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: Artist Vanessa Bell had eight works included...

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Autumn 1917

Artist Vanessa Bell had eight works included in The New Movement in Art exhibition held in Birmingham and at the Mansard Gallery , London.
Vanessa Bell, 1879-1961, A Retrospective Exhibition: April 18-May 24, 1980. Davis and Long, 1980.
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1871: Newnham College for women was founded in...

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1871

Newnham College for women was founded in Cambridge.
McWilliams-Tullberg, Rita. Women at Cambridge. Gollancz, 1975.
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The World of Learning. 45th ed., Allen and Unwin, 1995.
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Purvis, June. A History of Women’s Education in England. Open University Press, 1991.
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October 1739: The Gentleman's Magazine printed a four-page...

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October 1739

The Gentleman's Magazine printed a four-page article by an anonymous Lady about women's education and women's employment.
Gentleman’s Magazine. Various publishers.
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Ann Radcliffe

AR is well known as the mistress par excellence of eighteenth-century Gothic fiction, the continuing tradition of which she strongly marked with the characteristics of her individual style. She also produced poetry, travel writing, and...
Ann Radcliffe Black and white photograph of a painting of Ann Radcliffe, shown from the waist up, wearing a dark dress with a light frilled collar. Her curly hair is topped with a large hat that is decorated with flowers.

1702: An Act to Oblige Jews to Maintain and Provide...

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1702

An Act to Oblige Jews to Maintain and Provide for their Protestant Children forbade Jewish fathers from disinheriting daughters who (like Jessica in William ShakespeareThe Merchant of Venice) converted to Christianity.
Kerrigan, John. “Fathers Who Live Too Long”. London Review of Books, Vol.
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1864: The X-Club, a small group of influential...

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1864

The X-Club , a small group of influential London scientists, was formed.
Brock, William H. Science for All: Studies in the History of Victorian Science and Education. Variorum, 1996.
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Morrell, J. B. “The Patronage of Mid-Victorian Science in the University of Edinburgh”. The Patronage of Science in the Nineteenth Century, edited by Gerard L’Estrange Turner, Noordhoff International, 1976, pp. 53-93.
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Knight, David. The Age of Science: The Scientific World-View in the Nineteenth Century. Basil Blackwell, 1986.
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2 October 1862: Dion Boucicault wrote to The Times pointing...

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2 October 1862

Dion Boucicault wrote to The Times pointing out the widely varying rents for West End theatres.
Booth, Michael R. Theatre in the Victorian Age. Cambridge University Press, 1991.
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1871: The Department of Practical Art facility...

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1871

The Department of Practical Art facility in South Kensington was pulled down, removed to the East End of London, rebuilt, and renamed the Bethnal Green Museum .
The present Bethnal Green Museum, housing the Victoria and Albert Museum

10 September 1990: Naomi Wolf set out in The Beauty Myth to...

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10 September 1990

Naomi Wolf set out in The Beauty Myth to demonstrate how society uses images of beauty in women to their detriment.
Williams, Neville et al. Chronology of the 20th Century. Helicon, 1996.
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Blackwell’s Online Bookshop. http://Bookshop.Blackwell.co.uk.

1876-1878: More than six million people died from drought,...

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1876-1878

More than six million people died from drought, famine, and disease during a major famine in India.
Davis, Mike. Late Victorian Holocausts: El Nino Famines and the Making of the Third World. Verso, 2001.
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26 May 1879: Under the Treaty of Gandamak, Britain was...

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26 May 1879

Under the Treaty of Gandamak, Britain was allowed to occupy the Khyber Pass and maintain an envoy at Kabul.
Cook, Chris, and John, 1946 - Stevenson. The Longman Handbook of Modern British History 1714-1987. 2nd ed., Longman, 1988.
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Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century, 1992.
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October 1854: Herbert Vaughan was ordained into the Roman...

