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19 July 1848: The first women's rights convention in the...

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19 July 1848

The first women's rights convention in the United States met in Seneca Falls, New York.
Trager, James. The Women’s Chronology: A Year-by-Year Record, from Prehistory to the Present. Henry Holt, 1994.
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Dow, Bonnie J. “How the Battle of Memory Was Won”. Women’s Review of Books, Vol.
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, No. 5, Sept.–Oct. 2014, pp. 3-4.
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17 May 1649: John Evelyn went up the Thames to Putney...

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17 May 1649

John Evelyn went up the Thames to Putney with a mostly female party to see the Schooles or Colledges of the young gentlewomen.
A suspected connection with Bathsua Makin has not been demonstrated.
Evelyn, John. The Diary of John Evelyn. Editor De Beer, Esmond Samuel, Oxford University Press, 1959.
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16 October 1950: Literary scholar C. S. Lewis published the...

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16 October 1950

Literary scholar C. S. Lewis published the first of his extremely popular children's books: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe.
Borne Back Daily. 2001, http://borneback.com/ .
16 October 2012

Ann Yearsley

AY became famous at the outset of her career as a primitive or untaught poet: a role she herself rejected in the course of a bitter row with her patron Hannah More . She went...
Ann Yearsley Sepia version of engraving of Ann Yearsley by Wilson Lowry, 1787, from an unknown artist. She is turned 3/4 to the left and wears a large shady hat, jacket, and dress. The portrait has an oval frame embellished with flowers, ribbons, and an urn. Underneath is written "Ann Yearsley. The Bristol Milk Woman & Poetess."

1920: The Slough Trading Estate was developed at...

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1920

The Slough Trading Estate was developed at Slough just west of London. By 1924, as Slough Estates Limited, it was Britain's first industrial estate.
“Berkshire, History of Slough”. BBC Where I live.

1851-54: Auguste Comte published Système de politique...

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1851-54

Auguste Comte published Système de politique positive in four volumes; it was translated as The System of Positive Polity from 1875-7.
Drabble, Margaret, editor. The Oxford Companion to English Literature. 5th ed., Oxford University Press, 1985.
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1755: In France a pocket dictionary of the latest...

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1755

In France a pocket dictionary of the latest fashionable terms was advertised for sale: it covered costume, furnishing, and dining.
Hellman, Mimi. “Furniture, Sociability, and the Work of Leisure in Eighteenth-Century France”. Eighteenth-Century Studies, Vol.
32
, No. 4, 1999, pp. 415-45.
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1899: Egyptian jurist and reformer Qasim Amin argued...

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1899

Egyptian jurist and reformer Qasim Amin argued in a book whose title translates as The Liberation of Women that European civilization was more advanced than the Islamic culture of Egypt, and that an important...

Matthew Arnold

By autumn 1963: For the first time most students entering...

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By autumn 1963

For the first time most students entering university in Britain were admitted through the new national entrance scheme administered by UCCA (Universities Central Council on Admissions ).
Mountford, Sir James Frederick. British Universities. Oxford University Press, 1966.
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1822: A new Vagrancy Act was the first to use the...

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1822

A new Vagrancy Act was the first to use the word Prostitute in the modern sense; before that, the most commonly used legal term had been disorderly woman.
Henderson, Tony. Disorderly Women. Longman, 1999.
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Early 1847: Canterbury established the first rate-aided...

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Early 1847

Canterbury established the first rate-aided library in England.
Black, Alistair. A New History of the English Public Library: Social and Political Contexts, 1850-1914. Leicester University Press, 1996.
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Kelly, Thomas. A History of Public Libraries in Great Britain 1845-1975. 2nd ed., Library Association, 1977.
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1878: In France, Henri Voirin invented and patented...

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1878

In France, Henri Voirin invented and patented a machine for printing on tin and metal plate which was the precursor to the 'offset' press machine.
Clair, Colin. A Chronology of Printing. Cassell, 1969.
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1981: The Black Cultural Archives, focused on the histories of African and Caribbean people in the United Kingdom, was founded by Len Garrison and colleagues.

