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1788: Women hand-spinners of Leicester formed a...

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1788

Women hand-spinners of Leicester formed a sisterhood of 18,500, in a movement foreshadowing that of the Luddites.
Soldon, Norbert. Women in British Trade Unions 1874-1976. Gill and Macmillan, 1978.
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Denise Levertov

DL , who began as a British poet of multinational origins, moved after her marriage to the USA, where she became a strong force in American literary life, and one of the four leaders...

19 March 1891: The Factory Bill, for the protection of women...

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19 March 1891

The Factory Bill, for the protection of women and children in India, was passed.
Keller, Helen, editor. The Dictionary of Dates. Macmillan, 1934, 2 vols.
I: 827

19 June 2006: Book collector Pierre Berès donated a corrected...

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19 June 2006

Book collector Pierre Berès donated a corrected manuscript of Stendhal 's The Charterhouse of Parma to the French nation, allaying fears that this unique text would be bought at auction and taken out of the country.
“Collector donates rare text to France”. Arthur Rimbaud: News 2006, 19 June 2006.

22 November 1957: The Passionate Pianist, part of Barbara Vernon's...

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22 November 1957

The Passionate Pianist, part of Barbara Vernon 's The Growing Year dramatic trilogy, was first performed.
OCLC WorldCat. 1992–1998, http://www.oclc.org/firstsearch/content/worldcat/. Accessed 1999.
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.

October 2008: At a conference in Oxford on Islam and feminism,...

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October 2008

At a conference in Oxford on Islam and feminism, Amina Wadud (an American academic) became the first woman to lead British Muslims in prayer and deliver a Friday sermon.
“News in brief”. Guardian Weekly, 24 Oct. 2008, p. 15.
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1954: The Fortnightly Review ceased publication...

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1954

The Fortnightly Review ceased publication after eighty-nine years.
Sutherland, John, b. 1938. The Stanford Companion to Victorian Fiction. Stanford University Press, 1989.
229

Early June 1919: Escalating anti-black race riots in Newport...

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Early June 1919

Escalating anti-black race riots in Newport and Cardiff culminated in organised attacks on black residents of Cardiff city centre led by gun-wielding Australian soldiers.
Phillips, Mike. “Cardiff race riots, 1919”. The Guardian, 24 July 2006, p. G2: 10.
G2: 10

1920: The Society of Wood Engravers was formed...

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1920

The Society of Wood Engravers was formed.
Clair, Colin. A Chronology of Printing. Cassell, 1969.
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Bozman, Ernest Franklin, editor. Everyman’s Encyclopaedia. 4th Edition, J. M. Dent, 1958, 12 vols.
12: 640

3 September 1883: Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev, novelist and playwright,...

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3 September 1883

Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev , novelist and playwright, died in Bougival, France, near Paris.
“Dictionary of Literary Biography online”. Gale Databases: Literature Resource Center-LRC.
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1604: A law was passed to invoke sanctions against...

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1604

A law was passed to invoke sanctions against bigamy.
Gillis, John R. For Better, For Worse: British Marriages, 1600 to the Present. Oxford University Press, 1985.
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22 November 1599: Edward Fairfax licensed with the Stationers'...

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22 November 1599

Edward Fairfax licensed with the Stationers' Company his Godfrey of Bulloigne, or The Recouerie of Jerusalem, his translation of Gerusalemme Liberata by Torquato Tasso (1581), which was published in 1600.
Burrow, Colin. “I Don’t Know Whats”. London Review of Books, 22 Feb. 2001, pp. 12-13.
12-13
Cox, Michael, editor. The Oxford Chronology of English Literature. Oxford University Press, 2002, 2 vols.

1806: J. B. Florian-Jolly published a textbook,...

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1806

J. B. Florian-Jolly published a textbook, An Elementary Course of the Sciences and Philosophy, which advertised at the back his wife 's girls' boarding school at Leytonstone near London.
Skedd, Susan. “Women Teachers and the Expansion of Girls’ Schooling in England, c. 1760-1820”. Gender in Eighteenth-Century England: Roles, Representations and Responsibilities, edited by Hannah Barker and Elaine Chalus, Longman, 1997, pp. 101-25.
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By mid-October 1983: Ursula Owen, editor of Virago Press, published...

