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10 December 1935: Irène Joliot-Curie and Frédéric Joliot were...

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10 December 1935

Irène Joliot-Curie and Frédéric Joliot were awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for their synthesis of new radioactive elements.
Schlessinger, Bernard S., and June H. Schlessinger. The Who’s Who of Nobel Prize Winners, 1901-1995. 3rd ed., Oryx Press, 1996.
Nobel Prize in Literature. http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/.

From October 1774: The famous Bristol election campaign was...

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From October 1774

The famous Bristol election campaign was fought on the issue of taxing the American colonies, with Edmund Burke standing against the tax.
Jones, Mary Gwladys. Hannah More. Cambridge University Press, 1952.
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Namier, Sir Lewis Bernstein, and John, 1920 - Brooke, editors. The House of Commons, 1754-1790. Her Majesty’s Stationery Office, 1964.
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Margaret Harkness

MH wrote late Victorian novels, mostly set in the East End slums of London, that express her political ideas. She was an ardent socialist in the 1880s and 1890s and was also a journalist...
Margaret Harkness Black and white, head-and-shoulders print of Margaret Harkness full face, wearing a high-necked blouse or dress, hair back behind her ears.

1912: Karen Horney worked at Privat-Heil-und-Pflegeanstalt...

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1912

Karen Horney worked at Privat-Heil-und-Pflegeanstalt hur Weibliche Giesteskranke (Private Health and Care Institution / Mental Hospital for Women).
Stevens, Gwendolyn, and Sheldon Gardner. The Women of Psychology. Schenkman, 1982, 2 vols., http://HSS.
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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.

1808: Charles Fourier, social reformer, published...

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1808

Charles Fourier , social reformer, published his Théorie des quatre mouvements.
Drabble, Margaret, editor. The Oxford Companion to English Literature. 5th ed., Oxford University Press, 1985.
364

December 1835: Feargus O'Connor toured the North of England,...

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December 1835

Feargus O'Connor toured the North of England, lecturing and founding local Chartist associations.
Royle, Edward. Chartism. Longman, 1980.
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Taylor, Miles. “Knife and Fork Question”. London Review of Books, 29 Nov. 2001, pp. 28-9.
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28 January 1684: The Dublin Philosophical Society, recently...

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28 January 1684

The DublinPhilosophical Society , recently founded on the model of the Royal Society of London, met to formulate rules and draw up its first list of members.
Gilbert, Sir John Thomas. A History of the City of Dublin. McGlashan and Gill, 1859, 3 vols.
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Hoppen, K. Theodore. The Common Scientist in the Seventeenth Century. Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1970.
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23 May 1810: Following the death in London of the chevalier...

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23 May 1810

Following the death in London of the chevalier d'Éon, the body was dissected, and the British public was shocked to discover that he was anatomically a male.
Clark, Anna. “The Chevalier d’Eon and Wilkes: Masculinity and Politics in the Eighteenth Century”. Eighteenth-Century Studies, Vol.
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, No. 1, 1998, pp. 19-48.
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Kates, Gary. Monsieur d’Eon is a Woman. HarperCollins, 1995.
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1859: Albert Napper founded the first rural charity...

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1859

Albert Napper founded the first rural charity hospital named the Cranleigh Cottage (or Village) Hospital ; by the end of the century there were approximately 300 such hospitals.
White, Rosemary. Social Change and the Development of the Nursing Profession: A Study of the Poor Law Nursing Service, 1848-1948. H. Kimpton, 1978.
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4 February 1794: Slavery was abolished throughout France and...

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4 February 1794

Slavery was abolished throughout France and its colonies. From this year until 1804 (two years after Napoleon re-instituted slavery under French jurisdiction), the struggle for abolition virtually lapsed in England.
Kafker, Frank A., and James M. Laux, editors. The French Revolution: Conflicting Interpretations. 4th ed., R. E. Krieger, 1989.
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Jones, Mary Gwladys. Hannah More. Cambridge University Press, 1952.
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Popkin, Jeremy D. “Race, Slavery, and the French and Haitian Revolutions”. Eighteenth-Century Studies, Vol.
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, No. 1, 2003, pp. 113-22.
115, 117
Edwards, Brent Hayes. “Inside the Barrel”. London Review of Books, Vol.
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, No. 17, 10 Sept. 2009, pp. 23-4.
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October 1833: The Grand National Consolidated Trades Union...

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October 1833

The Grand National Consolidated Trades Union (GNCTU) was founded (though some scholars give 1834, its most active year, as that of its founding).
Mitchell, Sally, editor. Victorian Britain: An Encyclopedia. Garland Press, 1988.
765

January 1823: Charles Lamb published the first volume of...

