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1893: As Mrs George Corbett, Elizabeth Burgoyne...

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1893

As Mrs George Corbett, Elizabeth Burgoyne Corbett published Mrs. Grundy's Victims, a novel that explores the White Slave Trade through the fate of one of two sisters left to manage on their own in London.
OCLC WorldCat. 1992–1998, http://www.oclc.org/firstsearch/content/worldcat/. Accessed 1999.

1833: The Dower Act finally abolished the old system...

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1833

The Dower Act finally abolished the old system (gradually eroding since the sixteenth century) which entitled a widow to life interest in a third of all property owned by her husband at any time during...

1930: The publisher Mills and Boon began specialising...

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1930

The publisher Mills and Boon began specialising in romantic titles designed to sell to commercial libraries.
Steele, Sir Richard, and Joseph Addison, editors. The Guardian. J. Tonson.
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McAleer, Joseph. Popular Reading and Publishing in Britain 1914-1950. Clarendon Press, 1992.
100, 112

1847: The Lancashire Public School Association...

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1847

The Lancashire Public School Association was founded.
Roach, John. Social Reform in England 1780-1880. St Martin’s Press, 1978.
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1895: The Ladies' Treasury, a monthly periodical...

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1895

The Ladies' Treasury, a monthly periodical edited in London by Mrs Eliza Warren , ceased publication.
Palmegiano, Eugenia M. Women and British Periodicals, 1832-1867: A Bibliography. Garland, 1976.
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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.

Rosamond Lehmann

RL has received less critical attention than other women modernists, especially her closest literary colleagues Elizabeth Bowen and Virginia Woolf . However, after the reprinting of her work in the 1980s, her seven novels, her...
Rosamond Lehmann Black-and-white photo of Rosamond Lehmann. She is wearing a silk scarf, and her white hair is cut short. Behind her is a painting of a woman.

March 1973: Official US troop withdrawals from Vietnam...

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March 1973

Official US troop withdrawals from Vietnam followed on the signing of a cease-fire on 23 January.
Kettle, Martin. “Nixon ’wrecked early peace in Vietnam’”. The Guardian, 9 Aug. 2000, p. 3.
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Sayle, Murray. “Why the bastards wouldn’t stand and fight”. London Review of Books, 21 Feb. 2002, pp. 3-11.
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Bacevich, Andrew. “Small nations, take heed”. London Review of Books, Vol.
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, No. 3, 7 Feb. 2013, pp. 20-1.
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Elizabeth Cooper, d. 1761

Elizabeth Cooper is an obscure, early eighteenth-century writer with considerable talent in the two very different fields of stage comedy (of which she wrote two and published one) and antiquarian research (which led her to...
Elizabeth Cooper, d. 1761 Title-page of Elizabeth Cooper's anthology,"The Muses Library", 1737, in the re-issue by James Hodges, 1741.

Mary Ann Parker

MAP 's single publication is a travel book of 1795, remarkable for being the only early female account of circumnavigating the globe, and the earliest reporting by a woman on the new English colony in Australia.

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.

1977: Penelope Leach's Baby and Child, a classic...

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1977

Penelope Leach 's Baby and Child, a classic childcare manual with photographic illustrations by Camilla Jessel , broke new ground in simple instructional books.
OCLC WorldCat. 1992–1998, http://www.oclc.org/firstsearch/content/worldcat/. Accessed 1999.

January 1951: The Beveridge Committee on Broadcasting reported...

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January 1951

The BeveridgeCommittee on Broadcasting reported that the propaganda power
“Media quotations from official sources”. Terra Media: Quotations.
of access through radio and television to millions of homes was too great to be allowed out of public institutional hands.
“Media quotations from official sources”. Terra Media: Quotations.

July 1832: The Friends of the Oppressed was established...

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July 1832

The Friends of the Oppressed was established by a group of politically active London women.
Schwarzkopf, Jutta. Women in the Chartist Movement. St Martin’s Press, 1991.
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1650: Henry Vaughan published his poetry volume...

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1650

Henry Vaughan published his poetry volume Silex Scintillans.
English Short Title Catalogue. http://estc.bl.uk/.

1938: Routledge and Sons decided not to publish...

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1938

Routledge and Sons decided not to publish former prostitute Sheila Cousin 's autobiography To Beg I am Ashamed after the publisher received much bad press and threats of prosecution from the police.
Craig, Alec. The Banned Books of England and Other Countries. George Allen and Unwin, 1962.
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Thomas, Donald. A Long Time Burning: The History of Literary Censorship in England. Frederick A. Praeger, 1969.
305

15 October 1964: The Labour Party came to precarious power...

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15 October 1964

The Labour Party came to precarious power in the general election by a majority of four seats; next day Harold Wilson became Prime Minister.
Butler, David E., and Jennie Freeman. British Political Facts, 1900-1960. Macmillan, 1963.
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Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century, 1992.
492, 422
Schott, Ben. Schott’s Original Miscellany. Bloomsbury, 2002.
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Greenslade, M. W. “Smethwick: Parliamentary History”. British History Online: The Victoria History of the Counties of England: A History of the County of Staffordshire, Volume XVII, 1976.
Younge, Gary. “The colour of politics in Britain today”. Guardian Weekly, 6–12 May 2005, p. 17.
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1700: In Campania Foelix, a treatise on agriculture,...

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1700

In Campania Foelix, a treatise on agriculture, Timothy Nourse on balance praised the system of common lands in England (still mostly unenclosed).
Neeson, J. M. Commoners: Common Right, Enclosure and Social Change in England, 1700-1820. Cambridge University Press, 1993.
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1611: John Speed published his History of Great...

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1611

John Speed published his History of Great Britaine, an early attempt at national history as continuous narrative; it is remembered in part for the maps, by Christopher Saxton and others, in its early sections...

Ezra Pound

EP , American poet, critic, editor, translator, and key figure in the literary modernist movement, lived in London from 1908 to 1921, in Paris from 1921 to 1924, and then in Italy until the end...

1745: The Rotunda or Lying-In Hospital, Dublin,...

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1745

The Rotunda or Lying-In Hospital , Dublin, was opened by Bartholomew Mosse in South Great George's Street. In 1748 it moved to its permanent home, the Dublin Rotunda designed by Richard Cassels .
“Architect Richard Cassells: Rotunda Hospital”. Archiseek (Architectural Association of Ireland): Buildings of Ireland: Dublin: North City Centre: Parnell Square.

9 December 2003: The UK's first toll motorway, the M6 Toll...

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9 December 2003

The UK's first toll motorway, the M6 Toll Road, officially opened. The 27-mile stretch of road (formerly known as the Birmingham Northern Relief Road) was designed to give motorists the chance to avoid congestion...

1880: Henry Vizetelly founded Vizetelly and Company...

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1880

Henry Vizetelly founded Vizetelly and Company at 42 Catherine Street, Strand, London, with his sons Frank and Arthur .
Rose, Jonathan, and Patricia J. Anderson, editors. Dictionary of Literary Biography 106. Gale Research, 1991.
106: 317

Eleanor Anne Porden

EAP is that rare thing, an early nineteenth-century woman writer of Romantic epic poems. Her personal letters are also outstanding.