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1950: Women gained the vote in India, three years...

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1950

Women gained the vote in India, three years after independence from Britain.
“Women’s History Timeline”. BBC: Radio 4: Woman’s Hour.

Margaret Haig, Viscountess Rhondda

MHVR , is remembered for her leading role in the struggle for suffrage and equality, as a founder of the Six Point Group , and the woman who made possible the very influential Time and...
Margaret Haig, Viscountess Rhondda Black and white, head-and-shoulders photo of Margaret Haig, Viscountess Rhondda. She is wearing a white open-neck shirt, dark jacket, fur-trimmed coat, and a large wide-brimmed hat.

Elizabeth Daryush

ED is in the unusual position of being a poet laureate's daughter (a grievous disadvantage for any poet to labour under, as Donald Davie put it).
Davie, Donald, and Elizabeth Daryush. “Introduction”. Collected Poems, Carcanet New Press, 1976, pp. 13-23.
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Her career spanned much of the twentieth...

19 February 1904: The premier of Australia made proposals for...

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19 February 1904

The premier of Australia made proposals for the encouragement of immigration from the UK.
Keller, Helen, editor. The Dictionary of Dates. Macmillan, 1934, 2 vols.
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1963: Collins published Patricia Moyes's detective...

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1963

Collins published Patricia Moyes 's detective novel Murder à la mode, which takes place amid the fashion industry, for its Crime Club .
OCLC WorldCat. 1992–1998, http://www.oclc.org/firstsearch/content/worldcat/. Accessed 1999.

1881: Harvard Observatory began employing women...

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1881

Harvard Observatory began employing women to analyze photographs of star fields.
Powell, Jennifer H. “Reaching for the Stars”. The Harvard University Gazette, 19 Mar. 1998.

1908: Chatto and Windus of London began publication...

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1908

Chatto and Windus of London began publication of series of books for which they commissioned Herbert P. Horne to develop the Florence typeface.
Gentry, Helen, and David Greenhood. Chronology of Books and Printing. Rev. ed., Macmillan, 1936.
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Clair, Colin. A Chronology of Printing. Cassell, 1969.
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Frances Power Cobbe

As one of the most prominent Victorian writers of non-fiction prose, and the only feminist of the period who wrote regularly in periodicals, FPC published prolifically in a range of genres from reportage and travel...
Frances Power Cobbe Black and white photograph of Frances Power Cobbe in middle age. She faces forward, but looks out slightly to her right. Her expression is resolute. Her grey hair is pulled away from her face, and she wears a coat with a large fur collar, under which is visible a shirt with a stiff white collar and a silver chain.

9 June 1918: A national women's day was declared in Ireland;...

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9 June 1918

A national women's day was declared in Ireland; women throughout the country pledged not to take the jobs of conscripted men.
Owens, Rosemary Cullen. Smashing Times: A History of the Irish Women’s Suffrage Movement 1889-1922. Attic, 1984.
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1891: The Birmingham Daily Gazette became the first...

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1891

The Birmingham Daily Gazette became the first British newspaper produced on a rotary press driven by electric power.
Clair, Colin. A Chronology of Printing. Cassell, 1969.
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31 August 1827: Frederick Robinson, a Tory, formed a coalition...

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31 August 1827

Frederick Robinson , a Tory, formed a coalition government after the death of George Canning .
Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century, 1992.
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Cook, Chris, and John, 1946 - Stevenson. The Longman Handbook of Modern British History, 1714-1980. Longman, 1983.
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Parry, Jonathan. The Rise and Fall of Liberal Government in Victorian Britain. Yale University Press, 1993.
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10 October 1957: Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand, her last novel,...

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10 October 1957

Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand , her last novel, set her Objectivist philosophy in stone: I'll give you a hint. Contradictions do not exist. Whenever you think that you are facing a contradiction, check your...

