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26 July 1915: The first issue of Bruno's Weekly, edited...

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26 July 1915

The first issue of Bruno's Weekly, edited by Guido Bruno , was published in New York.
Hanscombe, Gillian, and Virginia L. Smyers. Writing for Their Lives: The Modernist Women, 1910-1940. Women’s Press, 1987.
276
OCLC WorldCat. 1992–1998, http://www.oclc.org/firstsearch/content/worldcat/. Accessed 1999.

26 January 1950: India was inaugurated as a republic....

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26 January 1950

India was inaugurated as a republic.
Langer, William L., editor. An Encyclopedia of World History: Ancient, Medieval, and Modern, Chronologically Arranged. 4th ed., Houghton Mifflin, 1968.
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Steinberg, Sigfrid Henry. Historical Tables: 58 BC-AD 1985. 11th ed., Garland Publishing, 1986.
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Elizabeth Stirredge

ES was one of the best-known Quaker pamphleteers and religious autobiographers of the late seventeenth and early eighteenth century. She was also known in her own localities as an outstanding preacher.

22 September 1646: The Midwives' Just Complaint, published in...

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22 September 1646

The Midwives' Just Complaint, published in London, called for a cessation of England's civil war because it interrupted procreation and childbirth.
Trager, James. The Women’s Chronology: A Year-by-Year Record, from Prehistory to the Present. Henry Holt, 1994.
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By 3 September 1887: Margaret Louisa Woods published her first...

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By 3 September 1887

Margaret Louisa Woods published her first novel, A Village Tragedy.
Athenæum. J. Lection.
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Catherine Sinclair

CS was perhaps best known during her lifetime as a prominent Edinburgh philanthropist, but as a writer she is best remembered for her Evangelical fiction aimed at young people or children, such as Modern Accomplishments...
Catherine Sinclair Monument to CS at Charlotte Square and Queen Street in Edinburgh.

24 December 1764: Horace Walpole published The Castle of Otranto,...

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24 December 1764

Horace Walpole published The Castle of Otranto, dedicated to Lady Mary Coke .
Reed, Joseph W., Jr et al. “Introduction”. The Castle of Otranto, edited by Wilmarth Sheldon Lewis, Oxford University Press, 1969.
xviii, 13

1892: Catherine Martin, under the pseudonym Mrs...

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1892

Catherine Martin , under the pseudonym Mrs Alick Macleod, published her novel The Silent Sea.
OCLC WorldCat. 1992–1998, http://www.oclc.org/firstsearch/content/worldcat/. Accessed 1999.

Sarah, Lady Piers

Sarah, Lady Piers, authored five known poems between 1698 and 1714. They include verses prefixed to another's work, an elegy, and two occasional celebrations: one of some admirable ladies and one a Whiggish poem celebrating...

February 1912: Irish Women's Franchise League members held...

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February 1912

Irish Women's Franchise League members held a protest outside the Gresham Hotel, Dublin, where John Redmond and the Irish Parliamentary Party were meeting.
Owens, Rosemary Cullen. Smashing Times: A History of the Irish Women’s Suffrage Movement 1889-1922. Attic, 1984.
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Ward, Margaret. “’Suffrage First--Above All Else!’ An Account of the Irish Suffrage Movement”. Feminist Review, Vol.
10
, 1982, pp. 21-36.
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: Elizabeth Blackwell returned to Britain from...

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Summer 1869

Elizabeth Blackwell returned to Britain from the United States (where she had taken her degree), and began practicing medicine in London.
Blake, Catriona, and Wendy Savage. The Charge of the Parasols: Women’s Entry to the Medical Profession. Women’s Press, 1990.
110

1804: The first long-lasting English-language newspaper...

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1804

The first long-lasting English-language newspaper in South Wales began publication.
Colley, Linda. Britons: Forging the Nation, 1707-1837. Yale University Press, 1992.
220

15 April 1941: 180 planes of the German Luftwaffe dropped...

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15 April 1941

180 planes of the German Luftwaffe dropped bombs and firebomb canisters on Belfast, killing approximately 1,000 people.
“The Belfast Blitz 1941”. BBC History: Northern Ireland Timeline.

