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1935: A respectable medical source pronounced that...

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1935

A respectable medical source pronounced that X-ray was as vital for monitoring pregnancy as for use in fractures.
Oakley, Ann. Telling the Truth about Jerusalem. Basil Blackwell, 1986.
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16 December 1911: The Local Authorities (Ireland) (Qualification...

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16 December 1911

The Local Authorities (Ireland) (Qualification of Women) Act gave Irish women the right to sit on county councils and boroughs.
Owens, Rosemary Cullen. Smashing Times: A History of the Irish Women’s Suffrage Movement 1889-1922. Attic, 1984.
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Moody, Theodore William et al., editors. A New History of Ireland. Clarendon, 1976–2026, 10 vols.
8: 384
Law Reports: Statutes. Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1866–2026.
1911: 158

By October 1820: A revolution in Naples—instigated by the...

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By October 1820

A revolution in Naples—instigated by the Carbonari (a secret political society founded in 1815)—provoked Ferdinand I to grant a constitution, which included the establishment of an elected parliament.
Cowie, Leonard W., and Leonard Woolfson. Years of Nationalism: European History 1815-1890. Edward Arnold, 1985.
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4 March 1852: Alice Liddell, the original recipient of...

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4 March 1852

Alice Liddell , the original recipient of Lewis Carroll 's Alice works, was born on this date.
Gardner, Martin, and Lewis Carroll. “Introduction and Notes”. The Annotated Alice, Wings Books, 1960.
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16 April 1720: Ralph Allen announced in the London Gazette...

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16 April 1720

Ralph Allen announced in the London Gazette his new scheme for cross-posts.
Chisholm, Hugh, editor. Encyclopaedia Britannica. Eleventh, Cambridge University Press, 1911.
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Stephen, Sir Leslie, and Sidney Lee, editors. The Dictionary of National Biography. Smith, Elder, 1908–2026, 22 vols. plus supplements.

November 1978: Sisterwrite Bookshop opened in London; at...

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November 1978

Sisterwrite Bookshop opened in London; at the time it was the only bookshop in Britain specialising in women's books.
Cadman, Eileen et al. Rolling Our Own: Women as Printers, Publishers and Distributors. Minority Press-Group, 1981.
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1814: A Parliamentary Select Committee reported...

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1814

A Parliamentary Select Committee reported on the issue of vagrancy, as did another in 1821.
Henderson, Tony. Disorderly Women. Longman, 1999.
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October 1940: Residential nurseries and billets for care...

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October 1940

Residential nurseries and billets for care of evacuated infants and children were in great demand; all rural nurseries were full.
Minns, Raynes. Bombers and Mash: The Domestic Front 1939-45. Virago, 1980.
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1729: 5,225 pupils were registered at 132 charity...

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1729

5,225 pupils were registered at 132 charity schools in London.
Sonnet, Martine. “A Daughter to Educate”. A History of Women in the West: Renaissance and Enlightenment Paradoxes, edited by Natalie Zemon Davis and Arlette Farge, translated by. Arthur Goldhammer and Arthur Goldhammer, Vol.
3
, Harvard University Press, 1993, pp. 101-31.
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3 March 1592: Elizabeth I granted the founding charter...

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3 March 1592

Elizabeth I granted the founding charter for Trinity College, Dublin.
Maxwell, Constantia. A History of Trinity College, Dublin, 1591-1892. University Press, Trinity College, 1946.
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Foster, Robert Fitzroy. Modern Ireland 1600-1972. Allen Lane, 1988.
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1851: The University College of Derby was foun...

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1851

The University College of Derby was founded.
The World of Learning. 47th ed., Allen and Unwin, 1997.
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1917: Humourist P. G. Wodehouse published The Man...

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1917

Humourist P. G. Wodehouse published The Man With Two Left Feet, a volume of stories containing the debut of his famous young upper-class twit Bertie Wooster and his gentleman's gentleman, Jeeves.
Encyclopædia Britannica Online. http://www.britannica.com/.

