Women’s Writing in the British Isles from the Beginnings to the Present
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1841: The Ladies' Diary, an annual almanac, ceased...
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1841
The Ladies' Diary, an annual almanac, ceased publication in London by merging with The Gentleman's Diary.
White, Cynthia L. Women’s Magazines 1693-1968. Michael Joseph, 1970.
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April 1952: Ralph Ellison his novel The Invisible Man,...
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April 1952
Ralph Ellison
his novel The Invisible Man, ranked as better than any other novel of its time
Greif, Mark. “Black and White Life”. London Review of Books, 1 Nov. 2007, pp. 11-13.
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by a recent critic.
American National Biography. http://www.anb.org/articles/home.html.
Borne Back Daily. 2001, http://borneback.com/ .
27 January 2009
2 November 1864: The Times reported that William Thomson,...
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2 November 1864
The Times reported that William Thomson
, Archbishop of York, speaking at the Huddersfield Church Institute
, Yorkshire, condemned sensation fiction as tales which aimed at this effect simply—of exciting in the mind some...
January 1983: Lotus 1-2-3 was launched: the first computer...
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January 1983
Lotus 1-2-3 was launched: the first computer spreadsheet programme, which revolutionized the speed and ease of instant financial calculations.
Lanchester, John. “See you in court, pal”. London Review of Books, 30 Sept. 1999, pp. 3-7.
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Philip Dormer Stanhope, fourth Earl of Chesterfield
14 April 1922: Four Courts, Dublin, was occupied by anti-Treaty...
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14 April 1922
Four Courts, Dublin, was occupied by anti-Treaty or Republican forces. The final attack on them by Free State or provisional government forces launched on 28 June signalled the outbreak of the Irish Civil War...
5 May 1649: Women calling themselves female Leveller...
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5 May 1649
Women calling themselves female Leveller
petitioners protested to Parliament
about the continued imprisonment of their husbands: this action had been well prepared for.
Gillespie, Katharine. “A Hammer in Her Hand: The Separation of Church from State and the Early Feminist Writings of Katherine Chidley”. Tulsa Studies in Women’s Literature, Vol.
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, No. 2, 1998, pp. 213-33.
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Purkiss, Diane. The English Civil War, A People’s History. Harper Perennial, 2007.
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1922: King George V opened the new Wimbledon tennis...
Frank, Joseph. The Levellers: A History of the Writings of Three Seventeenth-Century Social Democrats, John Lilburne, Richard Overton, William Walwyn. Harvard University Press, 1955.
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Hill, Bridget. The Republican Virago: The Life and Times of Catharine Macaulay, Historian. Clarendon Press, 1992.
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Gillespie, Katharine. “A Hammer in Her Hand: The Separation of Church from State and the Early Feminist Writings of Katherine Chidley”. Tulsa Studies in Women’s Literature, Vol.
17
, No. 2, 1998, pp. 213-33.
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This has been called one of...
5 February 1835: Henry Maudsley, doctor and pioneer psychiatrist,...
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5 February 1835
Henry Maudsley
, doctor and pioneer psychiatrist, was born at Rome Farm, in the parish of Giggleswick, Yorkshire.
Collie, Michael. Henry Maudsley: Victorian Psychiatrist. West End House, 1988, http://HSS.
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1824: Timothy Burstall and John Hill built a prototype...
Historians Montagu and Bird record that Burstall and Hill unsuccessfully tried to run this coach in 1825.
Bruno, Leonard. On the Move: A Chronology of Advances in Transportation. Gale Research, 1993.
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Beaulieu, Edward, Lord Montagu of, and Anthony Bird. Steam Cars 1770-1970. Cassell, 1971.
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November 1761: The Lady's Magazine, or polite companion...
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November 1761
The Lady's Magazine, or polite companion for the fair sex printed a correspondent's letter remarking, The greatest reproach of an old maid . . . is her ill humour.
Italia, Iona. Philosophers, Knights-Errant, Coquettes and Old Maids. Cambridge University, 1997.
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19 July 1947: With Britain on the point of granting independence...
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19 July 1947
With Britain on the point of granting independence to Burma, the Burmese nationalist leader, Aung San
, was shot dead by gunmen with most of his coalition cabinet.
Thant Myint-U. “What to do about Burma”. London Review of Books, 8 Feb. 2007, pp. 31-3.