19 November 1890: A British protectorate was declared over...

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19 November 1890

A British protectorate was declared over Witu, which is now Kenya.
Keller, Helen, editor. The Dictionary of Dates. Macmillan, 1934, 2 vols.
I: 588
Langer, William L., editor. An Encyclopedia of World History: Ancient, Medieval, and Modern, Chronologically Arranged. 4th ed., Houghton Mifflin, 1968.
883

1883: James Simson edited a short anthology entitled...

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1883

James Simson edited a short anthology entitled The Gipsies, as illustrated by John Bunyan , Mrs. Carlyle , and others. And, Do Snakes Swallow Their Young?.
OCLC WorldCat. 1992–1998, http://www.oclc.org/firstsearch/content/worldcat/. Accessed 1999.

1932: US poet Archibald MacLeish won the Pulitzer...

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1932

US poet Archibald MacLeish won the Pulitzer Prize for his epic poem Conquistador, which traces the journey taken by Cortez through Mexico.
“Hernando Cortez (1460-1521): Spanish Explorer”. Thinkquest: Library: Explorers: Cortez.

August 1841: The Irish Universal Suffrage Association...

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August 1841

The Irish Universal Suffrage Association was founded.
Royle, Edward. Chartism. Longman, 1980.
67, 71

1919: The Federal Council of the Evangelical Free...

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1919

The Federal Council of the Evangelical Free Churches was formed to foster co-operation among Free Churches.
Mews, Constance. “Religious Thinker: ’A Frail Human Being’ on Fiery Life”. Voice of the Living Light: Hildegard of Bingen and Her World, edited by Barbara Newman, University of California Press, 1998, pp. 52-69.
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June 1815: Scottish artisans and textile workers demonstrating...

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June 1815

Scottish artisans and textile workers demonstrating against exploitation rallied at the site of the battle of Drumclog (near Kilmarnock in Western Scotland), a Covenanter victory of 1679.
Chandler, James. England in 1819: The Politics of Literary Culture and the Case of Romantic Historicism. University of Chicago Press, 1998.
341

By November 2008: The final, posthumous work of Canadian writer...

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By November 2008

The final, posthumous work of Canadian writer Jane Rule appeared: Loving the Difficult, a volume of essays dating from a period of over thirty years.
Schuster, Marilyn R. “Of Love and Loss”. Women’s Review of Books, Vol.
25
, No. 6, Nov.–Dec. 2008, pp. 27-8.
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1859-1866: Obstetrician Isaac Baker Brown performed...

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1859-1866

Obstetrician Isaac Baker Brown performed clitoridectomies in London on women whom he believed to be succumbing to female insanity.
Showalter, Elaine. The Female Malady: Women, Madness, and English Culture, 1830-1980. Pantheon Books, 1985.
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Showalter, Elaine. The Female Malady: Women, Madness, and English Culture, 1830-1980. Pantheon Books, 1985.
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1865: The Commons Preservation Society was established...

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1865

The Commons Preservation Society was established to fight against the growing trend of enclosure by property owners of land previously available for public use.
Offer, Avner. Property and Politics, 1870-1914: Landownership, Law, Ideology, and Urban Development in England. Cambridge University Press, 1981.
338-9
Mitchell, Sally, editor. Victorian Britain: An Encyclopedia. Garland Press, 1988.
184-5

1858: After a terrible explosion in the ironworks...

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1858

After a terrible explosion in the ironworks at Grove Hill, Middlesbrough, a group of women opened an emergency hospital; this was later to become the Anglican Community of the Holy Rood .
Anson, Peter F. The Call of the Cloister: Religious Communities and Kindred Bodies in the Anglican Communion. Editor Campbell, A. W., Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1964.
371-2

1849: The Old Bailey (now the Central Criminal...

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1849

The Old Bailey (now the Central Criminal Court ) became a fashionable scene of entertainment during the murder trial of the Mannings.
Adburgham, Alison. A Punch History of Manners and Modes 1841-1940. Hutchinson, 1961.
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