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By 1800: 750,000 men and women belonged to Female...

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By 1800

750,000 men and women belonged to Female Friendly Societies .
Schwarzkopf, Jutta. Women in the Chartist Movement. St Martin’s Press, 1991.
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Matilda Charlotte Houstoun

MCH produced, and had moderate success with, close to thirty novels, three travel narratives, a biography, several volumes of autobiographical writings, and a short story. She also did some writing for periodicals. Her later writings...

4 July 1940: The British government launched a project...

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4 July 1940

The British government launched a project known as Auxiliary Units , with headquarters at Coleshill House near Faringdon in Berkshire.
“Secret wartime past revealed”. National Trust: Near you, Berkshire / Buckinghamshire / Hampshire / Oxfordshire / Isle of Wight / London, 2010.
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1813: The Ladies' Royal Benevolent Society for...

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1813

The Ladies' Royal Benevolent Society for the Visiting, Relieving, and Investigating the Condition of the Poor (founded the previous year) raised £38 by holding a charity bazaar in London.
Prochaska, F. K. Women and Philanthropy in Nineteenth-Century England. Clarendon, 1980.
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Willa Muir

WM , a twentieth-century Scotswoman, wrote in fiction and non-fiction about gender inequality, patriarchy, and the repressiveness of Calvinism, but never defined herself as a feminist. She was alert to the devaluing of women's work...

3 August 1832: In the wake of the first Reform Bill, Henry...

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3 August 1832

In the wake of the first Reform Bill, Henry Hunt presented Parliament with a petition for female enfranchisement on behalf of Miss Mary Smith of Stanmore, Yorkshire.
Rover, Constance. Women’s Suffrage and Party Politics in Britain, 1866-1914. Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1967.
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1634: Charles I granted a warrant to Sir Saunders...

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1634

Charles I granted a warrant to Sir Saunders Duncombe to construct and hire out sedan chairs in London and Westminster.
Jones, Thomas, editor. “Short Cuts”. London Review of Books, 8 Aug. 2002, p. 20.
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1846: Britain's international copyright law was...

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1846

Britain's international copyright law was first used in agreement with Prussia.
Feather, John. Publishing, Piracy and Politics: An Historical Study of Copyright in Britain. Mansell, 1994.
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January 1913: The Imprint, a short-lived but influential...

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January 1913

The Imprint, a short-lived but influential monthly on technical aspects of printing, was started by Gerard Meynell of Westminster Press .
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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Myers, Robin. The British Book Trade, from Caxton to the Present Day. Andre Deutsch in association with the National Book League, 1973.
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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.

1902: James Malcolm Eveleigh Nash founded the Eveleigh...

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1902

James Malcolm Eveleigh Nash founded the Eveleigh Nash publishing house at 32 Bedford Street, London, with financial help from Edward Morton .
Rose, Jonathan, and Patricia J. Anderson, editors. Dictionary of Literary Biography 112. Gale Research, 1991.
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12 October 1999: The human population of the world reached...

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12 October 1999

The human population of the world reached six billion.
Guardian Weekly.
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16 July 1834: William Lamb, Lord Melbourne, a Whig, became...

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16 July 1834

William Lamb, Lord Melbourne , a Whig, became Prime Minister after Lord Grey 's resignation.
Keller, Helen, editor. The Dictionary of Dates. Macmillan, 1934, 2 vols.
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Fryde, Edmund Boleslaw. Handbook of British Chronology. Editors Greenway, D. E. et al., 3rd ed., Offices of the Royal Historical Society, 1986.
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Chedzoy, Alan. A Scandalous Woman: The Story of Caroline Norton. Allison and Busby, 1995.
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1508: Desiderius Erasmus, while staying with Sir...

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1508

Desiderius Erasmus , while staying with Sir Thomas More on his second visit to England, wrote his Encomium Moriae (also known as In Praise of Folly), which was published the following year.
Guthkelch, Adolph Charles, and Sir Thomas More. “Note; Introduction”. Utopia, edited by George Sampson and George Sampson, G. Bell and Sons, 1914, p. v - vii; xi-xxv.
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1735: Robert Dodsley, a man from the lower classes...

