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1897: Miss I. Stansfield was appointed Assistant...

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1897

Miss I. Stansfield was appointed Assistant Poor Law Inspector, the first woman to hold the post.
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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1794: The patent obtained by American Eli Whitney...

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1794

The patent obtained by American Eli Whitney for the recently-developed mechanical cotton gin (or ginny) made no mention of Catharine Littlefield Greene . She had initiated, funded, and collaborated on the invention; it helped fuel...

1865: The Society of Female Artists changed its...

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1865

The Society of Female Artists changed its mandate from providing juried exhibitions of members' work to a less professionally-oriented charitable focus.
Marsh, Jan, and Pamela Gerrish Nunn. Women Artists and the Pre-Raphaelite Movement. Virago, 1989.
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1756: Jeanne Le Prince de Beaumont published Le...

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1756

Jeanne Le Prince de Beaumont published Le Magasin des enfants, a collection containing the first influential and literary formulation of the popular fairy story Beauty and the Beast.
Zipes, Jack. “The Origins of the Fairy Tale for Children or, How Script was Used To Tame the Beast in Us”. Children and Their Books: A Celebration of the Work of Iona and Peter Opie, edited by Gillian Avery and Julia Briggs, Clarendon Press, 1989, pp. 119-34.
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Mrs Ross:

The still unidentified novelist Mrs Ross , known only by her surname, published a rush of titles—seven—between 1811 and 1816. Her work is racy, highly-coloured, and heavily moralised. Later works once listed as hers have...

1 March 1932: In Britain the Import Duties Act placed a...

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1 March 1932

In Britain the Import Duties Act placed a 20% duty on imported domestic appliances.
Hardyment, Christina. From Mangle to Microwave: The Mechanization of Household Work. Polity Press, 1988.
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Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century, 1992.
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28 January 1684: The Dublin Philosophical Society, recently...

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28 January 1684

The DublinPhilosophical Society , recently founded on the model of the Royal Society of London, met to formulate rules and draw up its first list of members.
Gilbert, Sir John Thomas. A History of the City of Dublin. McGlashan and Gill, 1859, 3 vols.
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Hoppen, K. Theodore. The Common Scientist in the Seventeenth Century. Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1970.
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26 February 1876: Women and Work, a practical guide to employment...

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26 February 1876

Women and Work, a practical guide to employment for middle-class women, ended publication in London.
Doughan, David, and Denise Sanchez. Feminist Periodicals, 1855-1984. Harvester Press, 1987.
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Harrison, Royden et al. The Warwick Guide to British Labour Periodicals, 1790-1970: A Check List. Harvester Press, 1977.
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December 1981-May 1986: During and after the period of martial law...

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December 1981-May 1986

During and after the period of martial law which greeted the Polish Solidarity movement, the activities of the Warsaw underground were co-ordinated by a woman living in hiding, Ewa Kulik .
Robinson, Jean C. “Solidarity’s Disappearing Women”. Women’s Review of Books, Vol.
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, No. 4, July–Aug. 2006, pp. 8-9.
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Emily Eden

Shortly after the middle of the nineteenth century, EE published two novels (one of them begun during the 1830s) and a volume of her letters from India. She also published a collection of her...
Emily Eden Watercolour portrait of Emily Eden by Simon Jacques Rochard, August 1835. She sits in a chair with her left hand its arm, and her right hand reaching down to a small spaniel-type dog has its paws on her knee. She wears a billowy gown patterned with blue and pink stripes and decorated with bows and ruffles at collar and shoulders. She wears her hair up in a high bun with pink ribbons at each side of her head.

1 August 1863: Queen Victoria, in a letter to The Ladies...

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1 August 1863

Queen Victoria , in a letter to The Ladies of England, denounced the crinoline, calling it an indelicate, expensive, dangerous, and hideous article.
Adburgham, Alison. Shops and Shopping 1800-1914: Where, and in What Manner the Well-Dressed Englishwoman Bought Her Clothes. Allen and Unwin, 1964.
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28 September 1677: During another difficult season at Drury...

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28 September 1677

During another difficult season at Drury Lane Theatre , the manager extracted an agreement from the actors that they would not perform for any other company.
The London Stage 1660-1800. Southern Illinois University Press, 1960–1968, 5 vols.
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The Concise Dictionary of National Biography: From Earliest Times to 1985. Oxford University Press, 1995, 3 vols.
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Harriet Shaw Weaver

HSW wrote reviews and leaders for the influential little magazine The Egoist while she was its editor. She wrote historical surveys of philosophical concepts of time and space, but neither of these was ever published...

