Women’s Writing in the British Isles from the Beginnings to the Present
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1847: During this period of widespread hunger,...
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1847
During this period of widespread hunger, one third of the population in East and West Prussia ate only potatoes, owing to lack of bread.
Hobsbawm, Eric John. The Age of Revolution 1789-1848. Vintage, 1996.
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1752: A pseudonymous M. Ludovicus argued explicitly...
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1752
A pseudonymous M. Ludovicus argued explicitly that poverty drives women to prostitution, and that shelters should be provided to help them leave the trade.
Henderson, Tony. Disorderly Women. Longman, 1999.
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Christmas 1914: German and Allied forces at the front lines...
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Christmas 1914
German and Allied forces at the front lines began an informal cease-fire, which lasted up to five days, in honour of the season.
1851-1910: Over this period, four million people in...
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1851-1910
Over this period, four million people in Britain contracted tuberculosis and died from the disease; this accounted for thirteen percent of the total national mortality rate.
Woods, Robert, and John Woodward. “Mortality, Poverty and the Environment”. Urban Disease and Mortality in Nineteenth-Century England, edited by Robert Woods and John Woodward, St Martin’s Press, 1984, pp. 19-36.
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Cronjé, Gillian. “Tuberculosis and Mortality Decline in England and Wales, 1851-1910”. Urban Disease and Mortality in Nineteenth-Century England, edited by Robert Woods and John Woodward, St Martin’s, 1984, pp. 79-101.
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7 June 2012: US journalist Katherine Boo, who has made...
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7 June 2012
US journalist Katherine Boo
, who has made poverty her special subject, published her first book, Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity.
10 September 1923: The Irish Free State (Saorstt Éireann) entered...
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10 September 1923
The Irish Free State (Saorstt Éireann) entered the League of Nations
.
Foster, Robert Fitzroy. Modern Ireland 1600-1972. Allen Lane, 1988.
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Haydn, Joseph. Haydn’s Dictionary of Dates and Universal Information. Editor Vincent, Benjamin, 23rd ed., Ward, Lock, 1904.
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July 1975: Contributing to her reputation as an important...
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July 1975
Contributing to her reputation as an important film critic, Penelope Gilliatt
published a filmmaker's profile entitled Jean Renoir
: Essays, Conversations, Reviews.
British Books in Print. J. Whitaker and Sons, 1874–1987.
1976
1794: The Cymreigyddion Society (a branch of the...
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1794
The Cymreigyddion Society
(a branch of the Gwyneddigion Society), was founded in London by twelve male Welsh residents for the purposes of holding political debates, in Welsh, on radical topics which were at this time...
30 January 1990: Surgeons at Guy's Hospital in London performed...
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30 January 1990
Surgeons at Guy's Hospital
in London performed the first surgical operation on a baby still in the womb.
Williams, Neville et al. Chronology of the 20th Century. Helicon, 1996.
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1536: In an early example of legislation on poverty,...
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1536
In an early example of legislation on poverty, an Act directed town officials to employ the able-bodied poor, while collecting charity as relief for those incapable of working.
Bozman, Ernest Franklin, editor. Everyman’s Encyclopaedia. 4th Edition, J. M. Dent, 1958, 12 vols.
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4 September 1939: The day after war was declared, the first...
Church Missionary Society Archive: Section IV: Africa Missions. Adam Matthew.
1874: Reform of the army began in Russia....
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1874
Reform of the army began in Russia.
Cowie, Leonard W., and Leonard Woolfson. Years of Nationalism: European History 1815-1890. Edward Arnold, 1985.
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3 December 1998: Ministry of Defence police arrested Tony...
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3 December 1998
Ministry of Defence
police arrested Tony Geraghty
under the 1989 Official Secrets Act, as author of The Irish War, published that October, a book which covers three hundred years of history.
The Author. Alexander P. Watt.
(Winter 1999): 180
26 February 1851: William Macready made his famous farewell...
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26 February 1851
William Macready
made his famous farewell performance at the Drury Lane Theatre
wearing the black suit of a gentleman in place of his costume as Macbeth.
Booth, Michael R. Theatre in the Victorian Age. Cambridge University Press, 1991.
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1947: Carla Lanyon Lanyon wrote and published a...
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1947
Carla Lanyon Lanyon
wrote and published a first-person narrative poem entitled Salt Harvest: The Autobiography of an Englishman.
1835: Following a genocidal campaign, most of what...
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1835
Following a genocidal campaign, most of what remained of the Native Tasmanian (or Pallawah) population, numbering around two or three hundred individuals, was transferred from Van Diemen's Land to the small neighbouring islands.
Clark, Charles Manning Hope. A History of Australia. Melbourne University Press, 1981.
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Helen Dunmore
HD
first established herself as a poet, but became internationally known as a novelist when she won the Orange Prize in 1996. A prolific writer, she also had considerable success with books for children.
12 June 2003: The Scottish Episcopal Church became the...
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12 June 2003
The Scottish Episcopal Church became the first Church in the Anglican communion to approve the consecration of women as bishops.
Davies, Matthew. “Scottish Episcopal Church votes to ordain women bishops, 12 June 2003”. WFN (Worldwide Faith News): Anglican Communion News Service.
31 August 1861: With the founding of the first Sunday Closing...
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31 August 1861
With the founding of the first Sunday Closing Association
in Hull, Yorkshire, temperance activists were united with religious reformers in an unprecedented way.
Shiman, Lilian Lewis. Crusade against Drink in Victorian England. Macmillan, 1988.
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11 April 1914: The Irish Women's Franchise League, in the...
McKillen, Beth. “Irish Feminism and Nationalist Separatism, 1914-23”. Éire-Ireland, Vol.
17
, No. 3, 4, 1982, pp. 52 - 67, 72.
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Ward, Margaret. “’Suffrage First--Above All Else!’ An Account of the Irish Suffrage Movement”. Feminist Review, Vol.
10
, 1982, pp. 21-36.
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Elizabeth Walker
EW
's writings, dating from the later seventeenth century, comprise diary entries, prayers, meditations, letters, memoirs of early life, writings about her husband, her children and herself, and religious advice designed for them.
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.
1 January 1920: The League of Nations officially came into...
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1 January 1920
The League of Nations
officially came into being—without the United States, although the first suggestion for such a body had been made by President Woodrow Wilson
.
Bozman, Ernest Franklin, editor. Everyman’s Encyclopaedia. 4th Edition, J. M. Dent, 1958, 12 vols.
1882: By this date, the Salvation Army was comprised...
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1882
By this date, the Salvation Army
was comprised of 15,000 volunteers, organized by nearly 750 paid officers at 521 stations.
Shiman, Lilian Lewis. Crusade against Drink in Victorian England. Macmillan, 1988.
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Turner, Ernest Sackville. “Hallelujah Lasses”. London Review of Books, 24 May 2001, pp. 38-9.