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1742: A directory of rich women and heiresses was...
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1742
A directory of rich women and heiresses was published at Dublin: The Irish Register: or a List of all the Duchess Dowagers, Countesses, Widow Ladies, Maiden Ladies and Misses of Large Fortunes in England.
Uglow, Jennifer S. Hogarth: A Life and A World. Faber and Faber, 1997.
376, n24
11 December 1845-29 March 1849: The Anglo-Sikh wars were fought; they concluded...
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11 December 1845-29 March 1849
The Anglo-Sikh wars were fought; they concluded with formal annexation of the Punjab to India.
Keller, Helen, editor. The Dictionary of Dates. Macmillan, 1934, 2 vols.
23 March 1895: A weekly magazine entitled Home Chat began...
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23 March 1895
A weekly magazine entitled Home Chat began publication, one of those called by Mary Gawthorpespecialized offerings for women, edited by men. . . . all small, dainty in their appeal.
Beetham, Margaret. A Magazine of Her Own?: Domesticity and Desire in the Woman’s Magazine, 1800-1914. Routledge, 1996.
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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.
Gawthorpe, Mary. Up Hill to Holloway. Traversity Press, 1962.
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14 April 1702: A Comparison Between theTwo Stages, probably...
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14 April 1702
A Comparison Between theTwo Stages, probably by Charles Gildon
, was anonymously published.
Gildon, Charles. A Comparison Between the Two Stages. Editor Wells, Staring B., Princeton University Press; Oxford University Press, 1942.
xii and n5
Staring B. Wells doubted this attribution, though it continues to be generally made.
Gildon, Charles. A Comparison Between the Two Stages. Editor Wells, Staring B., Princeton University Press; Oxford University Press, 1942.
xii n5
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Jo Shapcott
JS
is a poet of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, who has also published anthologies, verse for music, and a book of critical prose based on a lecture series.
1841: The United Kingdom Temperance and General...
Shiman, Lilian Lewis. Crusade against Drink in Victorian England. Macmillan, 1988.
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27 May-3 June 1940: About 340,000 retreating British, French...
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27 May-3 June 1940
About 340,000 retreating British, French and Belgian soldiers were safely evacuated from the beaches of Dunkirk on the French coast.
Messenger, Charles. World War Two Chronological Atlas: When, Where, How and Why. Bloomsbury, 1989.
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Messenger, Charles. World War Two Chronological Atlas: When, Where, How and Why. Bloomsbury, 1989.
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Keegan, John. The Second World War. Viking, 1990.
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Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century, 1992.
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Weinberg, Gerhard L. A World At Arms: A Global History of World War II. Cambridge University Press, 1994.
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Early May 1936: The Italo-Abyssinian War ended with Mussolini's...
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Early May 1936
The Italo-Abyssinian War ended with Mussolini
's proclamation of Italy's annexation of Abyssinia (today called Ethiopia).
Harvey, Kathryn. "Driven by War into Politics": A Feminist Biography of Kathleen Innes. University of Alberta, 1995.
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Thomson, David, and Geoffrey Warner. England in the Twentieth Century, 1914-1979. 2nd ed., Penguin Books, 1981.
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Messenger, Charles. World War Two Chronological Atlas: When, Where, How and Why. Bloomsbury, 1989.
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The Penguin Atlas of the World. Viking, 1987.
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Diametrically opposed views of the conflict were voiced by British writers Kathleen E. Innes
and...
1816: The Select Committee on Police heard from...
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1816
The Select Committee on Police heard from Patrick Colquhoun
that prostitutes derive a considerable proportion of their subsistence by the robbery of those who come into contact with them.
Tobias, John Jacob. Urban Crime in Victorian England. Shocken Books, 1972.
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Tobias, John Jacob. Urban Crime in Victorian England. Shocken Books, 1972.
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Henderson, Tony. Disorderly Women. Longman, 1999.
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1845: Polkamania swept England and originated polka-dot...
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1845
Polkamania swept England and originated polka-dot prints.
Adburgham, Alison. A Punch History of Manners and Modes 1841-1940. Hutchinson, 1961.
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1895: For the first time a list of bestsellers...
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1895
For the first time a list of bestsellers was printed in the US journal The Bookman.
Adams, Tim. “Read ’em and weep”. The Observer, 13 July 2003, pp. Review section 1 - 2.
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.
