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By late November 1956: Kathryn Hulme published her best-seller The...

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By late November 1956

Kathryn Hulme published her best-seller The Nun's Story, about a Belgian woman whose years as a nun included nursing in the then Belgian Congo, but who finally left her Order to return to the world.
Freeman, Gwen. “Conflict of Loyalties”. Times Literary Supplement, No. 2856, 23 Nov. 1956, p. 695.
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1876: A volume of verse called Mirren's Musings...

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1876

A volume of verse called Mirren's Musings appeared in Glasgow, by the young radical feminist and music teacher Marion Bernstein .
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.
Boos, Florence S. “Cauld Engle-Cheek: Working-Class Women Poets in Victorian Scotland”. Victorian Poetry, Vol.
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, No. 1, 1995, pp. 53-73.
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King, Elspeth. The Hidden History of Glasgow’s Women: The Thenew Factor. Mainstream Publishing, 1993.
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February-March 1693: John Dunton published, in London, the four...

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February-March 1693

John Dunton published, in London, the four issues of The Ladies' Mercury, a sister paper to the Athenian Mercury.
White, Cynthia L. Women’s Magazines 1693-1968. Michael Joseph, 1970.
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Winship, Janice. Inside Women’s Magazines. Pandora, 1987.
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Cox, Michael, editor. The Oxford Chronology of English Literature. Oxford University Press, 2002, 2 vols.

Pat Arrowsmith

PA 's writing—novels, poetry, memoirs and non-fiction, spanning much of the later twentieth century—reflects her lifelong commitment to militant political activism. Her work firmly expresses her socialist, pacifist, and feminist politics and often contains a...
Pat Arrowsmith Black-and-white photo of Pat Arrowsmith protesting in Cardiff, after unsuccessfully running as a candidate for the Trotskyist Socialist Unity Party, against Prime Minister James Callahan, 3 May 1979.

1843: In Man's Power Over Himself to Prevent or...

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1843

In Man's Power Over Himself to Prevent or Control Insanity, the Rev. John Barlow asserted that rational exercise
Cooter, Roger. “Phrenology and British Alienists, ca. 1825-1845”. Madhouses, Mad-Doctors, and Madmen: The Social History of Psychiatry in the Victorian Era, edited by Andrew Scull, University of Pennsylvania Press, 1981, pp. 58-104.
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of the brain could avert lunacy.
Showalter, Elaine. The Female Malady: Women, Madness, and English Culture, 1830-1980. Pantheon Books, 1985.
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Cooter, Roger. “Phrenology and British Alienists, ca. 1825-1845”. Madhouses, Mad-Doctors, and Madmen: The Social History of Psychiatry in the Victorian Era, edited by Andrew Scull, University of Pennsylvania Press, 1981, pp. 58-104.
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31 July 1797: The London Corresponding Society's final...

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31 July 1797

The LondonCorresponding Society 's final public meeting was dispersed as illegal by magistrates.
Goodwin, Albert. The Friends of Liberty: The English Democratic Movement in the Age of the French Revolution. Hutchinson, 1979.
412-3

February 1927: Alice Holland produced the first issue of...

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February 1927

Alice Holland produced the first issue of Working Woman, a monthly Communist Party paper published in London.
Harrison, Royden et al. The Warwick Guide to British Labour Periodicals, 1790-1970: A Check List. Harvester Press, 1977.
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Doughan, David, and Denise Sanchez. Feminist Periodicals, 1855-1984. Harvester Press, 1987.
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1891: The Women's Protective and Provident League...

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1891

The Women's Protective and Provident League (founded 1874) changed its name to the Women's Trade Union League , after a two-year period as the Women's Trades Union Provident League .
Goldman, Harold. Emma Paterson: She Led Woman into a Man’s World. Lawrence and Wishart, 1974.
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Mitchell, Sally, editor. Victorian Britain: An Encyclopedia. Garland Press, 1988.
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24 August 1688: At eleven weeks old the prince James Edward...

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24 August 1688

At eleven weeks old the prince James Edward was finally found a wet-nurse.
Evelyn, John. The Diary of John Evelyn. Editor De Beer, Esmond Samuel, Oxford University Press, 1959.
882, 888

1912: The first three printings of The Gate-Openers,...

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1912

The first three printings of The Gate-Openers, a novel by K. L. Montgomery , followed each other in rapid succession.
OCLC WorldCat. 1992–1998, http://www.oclc.org/firstsearch/content/worldcat/. Accessed 1999.
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.

