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19 September 1735: A proposal was published for a series or...

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19 September 1735

A proposal was published for a series or periodical to be entitled The Weekly Novelist, a Collection of the Best Novels.
May, James E. “Scribleriana Transferred: Dealer Catalogues 1993-1994”. The Scriblerian, Vol.
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, Department of English, Temple University, 1 Mar.–30 Nov. 1997, p. 286.
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1888: Mellin's Baby Foods offered a genuine silver...

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1888

Mellin's Baby Foods offered a genuine silver brooch to all applicants, stressing that this free gift was an absolute fact.
Hindley, Diana, and Geoffrey Hindley. Advertising in Victorian England 1837-1901. Wayland, 1972.
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30 June 1945: Campaigning in the first post-war general...

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30 June 1945

Campaigning in the first post-war general election, Winston Churchill publicly stated support for the principle of equality for women in industry.
Smith, Harold L. “The Politics of Conservative Reform: The Equal Pay for Equal Work Issue, 1945-1955”. The Historical Journal, Vol.
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, No. 2, June 1992, pp. 401-15.
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Churchill, Sir Winston Leonard Spencer. Winston S. Churchill: His Complete Speeches 1897-1963. Editor James, Robert Rhodes, Chelsea House in association with R. R. Bowker, 1974, 8 vols.
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18 August 1823: A rebellion of enslaved blacks began in Demerara,...

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18 August 1823

A rebellion of enslaved blacks began in Demerara, partly as a consequence of the hostility of local authorities to the activities which the Church Missionary Society was undertaking among slaves.
Bayly, Christopher Alan. Atlas of the British Empire. Facts on File, 1989.
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Walvin, James. Black Ivory: A History of British Slavery. Howard University Press, 1994.
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da Costa, Emilia Viotti. Crowns of Glory, Tears of Blood: the Demerara Slave Rebellion of 1823. Oxford University Press, 1994.

19 May 1940: Winston Churchill made his first BBC radio...

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19 May 1940

Winston Churchill made his first BBC radio broadcast as wartime coalition Prime Minister.
Briggs, Asa. The BBC: The First Fifty Years. Oxford University Press, 1985.
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Hamilton, Mary Agnes. Up-Hill All the Way. Cape, 1953.
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8 August 1880: The ship Jeddah, flying the British flag...

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8 August 1880

The ship Jeddah, flying the British flag and carrying almost a thousand Malayan Muslims on pilgrimage to Mecca and Medina, was towed into Aden, leaking badly, three weeks after sailing from Singapore.
Gilsenan, Michael. “And you, what are you doing here?”. London Review of Books, 19 Oct. 2006, pp. 3-7.
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1847: A royal commission was appointed to inquire...

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1847

A royal commission was appointed to inquire into the issue of illegal marriages between a man and his deceased wife's sister, prohibited in Lord Lyndhurst 's Act of 1835.
Chase, Karen, and Michael Levenson. The Spectacle of Intimacy: A Public Life for the Victorian Family. Princeton University Press, 2000.
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Anderson, Nancy F. “The ’Marriage with a Deceased Wife’s Sister Bill’ Controversy: Incest Anxiety and the Defense of Family Purity in Victorian England”. Journal of British Studies, Vol.
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, No. 2, 1982, pp. 67-86.
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Later 1922: Thirty-one women candidates sought office...

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Later 1922

Thirty-one women candidates sought office during the general election campaign, but none were elected to parliament except the sitting members Lady Astor and Margaret Wintringham .
Phillips, Melanie. The Divided House: Women at Westminster. Sidgwick and Jackson, 1980.
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Red Clydeside: A History of the Labour Movement in Glasgow 1910-1932. 16 Mar. 2003, http://gdl.cdlr.strath.ac.uk/redclyde/.

Sarah Waters

SW made her high-profile literary debut in 1998 with her first lesbian historical novel, Tipping the Velvet (which had been rejected by many publishers before it reached print). Her novels since then have been all...
Sarah Waters Colour photograph of Sarah Waters displayng a copy of her book "The Night Watch", 2006. She leans forward, with short blonde-streaked hair, blue eyes, and a smile, wearing a black shirt and holding a pen.

May 1919: The Committee on Recruitment in the Civil...

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May 1919

The Committee on Recruitment in the Civil Service , chaired by Lord Gladstone , concluded that women are apt to fall behind as the work became more responsible or complex . . . Women do...

1900: Mark Aurel Stein made the first of two expeditions...

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1900

Mark Aurel Stein made the first of two expeditions to Central Asia, which resulted in his discovery of ancient paper documents near the ancient city of Dunhuang in Chinese Turkestan.
Gentry, Helen, and David Greenhood. Chronology of Books and Printing. Rev. ed., Macmillan, 1936.
124, 2
The Concise Dictionary of National Biography: From Earliest Times to 1985. Oxford University Press, 1995, 3 vols.
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1799: The year after Mary Alcock (sister of the...

