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June 1853: The Act for the Better Prevention of Aggravated...

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June 1853

The Act for the Better Prevention of Aggravated Assault Upon Women and Children made wife assault punishable by up to six months imprisonment or a £20 fine.
Emsley, Clive. Crime and Society in England 1750-1900. 2nd ed., Longman, 1996.
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Cobbe, Frances Power. “Wife-Torture in England”. Contemporary Review, Vol.
32
, 1878, pp. 55-87.
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16 September 1824: The restored Bourbon king Louis XVIII of...

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16 September 1824

The restored Bourbon king Louis XVIII of France died and was succeeded by his brother, Charles X .
Merriman, John M. “Contested Freedoms in the French Revolutions, 1830-1871”. Revolution and the Meanings of Freedom in the Nineteenth Century, edited by Isser Woloch, Stanford University Press, 1996, pp. 173-11.
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Cowie, Leonard W., and Leonard Woolfson. Years of Nationalism: European History 1815-1890. Edward Arnold, 1985.
63, 86
Encyclopædia Britannica Online. http://www.britannica.com/.

1759: Josiah Wedgwood leased a pottery at Burslem...

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1759

Josiah Wedgwood leased a pottery at Burslem in Staffordshire (where he had begun as a worker twenty years before), and began production.
Uglow, Jennifer S. Hogarth: A Life and A World. Faber and Faber, 1997.
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Stephen, Sir Leslie, and Sidney Lee, editors. The Dictionary of National Biography. Smith, Elder, 1908–2026, 22 vols. plus supplements.

17 January 1889: Supported by the Society for Promoting Women...

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17 January 1889

Supported by the Society for Promoting Women as County Councillors , Margaret, Lady Sandhurst , and Jane Cobden became the first women to be elected to the newly formed London County Council .
Haydn, Joseph. Haydn’s Dictionary of Dates and Universal Information. Editor Vincent, Benjamin, 21st ed., Ward, Lock and Bowden, 1895.
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Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century, 1992.
315
Hollis, Patricia. Ladies Elect: Women in English Local Government, 1865-1914. Clarendon, 1987.
307-8, 310-16

December 1927: Nancy Hewins opened the first production...

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December 1927

Nancy Hewins opened the first production by her touring Osiris Players , Britain's first professional all-female theatre company (successor to the amateur Isis Players , which she had run as an Oxford undergraduate).
Barker, Paul. “Shakespeare’s Sisters”. The Guardian, 26 June 2004, p. G2: 17.
G2: 17

September 1947: The US House Committee for Un-American Activities...

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September 1947

The USHouse Committee for Un-American Activities (HUAC) began issuing subpoenas to leading figures in the entertainment industry, three years before the communist witch-hunting of Senator Joseph McCarthy made him a household name.
The Manchester Guardian.
(9 January 1998): 8

6 June 1391: A hostile mob of armed Christians mounted...

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6 June 1391

A hostile mob of armed Christians mounted an attack on the Jewish quarter of Seville in Spain.
Nirenberg, David. “Unrenounceable Core”. London Review of Books, Vol.
31
, No. 14, 23 July 2009, pp. 16-17.
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1830s: Graham's Family Linen Warehouse at 207 Regent...

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1830s

Graham's Family Linen Warehouse at 207 Regent Street specialized in Marriage and Outfitting articles, or, trousseaux and undergarments.
Adburgham, Alison. Shops and Shopping 1800-1914: Where, and in What Manner the Well-Dressed Englishwoman Bought Her Clothes. Allen and Unwin, 1964.
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Alice Munro

AM , a Canadian writer of the later twentieth and twenty-first centuries, is widely regarded as one of the leading modern practitioners of the short story form. One of her collections is alternatively titled a...
Alice Munro Photograph of a sketch of Alice Munro. She is depicted from the shoulders up, with short curly hair and a collared shirt.

Timberlake Wertenbaker

TW , an American-born European who writes for the British stage, is an experimental dramatist, adaptor, translator, and radio dramatist. Central topics in her work are the efforts of individuals, particularly women: pursuing quests, seeking...
Timberlake Wertenbaker Colour photo of Timberlake Wertenbaker onstage at Ford's Theatre, in Washington, DC, 29 December 2017. Shown in profile and backlit, her hands are clasped behind her back and her eyes are closed.

11 April 1687: John Dryden's The Hind and the Panther, A...

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11 April 1687

John Dryden 's The Hind and the Panther, A Poem, In Three Parts, was licensed for print: a vindication of the Catholic Church against the Church of England which, unusually, takes the form of...

By 1850: England boasted approximately three million...

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By 1850

England boasted approximately three million Evangelical Christians.
Bradley, Ian. The Call to Seriousness: The Evangelical Impact on the Victorians. Jonathan Cape, 1976.
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Bradley, Ian. The Call to Seriousness: The Evangelical Impact on the Victorians. Jonathan Cape, 1976.
52-3, 56, 63, 183

April 1917: The Irish Women's Franchise League was denied...