17 August 1836: The first Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration...

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17 August 1836

The first Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act covering England and Wales was passed.
Weeks, Jeffrey. Sex, Politics and Society: The Regulation of Sexuality since 1800. Longman, 1981.
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Shanley, Mary Lyndon. Feminism, Marriage, and the Law in Victorian England. Princeton University Press, 1989.
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1947: Britain's first female diplomat, Cicely Ludlam,...

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1947

Britain's first female diplomat, Cicely Ludlam , received her first posting, Third Secretary (Commercial) to Belgrade.
“Women’s History Timeline”. BBC: Radio 4: Woman’s Hour.

28 November 1648: Puritan, anti-episcopal activists William...

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28 November 1648

Puritan, anti-episcopal activists William Prynne and Henry Burton were received in London with a heroes' welcome on their release from prison for sedition.
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.
under William Prynne

1912: A second teachers' registration was established...

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1912

A second teachers' registration was established to create and maintain teaching standards among its members and to influence government policy regarding employment standards and conditions for teachers.
Holcombe, Lee. Victorian Ladies At Work: Middle-Class Working Women in England and Wales, 1850-1914. Archon Books, 1973.
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1937: Karen Horney published The Neurotic Personality...

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1937

Karen Horney published The Neurotic Personality of our Time.
Stevens, Gwendolyn, and Sheldon Gardner. The Women of Psychology. Schenkman, 1982, 2 vols., http://HSS.
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6 September 1715: The first Jacobite Rebellion began when John...

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6 September 1715

The first Jacobite Rebellion began when John Erskine, 6th Earl of Mar , raised his standard. He also issued a proclamation at Braemar, Scotland, declaring that James III was the rightful king.
Steinberg, Sigfrid Henry. Historical Tables: 58 BC-AD 1985. 11th ed., Garland Publishing, 1986.
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Gregg, Edward. “The Jacobite Career of John, Earl of Mar”. Ideology and Conspiracy: Aspects of Jacobitism, 1689-1759, edited by Eveline Cruickshanks, John Donald, 1982, pp. 179-94.

By 17 February 1883: In the year she married her second husband,...

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By 17 February 1883

In the year she married her second husband, Thomas Hungerford , Margaret Hungerford published the popular novel Portia under her previous married name of Margaret Argles.
Athenæum. J. Lection.
2886 (1883): 211

1883: Alfred Wiltshire published Lectures on the...

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1883

Alfred Wiltshire published Lectures on the Comparative Physiology of Menstruation.
Moscucci, Ornella. The Science of Woman: Gynaecology and Gender in England, 1800-1929. Cambridge University Press, 1990.
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1902: James Malcolm Eveleigh Nash founded the Eveleigh...

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1902

James Malcolm Eveleigh Nash founded the Eveleigh Nash publishing house at 32 Bedford Street, London, with financial help from Edward Morton .
Rose, Jonathan, and Patricia J. Anderson, editors. Dictionary of Literary Biography 112. Gale Research, 1991.
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1868: Annie Buckland's school story Lily and Nannie...

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1868

Annie Buckland 's school story Lily and Nannie at School presents and neutralizes the much-discussed undesirable influences encountered in girls' schools.
Clark, Beverly Lyon, and Evelyn Sharp. “Introduction”. The Making of a Schoolgirl, Oxford University Press, 1989, pp. 3-23.
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1867: The first International Congress of Archaeology...

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1867

The first International Congress of Archaeology and Anthropology was held in Paris.
Van Riper, A. Bowdoin. Men Among the Mammoths: Victorian Science and the Discovery of Human Prehistory. University of Chicago Press, 1993.
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11 September 2000: Mende Nazer (having survived being kidnapped...

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11 September 2000

Mende Nazer (having survived being kidnapped in a raid on her Sudanese village birthplace when she was about twelve, and about eight years labour as a domestic slave) celebrated this day of her escape as...

January 1891: The middle-class monthly Strand Magazine...

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January 1891

The middle-class monthly Strand Magazine began publication.
Sutherland, John, b. 1938. The Stanford Companion to Victorian Fiction. Stanford University Press, 1989.
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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.

1874: The Girls' Friendly Society, a religious...

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1874

The Girls' Friendly Society , a religious social purity organization, was founded.
Bristow, Edward. Vice and Vigilance: Purity Movements in Britain Since 1700. Gill and Macmillan, 1977.
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11 July 1637: The Bodleian Library's right to one copy...

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11 July 1637

The Bodleian Library 's right to one copy of each new book published in Britain was re-established by order of Archbishop Laud , who happened at the time to be Chancellor of Oxford University .
Whitaker, David. “Heresy!”. The Author, Vol.
cxii
, No. 4, 1 Dec. 2001–28 Feb. 2002, pp. 160-1.
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