Women’s Writing in the British Isles from the Beginnings to the Present
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September 1978: Company, an upscale magazine for young women,...
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September 1978
Company, an upscale magazine for young women, began publication from National Magazine
in London.
Braithwaite, Brian, and Joan Barrell. The Business of Women’s Magazines. Associated Business Press, 1979.
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1976: A step was taken towards medical use of Magnetic...
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1976
A step was taken towards medical use of Magnetic Resonance Imaging when Peter Mansfield
of Nottingham University
for the first time published the results of a MRI scan: of a human finger.
Smith, Alexandra. “Life-changing knowledge highlights from a half-century of university research”. Guardian Weekly, 14–20 July 2006, p. 29.
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By August 1749: Benjamin Martin published his New English...
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By August 1749
Benjamin Martin
published his New English Dictionary, one of the early examples of the genre.
Griffiths, Ralph, 1720 - 1803, and George Edward Griffiths, editors. Monthly Review. R. Griffiths.
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28 March 1835: The Englishwoman ceased publication as a...
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28 March 1835
The Englishwoman ceased publication as a weekly, after less than a year.
Palmegiano, Eugenia M. Women and British Periodicals, 1832-1867: A Bibliography. Garland, 1976.
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November 1095 to mid-July 1099: The First Crusade was fought: the preaching...
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November 1095 to mid-July 1099
The First Crusade was fought: the preaching of Peter the Hermit
, under the aegis of Pope Urban II
(who visited France himself to appeal to men to enlist), raised an army of 300,000 Europeans...
6 February 2003: At a meeting of African regional women activists,...
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6 February 2003
At a meeting of African regional women activists, Stella Obasanjo
of Nigeria called on African nations not to tolerate another incident of female genital mutilation (sometimes called female circumcision).
Dorkenoo, Efua. “Progress, but not enough”. Guardian Weekly, 11 Feb. 2011, p. 20.
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Elizabeth Jolley
EJ
, writing in the later twentieth century, was called the most comical and disturbing writer working in Australia today.
Bird, Delys, and Brenda Walker, editors. Elizabeth Jolley: New Critical Essays. Angus and Robertson, 1991.
back-cover
The author of some fifteen novels as well as plays, poetry, and short stories...
About 1540: Robert Crowley published two conduct manuals:...
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About 1540
Robert Crowley
published two conduct manuals: Of Nice Wyves and The Woman' s Lesson.
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.
5 February 1924: The BBC began broadcasting the Greenwich...
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5 February 1924
The BBC
began broadcasting the Greenwich time signal.
Briggs, Asa. The BBC: The First Fifty Years. Oxford University Press, 1985.
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1801: Philip James de Loutherbourg painted Coalbrookdale...
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1801
Philip James de Loutherbourg
painted Coalbrookdale by Night, a theatrically romantic picture of a famous industrial village: houses perched on the valley cliffs, with a clouded sky glaring red from furnaces.
“A Picture of Britain”. Tate Britain, 2005.
25-29 May 1868: The first regular Trades Union Congress was...
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25-29 May 1868
The first regular Trades Union Congress was held, at Manchester.
Cook, Chris, and John, 1946 - Stevenson. The Longman Handbook of Modern British History 1714-1987. 2nd ed., Longman, 1988.
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Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century, 1992.
289, 290
June 1902: J. Holt Schoolings noted in The Author that...
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June 1902
J. Holt Schoolings
noted in The Author that the number of books published in England during the previous decade was 55,000, or 5,500 annually.
The Author. Alexander P. Watt.
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End of July 1903: The Village Press was set up in a barn in...
1691: Robert Gould published another misogynist...
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1691
Robert Gould
published another misogynist satire, A Satyrical Epistle to the Female Author of a Poem Called Sylvia's Revenge.
Buchanan, Dave. Augustan Women’s Verse Satire. University of Alberta, 1998.
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.
Hughes, Derek. “The Masked Woman Revealed; or, the prostitute and the playwright in Aphra Behn criticism”. Women’s Writing, Vol.
7
, No. 2, 2000, pp. 149-64.
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29 July 1981: Prince Charles married Lady Diana Spencer...
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29 July 1981
Prince Charles
married Lady Diana Spencer
in a famously publicized ceremony at St Paul's Cathedral which was widely billed as fairy-tale.
“The Queen at 80: Timeline”. BBC News.
9 August 1848: Captain Frederick Marryat, novelist and father...
“Dictionary of Literary Biography online”. Gale Databases: Literature Resource Center-LRC.
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18 May 1804: At the coronation ceremony which made him...
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18 May 1804
At the coronation ceremony which made him Emperor of the French, Napoleon Bonaparte
took the crown from the hands of the Pope and placed it on his own head.
Ham, Elizabeth. Elizabeth Ham, by Herself, 1783-1820. Editor Gillett, Eric, Faber and Faber, 1945.
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1933: The Anglican Group for the Ordination of...
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1933
The Anglican Group for the Ordination of Women to the Historic Ministry of the Church was formed by three women at Midhurst in Sussex: Mollie Batten
, Ruth Batten
, and Margaret Roxburgh
.
Stott, Mary. “Ordination of Women: Flickering flame passed to new generation”. Times, 24 Sept. 1981, p. 12.
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31 August 1936: Elizabeth Cowell became the BBC's first female...
Briggs, Asa. The BBC: The First Fifty Years. Oxford University Press, 1985.
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9 September 1845: The potato blight was first noticed in Ireland;...
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9 September 1845
The potato blight was first noticed in Ireland; by October it was found in a wide range of locations. The following winter, the first deaths from starvation occurred and famine became a reality.
Foster, Robert Fitzroy. Modern Ireland 1600-1972. Allen Lane, 1988.
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Curtis, Liz. The Cause of Ireland: From the United Irishmen to Partition. Beyond the Pale Publications, 1994.
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April 1918: The Women's Army Auxiliary Corps was renamed...
Marwick, Arthur. Women at War, 1914-1918. Croom Helm, 1977.
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By Autumn 1975: Carmen Callil's new Virago Press issued its...
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By Autumn 1975
Carmen Callil
's new Virago Press
issued its first title, Mary Chamberlain
's Fenwomen: A Portrait of Women in an English Village, an indictment of rural poverty as it bears on women.
“The Times Digital Archive 1785-2007”. Thompson Gale: The Times Digital Archive.
(25 September 1975): 13
4 July 1996: Hotmail was launched as a free, anonymous...
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4 July 1996
Hotmail
was launched as a free, anonymous email service, web-based and independent of specific providers.
Lanchester, John. “See you in court, pal”. London Review of Books, 30 Sept. 1999, pp. 3-7.
