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Frances Neville, Baroness Abergavenny

FNBA both collected and composed devotional writings during the sixteenth century, which reached print after her death. Thomas Bentley , including a generous selection in his Monument of Matrones, 1582, presents them as concerned...

1884: The Home Arts and Industries Association...

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1884

The Home Arts and Industries Association was founded in London.
Cumming, Elizabeth, and Wendy Kaplan. The Arts and Crafts Movement. Thames and Hudson, 1991.
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Callen, Anthea. Women in the Arts and Crafts Movement 1870-1914. Astragal Books, 1980.
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7 November 1868: Women who claimed their right to vote lost...

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7 November 1868

Women who claimed their right to vote lost in the case of Chorlton v. Lings, heard by the Court of Common Pleas .
Levine, Philippa. Victorian Feminism 1850-1900. Hutchinson, 1987.
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Rover, Constance. Women’s Suffrage and Party Politics in Britain, 1866-1914. Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1967.
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Elizabeth Ham

Though almost forgotten, EH is remarkable as an autobiographer and even more remarkable as a the author of a single novel. Writing and publishing in the earlier nineteenth century, she also produced a grammar textbook...
Elizabeth Ham Colour photograph of North Perrott in Somerset, the village of Elizabeth Ham's birth. This is the centre of the village, known as the Cross Tree, with the pub to the right of the picture and pub sign to the left.

1633: John Donne's Poems were posthumously published...

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John Donne 's Poems were posthumously published with his initials.
English Short Title Catalogue. http://estc.bl.uk/.

19 May 1920: The House of Commons passed a resolution...

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19 May 1920

The House of Commons passed a resolution stating that women should have equal access to employment and receive equal pay.
Evans, Dorothy. Women and the Civil Service. Sir Isaac Pitman and Sons, 1934.
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Martindale, Hilda. Women Servants of the State, 1870-1938: A History of Women in the Civil Service. G. Allen and Unwin , 1938.
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December 1919: The Woman Clerk: the Organ of the Association...

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December 1919

The Woman Clerk: the Organ of the Association of Women Clerks and Secretaries began publication in London.
Doughan, David, and Denise Sanchez. Feminist Periodicals, 1855-1984. Harvester Press, 1987.
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Harrison, Royden et al. The Warwick Guide to British Labour Periodicals, 1790-1970: A Check List. Harvester Press, 1977.
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19 August 1942: German General Paulus launched his offensive...

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19 August 1942

German General Paulus launched his offensive against Stalingrad.
Messenger, Charles. World War Two Chronological Atlas: When, Where, How and Why. Bloomsbury, 1989.
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Waal, Thomas de. “Dun-Coloured Dust”. London Review of Books, 15 July 1999, pp. 18-19.
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Keegan, John. The Second World War. Viking, 1990.
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Stalingrad, formerly Tsaritsyn, was renamed in 1925 to commemorate Stalin's victory. In 1961 it was renamed again, and became Volgograd.

May 2004: Dr Alison Elliot took up her post as the...

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May 2004

Dr Alison Elliot took up her post as the first woman Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland .
“Women in the Church of Scotland”. Church of Scotland: Organisation.

6 November 1884: The UK proclaimed a protectorate over south...

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6 November 1884

The UK proclaimed a protectorate over south east New Guinea.
Keller, Helen, editor. The Dictionary of Dates. Macmillan, 1934, 2 vols.
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15 April 1886: The first conference of the Women's Co-operative...

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15 April 1886

The first conference of the Women's Co-operative Guild was held at Hooper Square, Leman Street, London.
Webb, Catherine. The Woman with the Basket: The History of the Women’s Co-operative Guild 1883-1927. Co-operative Wholesale Society’s Printing Works, 1927.
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Blaszak, Barbara J. The Matriarchs of England’s Cooperative Movement: A Study in Gender Politics and Female Leadership, 1883-1921. Greenwood Press, 2000.
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Scott, Gillian. Feminism and the Politics of Working Women: The Women’s Cooperative Guild, 1880s to the Second World War. UCL Press, 1998.
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1663: Sir Roger L'Estrange was appointed the first...