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April 1917

The Irish Women's Franchise League was denied representation at the Sinn Féin All-Ireland conference because it refused to attend as a nationalist organisation.
Owens, Rosemary Cullen. Smashing Times: A History of the Irish Women’s Suffrage Movement 1889-1922. Attic, 1984.
114

1 August 1815: The surveyor William Smith dated his first-ever...

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1 August 1815

The surveyor William Smith dated his first-ever geological map of Britain; the national Geological Society cold-shouldered him and published its own map, five years later, which was essentially a plagiarism of his.
Fortey, Richard. “Prophet of the Rocks”. London Review of Books, 9 Aug. 2001, pp. 27-8.
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Winchester, Simon. The Map that Changed the World. HarperCollins, 2001.
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Piozzi, Hester Lynch. The Piozzi Letters. Editors Bloom, Edward A. and Lillian D. Bloom, University of Delaware Press; Associated University Presses, 1989–2002, 6 vols.
5: 442

Early 1862: Sculptor Harriet Hosmer was working in Rome...

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Early 1862

Sculptor Harriet Hosmer was working in Rome on a commission for patron of the arts Marian Alford , entitled Fountain of the Siren.
Mitchell, Sally. Frances Power Cobbe: Victorian Feminist, Journalist, Reformer. University of Virginia Press, 2004.
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1968: 19, a monthly fashion magazine for teenagers,...

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1968

19, a monthly fashion magazine for teenagers, began publication from Stamford Street, London.
Winship, Janice. Inside Women’s Magazines. Pandora, 1987.
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White, Cynthia L. Women’s Magazines 1693-1968. Michael Joseph, 1970.
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Dancyger, Irene. A World of Women: An Illustrated History of Women’s Magazines. Gill and Macmillan, 1978.
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2001: Alice Randall's debut novel The Wind Done...

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2001

Alice Randall 's debut novel The Wind Done Gone, which retells Margaret Mitchell 's Gone With the Wind from a slave's perspective, was published by Houghton Mifflin .
The New Georgia Encyclopedia. http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Home.jsp.

30 May 1656: R. Bunworth in The Doctresse: A Plain and...

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30 May 1656

R. Bunworth in The Doctresse: A Plain and Easie Method, of Curing those Diseases which are Peculiar to Women expatiated on mother-fits, a deficiency disease of unmarried girls and widows, curable by sexual activity.
Mendelson, Sara Heller, and Patricia Crawford. Women in Early Modern England, 1550-1720. Clarendon Press, 1998.
23, 27

March 1870: Edinburgh University student Mary Edith Pechey...

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March 1870

Edinburgh University student Mary Edith Pechey received the highest grades in her class for the Chemistry examination, but was denied the right to receive the Hope Scholarship.
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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Feminist historian Catriona Blake notes an alternative...

1856: The book Elegant Art for Ladies outlined...

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1856

The book Elegant Art for Ladies outlined suitable artistic endeavours for middle-class women.
Nunn, Pamela Gerrish. Victorian Women Artists. Women’s Press, 1987.
4

10 August 1915: The British Government created Queen Mary's...

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10 August 1915

The British Government created Queen Mary's Needlework Guild as an answer to increased women's unemployment during the war.
Soldon, Norbert. Women in British Trade Unions 1874-1976. Gill and Macmillan, 1978.
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November 1983: Mary, Lady Donaldson, the first woman Lord...

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November 1983

Mary, Lady Donaldson , the first woman Lord Mayor of London, took up her office.
“Women’s History Timeline”. BBC: Radio 4: Woman’s Hour.

1802: The Female Friendly Society, for the aid...

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1802

The Female Friendly Society , for the aid of the infirm and aged, was founded in London under the patronage of the Princess of Wales.
Prochaska, F. K. Women and Philanthropy in Nineteenth-Century England. Clarendon, 1980.
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28 October 1941: The Womanpower Committee divided equally...

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28 October 1941

The Womanpower Committee divided equally for and against a resolution stating that it had no objection to conscription of women as well as men.
Smith, Harold L. “The Effects of the War on the Status of Women”. War and Social Change: British Society in the Second World War, edited by Harold L. Smith, Manchester University Press, 1986.
215

20 July 1915: The second and final issue of Wyndham Lewis's...

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20 July 1915

The second and final issue of Wyndham Lewis 's Vorticist magazine, Blast, included artwork and literary pieces by Helen Saunders , Jessie Dismorr , and Dorothy Shakespear , along with poems by Ezra Pound and T. S. Eliot .
Wees, William C. Vorticism and the English Avant-Garde. University of Toronto Press, 1972.
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