Women’s Writing in the British Isles from the Beginnings to the Present
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5 May 1915: The German-occupied, famine-stricken northern...
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5 May 1915
The German-occupied, famine-stricken northern French town of Lille received its first ration of bread baked with flour from the USA.
Ezard, John. “Breaking the Silence”. Guardian Unlimited, 21 Aug. 1999.
5 April 1794: In France, Robespierre had his two erstwhile...
Chisholm, Hugh, editor. Encyclopaedia Britannica. Eleventh, Cambridge University Press, 1911.
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.
159
5 July 1757: The London Lock Asylum (a home for reformed...
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5 July 1757
The LondonLock Asylum
(a home for reformed prostitutes recently cured of venereal disease) admitted its first inmates.
Merians, Linda E. “The London Lock Hospital and the Lock Asylum for Women”. The Secret Malady: Venereal Disease in Eighteenth-Century Britain and France, edited by Linda E. Merians, University Press of Kentucky, 1996, pp. 128-45.
139, 137, 140-1
1 January 1957: The first three-act ballet score by a British...
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1 January 1957
The first three-act ballet score by a British composer, Benjamin Britten
's The Prince of the Pagodas, was performed at Covent Garden.
Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century, 1992.
413
April 1915: Two women from the clerical department of...
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April 1915
Two women from the clerical department of the Glasgow Tramways Department
became the first women tram conductors in Great Britain.
Marwick, Arthur. Women at War, 1914-1918. Croom Helm, 1977.
45
By 12 October 1854: The Times newspaper set up a Crimean War...
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By 12 October 1854
The Times newspaper set up a Crimean War Fund (one of several such charitable funds) in an effort to provide British soldiers with necessities such as food, warm clothes, and fresh bandages which army sources...
6 March 1792: Pauline Léon read to the French Legislative...
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6 March 1792
Pauline Léon
read to the French Legislative Assembly
a petition signed by 319 women of Paris seeking to arm themselves as a national guard.
Godineau, Dominique. The Women of Paris and Their French Revolution. Translator Streip, Katherine, University of California Press, 1998.
370, 382
13 April 1640: The Short Parliament began sitting; it lasted...
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13 April 1640
The Short Parliament began sitting; it lasted less than a month.
Evelyn, John. The Diary of John Evelyn. Editor De Beer, Esmond Samuel, Oxford University Press, 1959.
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12 February 1554: Lady Jane Grey was executed in consequence...
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12 February 1554
Lady Jane Grey
was executed in consequence of her parents' claim of the throne for her.
Stephen, Sir Leslie, and Sidney Lee, editors. The Dictionary of National Biography. Smith, Elder, 1908–2026, 22 vols. plus supplements.
4 June 1970: Tonga became independent from Britain....
15 June 1945: Family allowances were established in En...
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15 June 1945
Family allowances were established in England.
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.
887
Law Reports: Statutes. Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1866–2026.
1945: 538-58
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Lady Jane Cavendish
LJC
wrote, in the middle years of the seventeenth century, nearly ninety poems (including occasional and political pieces, compliment, religious pieces and a country-house poem) and the better part of two plays: a pastoral or...
A twentieth-century writer of popular fiction, ML
published nearly thirty novels in a wide range of genres, including adventure-romance and novels of the supernatural. The generic boundaries of her novels are fluid, and many verge...
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Alicia D'Anvers
ADA
is a remarkably skilled and hard-hitting verse satirist of the late Restoration period, who writes about international politics and about the misogynist, ingrown, self-satisfied culture of the university to whose press her father was...
June 1832: The Six Articles were imposed at the Diet...
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June 1832
The Six Articles were imposed at the Diet of Frankfurt, which sought to curb the activities of students and revolutionaries.
Cowie, Leonard W., and Leonard Woolfson. Years of Nationalism: European History 1815-1890. Edward Arnold, 1985.
118
November 1739: The anonymous, probably female Sophia published...
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November 1739
The anonymous, probably female Sophia
published a pamphlet entitled Woman not Inferior to Man.
Gentleman’s Magazine. Various publishers.
9 (1739): 608
18 June 1894: The UK formally announced a protectorate...
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18 June 1894
The UK formally announced a protectorate over Uganda.
Keller, Helen, editor. The Dictionary of Dates. Macmillan, 1934, 2 vols.
I: 589, 756
Langer, William L., editor. An Encyclopedia of World History: Ancient, Medieval, and Modern, Chronologically Arranged. 4th ed., Houghton Mifflin, 1968.
881, 883
1961: The United Nations population commission...
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1961
The United Nations
population commission mandated to pursue an aggressive antinatalist policy to combat overpopulation.
Pfeffer, Naomi. The Stork and the Syringe: A Political History of Reproductive Medicine. Polity Press, 1993.
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1837: Second-class compartment coaches were established...
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1837
Second-class compartment coaches were established in England.
Allen, G. Freeman. Railways: Past, Present and Future. Orbis Publishing, 1982.
1940: Mary Corsellis organized the London Women's...
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1940
Mary Corsellis
organized the London Women's Parliament
as a venue for women to meet to discuss wages, work safety, hours, working conditions, and other issues.
Minns, Raynes. Bombers and Mash: The Domestic Front 1939-45. Virago, 1980.
37
3 November 1892: The first weekly number appeared in London...
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3 November 1892
The first weekly number appeared in London of Shafts: a magazine of progressive thought (founded and edited by Margaret Shurmer Sibthorp
), which aimed at a working-class and female readership, and supported women's suffrage.
Solo: Search Oxford University Libraries Online. 18 July 2011, http://solo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?vid=OXVU1&fromLogin=true&reset_config=true.
1855: Lord Dunaldson suggested the use of the poisonous...
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1855
Lord Dunaldson
suggested the use of the poisonous gas sulphur dioxide in the Crimean War.
Hellemans, Alexander, and Bryan Bunch. The Timetables of Science: A Chronology of the Most Important People and Events in the History of Science. Simon and Shuster, 1988.
326
3 March 1924: Sean O'Casey followed his first success at...
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3 March 1924
Sean O'Casey
followed his first success at the Abbey Theatre
, Dublin, with a play about war entitled Juno and the Paycock.
Tóibín, Colm. “After I am hanged my portrait will be interesting”. London Review of Books, Vol.
