Women’s Writing in the British Isles from the Beginnings to the Present
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March 1957: The British Consumers' Association was officially...
Webb, Catherine. The Woman with the Basket: The History of the Women’s Co-operative Guild 1883-1927. Co-operative Wholesale Society’s Printing Works, 1927.
184, 189
Blaszak, Barbara J. The Matriarchs of England’s Cooperative Movement: A Study in Gender Politics and Female Leadership, 1883-1921. Greenwood Press, 2000.
134
1882: Edith Shove graduated from the University...
Blake, Catriona, and Wendy Savage. The Charge of the Parasols: Women’s Entry to the Medical Profession. Women’s Press, 1990.
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Susanna Moodie
SM
is best remembered for her first-person narrative of pioneer life in Canada, Roughing It in the Bush, 1852, considered a foundational work of Canadian literature. She was a prolific author who wrote...
After February 1932: An appeal of Count Potocki of Montalk's case...
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After February 1932
An appeal of Count Potocki of Montalk
's case was heard; and although he was not cleared, an advance in obscene libel cases was made.
Craig, Alec. The Banned Books of England and Other Countries. George Allen and Unwin, 1962.
89-90
By September 1761: Edward Thompson published a scurrilous poem,...
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By September 1761
Edward Thompson
published a scurrilous poem, The Meretriciad.
Critical Review. W. Simpkin and R. Marshall, 5 series.
12 (1762): 201-3
Crouch, Kimberly. “The public life of actresses: prostitutes or ladies?”. Gender in Eighteenth-Century England: Roles, Representations and Responsibilities, edited by Hannah Barker and Elaine Chalus, Longman, 1997, pp. 58-78.
62
3 November 1914: An agreement of alliance between the UK and...
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3 November 1914
An agreement of alliance between the UK and Kuwait gave assurance that the UK would recognize Kuwait as an independent principality under British protection.
Keller, Helen, editor. The Dictionary of Dates. Macmillan, 1934, 2 vols.
I: 773
11 June 1901: The Cook Islands were formally annexed to...
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11 June 1901
The Cook Islands were formally annexed to New Zealand.
Keller, Helen, editor. The Dictionary of Dates. Macmillan, 1934, 2 vols.
I: 949
1949: John Calder (Publishers) Limited was founded...
Purvis, June. A History of Women’s Education in England. Open University Press, 1991.
46-51
Haydn, Joseph. Haydn’s Dictionary of Dates and Universal Information. Editor Vincent, Benjamin, 23rd ed., Ward, Lock, 1904.
1395
1774: Louise d'Epinay, former friend and patron...
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1774
Louise d'Epinay
, former friend and patron of Rousseau
, published Conversations d'Emilie, a book on education for girls designed to counter the message of his Emile.
Goodman, Dena. Becoming a Woman in the Age of Letters. Cornell University Press, 2009.
Sally Sayward Keating
(later Wood) published at Portsmouth, New Hampshire, her novel Julia and the Illuminated Baron, written some years earlier and incorporating a tribute to Sarah Wentworth Morton
.
Pendleton, Emily, and Milton Ellis. Philenia. University of Maine Press, 1931.
88
31 March 1966: In the general election the Labour Party...
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31 March 1966
In the general election the Labour Party
under Harold Wilson
increased its majority from four to nearly a hundred.
Schott, Ben. Schott’s Original Miscellany. Bloomsbury, 2002.
102
July 1899: The Female Missionary Intelligencer ceased...
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July 1899
The Female Missionary Intelligencer ceased publication.
Palmegiano, Eugenia M. Women and British Periodicals, 1832-1867: A Bibliography. Garland, 1976.
7
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.
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Frances Sarah Hoey
Published in the latter half of the nineteenth century, FSH
's oeuvre included sensation novels, journalism, translations of French and Italian works, and many reviews. She was actively involved in literary circles, and notable both...
1905: Bordet and Gengou discovered the organism...
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1905
Bordet
and Gengou
discovered the organism responsible for whooping cough (bordatella pertussis).
Dolan, Josephine A. History of Nursing. 12th ed., Saunders, 1968.
297
1993: Rupert Murdoch, millionaire Australian proprietor...
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1993
Rupert Murdoch
, millionaire Australian proprietor of The Times, cut its cost by a third, instituting a price war with the Daily Telegraph; both papers lost millions in profit.
Stevens, Ronald. “A Different Sort of Tory”. London Review of Books, 12 Dec. 2002, pp. 16-17.
17
15 April 1886: The first conference of the Women's Co-operative...
Webb, Catherine. The Woman with the Basket: The History of the Women’s Co-operative Guild 1883-1927. Co-operative Wholesale Society’s Printing Works, 1927.
28, 145
Blaszak, Barbara J. The Matriarchs of England’s Cooperative Movement: A Study in Gender Politics and Female Leadership, 1883-1921. Greenwood Press, 2000.
71
Scott, Gillian. Feminism and the Politics of Working Women: The Women’s Cooperative Guild, 1880s to the Second World War. UCL Press, 1998.
16
18 March 1834: George and James Loveless, James Brine, Thomas...
Keller, Helen, editor. The Dictionary of Dates. Macmillan, 1934, 2 vols.
I: 702
Langer, William L., editor. An Encyclopedia of World History: Ancient, Medieval, and Modern, Chronologically Arranged. 4th ed., Houghton Mifflin, 1968.
1083-4
1974: The Times Literary Supplement (under the...
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1974
The Times Literary Supplement (under the editorship of John Gross
) abandoned its policy of anonymity for its contributors.
Wood, James. “Phut-Phut”. London Review of Books, 27 June 2002, pp. 11-12.
11
: In the aftermath of the Chartist Petition's...
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Summer 1842
In the aftermath of the Chartist Petition's defeat in the House of Commons, a general strike occurred.
Jones, Gareth Stedman. Languages of Class: Studies in English Working Class History 1832-1982. Cambridge University Press, 1983.
51-2
Royle, Edward. Chartism. Longman, 1980.
28-31
June 1883: The Women's League for the Spread of Co-operation,...
Webb, Catherine. The Woman with the Basket: The History of the Women’s Co-operative Guild 1883-1927. Co-operative Wholesale Society’s Printing Works, 1927.
20-1
Blaszak, Barbara J. George Jacob Holyoake (1817-1906) and the Development of the British Cooperative Movement. E. Mellen, 1988.
