Women’s Writing in the British Isles from the Beginnings to the Present
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Ethel Wilson
Born in South Africa and raised until age ten in Britain, Ethel Wilson
is best known as one of the first regional Canadian writers to capture in intimate detail the beauty of British Columbia, Canada...
1 January 1850: The St Lawrence River opened to vessels of...
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1 January 1850
The St Lawrence River opened to vessels of all nations.
Keller, Helen, editor. The Dictionary of Dates. Macmillan, 1934, 2 vols.
II: 466
By 1916: Popular women's magazines hired nutritionists...
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By 1916
Popular women's magazines hired nutritionists to write columns about calories, properdiets, and ideal weights.
Brumberg, Joan Jacobs. Fasting Girls. Harvard University Press, 1988.
237
20 November 1895: The St Bride Printing Library was opened...
Clair, Colin. A Chronology of Printing. Cassell, 1969.
164
June 1893: Lizzie Borden went on trial in the United...
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June 1893
Lizzie Borden
went on trial in the United States for the 1892 axe-murder of her father and step-mother.
Franck, Irene, and David Brownstone. Women’s World: A Timeline of Women in History. HarperCollins; HarperPerennial, 1995.
217
1994: Richard J. Herrnstein and Charles A. Murray...
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1994
Richard J. Herrnstein
and Charles A. Murray
caused a furore with a book, The Bell Curve: Intelligence and Class Structure in American Life, which argued that black people are, in general, by nature less...
1921: Jonathan Cape publishing house was founded...
Gentry, Helen, and David Greenhood. Chronology of Books and Printing. Rev. ed., Macmillan, 1936.
134
Myers, Robin. The British Book Trade, from Caxton to the Present Day. Andre Deutsch in association with the National Book League, 1973.
168
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Flora Shaw
FS
is best known as a journalist with strong views on imperialism, who influenced both official policy and the British public through her position as colonial editor for the Times. She believed that journalism...
Purkiss, Diane. The English Civil War, A People’s History. Harper Perennial, 2007.
31, 28-9
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Selina Davenport
Although or because she was harrassed by poverty, SD
published, between 1813 and 1834, eleven novels (mostly with the Minerva Press
) which the Feminist Companion calls effective if stereotyped,
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.
as well as mostly unidentified...
1920: The monthly newspaper Young Ladies' Journal...
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1920
The monthly newspaper Young Ladies' Journal ceased publication.
Palmegiano, Eugenia M. Women and British Periodicals, 1832-1867: A Bibliography. Garland, 1976.
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1991: The Royal Society appointed a woman officer...
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1991
The Royal Society
appointed a woman officer for the first time: Anne McLaren
, an embryologist, became its Foreign Secretary.
“Women’s History Timeline”. BBC: Radio 4: Woman’s Hour.
1821: The outstanding business woman Eleanor Coade...
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1821
The outstanding business woman Eleanor Coade
died, leaving a substantial self-made fortune to charities (including the British and Foreign Bible Society
) and to individuals, two-thirds of them women.
Hunt, Margaret R. The Middling Sort: Commerce, Gender, and the Family in England, 1680-1780. University of California Press, 1996.
144, 271n49-50
: The launching of the first Rhine pleasure...
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Spring 1816
The launching of the first Rhine pleasure boat powered by steam amazed onlookers and was reported in newspapers. The first cross-Channel steamer began operating the same year.
Lessenich, Rolf. “Literary Views of English Rhine Romanticism 1760-1860”. European Romantic Review, Vol.
10
, No. 4, 1 Sept.–30 Nov. 1999, pp. 480-18.
490, 499
Campbell, Mary, 1917 - 2002. Lady Morgan: The Life and Times of Sydney Owenson. Pandora, 1988.
135
1848: Astronomer Maria Mitchell was the first woman...
Franck, Irene, and David Brownstone. Women’s World: A Timeline of Women in History. HarperCollins; HarperPerennial, 1995.
129
17 July 1729: The all-female mercury firms of Elizabeth...
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17 July 1729
The all-female mercury firms of Elizabeth Nutt
and Anne Dodd
were summonsed about a libel they had published. Subordinate members of each firm testified that the mistress was not responsible, having been away ill at...
1923: After the tomb of an Egyptian princess with...
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1923
After the tomb of an Egyptian princess with a tattooed body was opened at Luxor, Egypt, similar tattoos, usually of small insects, became fashionable among English women.
Angeloglou, Maggie. A History of Make-up. Studio Vista, 1970.
Windsor, Alan, editor. Handbook of Modern British Painting 1900-1980. Scolar Press, 1992.
58, 59
1780: Of 21,000 children whose births were registered...
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1780
Of 21,000 children whose births were registered in Paris this year, only 5 per cent were fed their mothers' milk.
Jolly, Alison. “Keep Me”. London Review of Books, 10 Aug. 2000, pp. 23-4.
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November 1762: At the annual Lord Mayor's Banquet in London,...
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November 1762
At the annual Lord Mayor's Banquet in London, Pitt
was vociferously welcomed, while Bute
, who was thought to be too soft in the peace negotiations, was nearly mauled by the crowd.
Furneaux, Rupert. The Seven Years War. Hart-Davis MacGibbon, 1973.
200
By 14 March 1885: Mark Pattison's Memoirs appeared posthumously...
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By 14 March 1885
Mark Pattison
's Memoirs appeared posthumously the year after his death.
Athenæum. J. Lection.
2994 (1885): 335
Thonemann, Peter. “Wall of Ice”. London Review of Books, 7 Feb. 2008, pp. 23-4.
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Hannah Wolley
HW
predates Aphra Behn
in making a living by her pen, only in her case her seventeenth-century writings (on cooking, medicine, household skills, and general conduct) aimed to attract students to her other career, which...
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Jennifer Johnston
JJ
, a twentieth-century Irish novelist and playwright, often focuses on Irish historical and political themes in the fourteen novels she had published by 2007.
Moloney, Caitriona et al. Irish Women Writers Speak Out: Voices From the Field. Syracuse University Press, 2003.
65
She writes about coming-of-age themes, issues of loyalty and...
