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30 April 1971: A Public Debate on Women's Liberation was...

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30 April 1971

A Public Debate on Women's Liberation was held at the Town Hall, New York, between Norman Mailer on one hand, and on the other Jacqueline Ceballos , Germaine Greer , Jill Johnston , and Diana Trilling .
Wallace, Christine. Germaine Greer: Untamed Shrew. Richard Cohen Books, 1999.
182-9, 278-9

Medora Gordon Byron

Miss Byron, or Medora Gordon Byron, or Julia Maria Byron, whose identity is still a mystery, published either five or eight early-nineteenth-century novels with the Minerva Press, depending on whether or not they...
Medora Gordon Byron Title-page of vol.1 (of 2) of "Celia in Search of a Husband", 1809, by "A Modern Antique" (generally identified with "Medora Gordon Byron"): a response to Hannah More's "Coelebs in Search of a Wife".

1856: The Espousals, the second part of Coventry...

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1856

The Espousals, the second part of Coventry Patmore 's poem The Angel in the House, was published.
Athenæum. J. Lection.
1410 (4 November 1854): 1335
Weinig, Mary Anthony. Coventry Patmore. Twayne, 1981.
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Isabella Neil Harwood

Isabella Neil Harwood is now virtually unknown as an author, despite the popularity of some of her sensation novels and plays. Her career began in 1864 when she published the novel Abbot's Cleve or, Can...
Isabella Neil Harwood Title-page of Isabella Neil Harwood, "Kathleen", 1868.

Late May 1967: General Nasser of Egypt invaded the Sinai...

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Late May 1967

General Nasser of Egypt invaded the Sinai peninsula, forcing out the United Nations Emergency Force which held it.
Krauthammer, Charles. “Let peacekeeping rest in peace”. Guardian Weekly, 8–14 June 2000, p. 31.
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Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin

Over a series of nine poetry volumes published in Ireland, beginning in 1972, ENC 's central theme has been the emergence of female subjectivity
Allen Randolph, Jody. “Making it new”. Women’s Review of Books, Vol.
xvii
, No. 8, May 2000, pp. 24-5.
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and spirituality from variously-depicted hampering and confinement. Her vibrant...

April 1952: Ralph Ellison his novel The Invisible Man,...

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April 1952

Ralph Ellison his novel The Invisible Man, ranked as better than any other novel of its time
Greif, Mark. “Black and White Life”. London Review of Books, 1 Nov. 2007, pp. 11-13.
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by a recent critic.
American National Biography. http://www.anb.org/articles/home.html.
Borne Back Daily. 2001, http://borneback.com/ .
27 January 2009

February 1850: Frederick William IV of Prussia established...

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February 1850

Frederick William IV of Prussia established by royal edict his own constitution, which remained in effect until 1918.
Cowie, Leonard W., and Leonard Woolfson. Years of Nationalism: European History 1815-1890. Edward Arnold, 1985.
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12 August 1898: The Local Government (Ireland) Act created...

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12 August 1898

The Local Government (Ireland) Act created county and district councils; women could be elected to district councils and town commissions though not to county or borough councils.
Moody, Theodore William et al., editors. A New History of Ireland. Clarendon, 1976–2026, 10 vols.
8: 372
Owens, Rosemary Cullen. Smashing Times: A History of the Irish Women’s Suffrage Movement 1889-1922. Attic, 1984.
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By 1 April 1848: Charles Kingsley published The Saint's Tragedy,...

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By 1 April 1848

Charles Kingsley published The Saint's Tragedy, a blank verse drama on the life of St Elizabeth of Hungary .
Athenæum. J. Lection.
1066 (1848): 336
Drabble, Margaret, editor. The Oxford Companion to English Literature. 5th ed., Oxford University Press, 1985.

23 July 1999: A judge defended the right to public speech...

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23 July 1999

A judge defended the right to public speech (even irritating, contentious, provocative public speech) of a woman who was arrested for evangelical preaching.
Guardian Weekly.
(24 July 1999): 5

15 September 1964: The Sun began publication by Odham Press...

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15 September 1964

The Sun began publication by Odham Press of London, calling itself an independent daily newspaper and aimed at a working-class audience.
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.
Schott, Ben. Schott’s Original Miscellany. Bloomsbury, 2002.
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Mary Astell

Best known as a feminist theorist and polemicist, MA is also a fine poet and an energetic and funny controversialist on the political affairs of the late seventeenth and early eighteenth century. A High Anglican...
Mary Astell Title-page of Mary Astell's "A Serious Proposal to the Ladies, for the Advancement of their true and greatest Interest", part 1, third revised edition, dated 1696, published as "By a Lover of Her Sex".

