Women’s Writing in the British Isles from the Beginnings to the Present
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15 February 1942: Singapore, held by Britain, fell to Japanese...
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15 February 1942
Singapore, held by Britain, fell to Japanese forces.
Keegan, John. The Second World War. Viking, 1990.
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Messenger, Charles. World War Two Chronological Atlas: When, Where, How and Why. Bloomsbury, 1989.
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Ali, Tariq. “Bitter Chill of Winter”. London Review of Books, 19 Apr. 2001, pp. 18-27.
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1870: Oxford University permitted the Delegacy...
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1870
Oxford University
permitted the Delegacy of Local Examinations to examine girls in secondary education.
Markham, Felix. Oxford. Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1967.
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Brittain, Vera. The Women at Oxford. George G. Harrap, 1960.
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Stephen, Barbara. Emily Davies and Girton College. Constable, 1927.
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Herstein, Sheila R. A Mid-Victorian Feminist: Barbara Leigh Smith Bodichon. Yale University Press, 1985.
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27 October 1785: The London Hospital Medical College, established...
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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Gentleman’s Magazine. Various publishers.
55 (1785): 914
1896: Queen's College, Belfast, became the first...
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1896
Queen's College, Belfast, became the first university college in Ireland to admit women to equal privileges with men.
Moody, Theodore William, and James Camlin Beckett. Queen’s, Belfast 1845-1949: The History of a University. Faber and Faber, 1959.
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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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November 2012: The Church of England caused national consternation...
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November 2012
The Church of England
caused national consternation when its Synod narrowly voted down the opening of its episcopate in Britain to its first women bishops.
Wintour, Patrick, and Lizzy Davies. “Bishop vote sets state against church”. Guardian Weekly, 30 Nov. 2012, p. 16.
1 November 1863: The British Workwoman: Out and At Home, an...
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1 November 1863
The British Workwoman: Out and At Home, an illustrated improving magazine, began monthly publication in London.
Harrison, Royden et al. The Warwick Guide to British Labour Periodicals, 1790-1970: A Check List. Harvester Press, 1977.
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1855: Photographer Roger Fenton documented the...
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1855
Photographer Roger Fenton
documented the Crimean War.
Hannavy, John. Masters of Victorian Photography. David and Charles, 1976.
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6 February 1993: Emily's List (from the acronym Early Money...
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6 February 1993
Emily's List
(from the acronym Early Money is Like Yeast as a rising agent) was founded in the UK as campaign to fund Labour
women to run for parliament.
Emily’s List UK. http://www.emilyslist.org.uk/.
February 1932: The International Disarmament Conference...
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February 1932
The International Disarmament Conference
convened in Geneva. The conference lasted intermittently for two years, but its eventual breakdown dashed hopes of averting another world war.
Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century, 1992.
376
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.
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, No. 4, 1999, pp. 415-45.
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13 July 1713: The Treaty of Utrecht ended the War of Spanish...
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13 July 1713
The Treaty of Utrecht ended the War of Spanish Succession, known in North America as Queen Anne's War.
Newman, Gerald, editor. Britain in the Hanoverian Age, 1714-1837: An Encyclopedia. Garland, 1997.
345, 503, 660, 670
Kelly, Matthew. “With Bit and Bridle”. London Review of Books, Vol.
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, No. 15, 5 Aug. 2010, pp. 12-13.
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15 November-18 December 1920: The first League of Nations Assembly met...
7 February 1992: A fourteen-year-old rape victim was barred...
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7 February 1992
A fourteen-year-old rape victim was barred from leaving Ireland to procure an abortion in England; the case became internationally known.
Franck, Irene, and David Brownstone. Women’s World: A Timeline of Women in History. HarperCollins; HarperPerennial, 1995.
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Trager, James. The Women’s Chronology: A Year-by-Year Record, from Prehistory to the Present. Henry Holt, 1994.
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1876: Elizabeth Stone, under the pseudonym of Sutherland...
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1876
Elizabeth Stone
, under the pseudonym of Sutherland Menzies, published a volume in Collins
's School Series, entitled History of Germany for Junior Classes.
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.
13 July 1793: Hoarding was made a capital crime in Fra...
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13 July 1793
Hoarding was made a capital crime in France.
Kafker, Frank A., and James M. Laux, editors. The French Revolution: Conflicting Interpretations. 4th ed., R. E. Krieger, 1989.
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Soboul, Albert. The French Revolution 1787-1799. Translators Forrest, Alan and Colin Jones, Vintage, 1975.
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Gustave Doré
1849: Following on the great famine, Poor Law Boards...
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1849
Following on the great famine, Poor Law Boards of Guardians in Ireland began to subsidize emigration for those on their rolls.
Fitzpatrick, David. Irish Emigration 1801-1921. Economic and Social History Society of Ireland, 1984.
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14 July 1742: Horace Walpole was diverted by the great...
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14 July 1742
Horace Walpole
was diverted by the great physical strength of a servant-maid helping to rescue goods in danger of burning in a house fire; he thought it particularly comic that she had the pastoral name...
2 December 1859: White American abolitionist John Brown was...
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2 December 1859
White American abolitionist John Brown
was hanged in Charles Town by the state of Virginia, with the approval of the federal government
.
Zinn, Howard. A People’s History of the United States: 1492-Present. 20th Anniversary Edition, HarperCollins, 1999.
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Evans, Richard J. The Penguin Dictionary of Nineteenth Century History. Editors Belchem, John and Richard Price, Penguin, 1996.
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Corey, Melinda, and George Ochoa, editors. The Encyclopedia of the Victorian World. Henry Holt and Company, 1996.
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15 October 1894: A Chinese Imperial edict for the protection...
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15 October 1894
A Chinese Imperial edict for the protection of foreigners and missionaries was proclaimed, in an attempt to discourage anti-missionary violence.
Keller, Helen, editor. The Dictionary of Dates. Macmillan, 1934, 2 vols.
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1973: Julia Phillips became the first woman to...
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1973
Julia Phillips
became the first woman to win an Oscar for film production: she shared the award, for producing The Sting, with Tony Bill
and her husband Michael
.
Baxter, Brian. “Julia Phillips”. The Guardian, 4 Jan. 2002, p. 20.
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10 February 1749: Henry Fielding published Tom Jones, his comic...
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10 February 1749
Henry Fielding
published Tom Jones, his comic epic poem in prose, in six volumes containing three books each. It reached a (revised) fourth edition by 11 December.
Fielding, Henry. “Introduction”. Tom Jones, edited by John Bender et al., Oxford University Press, 1996, p. ix - xliii.
