society, founded the previous year,...

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1665

The Royal Society , founded the previous year, published its first number of Philosophical Transactions, the earliest scientific journal.
Cook, Chris, and John Wroughton. English Historical Facts, 1603-1688. Macmillan, 1980.
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26 November 1891: A private command performance of Mascagni's...

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26 November 1891

A private command performance of Mascagni 's Cavalleria Rusticana was presented at Windsor Castle for Queen Victoria .
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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1677: Samuel Lee published a directory of London...

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1677

Samuel Lee published a directory of London merchants: A Collection of the Names of the Merchants . . ..
Hunt, Margaret R. The Middling Sort: Commerce, Gender, and the Family in England, 1680-1780. University of California Press, 1996.
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