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January 1823

Charles Lamb published the first volume of his Essays of Elia, which had been appearing regularly since August 1820 in the London Magazine.
Lamb, Charles, 1775 - 1834, and Mary, 1764 - 1847 Lamb. The Letters of Charles Lamb. Editor Lucas, Edward Verrall, J. M. Dent, 1935, 3 vols.
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Burton, Sarah. A Double Life: A Biography of Charles and Mary Lamb. Viking, 2003.
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29 March 1915: The Irish Catholic Women's Suffrage Association,...

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29 March 1915

The Irish Catholic Women's Suffrage Association , a non-militant, non-partisan group, was formed in Dublin.
Owens, Rosemary Cullen. Smashing Times: A History of the Irish Women’s Suffrage Movement 1889-1922. Attic, 1984.
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Luddy, Maria, editor. Women in Ireland, 1800-1918: A Documentary History. Cork University Press, 1995.
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1824: The House of Commons voted to spend £60,000...

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1824

The House of Commons voted to spend £60,000 to acquire the John Julius Angerstein art collection: this constituted the birth of the National Gallery .
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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Quarterly Review. J. Murray.
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13 July 1955: Ruth Ellis was hanged at Holloway Prison...

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13 July 1955

Ruth Ellis was hanged at Holloway Prison in London for the murder of her boyfriend, the last woman in Britain to die by judicial execution.
Ellis, Richard. Ruth Ellis—an alternative view. http://web.archive.org/web/20090318060220/http://www.capitalpunishmentuk.org/ruth.html.

1793: The Jardin des Plantes, the world's first...

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1793

The Jardin des Plantes , the world's first public zoo, opened in Paris, France.
Rothfels, Nigel. Savages and Beasts: The Birth of the Modern Zoo. The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2002.
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25 August 1883: A Factory and Workshop Act passed, which...

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25 August 1883

A Factory and Workshop Act passed, which regulated working conditions in white lead factories.
Levine, Philippa. Victorian Feminism 1850-1900. Hutchinson, 1987.
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The Statutes of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. Printed by J. Bentham, 1762–2026.

19 February 1704: Daniel Defoe issued the first number of his...

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19 February 1704

Daniel Defoe issued the first number of his long-running, one-man periodical, A Review of the State of the British Nation,, which began under the title A Weekly Review of the Affairs of France.
Defoe, Daniel. Selected Poetry and Prose of Daniel Defoe. Editor Shugrue, Michael F., Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1968.
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June 1825: During this month in a decade of banking...

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June 1825

During this month in a decade of banking panics, seventy banks around Britain suspended payments.
Uglow, Jennifer S. The Pinecone. Faber and Faber, 2012.

1871: Joseph Lister's carbolic spray gained wide...

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1871

Joseph Lister 's carbolic spray gained wide acceptance as an antiseptic after it was successfully used during the removal of an abscess from Queen Victoria 's left armpit.
Duin, Nancy, and Jenny Sutcliffe. A History of Medicine: From Prehistory to the Year 2020. Simon and Schuster, 1992.
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Shryock, Richard Harrison. The Development of Modern Medicine: An Interpretation of the Social and Scientific Factors Involved. University of Wisconsin Press, 1979.
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Youngson, A. J. The Scientific Revolution in Victorian Medicine. Holmes and Meier, 1979.
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By December 1952: Woodcut-engraver Gwen Raverat, née Darwin,...

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By December 1952

Woodcut-engraver Gwen Raverat, née Darwin , published Period Piece, her extremely popular memoir of her Victorian childhood in Cambridge; by 1975 it had sold 120,000 copies in Britain alone.
Beard, Mary. “Sun and Strawberries”. London Review of Books, 19 Sept. 2002, pp. 13-14.
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By July 1955: Françoise Sagan, aged eighteen, repeated...

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By July 1955

Françoise Sagan , aged eighteen, repeated in England the previous year's sensational success in France of her novel Bonjour Tristesse: the English version was by Irene Ash .
British Book News. British Council.
(1955): 1138
Corbett, Anne. “Françoise Sagan”. The Guardian, 27 Sept. 2004, p. 23.
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Chrisafis, Angelique. “Bonjour Françoise: France in thrall to Sagan”. The Guardian, 31 May 2008, p. 25.
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1742: The mercury or trade publisher Mary Cooper...

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1742

The mercury or trade publisher Mary Cooper published The Child's New Play-Thing, an alphabet book with spelling games, which has a claim to the title of first modern children's book.
O’Malley, Andrew. “The Coach and Six: Chapbook Residue in Late Eighteenth-Century Children’s Literature”. The Lion and The Unicorn, Vol.
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, 2000, pp. 18-44.
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14-30 July 1980: The United Nations sponsored a second global...

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14-30 July 1980

The United Nations sponsored a second global conference on women, held in Copenhagen.
Baxandall, Rosalyn. “Wide World of Women”. Women’s Review of Books, Vol.
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, No. 9, June 2002, pp. 7-8.
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