20 August 1867: The Agricultural Gangs Act was passed, prohibiting...

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20 August 1867

The Agricultural Gangs Act was passed, prohibiting the mixing of sexes in work gangs and the employment of children under the age of eight in public work gangs; the Act also required gangmasters to be...

1887: Lenin's older brother Alexander Ulyanov was...

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1887

Lenin 's older brother Alexander Ulyanov was hanged after a failed attempt to assassinate Tsar Alexander III .
Cowie, Leonard W., and Leonard Woolfson. Years of Nationalism: European History 1815-1890. Edward Arnold, 1985.
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Menie Muriel Dowie

Ménie Muriel Dowie , largely forgotten travel and adventure writer, essayist and new woman novelist, stormed into the literary scene of the 1890s with her enormously popular first book, A Girl in the Karpathians...
Menie Muriel Dowie Sketch of Ménie Muriel Dowie, by M. Fletcher, 1891. She stands in a jaunty pose, head tilted, left hand on hip, and right hand holding her tam-o'-shanter-style cap. Her "Karpathian Costume" (as the caption below has it) also includes breeches, an open jacket over a laced waistcoat over a shirt, and gaiters stretching from her thighs to cover part of her shoes.

1676: A tally taken by Church of England clergymen...

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1676

A tally taken by Church of England clergymen and known as the Compton Census set out to number adult Catholics and Dissenters in England and Wales.
Rowlands, Marie B. English Catholics of Parish and Town, 1558-1778. Catholic Record Society, 1999.
78-9, 81, 84, 87

November 1911: Georges Claude of France took out a patent...

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November 1911

Georges Claude of France took out a patent on neon tubular lighingt (which actually contains other inert gases as well as neon). New, unprecedentedly brilliant neon signs quickly produced a revolution in the appearance of...

1815: Advertising Duty went up from three shillings...

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1815

Advertising Duty went up from three shillings to three shillings and sixpence.
Nevett, Terry R. Advertising in Britain: A History. Heinemann, 1982.
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May 1901: The City and Suburban Electric Carriage Company...

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May 1901

The City and Suburban Electric Carriage Company operated the first multi-level parking garage in England just off Piccadilly Circus, London.
Bruno, Leonard. On the Move: A Chronology of Advances in Transportation. Gale Research, 1993.
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Mary Russell Mitford

MRM , poet, playwright, editor, letter-writer, memoirist, and—in just one work—novelist, is best known for her sketches of rural life, especially those in the successive volumes of Our Village (whose first appeared in 1824). Her...
Mary Russell Mitford Painting of Mary Russell Mitford by John Lucas, c. 1853, based on another by Benjamin Robert Haydon, 1824, which was disliked for its assertive look. Here an oval frame is painted in; Mitford wears a white ruffled cap around her face, a white collar pinned with a cameo, a grey gown and brown shawl.

By 7 December 1906: K. L. Montgomery published the novel The...

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By 7 December 1906

K. L. Montgomery published the novel The Ark of the Curse.
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.
TLS Centenary Archive Centenary Archive [1902-2012]. http://www.gale.com/c/the-times-literary-supplement-historical-archive.
256 (7 December 1906): 409

15 March 1773: Oliver Goldsmith's She Stoops to Conquer...

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15 March 1773

Oliver Goldsmith 's She Stoops to Conquer (second of his two comedies) had its first performance.
Goldsmith, Oliver. Collected Works. Editor Friedman, Arthur, Clarendon, 1966, 5 vols.
5: 89

Cecil Frances Alexander

CFA wrote both hymns and verse, the latter also usually adaptable for music. Her work was mainly directed towards young audiences, as she excelled
Julian, John, editor. A Dictionary of Hymnology. Dover Publications, 1957, 2 vols.
at writing for children.
Shattock, Joanne. The Oxford Guide to British Women Writers. Oxford University Press, 1993.
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.
Over the course of her career in...
Cecil Frances Alexander Black and white photograph of Cecil Frances Alexander, seated at a desk. There are writing supplies on the desk and she clasps a book on her lap with one hand. The other elbow rests on the desk, with that hand to the side of her head.

2 November 1932: A meeting on the present laws concerning...

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2 November 1932

A meeting on the present laws concerning abortion was held under the auspices of the World League for Sexual Reform , British section. Speakers included Dora Russell , Janet Chance , Stella Browne , and...