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1981

The Black Cultural Archives , focused on the histories of African and Caribbean people in the United Kingdom, was founded by Len Garrison and colleagues.
“About”. Black Cultural Archives, https://blackculturalarchives.org/about.

1919: Beatrice Kean Seymour published her first...

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1919

Beatrice Kean Seymour published her first novel, Invisible Tides.
The Bookman. Hodder and Stoughton.
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June 2006: Picador Books launched a new series, Picador...

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June 2006

Picador Books launched a new series, Picador Shots, of short stories issued as free-standing volumes. One of the first was Jackie Kay 's Sonata, about two strangers talking on a train.
Blackwell’s Online Bookshop. http://Bookshop.Blackwell.co.uk.

1977: Local Health Authorities were empowered to...

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1977

Local Health Authorities were empowered to provide vasectomies under the National Health Service .
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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5 October 1844: A weekly newspaper for women entitled Ladies'...

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5 October 1844

A weekly newspaper for women entitled Ladies' Own Journal and Miscellany began publication in Edinburgh.
Palmegiano, Eugenia M. Women and British Periodicals, 1832-1867: A Bibliography. Garland, 1976.
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1971: In a crucial parliamentary vote on Britain's...

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1971

In a crucial parliamentary vote on Britain's future entry into the European Community or Common Market, Conservative members plus 68 pro-European Labour members voted in favour.
Marquand, David. “Roy Jenkins”. Guardian Weekly, 9–15 Jan. 2003, p. 19.
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Anna Swanwick

Publishing in the mid and later nineteenth century, AS won fame firstly as a scholar and translator from German and then from ancient Greek. Her work for social causes (especially for the cause of women)...
Anna Swanwick Photograph of Anna Swanwick's grave marker. The marker is a high light grey column, with lists of names carved into each of the sides and painted in black.

1932: Vyrnwy Biscoe published 300 Careers for ...

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1932

Vyrnwy Biscoe published 300 Careers for Women.
Biscoe, Vyrnwy. 300 Careers for Women. L. Dickson, 1932.

August 1850: The Public Libraries Act, which provided...

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August 1850

The Public Libraries Act, which provided for government-funded libraries, was given royal assent.
Altick, Richard D. The English Common Reader. 2nd ed., Ohio State University Press, 1998.
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Black, Alistair. A New History of the English Public Library: Social and Political Contexts, 1850-1914. Leicester University Press, 1996.
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Feather, John. A History of British Publishing. Croom Helm, 1988.
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Black, Alistair. “Lost Worlds of Culture: Victorian Libraries, Library History and Prospects for a History of Information”. Journal of Victorian Culture, Vol.
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, No. 1, 1997.
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Kelly, Thomas. A History of Public Libraries in Great Britain 1845-1975. 2nd ed., Library Association, 1977.
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27 November 1937: A musical called Pins and Needles opened...

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27 November 1937

A musical called Pins and Needles opened on Broadway which, uniquely, was mounted by a trade union, the International Ladies Garment Workers Union .
Goldman, Harry Merton. “Pins and Needles: A White House Command Performance”. Educational Theatre Journal, Vol.
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, No. 1, Mar. 1978, pp. 90-101.

1889: The Royal Academy of Arts voted to allow...

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1889

The Royal Academy of Arts voted to allow application for membership by female artists; however, this remained only a theoretical possibility for 33 years.
Marsh, Jan, and Pamela Gerrish Nunn. Women Artists and the Pre-Raphaelite Movement. Virago, 1989.
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26 October 1872: The weekly Lady's Own Paper ceased publication;...

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26 October 1872

The weekly Lady's Own Paper ceased publication; it had begun on 24 November 1866.
Palmegiano, Eugenia M. Women and British Periodicals, 1832-1867: A Bibliography. Garland, 1976.
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