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1807: The Church Missionary Society set up a Corresponding...

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1807

The Church Missionary Society set up a Corresponding Committee in Calcutta with the intention of beginning missionary work there.
Church Missionary Society Archive: Section VI: Missions to India. Adam Matthew.

9 November 1918: Faced with unemployment, 6,000 female munitions...

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9 November 1918

Faced with unemployment, 6,000 female munitions workers, mainly from Woolwich Arsenal , marched to the House of Commons under the banner Shall Peace Bring Us Starvation.
The banner had no question-mark.
Beddoe, Deirdre. Back to Home and Duty: Women Between the Wars, 1918-1939. Pandora, 1989.
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1927: Eric Partridge founded Scholartis Press at...

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1927

Eric Partridge founded Scholartis Press at New Oxford Street, London.
Rose, Jonathan, and Patricia J. Anderson, editors. Dictionary of Literary Biography 112. Gale Research, 1991.
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Myers, Robin. The British Book Trade, from Caxton to the Present Day. Andre Deutsch in association with the National Book League, 1973.
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1827: Dr Richard Bright, working at Guy's Hospital...

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1827

Dr Richard Bright , working at Guy's Hospital in London, described the symptoms of a complex kidney disorder which became known as Bright's disease.
Hellemans, Alexander, and Bryan Bunch. The Timetables of Science: A Chronology of the Most Important People and Events in the History of Science. Simon and Shuster, 1988.
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Shryock, Richard Harrison. The Development of Modern Medicine: An Interpretation of the Social and Scientific Factors Involved. University of Wisconsin Press, 1979.
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1870: Baby farmer Mrs Margaret Waters was hanged...

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1870

Baby farmerMrs Margaret Waters was hanged for the murder of one of the many children in her care.
Donnison, Jean. Midwives and Medical Men: A History of Inter-Professional Rivalries and Women’s Rights. Schocken Books, 1977.
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Emsley, Clive. Crime and Society in England 1750-1900. 2nd ed., Longman, 1996.
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Mitchell, Sally, editor. Victorian Britain: An Encyclopedia. Garland Press, 1988.
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20 November 1934: Lillian Hellman's The Children's Hour, a...

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20 November 1934

Lillian Hellman 's The Children's Hour, a play in which schoolgirls accuse teachers of having a lesbian relationship, opened on Broadway, New York.
Borne Back Daily. 2001, http://borneback.com/ .
20 November 2008

15-21 June 1772: A series of London banking firms collapsed...

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15-21 June 1772

A series of London banking firms collapsed after the bank associated with Alexander Fordyce stopped payment; ensuing panic brought the biggest stock-market crash since the South Sea Bubble burst in late 1720.
Clifford, James L. Hester Lynch Piozzi (Mrs Thrale). Clarendon Press, 1987.
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6 November 1867: The Scottish Women's Suffrage Society met...

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6 November 1867

The Scottish Women's Suffrage Society met for the first time in Edinburgh.
King, Elspeth. “The Scottish Women’s Suffrage Movement”. Out of Bounds: Women in Scottish Society 1800-1945, edited by Esther Breitenbach and Eleanor Gordon, Edinburgh University Press, 1992, pp. 121-50.
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December 1912: The population of British East Africa (making...

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December 1912

The population of British East Africa (making up, during the continued existence of German East Africa, the later Zanzibar, Kenya, and Uganda) stood at 2,758,088 Africans, 3,175 whites, and 11,886 Indians.
Nicholls, C. S. Elspeth Huxley. HarperCollins, 2002.
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12 April 1874: The second of a series of plays attributed...

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12 April 1874

The second of a series of plays attributed to Sarah Lane opened at the Britannia Theatre for the Easter holiday.
Davis, Jim. “Sarah Lane: questions of authorship”. Women and Playwriting in Nineteenth-Century Britain, edited by Tracy C. Davis and Ellen Donkin, Cambridge University Press, 1999, pp. 125-47.
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1852: In the wake of the success of Stowe's Uncle...

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1852

In the wake of the success of Stowe 's Uncle Tom's Cabin, Richard Hildreth 's retitled novel The White Slave; or, Memoirs of a Fugitive appeared in an English edition with illustrations by Charles Kean

February 1886: Addressing a pro-Union crowd at Ulster Hall...

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February 1886

Addressing a pro-Union crowd at Ulster Hall in Belfast, Lord Randolph Churchill uttered his famous battle cry, Ulster will fight, Ulster will be right.
Morton, Grenfell. Home Rule and the Irish Question. Longman, 1980.
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16-21 March 1953: Yugoslavian leader Marshal Tito became the...

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16-21 March 1953

Yugoslavian leader Marshal Tito became the first communist leader to visit Great Britain.
Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century, 1992.
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1854: Ferdinand de Lesseps of France reached an...

