Women’s Writing in the British Isles from the Beginnings to the Present
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Ann Eliza Bleecker
AEB
, now seen as the finest American lyricist of the late eighteenth century, left only about thirty-six of her poems extant; she destroyed the rest. Two prose fictions were also published after her early death.
Ibsen, Henrik. “Note”. The Pillars of Society and Other Plays, edited by Havelock Ellis, translated by. William Archer et al., Walter Scott, 1888, p. xxxi.
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January 1932: Oswald Mosley, leader of the recent, short-lived...
Bradshaw, David. “Mrs. Dalloway’s Forgotten Fronts: Figuring the War and Memorializing the Dead”. Voyages Out, Voyages Home: The Eleventh Annual Conference on Virginia Woolf, Bangor, 15 June 2001.
September 1791: The Declaration of the Rights of Woman and...
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September 1791
The Declaration of the Rights of Woman and Citizeness, dedicated to the Queen, by Olympe de Gouges
(formerly Marie Gouze), was published.
Elson Roessler, Shirley. Out of the Shadows: Women and Politics in the French Revolution, 1789-95. Peter Lang, 1996.
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Godineau, Dominique. The Women of Paris and Their French Revolution. Translator Streip, Katherine, University of California Press, 1998.
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1908-1909: The issue of cheap 7d cloth-bound reprints...
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1908-1909
The issue of cheap 7d cloth-bound reprints of copyright works became a real threat to the profitability to author and publisher of the 6s novel.
Kingsford, Reginald John Lethbridge. The Publisher’s Association, 1896-1946. Cambridge University Press, 1970.
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Dora Sigerson
Irish nationalist and Celtic revivalist DS
published twenty-two volumes of poetry (in which ballads predominate), as well as two collections of short stories, one of short sketches, a fairy tale, a nursery rhyme, and a...
July 1865: A general election was held in Britain; campaigning...
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July 1865
A general election was held in Britain; campaigning was rendered eventful by distress and unrest in industrial areas, and controversy over the prospect of a new Reform Bill.
Ashton, Rosemary. George Eliot: A Life. Hamish Hamilton, 1996.
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30 March 1981: John Hinckley made an attempt to assassinate...
Walkowitz, Judith R. Prostitution and Victorian Society: Women, Class, and the State. Cambridge University Press, 1980.
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1673: The first recorded slave revolt on a serious...
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1673
The first recorded slave revolt on a serious scale took place, in Jamaica; the instigators were said to be Coromantines, that is people shipped from Fort Cormantine in what is now Ghana.
Behn, Aphra. “Editorial Materials”. Oroonoko, edited by Joanna Lipking, W. W. Norton, 1997, p. Various pages.
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1910: Louisa Emily (Emma) Lomax, an English composer...
Sadie, Julie Anne, and Rhian Samuel, editors. The New Grove Dictionary of Women Composers. Macmillan, 1994.
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1769: Joseph Priestley began publishing The Theological...
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1769
Joseph Priestley
began publishing The Theological Repository, an influential Dissenting journal.
White, Daniel E. “The Joineriana: Anna Barbauld, the Aikin Family Circle, and the Dissenting Public Sphere”. Eighteenth-Century Studies, Vol.
32
, No. 4, 1999, pp. 511-33.
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18 May 1804: At the coronation ceremony which made him...
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18 May 1804
At the coronation ceremony which made him Emperor of the French, Napoleon Bonaparte
took the crown from the hands of the Pope and placed it on his own head.
Ham, Elizabeth. Elizabeth Ham, by Herself, 1783-1820. Editor Gillett, Eric, Faber and Faber, 1945.
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1 August 1975: The Helsinki Accords were signed by thirty-three...
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1 August 1975
The Helsinki Accords were signed by thirty-three European countries, the USA, and Canada, setting up the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe
, to address issues of human rights and their violation.
Black, Ian. “First nail in the coffin of Soviet tyranny was driven in 25 years ago”. Guardian Weekly, 10–16 Aug. 2000, p. 6.
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1843: Charles Heath Wilson assumed directorship...
1828: Metal eyelet holes for the laces on corsets...
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1828
Metal eyelet holes for the laces on corsets came into use, which improved the durability of corsets.
Waugh, Norah. Corsets and Crinolines. Theatre Arts Books, 1970.
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June 1940: Lord Beaverbrook appealed for scrap metal;...
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June 1940
Lord Beaverbrook
appealed for scrap metal; women were encouraged to show their patriotism by donating their pots, kettles, pram wheels, and other metal household objects.
Minns, Raynes. Bombers and Mash: The Domestic Front 1939-45. Virago, 1980.
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Turner, Ernest Sackville. The Phony War on the Home Front. Michael Joseph, 1961.
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Briggs, Susan. Keep Smiling Through. Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1975.
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1813: An Act of Parliament conferred legal status...
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1813
An Act of Parliament conferred legal status on the Unitarians
by absolving them of the official charge of blasphemy.
Norton, Rictor. Mistress of Udolpho: The Life of Ann Radcliffe. Leicester University Press, 1999.
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After March 1848: The Austrian nationalist uprising was overthrown...
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After March 1848
The Austrian nationalist uprising was overthrown by General Radetzky
.
Hobsbawm, Eric John. The Age of Revolution 1789-1848. Vintage, 1996.
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10 October 1851: A month prior to the opening of the Calais-Dover...
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10 October 1851
A month prior to the opening of the Calais-Dover telegraph cable, John Julius Reuter
established an office in London to provide stock information between London and Paris via telegraph; this service formed the basis of...
February 1726: Richard Savage published his Miscellaneous...
April 2005: Béa González, Spanish-born Canadian novelist,...
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April 2005
Béa González
, Spanish-born Canadian novelist, published her second novel, the magic-realist The Mapmaker's Opera, set in late nineteenth-century Spain and Mexico. Her first was The Bitter Taste of Time, 1998.
Canton, Jeffrey. “Reviews. The Mapmaker’s Opera by Béa Gonzalez”. Quill and Quire, Apr. 2005.
“Playwrights. Victor Kazan”. doollee.com.
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May Drummond
MD
acquired huge fame (both celebration and opprobrium) as a Quaker minister and preacher beginning in the 1730s. She published only one identified slim volume of exhortatory letters and a pamphlet.