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1663

Sir Roger L'Estrange was appointed the first national Surveyor of the Press, an office designed to facilitate censorship.
McDowell, Paula. The Women of Grub Street: Press, Politics, and Gender in the London Literary Marketplace, 1678-1730. Clarendon, 1998.
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1 October 1958: The United States government established...

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1 October 1958

The United States government established the National Aeronautics and Space Association (NASA).
“NASA History Fact Sheet”. NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration): NASA History Division: NASA History in Brief.

8 May 1835: Hans Christian Andersen began publishing...

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8 May 1835

Hans Christian Andersen began publishing fairy tales, some collected and some of his own devising, in his native Danish.
Drabble, Margaret, editor. The Oxford Companion to English Literature. 5th ed., Oxford University Press, 1985.
Bredsdorff, Elias. Hans Christian Andersen: The Story of His Life and Work, 1805-75. Souvenir, 1993.
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1895: The Institut International de Bibliographie...

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1895

The Institut International de Bibliographie was founded in Brussels.
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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2 September 1483: William Caxton dated his edition of John...

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2 September 1483

William Caxton dated his edition of John Gower 's only poem in English, Confessio Amantis.
Borne Back Daily. 2001, http://borneback.com/ .
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20 February 1878: Following the death of Pius IX, Leo XIII...

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20 February 1878

Following the death of Pius IX , Leo XIII was elected Pope.
Cowie, Leonard W., and Leonard Woolfson. Years of Nationalism: European History 1815-1890. Edward Arnold, 1985.
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“The Catholic Encyclopedia”. New Advent.

Dora Sigerson

Irish nationalist and Celtic revivalist DS published twenty-two volumes of poetry (in which ballads predominate), as well as two collections of short stories, one of short sketches, a fairy tale, a nursery rhyme, and a...
Dora Sigerson Black and white, head-and-shoulders photograph of Dora Sigerson. She turns away from the camera, her face in profile. She is wearing a simple light dress and has short curly hair.

1845: The monthly Female's Advocate, developed...

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1845

The monthly Female's Advocate, developed by the London Female Mission , ceased publication.
Palmegiano, Eugenia M. Women and British Periodicals, 1832-1867: A Bibliography. Garland, 1976.
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December 1638: The Glasgow Assembly, a newly formed, radical...

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December 1638

The Glasgow Assembly , a newly formed, radical body representing the Scottish Kirk (some weeks after a first meeting in the cathedral at Glasgow) formally condemned Charles I 's Scottish Prayer Book.
Purkiss, Diane. The English Civil War, A People’s History. Harper Perennial, 2007.
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1821: Mary Anne Carlile, sister of Richard Carlile...

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1821

Mary Anne Carlile , sister of Richard Carlile (who had published Thomas Paine ), was charged twice with blasphemous libel.
Thomas, Donald. A Long Time Burning: The History of Literary Censorship in England. Frederick A. Praeger, 1969.
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1920: Scofield Thayer began editing The Dial, a...

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1920

Scofield Thayer began editing The Dial, a monthly magazine published in New York.
Hanscombe, Gillian, and Virginia L. Smyers. Writing for Their Lives: The Modernist Women, 1910-1940. Women’s Press, 1987.
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Marek, Jayne E. Women Editing Modernism: "Little" Magazines & Literary History. University Press of Kentucky, 1995.
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1961: The University College of Dar-es-Salaam was...

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1961

The University College of Dar-es-Salaam was taken into special relation with the University of London until 1963.
Harte, Negley. The University of London 1836-1986. Athlone, 1986.
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The World of Learning. 45th ed., Allen and Unwin, 1995.
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1889: The bust bodice was introduced in the UK;...

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1889

The bust bodice was introduced in the UK; worn above the corset, it supported the breasts.
Cunnington, C. Willett et al. The History of Underclothes. Revised, Faber and Faber, 1981.
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Eleanor Sleath

ES was a popular novelist who published six titles, mostly with the Minerva Press , in little more than a decade, having begun just before the close of the eighteenth century. She sometimes intersperses poetry...