Women’s Writing in the British Isles from the Beginnings to the Present
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1931: Eric Gill and his son-in-law, René Hague,...
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1931
Eric Gill
and his son-in-law, René Hague
, founded a press at Pigotts, Buckinghamshire.
Clair, Colin. A Chronology of Printing. Cassell, 1969.
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20 August 1642: Charles I raised his standard at Nottingham...
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20 August 1642
Charles I
raised his standard at Nottingham with the intention of reducing his rebellious people to subjection: thus began the English Civil War.
Marriott, Sir John A. R. Oxford, Its Place in National History. Clarendon, 1933.
108
Morrill, John. “The Stuarts (1603-1688)”. Oxford Illustrated History of Britain, edited by Kenneth O. Morgan, Oxford University Press, 1984, pp. 286-51.
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May 1977: The Scottish Women's Liberation Journal began...
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May 1977
The Scottish Women's Liberation Journal began publication from Edinburgh.
Knox, Thomas Malcolm, and Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel. “Translator’s Foreword”. Introduction to the Lectures on the History of Philosophy, translated by. Arnold Vincent Miller et al., Clarendon Press, 1985, p. v - vi.
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Haldane, Elizabeth Sanderson et al. “Translator’s Note”. Hegel’s Lectures on The History of Philosophy, Lowe and Brydone, 1963, p. v - vi.
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November 1835: Théophile Gautier published Mademoiselle...
Drabble, Margaret, editor. The Oxford Companion to English Literature. 5th ed., Oxford University Press, 1985.
Spoelberch de Lovenjoul, Charles, vicomte de, and Théophile Gautier. “Bibliographical Notice”. Mademoiselle de Maupin, translated by. I. G. Burnham and I. G. Burnham, G. Barrie, 1897, p. vii - xvi.
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3 July 1886: German mechanical engineer Karl Benz test-ran...
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3 July 1886
German mechanical engineer Karl Benz
test-ran the first successful automobile powered by petrol (or gas).
Harris, Melvin. ITN Book of Firsts. Michael O’Mara Books, 1994.
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December 1960: A criminal trial began which resulted in...
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December 1960
A criminal trial began which resulted in conviction on three charges of a Soho man who published The Ladies Directory, a periodical in which prostitutes could advertise their services.
Craig, Alec. The Banned Books of England and Other Countries. George Allen and Unwin, 1962.
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1834-1848: The number of advertisements placed in newspapers...
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1834-1848
The number of advertisements placed in newspapers between these years rose from 1,112,305 to 1,902,322.
Nevett, Terry R. Advertising in Britain: A History. Heinemann, 1982.
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7 August 1814: Pope Pius VII re-established the order of...
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7 August 1814
Pope Pius VII
re-established the order of the Jesuits
, and Roman Catholic missionary work began again with vigour.
Neill, Stephen. A History of Christian Missions. 2nd ed., Penguin, 1990.
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Norman, Edward R. The English Catholic Church in the Nineteenth Century. Clarendon, 1984.
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Haydn, Joseph. Haydn’s Dictionary of Dates and Universal Information. Editor Vincent, Benjamin, 23rd ed., Ward, Lock, 1904.
8 June 1847: A Factory Act, also known as The Ten Hours...
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8 June 1847
A Factory Act, also known as The Ten Hours Act, restricted the length of British women's and teenagers' working day in textile factories to ten hours.
Cook, Chris, and John, 1946 - Stevenson. The Longman Handbook of Modern British History, 1714-1995. 3rd ed., Longman, 1996.
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Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century, 1992.
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Schwarzkopf, Jutta. Women in the Chartist Movement. St Martin’s Press, 1991.
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Zlotnick, Susan. Women, Writing, and the Industrial Revolution. Johns Hopkins University Press, 1998.
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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.
Sweet, Matthew. Inventing the Victorians. St Martin’s Press, 2001.
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28 March 1867: H. A. Bruce presented Parliament with a women's...
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28 March 1867
H. A. Bruce
presented Parliament with a women's suffrage petition bearing 3,559 signatures.
Herstein, Sheila R. A Mid-Victorian Feminist: Barbara Leigh Smith Bodichon. Yale University Press, 1985.
163
1905: The National League for Physical Education...
Weeks, Jeffrey. Sex, Politics and Society: The Regulation of Sexuality since 1800. Longman, 1981.
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Olaudah Equiano
OE
wrote, and published in 1789, the earliest known autobiography by a Black person. This book pioneered the genre of the slave narrative, and increased Equiano's opportunities for publishing other writing (public letters, petitions, and...
February 1893: Walter Pater published a selection of lectures...
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February 1893
Walter Pater
published a selection of lectures and essays, Plato
and Platonism.
“Dictionary of Literary Biography online”. Gale Databases: Literature Resource Center-LRC.
57
1884: The Ladies Lavatory Company was founded this...
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1884
The Ladies Lavatory Company
was founded this year and opened its first toilet establishment at Oxford Circus, London.
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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9 April 2005: Prince Charles married Camilla Parker-Bo...
A fictitious Miss Echo began The Girl of The Period Miscellany, which appealed to young girls who preferred balls and beaux
White, Cynthia L. Women’s Magazines 1693-1968. Michael Joseph, 1970.
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to campaigning for women's rights.
White, Cynthia L. Women’s Magazines 1693-1968. Michael Joseph, 1970.
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1877: The Elizabeth Stone who published as Sutherland...
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1877
The Elizabeth Stone
who published as Sutherland Menzies issued under her pseudonym a two history books this year in the CollinsSchool Series.
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E. M. Forster
EMF
was a major novelist of the early twentieth century (despite his slender lifetime output of five novels). He was also a short-story writer, an influential critic of fiction, and the author of travel writing...
3 June 1723-17 February 1724: Philip, Duke of Wharton, published a Jacobite...
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3 June 1723-17 February 1724
Philip, Duke of Wharton
, published a Jacobite periodical entitled True Briton, until the government suppressed it.
Clark, Jonathan Charles Douglas. Samuel Johnson: Literature, religion and English cultural politics from Restoration to Romanticism. Cambridge University Press, 1994.
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1575: The very early comedy Gammer Gurtons Nedle,...
Critical Review. W. Simpkin and R. Marshall, 5 series.
13 (1762): 440
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1880: Spermicides were sold at a new pharmacy in...
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1880
Spermicides were sold at a new pharmacy in Clerkenwell under the management of Walter John Rendell
.
Trager, James. The Women’s Chronology: A Year-by-Year Record, from Prehistory to the Present. Henry Holt, 1994.
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Elizabeth Cairns
EC
was a preacher in the earlier eighteenth century. What survives from her life of writing is not her sermons but her religious autobiography.
