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1 May 1960: A US high-altitude reconnaissance plane,...

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1 May 1960

A US high-altitude reconnaissance plane, a U2, piloted by Gary Powers , was shot down over Sverdlovsk in the Soviet Union.
Johnson, Chalmers. “Big Bucks, Big Bangs”. London Review of Books, 20 July 2006, pp. 19-21.
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4 December 1791: The Observer began publication as a weekly...

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4 December 1791

The Observer began publication as a weekly paper in London; it was still running as a Sunday paper in the early twenty-first century.
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.

1969: Jane Arden's culturally radical Vagina Rex...

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1969

Jane Arden 's culturally radical Vagina Rex and the Gas Oven was produced by Drury Lane Arts Lab . The first British play to spring from the Women's Liberation Movement, it was published in 1971.
Barclay, Katie. email to the Women’s History Network. 9 Oct. 2009.

February 1869: Denied access to a degree in England because...

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February 1869

Denied access to a degree in England because of her sex but with an apothecary's licence and considerable medical experience behind her, Elizabeth Garrett began her medical degree at the Sorbonne , Paris, from...

25 July 1923: The UK settled the British South Africa Company...

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25 July 1923

The UK settled the British South Africa Company claims in Rhodesia.
Keller, Helen, editor. The Dictionary of Dates. Macmillan, 1934, 2 vols.
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Langer, William L., editor. An Encyclopedia of World History: Ancient, Medieval, and Modern, Chronologically Arranged. 4th ed., Houghton Mifflin, 1968.
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11 November 1911: The Liverpool Repertory Theatre opened after...

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11 November 1911

The Liverpool Repertory Theatre opened after a successful trial season run by actor Basil Dean .
Hartnoll, Phyllis, editor. The Oxford Companion to the Theatre. 4th ed., Oxford University Press, 1983.
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30 May 1941: At the instigation of Charles de Gaulle,...

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30 May 1941

At the instigation of Charles de Gaulle , the feast-day of Saint Joan of Arc was marked in Nazi -occupied France by informal groups of people walking the streets of our towns and our villages...

1919: The Liberator, a Black US journal, first...

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1919

The Liberator, a Black US journal, first published If We Must Die, a poem of furious defiance by Claude McKay , an immigrant from Jamaica.
Nkosi, Lewis. “An UnAmerican in New York”. London Review of Books, 24 Aug. 2000, pp. 30-2.
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January 1863: Thomas Henry Huxley, scientist, educator,...

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January 1863

Thomas Henry Huxley , scientist, educator, and public administrator, published Evidence as to Man's Place in Nature.
Huxley, Thomas Henry. Man’s Place in Nature. University of Michigan Press, 1959.
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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.
Stephen, Sir Leslie, and Sidney Lee, editors. The Dictionary of National Biography. Smith, Elder, 1908–2026, 22 vols. plus supplements.

Probably 10 July 1748: Dorothea, Lady Bradshaigh, wrote her first...

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Probably 10 July 1748

Dorothea, Lady Bradshaigh , wrote her first letter to Samuel Richardson , signing herself Belfour.
Fulton, Gordon D., and Janine Barchas, editors. The Annotations in Lady Bradshaigh’s Copy of Clarissa. University of Victoria, 1998.
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Ruth Padel

RP is a contemporary writer who came late to publishing poetry, after a career as a classical scholar who wrote on Greek literature and feminist theory. She is also a career journalist and reviewer, and...
Ruth Padel Slightly blurry, half-length photograph of Ruth Padel in Crete, smiling with her arms crossed, wearing a dark jacket. a bright blue scarf, and gold earrings. Her hair is shoulder-length, curly, and rather wild. In front is a colourful length of woven fabric.

26 May 1891: The directors' meeting of the London Missionary...

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26 May 1891

The directors' meeting of the London Missionary Society was first attended by women.
Prochaska, F. K. Women and Philanthropy in Nineteenth-Century England. Clarendon, 1980.
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1 November 1604: Shakespeare's tragedy Othello, written since...

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1 November 1604

Shakespeare 's tragedy Othello, written since 30 September of the previous year, was performed before James I at Whitehall.
Kay, Dennis. Shakespeare: His Life, Work, and Era. William Morrow, 1992.
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By late April 1943: C. S. Lewis published Perelandra, the second...

