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1943: The comic book Wonder Woman was launched...

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1943

The comic book Wonder Woman was launched by All-America Comics . The comic relates the exploits of a female Superman who, wearing a swimsuit and riding astride a circus horse, hunts down Hitler and his...

12 November 1975: The UK's Sex Discrimination Act legislated...

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12 November 1975

The UK's Sex Discrimination Act legislated against non-contractual discrimination on the basis of sex, and established the Equal Opportunities Commission to monitor progress.
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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Byrne, Eileen M. Women and Education. Tavistock Publications, 1978.
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1 August 1643: Milton published The Doctrine and Discipline...

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1 August 1643

Milton published The Doctrine and Discipline of Divorce, a pamphlet arguing that divorce ought to be easier (for a husband).
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.
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1809: A still unidentified volcano somewhere in...

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1809

A still unidentified volcano somewhere in the tropics produced ash clouds, tsunamis, crop failure, and starvation in parts of what is now Indonesia. Historian Gillen D'Arcy Wood estimates that millions died, just six years before...

1906: Josephine Ward published her religious attack...

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1906

Josephine Ward published her religious attack on Modernism, Out of Due Time: A Novel.
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.
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.

Margaret Kennedy

MK achieved international fame early in her writing career with the publication of her novel The Constant Nymph and its subsequent successes on the stage and screen. Though she never attained such high recognition again...
Margaret Kennedy Black and white photograph of Margaret Kennedy. She is seated, with her body turned away but her head turned back to face the viewer. Her dark hair is coiled over her ears, and she wears a light dress with lace.

1950: Olive Hirst became the first woman on an...

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1950

Olive Hirst became the first woman on an advertising board, with her appointment in Sells Ltd . She became managing director before the end of this same year.
“Women’s History Timeline”. BBC: Radio 4: Woman’s Hour.
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.

By : The British Communist Party had been severely...

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By summer 1957

The British Communist Party had been severely reduced in numbers in face of anxieties about the political behaviour of the Soviet Union following the Hungarian Revolution of the previous October-November.
Anderson, Perry. “The Age of EJH”. London Review of Books, 3 Oct. 2002, pp. 3-7.
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Laqueur, Thomas. “Lectures about Heaven”. London Review of Books, 7 June 2007, pp. 3-8.
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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.
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Mumby, Frank Arthur, and Ian Norrie. Mumby’s Publishing and Bookselling in the Twentieth Century. 6th ed., Bell and Hyman, 1982.
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1950: Elizabeth David, the popular cookery author,...

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1950

Elizabeth David , the popular cookery author, began her career with Mediterranean Food.
“Women’s History Timeline”. BBC: Radio 4: Woman’s Hour.

Katharine Bruce Glasier

Katharine Bruce Glasier was a socialist-feminist writer and activist at the turn of the nineteenth century whose writing advances her ideas for social reform. She wrote newspaper articles, pamphlets, short stories, and novels all in...
Katharine Bruce Glasier Black and white, oval-framed photo of Katharine Bruce Glasier from the neck up. Her hair is up, with a wave in front going towards the left. The dress she is wearing has a large standing collar lined with lace. Below is written, the first line in capitals: "Katharine St. John Conway / Mrs Bruce Glasier".

During the 1660s: Alice Horwood endowed a school for twenty...

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During the 1660s

Alice Horwood endowed a school for twenty girls at Barnstaple in Devon.
Laurence, Anne. Women in England, 1500-1760: A Social History. St Martin’s Press, 1994.
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18 June 1870: The Scottish Society of Reparation (Community...

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18 June 1870

The Scottish Society of Reparation (Community of St Mary and St John) was founded in Aberdeen.
Anson, Peter F. The Call of the Cloister: Religious Communities and Kindred Bodies in the Anglican Communion. Editor Campbell, A. W., Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1964.
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By 2 June 1787: Elizabeth Steele published The Memoirs of...

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By 2 June 1787

Elizabeth Steele published The Memoirs of Mrs Sophia Baddeley, an actress famed for her beauty and her singing voice, who had been, intermittently, a long-term friend and associate of Steele and had died the...

1903: Ethel M. M. McKenna edited The Woman's Library...

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1903

Ethel M. M. McKenna edited The Woman's Library in six volumes of advice to girls and their parents about various professions and occupations.
OCLC WorldCat. 1992–1998, http://www.oclc.org/firstsearch/content/worldcat/. Accessed 1999.

1986: Those in the Anglican mother-church who opposed...

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1986

Those in the Anglican mother-church who opposed the ordination of women secured a vote forbidding ordained women from other parts of the Anglican Communion from celebrating the Eucharist in Britain.
Furlong, Monica. “The St Hilda Community—narrative of a group which supports female priests”. The Ecumenical Review, Vol.
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, No. 1, Jan. 2001, pp. 82-5.

1965: Harold Wilson's Labour Government launched...

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1965

Harold Wilson 's Labour Government launched a National Plan intended to co-ordinate the entire British economy; but the plan was dropped after the government weathered the general election in the following year.
Spufford, Francis. “Love that Bird”. London Review of Books, 6 June 2002, pp. 28-33.
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Anderson, Perry. “Confronting Defeat”. London Review of Books, 17 Oct. 2002, pp. 10-17.
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Eavan Boland

EB was a leading Irish poet (latterly part resident in the USA) who also established a reputation as a critic writing on literary issues of feminism, nationalism, and modernism. Her work appeared in many...

May 1856: Herman Melville published his collection...

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May 1856

Herman Melville published his collection of short stories The Piazza Tales.
“Dictionary of Literary Biography online”. Gale Databases: Literature Resource Center-LRC.
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The Life and Works of Herman Melville. http://www.melville.org/.

7 May 1937: The first successful pressurized aeroplane...

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7 May 1937

The first successful pressurized aeroplane cabin was created, allowing planes to fly higher than before.
Bruno, Leonard. On the Move: A Chronology of Advances in Transportation. Gale Research, 1993.
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1965: A sensation was caused at the races at Melbourne,...

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1965

A sensation was caused at the races at Melbourne, Australia, when British model Jean Shrimpton appeared in a short skirt and without gloves.
“Women’s History Timeline”. BBC: Radio 4: Woman’s Hour.

23 October 1922: Andrew Bonar Law was chosen leader of the...

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23 October 1922

Andrew Bonar Law was chosen leader of the British Conservative Party following the resignation of Lloyd George .
Fryde, Edmund Boleslaw. Handbook of British Chronology. Editors Greenway, D. E. et al., 3rd ed., Offices of the Royal Historical Society, 1986.
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Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century, 1992.
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Green, E. H. H. “The Man Who Stood Behind the Man Who Won the War”. London Review of Books, 16 Sept. 1999, pp. 23-4.
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November 2012: The Church of England caused national consternation...

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November 2012

The Church of England caused national consternation when its Synod narrowly voted down the opening of its episcopate in Britain to its first women bishops.
Wintour, Patrick, and Lizzy Davies. “Bishop vote sets state against church”. Guardian Weekly, 30 Nov. 2012, p. 16.

1755: Francis Hutcheson's A System of Moral Philosophy...

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1755

Francis Hutcheson 's A System of Moral Philosophy appeared posthumously (expanded from A Short Introduction to Moral Philosophy, 1747, and its Latin version, 1745). As well as presenting God as benevolent and the passions...