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January 1924: Women Members of Parliament stopped wearing...

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January 1924

Women Members of Parliament stopped wearing hats in the House of Commons . Nancy Astor 's hats had garnered more attention than her politics during her first years in the House.
Harrison, Brian. “Women in a Men’s House: The Women M.P.s, 1919-1945”. The Historical Journal, Vol.
29
, No. 3, Sept. 1986, pp. 623-54.
628

1887: The Dermathistic corset with leather facing...

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1887

The Dermathistic corset with leather facing became available in the UK for women who exercised.
Cunnington, C. Willett et al. The History of Underclothes. Revised, Faber and Faber, 1981.
125

1732: A printer in Smithfield, London, began issuing...

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1732

A printer in Smithfield, London, began issuing in instalments a new, revised edition of Foxe 's Book of Martyrs.
Colley, Linda. Britons: Forging the Nation, 1707-1837. Yale University Press, 1992.
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Foxe, John. Actes and Monuments. Imprinted by Iohn Foxe, 1563.
418

January 1976: The Monstrous Regiment theatre company pointed...

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January 1976

The Monstrous Regiment theatre company pointed out in a grant application that the annual average earnings for members of Equity (the British performers' union) were £1031 and £538 according to gender.
Hanna, Gillian, editor. Monstrous Regiment. Four Plays and a Collective Celebration. Nick Hern Books, 1991.
xxiii

5 January 1818: The first packet-boat (a fast ship intended...

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5 January 1818

The first packet-boat (a fast ship intended to keep to a timetable, carrying passengers and mail) sailed from New York, bound for Liverpool.
Druett, Joan. Hen Frigates: Wives of Merchant Captains Under Sail. Simon and Schuster, 1998.
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23 February 1917, Old Style: Russia's February Revolution began on what...

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23 February 1917, Old Style

Russia's February Revolution began on what was in other countries 8 March, because Russia was still using the Julian calendar. It began in Petrograd or St Petersburg, when thousands of housewives and factory women demonstrated...

28 February 1977: Moonshine, a play by Shirley Gee, was produced...

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28 February 1977

Moonshine, a play by Shirley Gee , was produced and broadcast by BBC Radio 4 .
“Dictionary of Literary Biography online”. Gale Databases: Literature Resource Center-LRC.
245

17 March 1935: British composer and pianist Mary Grant Carmichael...

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17 March 1935

British composer and pianist Mary Grant Carmichael died in Hampstead at the age of eighty-four.
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.

1840: Thomas Cautley Newby established himself...

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1840

Thomas Cautley Newby established himself as a publisher in London; he earned notoriety for failing to honour contracts, especially with new writers.
Rose, Jonathan, and Patricia J. Anderson, editors. Dictionary of Literary Biography 106. Gale Research, 1991.
106: 225

22 August 1791: Marie-Antoinette wrote to her friend the...

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22 August 1791

Marie-Antoinette wrote to her friend the princesse de Lamballe , persuading the princess to stay away from her for the sake of the safety of both of them.
Roulston, Christine. “Separating the Inseparables: Female Friendship and its Discontents in Eighteenth-Century France”. Eighteenth-Century Studies, Vol.
32
, No. 2, 1998–1989, pp. 215-31.
226

23 February 1920: The Marconi Company at Chelmsford in Essex...

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23 February 1920

The Marconi Company at Chelmsford in Essex began regular twice-daily broadcasts containing news and music.
Harris, Melvin. ITN Book of Firsts. Michael O’Mara Books, 1994.
116
Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century, 1992.
359
Singer, Charles et al., editors. A History of Technology. Clarendon, 1958, 8 vols.
7: 1254

1863: Parliament approved the purchase of twelve...

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1863

Parliament approved the purchase of twelve acres of land at South Kensington (formerly part of the Exhibition site) as the site of the Natural History Museum .
Gascoigne, Robert Mortimer. A Chronology of the History of Science, 1450-1900. Garland, 1987.
410

January 1921: The Englishwoman, a monthly forum for serious...

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January 1921

The Englishwoman, a monthly forum for serious feminist discussion, ceased publication in London.
Doughan, David, and Denise Sanchez. Feminist Periodicals, 1855-1984. Harvester Press, 1987.
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8 January 1918: US President Woodrow Wilson made his famous...