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1854

Ferdinand de Lesseps of France reached an agreement with King Saïd of Egypt to build the Suez Canal; the canal was opened in 1869.
Hadfield, Charles. World Canals: Inland Navigation Past and Present. David and Charles, 1986.
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26 February 1993: A bomb was planted at the World Trade Center,...

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26 February 1993

A bomb was planted at the World Trade Center, tallest building in New York; Islamic terrorism was suspected.
Hardy, Roger. “How China Colluded with the West in the Rise of Osama Bin Laden”. London Review of Books, 2 Mar. 2000, pp. 26-7.
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Williams, Neville et al. Chronology of the 20th Century. Helicon, 1996.
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1836: A giant water lily, native to the Amazon...

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1836

A giant water lily, native to the Amazon and South America, was discovered in British Guiana ; the next year it was named Victoria Regia (later Victoria Amazonica) in honour of Queen Victoria .
Merrill, Lynn L. The Romance of Victorian Natural History. Oxford University Press, 1989.
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Guyana’s National Flower. http://www.caribcentral.com/guyana/guybird_flower.htm.

By April 1815: August Wilhelm von Schlegel's Lectures on...

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By April 1815

August Wilhelm von Schlegel 's Lectures on Dramatic Art and Literature, published in German in 1809-11, were translated into English.
Gentleman’s Magazine. Various publishers.
(1815:i) 85: 348

8 November 1660: Thomas Killigrew left Davenant and opened...

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8 November 1660

Thomas Killigrew left Davenant and opened his own theatre company, the King's , at Gibbons' Tennis Court, Vere Street.
The London Stage 1660-1800. Southern Illinois University Press, 1960–1968, 5 vols.
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Sutherland, James. English Literature of the Late Seventeenth Century. Clarendon Press, 1969.
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3-4 November 1839: Welsh Chartists marched on Newport in Mo...

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3-4 November 1839

Welsh Chartists marched on Newport in Monmouthshire.
Thompson, Dorothy, 1923 - 2011, editor. The Early Chartists. Macmillan, 1971.
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Schwarzkopf, Jutta. Women in the Chartist Movement. St Martin’s Press, 1991.
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Royle, Edward. Chartism. Longman, 1980.
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1673: François Poulain (or Poullain) de la Barre...

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1673

François Poulain (or Poullain) de la Barre published at Paris his Cartesian treatise on gender equality, De l'égalité des deux sexes, which was translated into English four years later.
The Origins of Modern Feminism, 1567-1876. Quaritch, 1998.
Buchanan, Dave. Augustan Women’s Verse Satire. University of Alberta, 1998.
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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.
Bosley, Vivien. “A Pre-Wave Ripple: The Sound of Other Voices”. Not Drowning but Waving: Women, Feminism, and the Liberal Arts, 14 Oct. 2006.

Alison Uttley

AU is remembered as a writer for small children. In fact, her output extended from fairy tales to finely fashioned autobiographical works; from magic and nursery rhyme to studies of place and dreams and space...
Alison Uttley Sepia toned photograph of Alison Uttley, shown from the shoulders up with her dark hair pulled back. Her photograph is surrounded by a blue frame, with her head overlapping it at the top, giving the impression that she is leaning out of the frame. The frame is surrounded by drawings of woodland animals wearing clothes.

1824: Mary, Lady Shepherd, published her first...

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1824

Mary, Lady Shepherd , published her first major philosophical work, An Essay upon the Relation of Cause and Effect, a critique of the fourth of David Hume 's Philosophical Essays.
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.
Kersey, Ethel M. Women Philosophers: A Bio-Critical Source Book. Greenwood, 1989.
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April 1862: W. R. Greg's foray into the Woman Question,...

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April 1862

W. R. Greg 's foray into the Woman Question, called Why are Women Redundant?, appeared in the National Review.
Greg, William Rathbone. “Why Are Women Redundant?”. National Review, Vol.
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, Apr. 1862, pp. 434-60.
434-60

1986: Aileen La Tourette published through Virago...

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1986

Aileen La Tourette published through Virago Press the post-apocalyptic novel Cry Wolf (whose title has also been used by others).
OCLC WorldCat. 1992–1998, http://www.oclc.org/firstsearch/content/worldcat/. Accessed 1999.

July 1967: The Latey Committee recommended that the...

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July 1967

The Latey Committee recommended that the age of majority (including freedom to marry without parental consent) should be lowered from twenty-one to eighteen; this was implemented.
Rogers, Rick. Crowther to Warnock: How fourteen reports tried to change children’s lives. Heinemann Educational Books in association with the International Year of the Child, 1980.
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