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1735

Robert Dodsley , a man from the lower classes who had worked as a footman, opened his publisher's shop in Pall Mall, London.
Tierney, James E. “Advertisements for Books in London Newspapers, 1760-1785”. Studies in Eighteenth-Century Culture, edited by Timothy Erwin and Ourida Mostefai, Vol.
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, The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2001, pp. 153-64.
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1 September 1899: Cape Colony joined the Imperial Penny Postage...

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1 September 1899

Cape Colony joined the Imperial Penny Postage system.
Staff, Frank. The Penny Post, 1680-1918. Lutterworth Press, 1964.
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Sarah Stone

SS , a practising midwife who wrote and published in 1737, late in her career, is also a fine writer of polemic (her preface is a tirade against the theoretically educated young men who were...

12 August 1765: The East India Company took over the direct...

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12 August 1765

The East India Company took over the direct administration of revenues from Bengal. The young Mughal emperor, Shah Alam, dismissed his tax-collectors and gave their powers to officers of the company, in which...

1922: The London Hospital ceased training women...

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1922

The London Hospital ceased training women as doctors.
Beddoe, Deirdre. Back to Home and Duty: Women Between the Wars, 1918-1939. Pandora, 1989.
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Ferguson, Neal A. “Women’s Work: Employment Opportunities and Economic Roles, 1918-1939”. Albion, Vol.
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, No. 1, 1975, pp. 55-68.
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Iza Duffus Hardy

IDH published, during the later nineteenth century, a large output of novels of a romantic cast. She set some of them in exotic places, and also wrote travel books and contributed stories and other pieces...
Iza Duffus Hardy Portrait of Iza Duffus Hardy by Ford Madox Ford, 1872. She sits in an upholstered armchair, wearing a black dress with lace at wrists and neckline (finished with a black brooch), a gold-coloured shawl, and several strings of blue beads. Her hair is plaited and forms a crown around her head. Her fingers are interlaced, and she looks modestly down, away from the viewer.

28 June 1892: The Burgh Police (Scotland) Act made publishing...

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28 June 1892

The Burgh Police (Scotland) Act made publishing or exhibiting obscene material a summary offence.
Craig, Alec. The Banned Books of England and Other Countries. George Allen and Unwin, 1962.
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Law Reports: Statutes. Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1866–2026.
1892: 390

1727: For the last time an alleged witch, Janet...

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1727

For the last time an alleged witch, Janet Horne , was burned to death in the United Kingdom: at Dornoch in Sutherland, Scotland.
In England witches had customarily been executed by other means than burning.
“Janet Horne”. First Foot.com: Great Scotswomen.

9 August 1870: The first Married Women's Property Act gave...

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9 August 1870

The first Married Women's Property Act gave women the right to certain property: wages, investments, and legacies under £200.
Mitchell, Sally, editor. Victorian Britain: An Encyclopedia. Garland Press, 1988.
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The Statutes of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. Printed by J. Bentham, 1762–2026.
Mitchell, Sally. Frances Power Cobbe: Victorian Feminist, Journalist, Reformer. University of Virginia Press, 2004.
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24 May 1887: Walter Pater published Imaginary Portraits,...

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24 May 1887

Walter Pater published Imaginary Portraits, a collection of four short stories.
“Dictionary of Literary Biography online”. Gale Databases: Literature Resource Center-LRC.
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Donoghue, Denis. Walter Pater: Lover of Strange Souls. Knopf, 1995.
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September 1737: George II, in a repeat of his father's actions,...

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September 1737

George II , in a repeat of his father's actions, publicly broke with his heir, the Prince of Wales , who thereafter formed a focus for political Opposition.
Sedgwick, Romney. The House of Commons, 1715-1754. Her Majesty’s Stationery Office, 1970.
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1927: The Electricity Supply Board was established...

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1927

The Electricity Supply Board was established by statute in Ireland to generate, distribute, and sell electricity.
Electricity Council. Electricity Supply in Great Britain: A Chronology. Electricity Council, 1973.
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