Women’s Writing in the British Isles from the Beginnings to the Present
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1910: British-born American Frances Hodgson Burnett...
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1910
British-born American Frances Hodgson Burnett
published a novel which she originally intended for adults, but which became a children's classic: The Secret Garden.
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.
2 October 1653: According to George Thomason, William Harvey...
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2 October 1653
According to George Thomason
, William Harvey
published this day the first English version of his pioneering work on the circulation of the blood.
Stephen, Sir Leslie, and Sidney Lee, editors. The Dictionary of National Biography. Smith, Elder, 1908–2026, 22 vols. plus supplements.
English Short Title Catalogue. http://estc.bl.uk/.
By November 1805: Richard Payne Knight published his influential...
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By November 1805
Richard Payne Knight
published his influential Analytical Inquiry into the Principles of Taste; that month it had the lead review in the Critical.
Critical Review. W. Simpkin and R. Marshall, 5 series.
Jones, Elise F. Pregnancy, Contraception and Family Planning in Industrialized Countries: A Study of the Alan Guttmacher Insitute. Yale University Press, 1989.
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Pfeffer, Naomi. The Stork and the Syringe: A Political History of Reproductive Medicine. Polity Press, 1993.
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31 March 1990: A huge march and demonstration against the...
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31 March 1990
A huge march and demonstration against the new Community Tax (the so-called Poll Tax) was held at Trafalgar Square in London.
Williams, Neville et al. Chronology of the 20th Century. Helicon, 1996.
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Ross, Paul. Paul Ross Photography. http://www.caliach.com/paulr/news/polltax/copy.html.
Kidd, Colin. “Brown v. Salmond”. London Review of Books, 26 Apr. 2007, pp. 6-8.
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16 May-19 May 1890: An exhibition of postal history was held...
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16 May-19 May 1890
An exhibition of postal history was held in Guildhall in celebration of the Jubilee of Penny Postage.
Staff, Frank. The Picture Postcard and Its Origins. F. A. Praeger, 1966.
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27 January 1941: The Wanderer ballet premiered at Sadler's...
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27 January 1941
The Wanderer ballet premiered at Sadler's Wells New Theatre
, London, marking the renewed venue for the Sadler's Wells Theatre Ballet.
Mellor, David. A Paradise Lost: The Neo-Romantic Imagination in Britain, 1935-55. Barbican Art Gallery, 1987.
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1834: The Poor Man's Guardian, the virtual organ...
Mommsen, Wolfgang. “Working Towards the Führer”. London Review of Books, 19 Aug. 1999, pp. 29-30.
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Jane Collier
JC
was a remarkably innovative and experimental prose-writer of the mid-eighteenth century. She produced one anti-conduct-book, one collaborative novel (written together with Sarah Fielding
), a remarkable commonplace-book (only recently discovered), and trenchant literary-critical comments...
June 1854: Arguing for his Divorce Bill but against...
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June 1854
Arguing for his Divorce Bill but against a husband's adultery as grounds for divorce, Lord Chancellor Cranworth
remarked that it would be too harsh to bring the law to bear against a husband who was...
28 October 1914: Eastman Kodak introduced colour photogra...
Williams, Neville et al. Chronology of the 20th Century. Helicon, 1996.
516
1875: Lucy Walford's light-hearted novel Mr. Smith:...
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1875
Lucy Walford
's light-hearted novel Mr. Smith: A Part of His Life appeared in Edinburgh and London before publication by Tauchnitz
in Germany the following year.
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.
22 June 1925: The Film Society was incorporated in London,...
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22 June 1925
The Film Society
was incorporated in London, where it operated until 1939.
Maclean, Caroline. “Gloomy Sunday Afternoons”. London Review of Books, Vol.
31
, 10 Sept. 2009, pp. 28-9.
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July-December 1848: Charles Kingsley's first novel, Yeast, A...
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July-December 1848
Charles Kingsley
's first novel, Yeast, A Problem, appeared serially in Fraser's Magazine.
Sutherland, John, b. 1938. The Stanford Companion to Victorian Fiction. Stanford University Press, 1989.
684
25 June 1950: North Korea's attack on South Korea began...
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25 June 1950
North Korea's attack on South Korea began the Korean War.
Kinder, Hermann, and Werner Hilgemann. The Anchor Atlas of World History. Translator Menze, Ernest A., Vol.
10 August 1956: The first piloted flight into the stratosphere...
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10 August 1956
The first piloted flight into the stratosphere was made by Lt Cdr Malcolm Ross
and Lt Cdr Lee Lewis
in a polyethylene balloon.
Bruno, Leonard. On the Move: A Chronology of Advances in Transportation. Gale Research, 1993.
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By 8 October 1881: Dante Gabriel Rossetti published Ballads...
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By 8 October 1881
Dante Gabriel Rossetti
published Ballads and Sonnets, which included the latter part of his sonnet sequence The House of Life and new historical ballads like The King's Tragedy and The White Ship.
Athenæum. J. Lection.
2815 (1881): 457
Drabble, Margaret, editor. The Oxford Companion to English Literature. 5th ed., Oxford University Press, 1985.
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Elizabeth Rigby
As an art historian, journalist, and public figure, ER
played a major role in shaping modern art criticism. Many of her publications introduced readers and artists to new influences from German art, while others confirmed...
