Women’s Writing in the British Isles from the Beginnings to the Present
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Lady Mary Wortley Montagu
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, eighteenth-century woman of letters, identified herself as a writer, a sister of the quill
Montagu, Lady Mary Wortley. The Complete Letters of Lady Mary Wortley Montagu. Editor Halsband, Robert, Clarendon Press, 1965–1967, 3 vols.
3: 173
haunted by the daemon of poetry. She wrote poems, essays, letters (including the letters from Europe and...
Critical Review. W. Simpkin and R. Marshall, 5 series.
15 (1763): 324
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.
Borne Back Daily. 2001, http://borneback.com/ .
9 April 2009
August 1921: A man was summoned to appear in court for...
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August 1921
A man was summoned to appear in court for the crime of wishing aloud that he could give the king a taste of working life: make him do the same as miners.
Porter, Bernard. “How the Judges Stood in the Way of Socialism”. London Review of Books, 1 June 2000, pp. 27-8.
27
About 11 June 1937: At the Moscow show trials, seven Generals...
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About 11 June 1937
At the Moscow show trials, seven Generals and one Marshal in the Soviet Army
were condemned to death after being convicted of espionage and high treason.
Bishop, James. Marching to War, 1933-1935. Editor Gilbert, Martin, Bracken Books, 1989.
129
1865: In America, Mr Plimpton invented the four-wheeled...
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1865
In America, Mr Plimpton
invented the four-wheeled roller skate.
Adburgham, Alison. A Punch History of Manners and Modes 1841-1940. Hutchinson, 1961.
106
5 February 1771: John Lingard, historian and Roman Catholic...
Stephen, Sir Leslie, and Sidney Lee, editors. The Dictionary of National Biography. Smith, Elder, 1908–2026, 22 vols. plus supplements.
1819: The committee of the Bible Society formally...
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1819
The committee of the Bible Society
formally declared its deep gratitude for the efforts of its female auxiliaries: these numbered 350 branches with 10,000 members annually raising tens of thousands of pounds.
Prochaska, F. K. Women and Philanthropy in Nineteenth-Century England. Clarendon, 1980.
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May 1869: The Municipal Franchise Act extended the...
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May 1869
The Municipal Franchise Act extended the municipal franchise to women ratepayers.
Herstein, Sheila R. A Mid-Victorian Feminist: Barbara Leigh Smith Bodichon. Yale University Press, 1985.
Mitchell, Sally. Frances Power Cobbe: Victorian Feminist, Journalist, Reformer. University of Virginia Press, 2004.
191
28 September 1728: The Daily Journal carried an advertisement...
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28 September 1728
The Daily Journal carried an advertisement for the return of a runaway slave boy wearing a metal collar engraved My lady Broomfield's black in Lincoln's Inn Fields.
Street, Peter. “Slavery in the Eighteenth Century”. New Rambler, 1999–2000, pp. 3-7.
3
January 1969: The governments of Kenya and Uganda withdrew...
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January 1969
The governments of Kenya and Uganda withdrew the citizenship of Asians resident in their countries (who were also British).
Mitchell, Sally, editor. Victorian Britain: An Encyclopedia. Garland Press, 1988.
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Browning, Elizabeth Barrett. The Letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning to Mary Russell Mitford, 1836-1854. Editors Raymond, Meredith B. and Mary Rose Sullivan, Armstrong Browning Library at Baylor University, 1983, 3 vols.
3: 73, 80
Royle, Edward. Chartism. Longman, 1980.
127
From 1933: The flow of refugees from Germany to Britain...
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From 1933
The flow of refugees from Germany to Britain began; by 1939 about 56,000 people, including more than ten thousand children, had arrived from old and new German territories including Czechoslovakia.
Lively, Penelope. A House Unlocked. Penguin, 2002.
103
1766: Jeanne Baret (or Barret or Bonnefoy), disguised...
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1766
Jeanne Baret
(or Barret or Bonnefoy), disguised as the male valet and botanical assistant to Philibert Commerson
, set sail with the voyage of discovery of de Bougainville
, eventually becoming the first woman to...
29 May 2002: The British government's Women and Equality...
“Plans for 2003-06 and Managing the Department”. Department of Trade and Industry (UK): Departmental Report 2003: Section A: Delivering Better Public Service: 2.
McGann, Susan. The Battle of the Nurses: A Study of Eight Women who Influenced the Development of Professional Nursing, 1880-1930. Scutari, 1992.
130-1
22 July 1878: The Metropolitan Management and Building...
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22 July 1878
The Metropolitan Management and Building Acts Amendment Act was passed, authorizing the new Metropolitan Board of Works
to preside over the construction of places of entertainment within London.
Booth, Michael R. Theatre in the Victorian Age. Cambridge University Press, 1991.
68
Cheshire, David F. Music Hall in Britain. David and Charles, 1974.
31-3
The Statutes of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. Printed by J. Bentham, 1762–2026.
1611: James I created the title of baronet, and...
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1611
James I
created the title of baronet, and used it as a source of revenue by selling it.
Ashton, Robert. “Jacobean Politics 1603-1625”. Stuart England, edited by Blair Worden, Phaidon, 1986, pp. 49-69.
53
July 1700: William Duke of Gloucester, born in 1689,...
Evelyn, John. The Diary of John Evelyn. Editor De Beer, Esmond Samuel, Oxford University Press, 1959.
1057
Summer 1830: In this year's elections (which followed...
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Summer 1830
In this year's elections (which followed the death of George IV
) no votes were cast in Wales and only 239 were cast in Scotland; most constituencies had a single candidate, so there was...
22 October 2002: The Booker Prize was awarded for the first...
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22 October 2002
The Booker Prize was awarded for the first time as the Man Booker Prize, its sponsorship having passed to the Man Group
, a Canadian venture capital company.
“Booker Prize 2002”. Guardian Unlimited.
26 January 1885: Mahdist nationalists captured Khartoum after...
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26 January 1885
Mahdist nationalists captured Khartoum after a siege of 317 days and killed the celebrated, eccentric and popular General Gordon
.
Keller, Helen, editor. The Dictionary of Dates. Macmillan, 1934, 2 vols.
I: 731-2
Mitchell, Sally, editor. Victorian Britain: An Encyclopedia. Garland Press, 1988.
333
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.
under Charles George Gordon
December 1865: The Alexandra Magazine and English Woman's...
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December 1865
The Alexandra Magazine and English Woman's Journal ceased publication in London.
