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November 1879: Ellice Hopkins founded the Friendless Girls...

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November 1879

Ellice Hopkins founded the Friendless Girls Association in Plymouth.
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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From 6 April 1942: White bread was no longer available in Britain,...

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From 6 April 1942

White bread was no longer available in Britain, owing to wartime austerity.
Minns, Raynes. Bombers and Mash: The Domestic Front 1939-45. Virago, 1980.
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1822: A Jesuit periodical began publication in...

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1822

A Jesuit periodical began publication in English, bearing the title Annals of the Association for the Propagation of the Faith.
Neill, Stephen. A History of Christian Missions. 2nd ed., Penguin, 1990.
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1948: George de Mestral of Switzerland invented...

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1948

George de Mestral of Switzerland invented locking tape (Velcro); it was made of cotton fabric, later nylon for durability.
Panati, Charles. Panati’s Extraordinary Origins of Everyday Things. Perennial Library, 1987.
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4 July 1804: Nathaniel Hawthorne, novelist, was born in...

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4 July 1804

Nathaniel Hawthorne , novelist, was born in Salem, Massachusetts, USA.
“Dictionary of Literary Biography online”. Gale Databases: Literature Resource Center-LRC.
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13 June 1993: Kim Campbell, as short-lived leader of the...

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13 June 1993

Kim Campbell , as short-lived leader of the Conservative Party , became the first woman Prime Minister of Canada.
Williams, Neville et al. Chronology of the 20th Century. Helicon, 1996.
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1882: Westfield College for women was founded in...

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1882

Westfield College for women was founded in North London.
Harte, Negley. The University of London 1836-1986. Athlone, 1986.
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Thompson, Francis Michael Longstreth, editor. The University of London and the World of Learning 1836-1986. Hambledon Press, 1990.
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Screene, Lorraine. Email to the Women’s History Network list. 3 Oct. 2012.

5 November 1757: Britain's ally Frederick II had the first...

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5 November 1757

Britain's ally Frederick II had the first of two unexpected victories, at Rossbach near Halle in Germany.
Furneaux, Rupert. The Seven Years War. Hart-Davis MacGibbon, 1973.
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1790: Newspaper sales in England totalled more...

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1790

Newspaper sales in England totalled more than 16 million.
Suarez, Michael F. “The Business of Literature: The Book Trade in England from Milton to Blake”. A Companion to Literature from Milton to Blake, edited by David Womersley, Blackwell, 2000, pp. 131-47.
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10 December 1949: Lord (John) Boyd Orr of Brechin from Great...

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10 December 1949

Lord (John) Boyd Orr of Brechin from Great Britain was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his improvements to the world's production and distribution of food.
Schlessinger, Bernard S., and June H. Schlessinger. The Who’s Who of Nobel Prize Winners, 1901-1995. 3rd ed., Oryx Press, 1996.
The Nobel Foundation. Nobel E-Museum.

25 March 1645: In the first case of witchcraft managed by...

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25 March 1645

In the first case of witchcraft managed by Matthew Hopkins , Elizabeth Clarke of Manningtree in Essex (who had probably been deprived of sleep during interrogation) confessed to using familiars.
Purkiss, Diane. The English Civil War, A People’s History. Harper Perennial, 2007.
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1930: The International Federation of Business...

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1930

The International Federation of Business and Professional Women was founded in London, with the intention of furthering the interests of professional women and providing a base for creating networks and support.
Greenspan, Karen. The Timetables of Women’s History. Simon and Shuster, 1994.
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“History of BPW International”. BPW International: International Federation of Business and Professional Women.

Laurence Sterne

30 June 1735: The Daily Gazetteer: or, London Adventurer...

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30 June 1735

The Daily Gazetteer: or, London Adventurer began publishing.
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.
Tierney, James E. “Advertisements for Books in London Newspapers, 1760-1785”. Studies in Eighteenth-Century Culture, edited by Timothy Erwin and Ourida Mostefai, Vol.
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, The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2001, pp. 153-64.
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December 1968-December 1972: During these years of NASA's Apollo space...

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December 1968-December 1972

During these years of NASA 's Apollo space program twenty-seven people, all male Americans, visited what is called Deep Space, beyond the earth's orbit.
McKie, Robin. “Dark side of the Moon”. Guardian Weekly, 10–16 June 2005, p. 26.
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1980: The findings of the first controlled trial...

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1980

The findings of the first controlled trial of obstetric ultrasound were reported this year—although the practice, developing rapidly since the 1950s, was already seen as a must for women.
Oakley, Ann. Telling the Truth about Jerusalem. Basil Blackwell, 1986.
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1909: The influential Nonconformity and Politics...

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1909

The influential Nonconformity and Politics was published anonymously.
Edwards, David Lawrence. Christian England, from the Eighteenth Century to the First World War. Collins, 1984, 3 vols.
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27 October 2009: In Washington, DC, the National Museum of...

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27 October 2009

In Washington, DC, the National Museum of Women in the Arts and the Washington Shakespeare Company together launched a Sort-of-Jane-Austen Play Reading Festival presenting women playwrights.
“Sort-of-Jane Austen Play Reading Festival”. Washington Shakespeare Company.

Anne Dowriche

AD was a sixteenth-century poet and translator with a passion for Protestantism, a feeling for the heroic element in religious history, and a fondness for acrosticss.
Anne Dowriche Portrait painting of Anne Dowriche, dated 1567. She faces the viewer on a slight angle, with a slightly tense expression. She wears a heavy, dark, ornamented gown with a high, stiff ruffled collar that encircles her jawline and joins to an ornate headband, and her hair is pulled back from her face.

2 June 1780: The Gordon Riots began in London: anti-Catholic...

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2 June 1780

The Gordon Riots began in London: anti-Catholic mobs encouraged by Lord George Gordon (leader of the Protestant Association ) attacked and burned churches and other buildings and terrorised the populace.
Newman, Gerald, editor. Britain in the Hanoverian Age, 1714-1837: An Encyclopedia. Garland, 1997.
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Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.

20 July 1869: In the USA, Mark Twain published The Innocents...

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20 July 1869

In the USA, Mark Twain published The Innocents Abroad, condensed from newspaper articles he had written two years earlier on a trip to Europe and the Holy Land.

1651: Jeremy Taylor published The Rule and Exercises...

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1651

Jeremy Taylor published The Rule and Exercises of Holy Dying.
English Short Title Catalogue. http://estc.bl.uk/.

Isabella Kelly

IK , who published during the very late eighteenth and the early nineteenth century, was a poet and a leading Minerva Press novelist in gothic and other modes.
Garside, Peter et al., editors. The English Novel 1770-1829. Oxford University Press, 2000, 2 vols.
She also wrote a couple of pedagogic...

May 1926: The British College of Nurses was established,...

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May 1926

The British College of Nurses was established, with Ethel Fenwick as president and her husband Dr Bedford Fenwick as treasurer.
Abel-Smith, Brian. A History of the Nursing Profession. Heinemann, 1960.
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Cowie, Anne. “Organized Labour”. Nursing, Midwifery and Health Visiting since 1900, edited by Peta Allen and Moya Jolley, Faber and Faber, 1982.
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23 November 1936: Life, the mass-circulation American photo...

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23 November 1936

Life, the mass-circulation American photo magazine, issued its first number in a print run of half a million, priced at ten cents. Within a month, copies were changing hands at $3.50.
Borne Back Daily. 2001, http://borneback.com/ .
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