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October 1854

Herbert Vaughan was ordained into the Roman Catholic faith.
Norman, Edward R. The English Catholic Church in the Nineteenth Century. Clarendon, 1984.
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Mitchell, Sally, editor. Victorian Britain: An Encyclopedia. Garland Press, 1988.
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Mary Basset

MB was a significant member among the band of sixteenth-century women who were classical scholars and translators. Only two of what are said to have been her many translations survive.

4 April 1968: The Rev. Martin Luther King, civil rights...

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4 April 1968

The Rev. Martin Luther King , civil rights leader, was assassinated at a hotel in Memphis, Tennessee.
Grun, Bernard. The Timetables of History. 3rd revised, Simon and Schuster, 1991.
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Steinberg, Sigfrid Henry. Historical Tables: 58 BC-AD 1985. 11th ed., Garland Publishing, 1986.
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Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century, 1992.
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Borne Back Daily. 2001, http://borneback.com/ .
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July 1915: The Women's Social and Political Union organised,...

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July 1915

The Women's Social and Political Union organised, with government help, a Women's Right to Serve demonstration in support of their call for national conscription of women as well as men, and their support of the...

1858: German psychologist Wilhelm Wundt began publishing...

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1858

German psychologist Wilhelm Wundt began publishing his influential Beiträge zur Theorie der Sinneswahrnehmung (Contributions to the Theory of Sensory Perception), completed in 1862.
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.
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By 1859: Aniline dyes (discovered three years before)...

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By 1859

Aniline dyes (discovered three years before) were introduced in manufacturing; clothing brightened considerably.
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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Adburgham, Alison. A Punch History of Manners and Modes 1841-1940. Hutchinson, 1961.
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April 1860: A monthly periodical for women entitled Magdalen's...

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April 1860

A monthly periodical for women entitled Magdalen's Friend and Female Homes' Intelligencer began publication in London.
Palmegiano, Eugenia M. Women and British Periodicals, 1832-1867: A Bibliography. Garland, 1976.
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1904: Joseph Rowntree, setting up a trust in 1904...

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1904

Joseph Rowntree , setting up a trust in 1904 which might well have been charitable, chose to make it non-charitable, tax-paying, so that it could enter the political arena to campaign for social reforms.
Wainwright, Martin. “Reform at heart of Women’s Aid mission”. The Guardian, 27 Dec. 2003, p. 13.
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October 1910: The Working Gentlewomen's Journal, a monthly...

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October 1910

The Working Gentlewomen's Journal, a monthly with articles on genteel employment, ceased 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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1950: The Carl Hahn company began selling the o.b....

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1950

The Carl Hahn company began selling the o.b. tampon®, a small cotton-rayon applicator-free design developed by German physician Judith Esser-Mittag .
Vare, Ethlie Ann, and Greg Ptacek. Patently Female. John Wiley and Sons, 2002.
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Constance Lytton

Apart from her warm and witty private correspondence, CL is remembered as a writer solely in connection with her early-twentieth-century suffrage involvement, particularly her one-woman campaign to prove that the British government was treating political...
Constance Lytton Black and white photograph of Constance Lytton, shown from the shoulders up. She is wearing a white dress and a beaded necklace, and her dark hair is pulled into a dark bun on the top of her head.

: William Jaggard published The Passionate...

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Summer 1599

William Jaggard published The Passionate Pilgrime, a pirated miscellany including poetry by Marlowe , Shakespeare , and others; the title-page ascription to Shakespeare is unjustified.
Dobson, Michael. “A Furtive Night’s Work”. London Review of Books, 20 Oct. 2005, pp. 7-8.
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4 September 1936: Beryl Markham left Abingdon in England by...

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4 September 1936

Beryl Markham left Abingdon in England by plane, heading for Canada. She crash-landed on Cape Breton Island nearly twenty-four hours later, and so became the first person to complete a solo flight across the Atlantic...

Later 1884: The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty...

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Later 1884

The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (later the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children or NSPCC) was founded.
Bristow, Edward. Vice and Vigilance: Purity Movements in Britain Since 1700. Gill and Macmillan, 1977.
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Jackson, Louise A. Child Sexual Abuse in Victorian England. Routledge, 2000.
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