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8 January 1918

US President Woodrow Wilson made his famous Fourteen Points for Peace declaration.
Steinberg, Sigfrid Henry. Historical Tables: 58 BC-AD 1985. 11th ed., Garland Publishing, 1986.
230
Grun, Bernard. The Timetables of History. 3rd revised, Simon and Schuster, 1991.
472
Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century, 1992.
356

June 1911: Ellen Terry lectured on the topic of Shakespeare's...

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June 1911

Ellen Terry lectured on the topic of Shakespeare 's Triumphant Women, under the auspices of the Pioneer Players .
Cockin, Katharine. “Cicely Hamilton’s Warriors: dramatic reinventions of militancy in the British women’s suffrage movement”. Women’s History Review, Vol.
14
, No. 3/4, pp. 527-42.
534

29 May 1926: Dr Ethel Williams set out from Aberdeen to...

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29 May 1926

Dr Ethel Williams set out from Aberdeen to walk the more than two hundred miles to London on the Peacemakers' Pilgrimage.
Harvey, Kathryn. "Driven by War into Politics": A Feminist Biography of Kathleen Innes. University of Alberta, 1995.
85
New York Times. New York Times Company.
Times. Times Publishing Company.

By December 1825: The Literary Remains of Lady Jane Grey were...

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By December 1825

The Literary Remains of Lady Jane Grey were published with a memoir by R. H. Nicholas.
Quarterly Review. J. Murray.
33 (1825): 277

Christmas Day 1760: Jupiter Hammon composed a devotional poem,...

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Christmas Day 1760

Jupiter Hammon composed a devotional poem, An Evening Thought. Salvation by Christ, With Penitential Cries, which was issued as a broadside at New York: the earliest publication by an African American.
Gates, Henry Louis, Jr, and Phillis Wheatley. “Foreword: In Her Own Write”. The Collected Works of Phillis Wheatley, edited by John C. Shields and John C. Shields, Oxford University Press, 1988, p. vii - xxii.
x

1898: Isabella Tod, founder of the first Irish...

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1898

Isabella Tod , founder of the first Irish suffrage group, died.
Luddy, Maria, editor. Women in Ireland, 1800-1918: A Documentary History. Cork University Press, 1995.
271
Murphy, Cliona. The Women’s Suffrage Movement and Irish Society in the Early Twentieth Century. Temple University Press, 1989.
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1934: Mollie Stanley Wrench, as Mrs Stanley Wrench,...

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1934

Mollie Stanley Wrench , as Mrs Stanley Wrench, published her cookbook Bachelor Woman's Cookery.
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.

Amelia Opie

AO , who was publishing at the end of the eighteenth century and during the earlier nineteenth century, is best known as a novelist, but was also a dramatist, poet, and short-story writer. The opinions...
Amelia Opie Photograph of a painting of Amelia Opie by her husband, John Opie, 1798. She is depicted from the waist up, against a background that is mainly dark with a landscape scene visible in the distance. She wears a simple white dress with a V-shaped neckline that is trimmed with white ruffles. Her brown hair is pulled back, with bangs, and a braid across the top, acting as a headband. She holds a straw hat wrapped in gauzy black fabric in her lap. National Portrait Gallery.

8 December 1941: Japan began to bomb Singapore; the attack...

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8 December 1941

Japan began to bomb Singapore; the attack lasted until Singapore fell in February 1942.
Messenger, Charles. World War Two Chronological Atlas: When, Where, How and Why. Bloomsbury, 1989.
78, 81
Keegan, John. The Second World War. Viking, 1990.
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Summer 1919: John Maynard Keynes published The Economic...

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Summer 1919

John Maynard Keynes published The Economic Consequences of the Peace.
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.
Hamilton, Mary Agnes. Remembering My Good Friends. Jonathan Cape, 1944.
105

1986: The Women's Press published the feminist...

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1986

The Women's Press published the feminist science fiction novel Queen of the States by Josephine Saxton .
OCLC WorldCat. 1992–1998, http://www.oclc.org/firstsearch/content/worldcat/. Accessed 1999.

31 August 1962: Trinidad and Tobago became independent within...

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31 August 1962

Trinidad and Tobago became independent within the Commonwealth.
Steinberg, Sigfrid Henry. Historical Tables: 58 BC-AD 1985. 11th ed., Garland Publishing, 1986.
258, 268
Williams, Neville. Chronology of the Modern World: 1763 to the Present Time. David McKay, 1967.
686