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By late April 1943

C. S. Lewis published Perelandra, the second of his science fiction trilogy, in which the hero, Elwin Ransom, travels to the planet Venus and tries to intervene in that planet's history.
Bosky, Bernadette Lynn. “C. S. Lewis (29 November 1898-22 November 1963)”. Dictionary of Literary Biography, edited by Darren Harris-Fain, Gale Group, 2002, pp. 125-44.
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TLS Centenary Archive Centenary Archive [1902-2012]. http://www.gale.com/c/the-times-literary-supplement-historical-archive.
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16 June 1670: The Bear Garden in London, re-opened since...

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16 June 1670

The Bear Garden in London, re-opened since the Restoration for bear-baiting, bull-baiting, and fights staged between dogs and cocks, was seen in operation for the first time in twenty years by John Evelyn .
Evelyn, John. The Diary of John Evelyn. Editor De Beer, Esmond Samuel, Oxford University Press, 1959.
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July 1978: Dulcie Gray won the Times Educational Supplement...

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July 1978

Dulcie Gray won the Times Educational Supplement Information Book Award for her book on butterfly conservation, Butterflies on My Mind: Their Life and Conservation in Britain Today, with illustrations by Brian Hargreaves and a...

1889: Andrew Lang and his wife Leonora published...

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1889

Andrew Lang and his wife Leonora published the first of their series of fairy volumes: The Blue Fairy Book. Other colours followed.
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.
Wolf, Abby. The Golden Age of Children’s Literature: An Introduction. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/masterpiece/railway/age_text.html.
Borne Back Daily. 2001, http://borneback.com/ .
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17 November 1989: Peaceful mass protests and strikes produced...

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17 November 1989

Peaceful mass protests and strikes produced the resignation of the Czech Communist Party , which had held power in what was then Czechoslovakia since 1948.
“Velvet Revolution: 15th Anniversary: November 17, 1989 - 15 years after”. Radio Praha (Radio Prague: The International Service of Czech Radio).

Lydia Howard Sigourney

LHS has been called the first professional woman poet of the USA.
Watts, Emily Stipes. The Poetry of American Women from 1632 to 1945. University of Texas Press, 1977.
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Immensely prolific, she published more than sixty-five books (didactic, educational, biography, children's, and travel books as well as poetry), and stopped counting...
Lydia Howard Sigourney Full-length photograph of Lydia Howard Sigourney by Matthew Brady. She is seated on a wooden chair with wooden panelling behind her, wearing a dark jacket and hood with lace bonnet and collar, and a full, boldly checked skirt. She holds a handkerchief in her hands.

1937: Treasure in Heaven, a novel that explores...

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1937

Treasure in Heaven, a novel that explores class conflicts, was published by Rosalind Wade .
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.

25 April 1791: Robert Dighton depicted, in a print entitled...

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25 April 1791

Robert Dighton depicted, in a print entitled Men of War, Bound for the Port of Pleasure, sailors making merry with prostitutes.
McCreery, Cindy. “True Blue and Black, Brown and Fair: prints of British sailors and their women during the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars”. Journal for Eighteenth-Century Studies, Vol.
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, No. 2, 1 Sept.–30 Nov. 2000, pp. 135-52.
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1893: Pierre Janet published his medical dissertation...

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1893

Pierre Janet published his medical dissertation The Mental State of Hystericals, which discussed hysteria as a mental disorder as opposed to a physical affliction.
Micale, Mark S. Approaching Hysteria: Disease and its Interpretations. Princeton University Press, 1995, http://HSS.
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February 1909: The Suffrage Atelier was established; like...

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February 1909

The Suffrage Atelier was established; like members of the Artists' Suffrage League , SA members produced posters and banners to advertise suffrage activities.
Tickner, Lisa. The Spectacle of Women: Imagery of the Suffrage Campaign, 1907-1914. University of Chicago Press, 1988.
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Tickner, Lisa. The Spectacle of Women: Imagery of the Suffrage Campaign, 1907-1914. University of Chicago Press, 1988.
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13 November 1849: William Etty died: a genre painter, Etty...

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13 November 1849

William Etty died: a genre painter, Etty was one few English artists of his time to concentrate almost exclusively on nudes.
Boase, Thomas Sherrer Ross, editor. English Art, 1800-1870. Clarendon, 1959.
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Chilvers, Ian, editor. The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art and Artists. Oxford University Press, 1990.
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By late 1799: Mary Ann Radcliffe in The Female Advocate...

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By late 1799

Mary Ann Radcliffe in The Female Advocate estimated the number of poverty-stricken prostitutes in London as 5,000, and the public money spent on containing them as 20,000 pounds annually.
Campbell, Thomas J. “The Other Mrs. Radcliffe: ’The Female Advocate’ in her Memoirs”. Studies in the Humanities, Vol.
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, No. 1-2, 1997, pp. 65-74.
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