Women’s Writing in the British Isles from the Beginnings to the Present
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April 1989: The European Economic Community finally suspended...
Murphy, Dervla. Transylvania and Beyond. Penguin, 1998.
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1855: Lord Dunaldson suggested the use of the poisonous...
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1855
Lord Dunaldson
suggested the use of the poisonous gas sulphur dioxide in the Crimean War.
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.
326
1970: Judy Blume published her phenomenally successful...
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1970
Judy Blume
published her phenomenally successful Are You There, God? It's Me, Margaret, which, uniquely among books for the young, treats menstruation from a girl's viewpoint.
Pollitt, Katha. “Fourteen million Americans can’t be wrong”. London Review of Books, 6 Sept. 2001, pp. 13-14.
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November 1775: Lord Dunmore, British governor of Virginia,...
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November 1775
Lord Dunmore
, British governor of Virginia, proclaimed that slaves deserting their masters to fight for the British would be rewarded with freedom.
Basker, James G. “’The Next Insurrection’: Johnson, Race, and Rebellion”. The Age of Johnson, edited by Paul J. Korshin, Vol.
11
, 2000, pp. 37-51.
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1711: John Brightland published A Grammar of the...
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1711
John Brightland
published A Grammar of the English Tongue, one of the first popular eighteenth-century grammars.
Lavoie, Chantel Michelle. Poems by Eminent Ladies: A Study of an Eighteenth-Century Anthology. University of Toronto, 1999.
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15 October 1886: Sigmund Freud presented a paper to the Viennese...
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15 October 1886
Sigmund Freud
presented a paper to the Viennese Society of Physicians
called On Male Hysteria and established his private practice for the treatment of hysterics in Vienna.
Hergenhahn, Baldwin Ross. An Introduction to the History of Psychology. 2nd ed., Wadsworth Publishing, 1992, http://HSS.
461
27 June 1828: Joseph Grimaldi, famous clown of English...
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27 June 1828
Joseph Grimaldi
, famous clown of English pantomime, gave a farewell performance at Drury Lane
, aged forty-eight.
Roose-Evans, James. London Theatre from the Globe to the National. Phaidon, 1977.
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Roose-Evans, James. London Theatre from the Globe to the National. Phaidon, 1977.
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Dobbs, Brian. Drury Lane: Three Centuries of the Theatre Royal, 1663-1971. Cassell, 1972.
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Ling Shuhua
A writer and visual artist active primarily between the 1920s and 1950s, LS published short stories, essays, translations, and a memoir whose reception was shaped by frequently restrictive expectations for women writers of her time...
During the eleventh century: Paper-making (as learned by the Arabs from...
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During the eleventh century
Paper-making (as learned by the Arabs from the Chinese) began in Europe.
Bozman, Ernest Franklin, editor. Everyman’s Encyclopaedia. 4th Edition, J. M. Dent, 1958, 12 vols.
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1891: Mary Dickens (grand-daughter of Charles Dickens)...
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1891
Mary Dickens
(grand-daughter of Charles Dickens
) published her first novel, Cross Currents, a story of the conflict between love and career in a talented actress.
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.
1870-1871: The Obstetrical Society of London reported...
Moscucci, Ornella. The Science of Woman: Gynaecology and Gender in England, 1800-1929. Cambridge University Press, 1990.
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Towler, Jean. Midwives in History and Society. Croom Helm, 1986.
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Moscucci and Towler give different percentages for manufacturing towns. However, as Moscucci refers to the primary souce, her figures have been provided.
31 October 1831: On a third day of rioting in Bristol directed...
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31 October 1831
On a third day of rioting in Bristol directed at opponents of the Reform Bill, the Light Dragoons
were finally given their heads and charged across Queen's Square; allegedly hundreds of people were killed...
1874: Reform of the army began in Russia....
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1874
Reform of the army began in Russia.
Cowie, Leonard W., and Leonard Woolfson. Years of Nationalism: European History 1815-1890. Edward Arnold, 1985.
330
22 December 1963: War broke out between Turks and Greeks in...
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22 December 1963
War broke out between Turks and Greeks in Cyprus (the two ethnic groups on the island).
1816: Gioacchino Rossini's opera Il Barbiere di...
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1816
Gioacchino Rossini
's opera Il Barbiere di Siviglia (The Barber of Seville) had its first performance in Rome; its libretto, by Beaumarchais
, is a prequel to The Marriage of Figaro, set by Mozart
.
Bozman, Ernest Franklin, editor. Everyman’s Encyclopaedia. 4th Edition, J. M. Dent, 1958, 12 vols.
December 1975: Dulcie Gray published a suspense novel under...
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December 1975
Dulcie Gray
published a suspense novel under the title Ride on a Tiger, in which political involvement brings death to an actress.
Johnson, Richard William. “An Unreliable Friend”. London Review of Books, 19 Aug. 1999, pp. 27-8.
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4 August 1914: Late in the day of England's declaration...
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4 August 1914
Late in the day of England's declaration of war on Germany, the National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies
membership demonstrated with members of trades unions and women's socialist organizations at a large peace rally held...
10 August 1866: Another Industrial Schools Act allowed the...
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10 August 1866
Another Industrial Schools Act allowed the removal of children from mothers twice convicted of crimes.
Zedner, Lucia. Women, Crime, and Custody in Victorian England. Clarendon, 1991, http://U of A HSS.
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The Statutes of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. Printed by J. Bentham, 1762–2026.
After January 1820: On ascending to the throne George IV abolished...
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After January 1820
On ascending to the throne George IV
abolished the hoop and wide skirt in court dress.
Cunnington, C. Willett et al. The History of Underclothes. Revised, Faber and Faber, 1981.
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Lucy Knox
LK
published two volumes of poetry, mainly sonnets, in the late 1800s. Her poems included some on political and social issues, exploring marriage, religion, Anglo-Irish relations, and the Woman Question with a directness and clarity...
1964: Dulcie Gray, with her husband Michael Denison,...
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1964
Dulcie Gray
, with her husband Michael Denison
, published an introduction to the craft of acting for children entitled The Actor and His World.
6 February 1826: James Fenimore Cooper published The Last...
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6 February 1826
James Fenimore Cooper
published The Last of the Mohicans, the second of his Leather-Stocking Tales series, about the slow demise of a Native American Tribe.
Peck, H. Daniel, editor. New Essays on The Last of the Mohicans. Cambridge University Press, 1992.
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Borne Back Daily. 2001, http://borneback.com/ .
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19 December 1851: English landscape painter Joseph Turner ...
