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Margaret Roberts

MR wrote from youth until old age, mostly during the later nineteenth century. She usually remained anonymous, though she did eventually give permission to the firm of Tauchnitz to put her name on some of...

1 April 1941: With the Second World War more than eighteen...

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1 April 1941

With the Second World War more than eighteen months old and the USA still neutral, Lillian Hellman 's drama The Watch on the Rhine opened on Broadway.
Borne Back Daily. 2001, http://borneback.com/ .
1 April 2008

1892: Marshall and Snelgrove introduced the combined...

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1892

Marshall and Snelgrove introduced the combined bodice, petticoat, drawers to be worn over a corset and under a vest.
Cunnington, C. Willett et al. The History of Underclothes. Revised, Faber and Faber, 1981.
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Ann Yearsley

AY became famous at the outset of her career as a primitive or untaught poet: a role she herself rejected in the course of a bitter row with her patron Hannah More . She went...
Ann Yearsley Sepia version of engraving of Ann Yearsley by Wilson Lowry, 1787, from an unknown artist. She is turned 3/4 to the left and wears a large shady hat, jacket, and dress. The portrait has an oval frame embellished with flowers, ribbons, and an urn. Underneath is written "Ann Yearsley. The Bristol Milk Woman & Poetess."

1840: Tilt and Bogue was founded in Fleet Street,...

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1840

Tilt and Bogue was founded in Fleet Street, London, from the partnership of David Bogue and Charles Tilt .
Rose, Jonathan, and Patricia J. Anderson, editors. Dictionary of Literary Biography 106. Gale Research, 1991.
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1872: The Obstetrical Society of London began offering...

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1872

The Obstetrical Society of London began offering a three-month course which led to a midwifery diploma.
Mitchell, Sally, editor. Victorian Britain: An Encyclopedia. Garland Press, 1988.
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12 April 1883: The National Liberal Federation passed a...

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12 April 1883

The National Liberal Federation passed a resolution in favour of repealing the Contagious Diseases Acts.
Walkowitz, Judith R. ’We Are Not Beasts of the Field’: Prostitution and the Campaign Against the Contagious Diseases Acts, 1869-1886. University of Rochester, 1974.
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25 July 1989: The Fair Employment (Northern Ireland) Act...

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25 July 1989

The Fair Employment (Northern Ireland) Act promoted equality of employment opportunity between persons of different religious beliefs.
Law Reports: Statutes. Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1866–2026.
(1989): 1673-1746

By 14 April 1855: Edward Robert Bulwer Lytton published his...

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By 14 April 1855

Edward Robert Bulwer Lytton published his first book of poetry, Clytemnestra, The Earl's Return, The Artist, and Other Poems, as Owen Meredith.
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.
“Dictionary of Literary Biography online”. Gale Databases: Literature Resource Center-LRC.
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The Athenaeum Index of Reviews and Reviewers: 1830-1870. http://replay.web.archive.org/20070714065452/http://www.soi.city.ac.uk/~asp/v2/home.html.
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By 14 March 1885: George Meredith published Diana of the Crossways,...

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By 14 March 1885

George Meredith published Diana of the Crossways, a novel based on the life of Caroline Norton .
Athenæum. J. Lection.
2994 (1885): 339
Chedzoy, Alan. A Scandalous Woman: The Story of Caroline Norton. Allison and Busby, 1995.
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1977: Women's Struggle, a bulletin of the Women's...

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1977

Women's Struggle, a bulletin of the Women's National Co-ordinating Committee , ended publication from Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire.
Doughan, David, and Denise Sanchez. Feminist Periodicals, 1855-1984. Harvester Press, 1987.
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24 June 1624: Virginia became a Crown Colony.img: see #...

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24 June 1624

Virginia became a Crown Colony.
Grun, Bernard. The Timetables of History. 3rd revised, Simon and Schuster, 1991.
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13 September 1956: Ted Hughes published his poetry volume The...