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By mid-October 1983

Ursula Owen , editor of Virago Press , published with them an anthology of essays: Fathers: Reflections by Daughters.
OCLC WorldCat. 1992–1998, http://www.oclc.org/firstsearch/content/worldcat/. Accessed 1999.
Dated from the Bodleian Library acquisition stamp.

Clotilde Graves

CG , who published from the late nineteenth through the first decades of the twentieth century, wrote short stories, an estimated sixteen plays, and novels. Among her fiction, some of the earlier titles concern themselves...
Clotilde Graves Black-and-white portrait photo of Clotilde Graves published in an 1888 issue of The Theatre, A Monthly Review. Looking directly at the camer, she is wearing a white blouse with a high collar and a velvet blazer. Her hair is wavy and cut very short.

January 1768: The radical Political Register celebrated...

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January 1768

The radical Political Register celebrated the learning and political acumen of the chevalier d'Éon, publishing long extracts from his works.
Clark, Anna. “The Chevalier d’Eon and Wilkes: Masculinity and Politics in the Eighteenth Century”. Eighteenth-Century Studies, Vol.
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, No. 1, 1998, pp. 19-48.
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Lady Charlotte Elliot

Author of three volumes of poetry published in the second half of the nineteenth century, LCE frequently saw her work linked to that of other Scottish writers. Her poems draw on religious and mythological themes...

May 2004: Dr Alison Elliot took up her post as the...

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May 2004

Dr Alison Elliot took up her post as the first woman Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland .
“Women in the Church of Scotland”. Church of Scotland: Organisation.

By 27 January 1732: The great classical scholar Richard Bentley...

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By 27 January 1732

The great classical scholar Richard Bentley published his notorious edition of Milton 's Paradise Lost.
Gentleman’s Magazine. Various publishers.
2 (1732): 571

July 1867: The Association for Promoting the Extension...

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July 1867

The Association for Promoting the Extension of the Contagious Diseases Acts of 1866 to the Civilian Population was founded.
Walkowitz, Judith R. ’We Are Not Beasts of the Field’: Prostitution and the Campaign Against the Contagious Diseases Acts, 1869-1886. University of Rochester, 1974.
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Walkowitz, Judith R. Prostitution and Victorian Society: Women, Class, and the State. Cambridge University Press, 1980.
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1952: Angus Wilson published Hemlock and After,...

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1952

Angus Wilson published Hemlock and After, which Margaret Drabble in 2008 called one of the first gay novels to hit the postwar world.
“Back—due to popular demand”. The Guardian, 3 May 2008, pp. Review 4 - 6.
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“Back—due to popular demand”. The Guardian, 3 May 2008, pp. Review 4 - 6.
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1584: The Oakham and Uppingham Grammar Schools...

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1584

The Oakham and UppinghamGrammar SchoolsUppingham School were founded in the county of Rutland, with a seal showing a master teaching four boys and, apparently, two girls.
Two of the figures on the seal are...

About 11 June 1937: At the Moscow show trials, seven Generals...

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About 11 June 1937

At the Moscow show trials, seven Generals and one Marshal in the Soviet Army were condemned to death after being convicted of espionage and high treason.
Bishop, James. Marching to War, 1933-1935. Editor Gilbert, Martin, Bracken Books, 1989.
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November 1886: The monthly magazine Lady's World: A Magazine...

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November 1886

The monthly magazine Lady's World: A Magazine of Fashion and Society began publication.
Beetham, Margaret. A Magazine of Her Own?: Domesticity and Desire in the Woman’s Magazine, 1800-1914. Routledge, 1996.
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Mid-February 1934: Martial law was declared in Vienna following...

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Mid-February 1934

Martial law was declared in Vienna following Nazi terrorist incidents, a demonstration of peasants in support of the coalition government of Engelbert Dollfuss , and the taking up of arms by Socialists.
Benton, Jill. Naomi Mitchison: A Biography. Pandora, 1992.
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“The Times Digital Archive 1785-2007”. Thompson Gale: The Times Digital Archive.
9 June 1933: 13; 14 February 1934: 12