Women’s Writing in the British Isles from the Beginnings to the Present
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April 1970: The Beatles (John Lennon, Paul McCartney,...
The World of Learning. 45th ed., Allen and Unwin, 1995.
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Dent, Harold Collett. 1870-1970: Century of Growth in English Education. Longmans, 1970.
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Harte, Negley. The University of London 1836-1986. Athlone, 1986.
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19 May 1920: The House of Commons passed a resolution...
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19 May 1920
The House of Commons
passed a resolution stating that women should have equal access to employment and receive equal pay.
Evans, Dorothy. Women and the Civil Service. Sir Isaac Pitman and Sons, 1934.
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Martindale, Hilda. Women Servants of the State, 1870-1938: A History of Women in the Civil Service. G. Allen and Unwin , 1938.
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18 December 1795: The Two Acts or Gagging Acts (the Treasonable...
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18 December 1795
The Two Acts or Gagging Acts (the Treasonable Practices Bill and Seditious Meetings Bill) were passed by parliament
, to remain in force for extended periods.
Goodwin, Albert. The Friends of Liberty: The English Democratic Movement in the Age of the French Revolution. Hutchinson, 1979.
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Writer or writing
Author profile
Margaret Laurence
ML
was a mid-twentieth-century Canadian who began to publish while resident in Africa, putting her gift at the service of preserving oral folk literature through translation and adaptation. Already a journalist, she next turned...
Hellemans, Alexander, and Bryan Bunch. The Timetables of Science: A Chronology of the Most Important People and Events in the History of Science. Simon and Shuster, 1988.
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Yeo, Richard. Defining Science: William Whewell, Natural Knowledge, and Public Debate in Early Victorian Britain. Cambridge University Press, 1993.
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Hill, Rosemary. “Snakes and Leeches”. London Review of Books, Vol.
40
, No. 1, 4 Jan. 2018, pp. 23-5.
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July 1921: The Communist Party of China was formed at...
Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century, 1992.
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1647: The first traceable English-language newspaper,...
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1647
The first traceable English-language newspaper, Nathan Tyler
's Intelligencer, appeared; circulated only to shipping companies, its announcements of docking times for particular ships, with separate listings of goods expected, arguably constitute the earliest real advertising.
Wicke, Jennifer. Advertising Fictions: Literature, Advertisement and Social Reading. Columbia University Press, 1988.
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Author profile
Elizabeth Bathurst
EB
, writing late in the seventeenth century, was one of the most popular women writers to be published by the Sowle Press
, the best-known Quaker
publishing house. Her three publications (dating from a...
1843: Twenty-five women (a surprising cross-section...
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1843
Twenty-five women (a surprising cross-section of society—old and young, poor and prosperous) voted in local elections at Lichfield in Staffordshire.
“Suffrage Stories: Votes For Victorian Women”. BBC Radio 4.
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Author profile
Jane Williams
JW
's eight books and several periodical publications appeared from the pre-Victorian to the mid-Victorian period in a number of genres, including poetry, literary criticism (of women writers in particular), and an account of her...
May 1881: The Sentinel, which supported the Contagious...
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May 1881
The Sentinel, which supported the Contagious Diseases Acts and emphasized social purity, began monthly publication in London.
March 1961: Jane Duncan's autobiographical book My Friend...
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March 1961
Jane Duncan
's autobiographical book My Friend Annie, treating her often rocky relationship with her stepmother, was published.
The British National Bibliography. Council of the British National Bibliography; British Library, Bibliographic Services Division, 1950.
19 April 1780: Henry Grattan made an impassioned declaration...
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19 April 1780
Henry Grattan
made an impassioned declaration to the Irish parliament
of the legislative independence of Ireland from England.
Stephen, Sir Leslie, and Sidney Lee, editors. The Dictionary of National Biography. Smith, Elder, 1908–2026, 22 vols. plus supplements.
1786: An anonymous Country Farmer published an...
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1786
An anonymous Country Farmer published an analysis of the lives of farmers and farmers' wives before and after enclosure.
Neeson, J. M. Commoners: Common Right, Enclosure and Social Change in England, 1700-1820. Cambridge University Press, 1993.
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1839-1840: Official literacy rates (that is, of those...
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1839-1840
Official literacy rates (that is, of those able to sign their name) were measured for the first time in the UK: 67 percent for men, 51 percent for women.
Altick, Richard D. The English Common Reader. 2nd ed., Ohio State University Press, 1998.
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4 May 1896: Alfred Harmsworth, later Lord Northcliffe,...
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4 May 1896
Alfred Harmsworth
, later Lord Northcliffe, launched a halfpenny newspaper entitled the Daily Mail: the first mass-circulation daily paper, it was destined to a long run.
Clair, Colin. A Chronology of Printing. Cassell, 1969.
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Haydn, Joseph. Haydn’s Dictionary of Dates and Universal Information. Editor Vincent, Benjamin, 23rd ed., Ward, Lock, 1904.
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Bozman, Ernest Franklin, editor. Everyman’s Encyclopaedia. 4th Edition, J. M. Dent, 1958, 12 vols.
January 1850: A Royal Commission was established to administer...
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January 1850
A Royal Commission was established to administer the Great Exhibition.
Boase, Thomas Sherrer Ross, editor. English Art, 1800-1870. Clarendon, 1959.
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By 25 October 1820: William Godwin published his Answer to Malthus,...
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By 25 October 1820
William Godwin
published his Answer to Malthus, arguing that human beings were not increasing to the point of being unable to feed themselves.
Graham, Kenneth W. “Beckford, Godwin, Austen, and the Divisive 1790s”. Persuasions, Vol.
24
, 2002, pp. 33-46.
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Godwin, William. William Godwin’s Diary. 12 Nov. 2010, http://godwindiary.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/search.html.
: London omnibuses carried an advertisement...
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Summer 1887
London omnibuses carried an advertisement featuring Society beauty Georgina Weldon
, captioned, I am 50 today, but thanks to Pears Soap my complexion is only 17.
Turner, Ernest Sackville. “Don’t lock up the wife”. London Review of Books, 5 Oct. 2000, pp. 30-1.
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16 March 1905: The Nursing Times began weekly publication...
Ulrich’s International Periodicals Directory 1999. 37th ed., R. R. Bowker, 1998.
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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.
7 August 1840: An Act of Parliament was passed in Britain...
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7 August 1840
An Act of Parliament was passed in Britain forbidding the use of anybody under twenty-one to climb inside chimneys, and the apprenticing of chimney sweeps under sixteen.
Borne Back Daily. 2001, http://borneback.com/ .
7 August 2008
731: A monk at Jarrow named Bede (often called...
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731
A monk at Jarrow named Bede
(often called the Venerable Bede) finished his Ecclesiastical History of the English People.
Morgan, Kenneth O., editor. The Oxford Illustrated History of Britain. Oxford University Press, 1984.
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Shippey, Tom. “The Most Learned Man in Europe”. London Review of Books, 8 June 2006, pp. 34-5.