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13 September 1956

Ted Hughes published his poetry volume The Hawk in the Rain.
Borne Back Daily. 2001, http://borneback.com/ .
13 September 2010

December 1896: The British Workwoman: Out and At Home ended...

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December 1896

The British Workwoman: Out and At Home ended 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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Later 1946: The prohibition of married women in the British...

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Later 1946

The prohibition of married women in the BritishCivil Service formally ended, although it had ended in practice during the wars.
Grint, Keith. “Women and Equality: The Acquisition of Equal Pay in the Post Office, 1870-1961”. Sociology, Vol.
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, No. 1, 1988, pp. 87-108.
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11 June 1727: King George I died and George II assumed...

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11 June 1727

King George I died and George II assumed the throne.
Haydn, Joseph. Haydn’s Dictionary of Dates and Universal Information. Editor Vincent, Benjamin, 23rd ed., Ward, Lock, 1904.
Fryde, Edmund Boleslaw. Handbook of British Chronology. Editors Greenway, D. E. et al., 3rd ed., Offices of the Royal Historical Society, 1986.
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July 1775: On the death of Charles Say (a major London...

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July 1775

On the death of Charles Say (a major London printer, publisher of the official newspaper The Gazetteer), his widow Mary Say took over the business.
Barker, Hannah. “Women, work and the industrial revolution: female involvement in the English printing trades, c. 1700-1840”. Gender in Eighteenth-Century England: Roles, Representations and Responsibilities, edited by Hannah Barker and Elaine Chalus, Longman, 1997, pp. 81-100.
91-2, 99
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.

By November 1939: Excavations of a ship burial at Sutton Hoo,...

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By November 1939

Excavations of a ship burial at Sutton Hoo, an estate near Woodbridge in Suffolk, opened to archaeologists and historians a whole new level of knowledge of Anglo-Saxon society in England.
Bennett, Alan. “What I did in 1999”. London Review of Books, 20 Jan. 2000, pp. 3-8.
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Encyclopædia Britannica Online. http://www.britannica.com/.

29 August 1890: The Irish Art Museum opened in Dublin....

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29 August 1890

The Irish Art Museum opened in Dublin.
Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century, 1992.
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Haydn, Joseph. Haydn’s Dictionary of Dates and Universal Information. Editor Vincent, Benjamin, 23rd ed., Ward, Lock, 1904.
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2 May 1923: Under the supervision of Margaret Bondfield...

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2 May 1923

Under the supervision of Margaret Bondfield and the Women's Advisory Committee , the BBC 's radio programme Women's Hour began its two-year run.
“Women’s History Timeline”. BBC: Radio 4: Woman’s Hour.

Early 1894: The Local Government and Local Government...

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Early 1894

The Local Government and Local Government (Scotland) Acts made women eligible to vote for and be elected to Parish and District Councils, even if married; these acts did not apply to Ireland.
Cook, Chris, and John, 1946 - Stevenson. The Longman Handbook of Modern British History 1714-1987. 2nd ed., Longman, 1988.
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30 January 1972: Pakistan withdrew from the Commonwealth....

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30 January 1972

Pakistan withdrew from the Commonwealth.
Steinberg, Sigfrid Henry. Historical Tables: 58 BC-AD 1985. 11th ed., Garland Publishing, 1986.
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1868: Whitaker's Almanack first appeared....

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1868

Whitaker's Almanack first appeared.
Grun, Bernard. The Timetables of History. 3rd revised, Simon and Schuster, 1991.

1496: Mandeville's Travels was printed in English,...

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1496

Mandeville's Travels was printed in English, about a hundred and fifty years after its composition in French allegedly by Sir John Mandeville (whose actual, historical existence is highly unlikely).
Cox, Michael, editor. The Oxford Chronology of English Literature. Oxford University Press, 2002, 2 vols.
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.

1838: The London Female Mission introduced two...

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1838

The London Female Mission introduced two new periodicals: the monthly Female's Advocate and the penny monthly Servants' Magazine.
Palmegiano, Eugenia M. Women and British Periodicals, 1832-1867: A Bibliography. Garland, 1976.
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