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25 November 1902: The Central Midwives' Board was constituted...

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25 November 1902

The Central Midwives' Board was constituted by an order in council.
Leap, Nicky, and Billie Hunter. The Midwife’s Tale: An Oral History from Handywoman to Professional Midwife. Scarlet Press, 1993.
198
Rivers, John. Dame Rosalind Paget, 1855-1948: A Short Account of Her Life and Work. Midwives Chronicle, 1981.
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By 5 November 1842: Thomas Babington Macaulay, politician and...

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By 5 November 1842

Thomas Babington Macaulay , politician and historian, published his popular Lays of Ancient Rome.
Drabble, Margaret, editor. The Oxford Companion to English Literature. 5th ed., Oxford University Press, 1985.
Athenæum. J. Lection.
784 (1842): 942
Stephen, Sir Leslie, and Sidney Lee, editors. The Dictionary of National Biography. Smith, Elder, 1908–2026, 22 vols. plus supplements.
Mitchell, Sally, editor. Victorian Britain: An Encyclopedia. Garland Press, 1988.
469
University of Toronto Library Catalogue. http://main.library.utoronto.ca/.

By April 1818: Thomas Bowdler published The Family Shakespeare,...

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By April 1818

Thomas Bowdler published The Family Shakespeare, in fact a further extension of a project begun by his sister Henrietta Maria Bowdler .
Quarterly Review. J. Murray.
19 (1818): 283
Price, Leah. “The Poetics of Pedantry from Thomas Bowdler to Susan Ferrier”. Women’s Writing, Vol.
7
, No. 1, 2000, pp. 75-88.
80

1801: Philip James de Loutherbourg painted Coalbrookdale...

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1801

Philip James de Loutherbourg painted Coalbrookdale by Night, a theatrically romantic picture of a famous industrial village: houses perched on the valley cliffs, with a clouded sky glaring red from furnaces.
“A Picture of Britain”. Tate Britain, 2005.

1826: John Burke first compiled and published Burke's...

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1826

John Burke first compiled and published Burke's Peerage, which was then issued annually from 1847.
Drabble, Margaret, editor. The Oxford Companion to English Literature. 5th ed., Oxford University Press, 1985.
147

1830: Nearly a decade after Felicia Hemans's Dartmoor,...

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1830

Nearly a decade after Felicia Hemans 's Dartmoor, a poem, Sophie Dixon published at Plymouth two journals, in prose and verse, of excursions around the moor.
Solo: Search Oxford University Libraries Online. 18 July 2011, http://solo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?vid=OXVU1&fromLogin=true&reset_config=true.
Landry, Donna. “Coleridge’s Boots and Sophie Dixon’s Books: Problems in Construing Literary Evidence for a New Cultural History”. British Eighteenth- and Nineteenth-Century Women Writers Conference, Lawrence, KS, 15 Mar. 2001.

1974: The Welsh-named county (or local authority...

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1974

The Welsh-named county (or local authority jurisdiction) of Clwyd was formed out of what had been three English-named counties: Flintshire, Denbighshire (most but not all of the ancient county), and part of Merioneth.
Cymdeithas Hanes Teuluoedd Clwyd / Clwyd Family History Society. http://www.clwydfhs.org.uk/index.shtml.

October 1862: The Hartley Institution opened in Southa...

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October 1862

The Hartley Institution opened in Southampton.
The World of Learning. 45th ed., Allen and Unwin, 1995.
1633
Dent, Harold Collett. 1870-1970: Century of Growth in English Education. Longmans, 1970.
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After February 1932: An appeal of Count Potocki of Montalk's case...

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After February 1932

An appeal of Count Potocki of Montalk 's case was heard; and although he was not cleared, an advance in obscene libel cases was made.
Craig, Alec. The Banned Books of England and Other Countries. George Allen and Unwin, 1962.
89-90

August 1884: The Women's Co-operative Guild (WCG) was...

