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1925: Melanie Klein gave a series of lectures at...

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1925

Melanie Klein gave a series of lectures at the British Psychoanalytic Society at the invitation of Ernest Jones .
Stevens, Gwendolyn, and Sheldon Gardner. The Women of Psychology. Schenkman, 1982, 2 vols., http://HSS.
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November 1917: The average working week for female munitions...

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November 1917

The average working week for female munitions workers was fifty-two to fifty-four hours, with one to four hours overtime.
Andrews, Irene Osgood. Economic Effects of the War Upon Women and Children in Great Britain. Oxford University Press, 1918.
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24 July 1806: Henry and Sealy Fourdrinier (who were already...

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24 July 1806

Henry and Sealy Fourdrinier (who were already making paper in England) bought the patent for the continuous-paper making machine invented by Nicolas-Louis Robert in France in about 1799. The first commercially viable Fourdrinier machine was...

Ella Hepworth Dixon

As a suffragist writing at the turn of the century, EHD often deals with the question of female independence, while critiquing fin de siècle society. Along with her extraordinary New Woman novel, she produced a...
Ella Hepworth Dixon Black and white photograph of Ella Hepworth Dixon. She is shown from the shoulders up, wearing a dark dress with short sleeves. Her hair is in a bun and her head is turned so that her face is in profile.

1887: Elizabeth A. Sharp published, as Mrs William...

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1887

Elizabeth A. Sharp published, as Mrs William Sharp, Women's Voices: An Anthology of the Most Characteristic Poems by English, Scotch, and Irish Women.
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.
Sharp, Elizabeth A., editor. Women Poets of the Victorian Era. Walter Scott, 1889.
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October 1999: The Greater London Authority Act received...

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October 1999

The Greater London Authority Act received Royal Assent, re-establishing a democratically elected authority for London, and introducing the new, elected position of Mayor of London.
“A short history of London government”. London Life - GLA.

1939: A law operative in New York State decreed...

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1939

A law operative in New York State decreed that hospitals must house newborn babies in a separate room from their mothers.
Oakley, Ann. Telling the Truth about Jerusalem. Basil Blackwell, 1986.
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10 May 1929: Lord Hailsham's Infant Life Preservation...

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10 May 1929

Lord Hailsham 's Infant Life Preservation Act declared that child destruction (that is, abortion) was no longer a felony if done to preserve the life of the mother.
Weeks, Jeffrey. Sex, Politics and Society: The Regulation of Sexuality since 1800. Longman, 1981.
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Hordern, Anthony. Legal Abortion: The English Experience. Pergamon, 1971.
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Law Reports: Statutes. Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1866–2026.
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16 October 1869: Educational reformer Emily Davies welcomed...

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16 October 1869

Educational reformer Emily Davies welcomed the first five students to Girton College .
Herstein, Sheila R. A Mid-Victorian Feminist: Barbara Leigh Smith Bodichon. Yale University Press, 1985.
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McWilliams-Tullberg, Rita. Women at Cambridge. Gollancz, 1975.
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The World of Learning. 45th ed., Allen and Unwin, 1995.
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Purvis, June. A History of Women’s Education in England. Open University Press, 1991.
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1837: Second-class compartment coaches were established...

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1837

Second-class compartment coaches were established in England.
Allen, G. Freeman. Railways: Past, Present and Future. Orbis Publishing, 1982.
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1860: In France, Henri Voirin invented his lithographic...

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1860

In France, Henri Voirin invented his lithographic printing press.
Clair, Colin. A Chronology of Printing. Cassell, 1969.
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1903: Sidecars made their first appearance on ...

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1903

Sidecars made their first appearance on motorcycles.
Bruno, Leonard. On the Move: A Chronology of Advances in Transportation. Gale Research, 1993.
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1831: The Metropolitan Magazine began publication;...

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1831

The Metropolitan Magazine began publication; it set a precedent by publishing the first serial fiction in an English periodical.
Sutherland, John, b. 1938. The Stanford Companion to Victorian Fiction. Stanford University Press, 1989.
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1849: Prince Albert joined the Geological Society...

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1849

Prince Albert joined the Geological Society of London .
Dean, Dennis R. “Through Science to Despair: Geology and the Victorians”. Victorian Science and Victorian Values: Literary Perspectives, edited by James Paradis and Thomas Postlewait, New York Academy of Sciences, 1981, pp. 111-36.
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Antonia White

AW found composition a torment, suffered from recurrent writer's block, and discarded innumerable drafts of everything she wrote. Yet besides working as a journalist, she left more than thirty translations, four heavily autobiographical novels, some...

: John Dryden's The Indian Emperour (sequel...

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Spring 1665

John Dryden 's The Indian Emperour (sequel to The Indian Queen) was first performed in London.
Dryden, John. “Biographical Table”. Dryden: Poetry, Prose and Plays, edited by Douglas Grant, Rupert Hart-Davis, 1952.
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From January 1924: Following the death of Lenin, Josef Stalin,...

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From January 1924

Following the death of Lenin , Josef Stalin , who had already achieved great power in the Soviet Communist Party because of Lenin's illness, became its acknowledged leader after a bitter and secret power struggle.
Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century, 1992.
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March 1911: The Idler monthly (launched as a sixpenny...

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March 1911

The Idler monthly (launched as a sixpenny magazine in 1892) ceased publication.
Sutherland, John, b. 1938. The Stanford Companion to Victorian Fiction. Stanford University Press, 1989.
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26 February 1846: Herman Melville published his first book,...

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26 February 1846

Herman Melville published his first book, Typee; or, A Peep at Polynesian Life.
Drabble, Margaret, editor. The Oxford Companion to English Literature. 5th ed., Oxford University Press, 1985.
The Life and Works of Herman Melville. http://www.melville.org/.

10 May to 14 August 1813: The British Institution held a retrospective...

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10 May to 14 August 1813

The British Institution held a retrospective exhibition of 141 paintings by Sir Joshua Reynolds at its Pall Mall Picture Galleries: a major event of the social season, both cultural and patriotic.
Barchas, Janine. What Jane Saw. 2013, http://www.whatjanesaw.org.

1909: The influential Nonconformity and Politics...

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1909

The influential Nonconformity and Politics was published anonymously.
Edwards, David Lawrence. Christian England, from the Eighteenth Century to the First World War. Collins, 1984, 3 vols.
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Ethel Savi

ES published over ninety novels during the first half of the twentieth century, the majority of them about India, as well as a collection of short stories and a memoir of life under the...

1950: Arthur C. Clarke, populariser of space travel...

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1950

Arthur C. Clarke , populariser of space travel and exploration, published Interplanetary Flight: An Introduction to Astronautics.
Bruno, Leonard. On the Move: A Chronology of Advances in Transportation. Gale Research, 1993.
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1977: A Women's History/Oral History conference...

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1977

A Women's History/Oral History conference was held at Colchester.
Ross, Elizabeth Arledge, and Miriam L. Bearse. A Chronology of the Women’s Liberation Movement in Britain. Editors Boyle, Karen E. and The Oral History Project Advisory Group, The Feminist Archive, 1996, http://Bodleian.
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April 1897: The last issue of the aesthetic quarterly...

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April 1897

The last issue of the aesthetic quarterly the The Yellow Book was published.
Sutherland, John, b. 1938. The Stanford Companion to Victorian Fiction. Stanford University Press, 1989.
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