1853: Margaret Crittenden Douglass, a former slave-holder,...

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1853

Margaret Crittenden Douglass , a former slave-holder, was imprisoned for three months in Norfolk, Virginia, for the crime of teaching a Sunday School class of free colored children.
“A Century of Racial Segregation, 1849-1950”. The Library of Congress: Exhibitions.

1890: The Healthy and Artistic Dress Union was...

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1890

The Healthy and Artistic Dress Union was founded in London; members included Janet Ashbee , Ethel Hine , and Hine's husband Godfrey Blount .
Cumming, Elizabeth, and Wendy Kaplan. The Arts and Crafts Movement. Thames and Hudson, 1991.
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1886: The Conference of Typographical Societies...

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1886

The Conference of Typographical Societies moved to recommend women's admission to typographical unions provided that they were paid equal wages.
Stone, James S. Emily Faithfull: Victorian Champion of Women’s Rights. P. D. Meany, 1994.
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1711: John Brightland published A Grammar of the...

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1711

John Brightland published A Grammar of the English Tongue, one of the first popular eighteenth-century grammars.
Lavoie, Chantel Michelle. Poems by Eminent Ladies: A Study of an Eighteenth-Century Anthology. University of Toronto, 1999.
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: John Cotton and Ted Walker founded a poetry...

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Autumn 1962

John Cotton and Ted Walker founded a poetry magazine, Priapus, called after the classical fertility god who was known for his huge and constantly erect penis. Cotton then launched the Priapus Press in 1967.
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.

1927: English director Alfred Hitchcock was recognized...

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1927

English director Alfred Hitchcock was recognized as a film talent and hired at British International Pictures , which had built studios at Elstree with the aim of becoming the British equivalent to Hollywood.
Robinson, David. The History of World Cinema. Stein and Day, 1981.
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1760: A subscribers' or metropolitan library opened...

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1760

A subscribers' or metropolitan library opened at Warrington in Lancashire.
Brewer, John. The Pleasures of the Imagination: English Culture in the Eighteenth Century. Farrar Straus Giroux, 1997.
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11 January 1838: Samuel Morse, developer of the Morse Code,...

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11 January 1838

Samuel Morse , developer of the Morse Code, gave the first public demonstration of a telegraphed message from a steelworks in Morristown, New Jersey.
Encyclopædia Britannica Online. http://www.britannica.com/.
Rosen, Michael. Alphabetical: How Every Letter Tells a Story. John Murray, 2013.
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11 December 1931: The Statute of Westminster defined the status...

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11 December 1931

The Statute of Westminster defined the status of the Dominions.
Bayly, Christopher Alan. Atlas of the British Empire. Facts on File, 1989.
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Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century, 1992.
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Williams, Neville et al. Chronology of the 20th Century. Helicon, 1996.
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2005: Ariel Levy's Female Chauvinist Pigs: Women...

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2005

Ariel Levy 's Female Chauvinist Pigs: Women and the Rise of Raunch Culture argued that feminism had been co-opted by consumer culture in ways that were not serving women well.
Levy, Ariel. Female Chauvinist Pigs: Women and the Rise of Raunch Culture. Free Press, 2005.

1920: Ideal Home, a monthly decorating magazine,...

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1920

Ideal Home, a monthly decorating magazine, began publishing from King's Reach Tower, Stamford Street, London.
Winship, Janice. Inside Women’s Magazines. Pandora, 1987.
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Ulrich’s International Periodicals Directory 1999. 37th ed., R. R. Bowker, 1998.
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1856: J. A. Froude published the first volumes...

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1856

J. A. Froude published the first volumes of his influential twelve-volume History of England from the Death of Cardinal Wolsey to the Defeat of the Spanish Armada; it was completed in 1870.
Drabble, Margaret, editor. The Oxford Companion to English Literature. 5th ed., Oxford University Press, 1985.

December 1933: Close up. Devoted to the Art of Films, edited...

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December 1933

Close up. Devoted to the Art of Films, edited by Kenneth Macpherson and Bryher , ceased publication.
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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