Women’s Writing in the British Isles from the Beginnings to the Present
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Mary Latter
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, a mid-eighteenth-century woman living in the provinces, made no secret of writing for money. She is obsessive and wordy in style, interesting mainly for her dogged and persistent struggle to succeed. Her characteristic...
1907: Debenham and Freebody's London department...
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1907
Debenham and Freebody
's London department store, on its move to a new, larger, and handsome building, advertised the move with a souvenir booklet and the innovation of an attractive restaurant in the shop.
Tweedsmuir, Susan. The Edwardian Lady. G. Duckworth, 1966.
63
1831-1846: Pope Gregory XVI established a framework...
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1831-1846
Pope Gregory XVI
established a framework for organized Jesuit
activity, formally creating a huge number of vicariates across the world.
Neill, Stephen. A History of Christian Missions. 2nd ed., Penguin, 1990.
338, 342-3
6 May 1937: The air dirigible Hindenburg (filled with...
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6 May 1937
The air dirigible Hindenburg (filled with hydrogen, the largest aircraft ever built) exploded in flame at Lakehurst, New Jersey, as it was coming in to land after a transatlantic flight.
Bruno, Leonard. On the Move: A Chronology of Advances in Transportation. Gale Research, 1993.
230
2 November 1917: The Balfour Declaration announced the UK's...
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2 November 1917
The Balfour Declaration announced the UK's support for creation of a national homeland for Jews in Palestine (now the state of Israel).
Keller, Helen, editor. The Dictionary of Dates. Macmillan, 1934, 2 vols.
I: 231
Williams, Neville. Chronology of the Modern World: 1763 to the Present Time. David McKay, 1967.
466
By 28 November 1934: The young Flora Robson, in A Letter to a...
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By 28 November 1934
The young Flora Robson
, in A Letter to a Young Actress, contributed as a preface to Ladies Only by Muriel
and Sydney Box
, provided a fascinating account of women's part in amateur...
6 November 1919: Published observations of a solar eclipse,...
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6 November 1919
Published observations of a solar eclipse, made in Brazil and West Africa by two sets of British astronomers, confirmed Albert Einstein
's theory of relativity.
“Albert Einstein”. School of Mathematics and Statistics: University of St Andrews, Scotland.
Smith, Peter D. “’With fame I become more stupid’”. Guardian Weekly, 12–18 Sept. 2002, p. 16.
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1761: Joseph Priestley published The Rudiments...
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1761
Joseph Priestley
published The Rudiments of English Grammar; adapted to the use of schools. With observations on style.
English Short Title Catalogue. http://estc.bl.uk/.
5 January 1895: The Lancet published a feature on an anorectic...
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5 January 1895
The Lancet published a feature on an anorectic who had died from her emaciated condition; the article was accompanied by a sketch of a skeletal, topless young woman. This is considered the first reported death...
May 1671: John Milton published, together, Paradise...
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May 1671
John Milton
published, together, Paradise Regained and Samson Agonistes: a small-scale religious epic and a blank-verse tragedy.
Cox, Michael, editor. The Oxford Chronology of English Literature. Oxford University Press, 2002, 2 vols.
Johnson, Samuel. The Lives of the Poets. Editor Lonsdale, Roger, Clarendon Press, 2006, 4 vols.
1: 400n144
10 April 1858: An advertisement for Mudie's Circulating...
13 May 1607: The first enduring British settlement in...
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13 May 1607
The first enduring British settlement in North America was established at James Fort (later Jamestown, Virginia).
Bozman, Ernest Franklin, editor. Everyman’s Encyclopaedia. 4th Edition, J. M. Dent, 1958, 12 vols.
7: 275; 12: 457
Grun, Bernard. The Timetables of History. 3rd revised, Simon and Schuster, 1991.
271, 280
Brown, Alexander. English Politics in Early Virginia History. Russell and Russell, 1968.
83
Wertenbaker, Thomas Jefferson. Virginia Under the Stuarts, 1607-1688. Princeton University Press, 1914, http://U of A Ruth Flr 3.
59
Morton, Richard Lee. Colonial Virginia I. University of North Carolina Press, 1960.
9
By January 1821: James Mill published Elements of Political...
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By January 1821
James Mill
published Elements of Political Economy.
Quarterly Review. J. Murray.
24 (1821): 546
Before 1638: William Page, Fellow of All Souls College,...
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Before 1638
William Page
, Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford
, created a proto-feminist text entitled Womens Worth: A Treatise proveing by sundrie reasons that woemen do excell men.
“Sundrie Reasons That Woemen Do Excell Men”. Edmonton Journal, 21 Feb. 2002, p. A1, A7.
A1, A7
McBride, Kari. “Womans Worth Three”. Past Forward, No. 38, Nov. 2004–Mar. 2005, p. 31.
19 May 1536: Anne Boleyn, mother of the future Queen Elizabeth,...
Guy, John. “The Tudor Age (1485-1603)”. Oxford Illustrated History of Britain, edited by Kenneth O. Morgan, Oxford University Press, 1984, pp. 223-85.
251
January 1873: Jane Elizabeth Senior was appointed as a...
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January 1873
Jane Elizabeth Senior
was appointed as a (temporary) government inspector of pauper schools and workhouses: the first woman to hold this office.
Ashton, Rosemary. George Eliot: A Life. Hamish Hamilton, 1996.
331
June 1848: The Habsburg army put down a radical insurrection...
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June 1848
The Habsburg army put down a radical insurrection in Prague.
Hobsbawm, Eric John. The Age of Capital 1848-1875. Abacus, 1975.
26
27 August 1864: A reporter with the Pictorial World wrote...
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27 August 1864
A reporter with the Pictorial World wrote with horror and disgust a report entitled Female Miners in Male Attire.
Robinson, Jane. Pandora’s Daughters: The Secret History of Enterprising Women. Constable, 2002.
152, n13
7 March 1989: A number of US publishers and writers (including...
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7 March 1989
A number of US publishers and writers (including Joan Didion
and Barbara Goldsmith
) pledged themselves to the use of acid-free paper only.
Baker, Nicholson. Double Fold: Libraries and the Assault on Paper. Random House, 2001.
208
22 May 1900: Great Britain passed a new Mines Act prohibiting...
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22 May 1900
Great Britain passed a new Mines Act prohibiting the employment of children under thirteen.
Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century, 1992.
330
By 21 October 1837: Mrs Alexander Walker's book Female Beauty...
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By 21 October 1837
Mrs Alexander Walker
's book Female Beauty claimed that tightly-laced corset stays were injurious to the female body.
Athenæum. J. Lection.
521 (1837): 777
Waugh, Norah. Corsets and Crinolines. Theatre Arts Books, 1970.
134
Cunnington, C. Willett et al. The History of Underclothes. Revised, Faber and Faber, 1981.
82, 83
17 July 1742: At least six women died after being arrested...
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17 July 1742
At least six women died after being arrested in the streets at night and crammed into a round-house (i.e. a lock-up) in St Martin in the Fields, London.
Walpole, Horace. The Letters of Horace Walpole. Editor Toynbee, Mrs Paget, Clarendon, 1903–1925, 16 vols.
1: 258-9
Henderson, Tony. Disorderly Women. Longman, 1999.
129
11 April 1748: A woman named Sarah Bryan, having been excommunicated...
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11 April 1748
A woman named Sarah Bryan, having been excommunicated two years earlier by the Independent Church in Lime Street, London, for being unmarried and pregnant, petitioned for readmission.
Hunt, Margaret R. The Middling Sort: Commerce, Gender, and the Family in England, 1680-1780. University of California Press, 1996.