16 May 1966: A circular issued by Mao, leader of the ruling...

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16 May 1966

A circular issued by Mao , leader of the ruling Communist Party in China, launched the Cultural Revolution in order to introduce a new generation to class struggle. The young Red Guards were encouraged...

May 1793: The British Critic: a new review, a leading...

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May 1793

The British Critic: a new review, a leading conservative periodical, began publication.
Watson, George, and Ian Roy Wilson, editors. The New Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature. Cambridge University Press, 1969, 5 vols., http://U of A, HSS Ruth N Flr 1 Ref.

: The Female School of Design was abruptly...

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Summer 1848

The Female School of Design was abruptly moved to 330 The Strand, near Drury Lane.
Callen, Anthea. Women in the Arts and Crafts Movement 1870-1914. Astragal Books, 1980.
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By mid-September 1993: The Great Ape Project: Equality beyond Humanity,...

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By mid-September 1993

The Great Ape Project: Equality beyond Humanity, edited by Peter Singer and Paola Cavalieri on behalf of the Great Ape Project , was published.
Corbey, Raymond. The Metaphysics of Apes: Negotiating the Animal-Human Boundary. Cambridge University Press, 2005.
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TLS Centenary Archive Centenary Archive [1902-2012]. http://www.gale.com/c/the-times-literary-supplement-historical-archive.
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: Women's March in London held a March for...

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2019-01-19

Women's March in London held a March for Bread and Roses to protest against policies of austerity in the United Kingdom.
Petter, Olivia. “Women’s March 2019”. Independent, 19 Jan. 2019.
Petter, Olivia. “Women’s March 2019”. Independent, 19 Jan. 2019.

Anne Devlin

AD , a playwright and screenwriter born in Northern Ireland, often writes about the impact of nationalist and Republican politics on women's private lives. Dream and memory also figure prominently in her work.
Anne Devlin Photograph of a portrait of Anne Devlin, shown from the shoulders up. The portrait is contained within a dark oval set against a white background, and white negative space is used to indicate her features and clothing. She is wearing a shawl that is closed by a button in the center, and a frilly bonnet frames her face.

4 May 1874: Elizabeth (Thompson), Lady Butler, exhibited...

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4 May 1874

Elizabeth (Thompson), Lady Butler , exhibited her painting Roll Call at the Royal Academy ; it was bought by Queen Victoria .

1863: To discourage sensationalism in evangelical...

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1863

To discourage sensationalism in evangelical literature, the Religious Tract Society laid out three essential rules for healthful fiction.
Maison, Margaret. Search Your Soul, Eustace: A Survey of the Religious Novel in the Victorian Age. Sheed and Ward, 1961.
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Maison, Margaret. Search Your Soul, Eustace: A Survey of the Religious Novel in the Victorian Age. Sheed and Ward, 1961.
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Primarily between 1790 and 1855: During the Highland Clearances a large proportion...

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Primarily between 1790 and 1855

During the Highland Clearances a large proportion of the tenantry were evicted from small, struggling farms by their Highland estate landlords to be replaced by more profitable sheep, cattle, and deer.
Richards, Eric. The Highland Clearances: People, Landlords and Rural Turmoil. Birlinn, 2000.
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Richards, Eric. Debating the Highland Clearances. Edinburgh University Press, 2007.
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5 March 2011: All across Britain and Ireland people gave...

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5 March 2011

All across Britain and Ireland people gave away free books to mark the first-ever World Book Night. One million books (for adults, not children) were given out to the public by 20,000 volunteer passionate readers.
Sarah Waters. 2010, http://www.sarahwaters.com/.

1896: This year is the earliest on record of women...

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1896

This year is the earliest on record of women working in radiography.
Witz, Anne. “Patriarchal Relations and Patterns of Sex Segregation in the Medical Division of Labour”. Gender Segregation at Work, edited by Sylvia Walby, Open University Press, 1988, pp. 74-90.
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1589: Richard Hakluyt published Principall Navigations,...

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1589

Richard Hakluyt published Principall Navigations, Voiages, and Discoveries of the English Nation.
Cox, Michael, editor. The Oxford Chronology of English Literature. Oxford University Press, 2002, 2 vols.