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August 1884

The Women's Co-operative Guild (WCG) was chosen as the new name for the Women's League for the Spread of Co-operation .
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.
25
Gaffin, Jean et al. “Women and Cooperation”. Women in the Labour Movement: The British Experience, edited by Lucy Middleton, Croom Helm, 1977, pp. 113-42.
114

20 February 1874: Conservative leader Benjamin Disraeli formed...

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20 February 1874

Conservative leader Benjamin Disraeli formed the government for a second time, in succession to Gladstone 's Liberal government.
Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century, 1992.
491

Eva Figes

EF , a seriously experimental novelist, also published short stories, children's books, literary criticism, social commentary, and translations, especially of French and German fiction.
Eva Figes Black-and-white photograph of Eva Figes, looking up at the camera and sitting beside log stairs, 14 October 1980.

1776: William Withering deliberately bowdlerised...

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1776

William Withering deliberately bowdlerised the accustomed sexual language for describing plant reproduction in his Botanical Arrangement of all the Vegetables Naturally Growing in Great Britain.
Shteir, Ann B. Cultivating Women, Cultivating Science. Johns Hopkins University Press, 1996.
21-3

1927: The K2 public telephone booth came into service...

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1927

The K2 public telephone booth came into service in Britain, designed by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott .
Trotter, David. “The Person in the Phone Booth”. London Review of Books, Vol.
32
, No. 2, 28 Jan. 2010, pp. 20-2.
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5 May 1956: Sadler's Wells Theatre Ballet company marked...

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5 May 1956

Sadler's Wells Theatre Ballet company marked its 25th anniversary by presenting a suite of dances choreographed by Frederick Ashton and entitled Birthday Offering.
Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century, 1992.
411

17 June 1843: Julia Charlotte Maitland published, as a...

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17 June 1843

Julia Charlotte Maitland published, as a Lady, her Letters from Madras: during the years 1836-1839.
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.
The Athenaeum Index of Reviews and Reviewers: 1830-1870. http://replay.web.archive.org/20070714065452/http://www.soi.city.ac.uk/~asp/v2/home.html.
816 (17 June 1843): 568-9

24 March 1875: The Times reported that the colonial government...

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24 March 1875

The Times reported that the colonial government of Madras in India was seeking women to come and study medicine.
Blake, Catriona, and Wendy Savage. The Charge of the Parasols: Women’s Entry to the Medical Profession. Women’s Press, 1990.
175-7

30 October 1981: The British Nationality Act reached the statute...

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30 October 1981

The British Nationality Act reached the statute book, having received the royal assent. It introduced restrictive qualifications for the acquiring of British nationality which were widely felt to be racist in motivation.
“The Times Digital Archive 1785-2007”. Thompson Gale: The Times Digital Archive.
61070 (31 October 1981): 2

23 December 1919: The Enabling Act was given Royal Assent as...

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23 December 1919

The Enabling Act was given Royal Assent as the Church of England Assembly (Powers) Act: this gave the Church of England greater control over its own affairs, thereby reducing the power of the institutional connection...

1856: Margaret Agnes Colvile, future wife of publisher...

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1856

Margaret Agnes Colvile , future wife of publisher Charles Kegan Paul , published her first two novels: Dorothy: A Tale and DeCressy.
Howsam, Leslie. Kegan Paul—A Victorian Imprint. Kegan Paul; University of Toronto Press, 1998.
61-3, 71, 206

20 April 1896: The first public showing of a film in Ireland...

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20 April 1896

The first public showing of a film in Ireland was held at the Star of Erin Theatre of Varieties in Dublin.
Hickey, D. J., and J. E. Doherty. A New Dictionary of Irish History From 1800. Gill and Macmillan, 2003.
61

R. M. Ballantyne

Before 21 October 1714: George Berkeley compiled and published The...

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Before 21 October 1714

George Berkeley compiled and published The Ladies Library, as by a Lady.
Steele, Sir Richard. The Correspondence of Richard Steele. Editor Blanchard, Rae, Oxford University Press, 1941.
95 and n1

August 1717: Henrietta Howard, later Lady Suffolk, wrote...

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August 1717

Henrietta Howard , later Lady Suffolk, wrote an introspective memorandum on her own relation to the institution of marriage.
Rumbold, Valerie. Women’s Place in Pope’s World. Cambridge University Press, 1989.
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