Women’s Writing in the British Isles from the Beginnings to the Present
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Sheenagh Pugh
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is a Welsh contemporary poet who has published nine volumes of poetry and translation, as well as two novels. Her poetry has a wide thematic reach both historical and geographical, and succeeds in making...
Ouditt, Sharon. Fighting Forces, Writing Women: Identity and Ideology in the First World War. Routledge, 1994.
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Summers, Anne. Angels and Citizens: British Women as Military Nurses 1854-1914. Routledge and Keegan Paul, 1988.
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1705-14: Robert Harley worked to establish a nationwide...
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1705-14
Robert Harley
worked to establish a nationwide system of government intelligence and propaganda.
McDowell, Paula. The Women of Grub Street: Press, Politics, and Gender in the London Literary Marketplace, 1678-1730. Clarendon, 1998.
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Anne Ridler
AR
was a twentieth-century poet and verse playwright whose work has been called metaphysical. She also edited and wrote introductions and commentary for literary works by others, produced translations of opera libretti, and left...
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Kathleen Raine
KR
's lengthy, successful career as twentieth-century poet, autobiographer, essayist, critic, and translator, won her many awards in England and other countries. She called the writing of words (especially poetry) her greatest joy. Paradoxically, it...
20 August 1878: The first international meeting of printers...
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20 August 1878
The first international meeting of printers was held in Paris.
Clair, Colin. A Chronology of Printing. Cassell, 1969.
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16 August-20 September 1890: A weekly magazine entitled My Lady's Novelette...
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16 August-20 September 1890
A weekly magazine entitled My Lady's Novelette was published.
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.
9 December 1692: The actor William Mountfort was treacherously...
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9 December 1692
The actor William Mountfort
was treacherously murdered after trying to prevent two rakes from abducting his colleague Anne Bracegirdle
.
The London Stage 1660-1800. Southern Illinois University Press, 1960–1968, 5 vols.
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February 1932: The International Disarmament Conference...
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February 1932
The International Disarmament Conference
convened in Geneva. The conference lasted intermittently for two years, but its eventual breakdown dashed hopes of averting another world war.
Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century, 1992.
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13 November 1775: American troops occupied Montreal; three...
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13 November 1775
American troops occupied Montreal; three weeks later they besieged Quebec.
Coakley, Robert, and Stetson Conn. The War of the American Revolution. Center of Military History, 1975.
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Earlier 1855: Charles Kingsley published his novel Westward...
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Earlier 1855
Charles Kingsley
published his novel Westward Ho!; Or, The Voyages and Adventures of Sir Amyas Leigh, Knight . . . in the Reign of Her Most Glorious Majesty Queen Elizabeth.
Athenæum. J. Lection.
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Sutherland, John, b. 1938. The Stanford Companion to Victorian Fiction. Stanford University Press, 1989.
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Ashton, Rosemary. George Eliot: A Life. Hamish Hamilton, 1996.
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10 February 1749: Henry Fielding published Tom Jones, his comic...
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10 February 1749
Henry Fielding
published Tom Jones, his comic epic poem in prose, in six volumes containing three books each. It reached a (revised) fourth edition by 11 December.
Fielding, Henry. “Introduction”. Tom Jones, edited by John Bender et al., Oxford University Press, 1996, p. ix - xliii.
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31 December 1869: The Daily News published the Ladies' Protest,...
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31 December 1869
The Daily News published the Ladies' Protest, a document signed by 124 women which outlined their arguments for the repeal of the Contagious Diseases Acts.
Walkowitz, Judith R. Prostitution and Victorian Society: Women, Class, and the State. Cambridge University Press, 1980.
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Martineau, Harriet. Harriet Martineau on Women. Editor Yates, Gayle Graham, Rutgers University Press, 1985.
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26 September 1991: Elaine Showalter published Sister's Choice:...
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26 September 1991
Elaine Showalter
published Sister's Choice: Traditions and Change in American Women's Writing , complement or sequel to her book of British women's literary history, A Literature of Their Own, 1977.
13 December 1731: At Hackney near London two poor woman (a...
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13 December 1731
At Hackney near London two poor woman (a widow and a wife whose husband had deserted her) were each granted small sums in poor relief by Justices of the Peace.
Connors, Richard. “Poor women, the parish and the politics of poverty”. Gender in Eighteenth-Century England: Roles, Representations and Responsibilities, edited by Hannah Barker and Elaine Chalus, Longman, 1997, pp. 126-47.
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1917: Karen Horney presented a paper to the Artzliche...
Stevens, Gwendolyn, and Sheldon Gardner. The Women of Psychology. Schenkman, 1982, 2 vols., http://HSS.
I: 149
4 January 1960: Existentialist French writer Albert Camus...
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4 January 1960
Existentialist French writer Albert Camus
died in a car crash at the early age of forty-eight.
Borne Back Daily. 2001, http://borneback.com/ .
4 January 2008
By June 1753: There was published anonymously Hypatia;...
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By June 1753
There was published anonymously Hypatia
; or, the history of a most beautiful, most virtuous, most learned, and every way accomplished lady.
Griffiths, Ralph, 1720 - 1803, and George Edward Griffiths, editors. Monthly Review. R. Griffiths.
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July 1773: The Sentimental Magazine complained about...
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July 1773
The Sentimental Magazine complained about the similarities between girls' boarding schools, irrespective of the social class of their pupils.
Jones, Mary Gwladys. Hannah More. Cambridge University Press, 1952.
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28 July 1904: The Dowager-Empress of China recognized the...
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28 July 1904
The Dowager-Empress of China recognized the medical work of Protestant missions by contributing 10,000 taels (£1,450) towards the construction of Lockhart medical college at Peking.
Keller, Helen, editor. The Dictionary of Dates. Macmillan, 1934, 2 vols.
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21 September 1937: J. R. R. Tolkien published a book he had...
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21 September 1937
J. R. R. Tolkien
published a book he had originally written for his children, The Hobbit. Its steadily increasing long-term popularity launched him on a literary career alongside his academic work.
Borne Back Daily. 2001, http://borneback.com/ .
21 September 2010
7 November 1879: Leon Trotsky, revolutionary and writer, was...
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7 November 1879
Leon Trotsky
, revolutionary and writer, was born in the village of Yanovka in Ukraine.
“Contemporary Authors”. Gale Databases: Literature Resource Centre-LRC.
1662: William Winstanley launched Poor Robin's...
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1662
William Winstanley
launched Poor Robin's Almanac, an annual publication whose satirical element made it almost more like a mock than a true almanac.
Miegon, Anna E. The Ladies Diary and the Emergence of the Almanac for Women, 1704-1753. Simon Fraser University, Sept. 2008.
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28 August 1919: A return flight, with two passengers, from...
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28 August 1919
A return flight, with two passengers, from Paris to London weathered a 100 mile per hour hurricane.
Hudson, Kenneth. Air Travel: A Social History. Adams and Dart, 1972.