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1799

The year after Mary Alcock (sister of the playwright Richard Cumberland ) died, one of her nieces published her Poems, to which Elizabeth Carter and Hannah More , among others, subscribed.
Blain, Virginia et al., editors. The Feminist Companion to Literature in English: Women Writers from the Middle Ages to the Present. Yale University Press; Batsford, 1990.

15 November 1818: The Congress of Aix-la-Chapelle was signed...

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15 November 1818

The Congress of Aix-la-Chapelle was signed by the European powers, agreeing to withdraw the allied army of occupation from France.
Gentleman’s Magazine. Various publishers.
88 (1818): 621

December 1915: Henry Ford's Peace Ship, the Oskar II, left...

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December 1915

Henry Ford 's Peace Ship, the Oskar II, left harbour at Hoboken, New Jersey, with one hundred and sixty people on board; they were sailing to Europe to promote mediation in the hope of...

1592-3: These were plague years in London; the theatres...

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1592-3

These were plague years in London; the theatres were closed.
Rogers, Pat, editor. The Oxford Illustrated History of English Literature. Oxford University Press, 1987.
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Shakespeare, William. “Introduction”. Sonnets, edited by Alfred Leslie Rowse, Macmillan, 1964, p. vii - xxxvii.
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1836: The Home and Colonial Infant School Society...

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1836

The Home and Colonial Infant School Society was founded in Gray's Inn Road, London; it was the first women's college to provide training for teachers.
Turner, Barry. Equality for Some: The Story of Girls’ Education. Ward Lock Educational, 1974.
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Barnard, Howard Clive. A History of English Education from 1760. 2nd ed., University of London Press, 1961.
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April 1874: T. J. Haslam edited the first issue of the...

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April 1874

T. J. Haslam edited the first issue of the Women's Advocate, irregularly published in Dublin and considered Ireland 's first feminist paper.
Doughan, David, and Denise Sanchez. Feminist Periodicals, 1855-1984. Harvester Press, 1987.
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29 December 1621: The Witch of Edmonton, a tragicomedy collaboratively...

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29 December 1621

The Witch of Edmonton, a tragicomedy collaboratively written by Thomas Dekker , John Ford , William Rowley and others, had its first specifically recorded performance, among the Court's Christmas entertainments; it had reached the...

1580: Philip II acquired Portugal to add to the...

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1580

Philip II acquired Portugal to add to the possessions of the Spanish crown; Portugal and its overseas possessions remained Spanish until 1640.
Pagden, Anthony. “Great Expectations of Themselves”. London Review of Books, 17 Apr. 2003, pp. 32-3.
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1889: Sarah Reddish of Bolton was elected to the...

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1889

Sarah Reddish of Bolton was elected to the Central Committee of the Women's Co-operative Guild .
Webb, Catherine. The Woman with the Basket: The History of the Women’s Co-operative Guild 1883-1927. Co-operative Wholesale Society’s Printing Works, 1927.
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Gaffin, Jean et al. “Women and Cooperation”. Women in the Labour Movement: The British Experience, edited by Lucy Middleton, Croom Helm, 1977, pp. 113-42.
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16 August-20 September 1890: A weekly magazine entitled My Lady's Novelette...

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16 August-20 September 1890

A weekly magazine entitled My Lady's Novelette was published.
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.

27 August 1981: A group of thirty-six women left Cardiff...

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27 August 1981

A group of thirty-six women left Cardiff on foot, to walk the 120 miles to the RAF base at Greenham Common near Newbury to protest against the plan for its use as a home for...

19 June 1829: Sir Robert Peel's Metropolis Police Improvement...

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19 June 1829

Sir Robert Peel 's Metropolis Police Improvement Bill received royal assent: it gave the new police force, under government control, jurisdiction for thirty miles around London (except in the financial centre of the City).
Briggs, John et al. Crime and Punishment in England: An Introductory History. St Martin’s, 1996.
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Elizabeth Strutt

As a novelist and travel-writer and in one book of at least semi-feminist debate, ES seems to be addressing women; but when she writes on religion she takes men as her subject. With only one...

28 October 1651: N. Highmore in The History of Generation...

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28 October 1651

N. Highmore in The History of Generation argued that men's seed (sperm) was spiritualized & subtile, while women's was cruder and less digested, from a cruder matter, by lesse perfect Organs.
Mendelson, Sara Heller, and Patricia Crawford. Women in Early Modern England, 1550-1720. Clarendon Press, 1998.
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