Brigid Brophy

In the novel BB 's topics are social and sexual comedy. In non-fiction (essays, criticism, polemic) she pursued her interests in causes (often for the benefit of animals or writers), in opera and other arts...
Brigid Brophy Black and white photograph of Brigid Brophy wearing a zebra print sleeveless blouse over a black turtle neck. In the background, there are several bookcases visible. She is facing the camera.

1924: Michael Arlen (writing name of Dikran Kuyumjian)...

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1924

Michael Arlen (writing name of Dikran Kuyumjian ) published The Green Hat. A Romance for A Few People.
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.

12 June 1819: Charles Kingsley, novelist, was born at Holne...

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12 June 1819

Charles Kingsley , novelist, was born at Holne Vicarage, Holne, Devon.
“Dictionary of Literary Biography online”. Gale Databases: Literature Resource Center-LRC.
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July 1940: Margarine, cooking fats, and tea were rationed...

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July 1940

Margarine, cooking fats, and tea were rationed to two ounces per week, and the government called a stop to the sale of timber for furniture.
Minns, Raynes. Bombers and Mash: The Domestic Front 1939-45. Virago, 1980.
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1890: The Authorized Daily Prayer Book of the United...

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1890

The Authorized Daily Prayer Book of the United Hebrew Congregations of the British Empire was published.
Lipman, Vivian David. Social History of Jews in England, 1850-1950. Watts, 1954.
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Millgram, Abraham. Jewish Worship. Jewish Publication Society of America, 1971.
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Anna Maria van Schurman

AMS , living in seventeenth-century Utrecht, became not only a living proof of women's talents and capacity for education, as equal to those of men, but also a public advocate for opportunities for women...
Anna Maria van Schurman Photograph of a painting of Anna Maria van Schurman by Jan Lievens. She is seated at a desk with an inkwell and quill on it, and the book she holds appears to have blank pages: so she is shown as a writer. She is wearing a large, dark, fur-trimmed cloak over a white chemise with a low V neck; her dark hair is partly pulled back in a bun encircled with a strand of pearls, with the rest of her hair falling down around her shoulders. National Gallery.

May 1887: The Westminster Review began publishing as...

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May 1887

The Westminster Review began publishing as a monthly, abandoning the quarterly format used for the previous sixty-three years.
Houghton, Walter E., and Jean Harris Slingerland, editors. The Wellesley Index to Victorian Periodicals 1824-1900. University of Toronto Press, 1966–1989, 5 vols.
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December 1704: Vanbrugh and Congreve were licensed to operate...

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December 1704

Vanbrugh and Congreve were licensed to operate a new theatre, the Haymarket , on the grounds that they would help reform and clean up the stage.
Hume, Robert D. “Jeremy Collier and the Future of the London Theatre in 1698”. British Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies (BSECS) Conference, Oxford, 3 Jan. 1998.

7 November 1972: Richard Nixon was re-elected President of...

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7 November 1972

Richard Nixon was re-elected President of the United States—although his agency in the break-in to Democratic Party headquarters in the Watergate Building in Washington, DC, had already been established by reporters Carl Bernstein and...

31 July 1831: The first issue of the Poor Man's Guardian...

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31 July 1831

The first issue of the Poor Man's Guardian was published by Henry Hetherington .
Royle, Edward. Chartism. Longman, 1980.
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About 8 March 1689: The Hearth Tax, an unpopularly uniform one...

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About 8 March 1689

The Hearth Tax, an unpopularly uniform one which bore heaviest on poor households, was abolished.
Evelyn, John. The Diary of John Evelyn. Editor De Beer, Esmond Samuel, Oxford University Press, 1959.
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August 1791: Parliament debated the Sierra Leone Bill:...

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August 1791

Parliament debated the Sierra Leone Bill: Sierra Leone in West Africa (where an attempt to establish free black settlers had failed) was designated an asylum for emancipated slaves, organized by British Evangelicals.
Bradley, Ian. The Call to Seriousness: The Evangelical Impact on the Victorians. Jonathan Cape, 1976.
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Gentleman’s Magazine. Various publishers.
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1869: A fictitious Miss Echo began The Girl of...

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1869

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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