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1809: Charles Napier (a student at military college;...

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1809

Charles Napier (a student at military college; later a general) wrote that soldiers ought to be encouraged to marry, but women be barred from going with their husbands on active service.
Page, F. C. G. Following the Drum: Women in Wellington’s Wars. Deutsch, 1986.
139-40

17 March 1894: The British Civil Service added the class...

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17 March 1894

The BritishCivil Service added the class Female Typewriters, whose job was to copy handwritten material.
Evans, Dorothy. Women and the Civil Service. Sir Isaac Pitman and Sons, 1934.
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Martindale, Hilda. Women Servants of the State, 1870-1938: A History of Women in the Civil Service. G. Allen and Unwin , 1938.
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1897: The Order of Deaconesses within the Anglican...

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1897

The Order of Deaconesses within the Anglican Church (an order of ministry lower than that of priests) was finally recognized by the Lambeth Conference of Anglican bishops.
Stott, Mary. “Ordination of Women: Flickering flame passed to new generation”. Times, 24 Sept. 1981, p. 12.
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1777: The Royal Society received another account...

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1777

The Royal Society received another account of a young woman refusing food, that of Janet Macleod of the county of Ross in Scotland, who had what was called an epileptic fit at fifteen...

1936: Men Ask for Beauty, a novel by Rosalind Wade,...

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1936

Men Ask for Beauty, a novel by Rosalind Wade , was published.
OCLC WorldCat. 1992–1998, http://www.oclc.org/firstsearch/content/worldcat/. Accessed 1999.

4-5 July 1967: The Homosexual Law Reform Bill passed its...

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4-5 July 1967

The Homosexual Law Reform Bill passed its third and final reading in the House of Commons : scheduled for the late-night slot on 4 July, it passed when 101 supporters remained for the final vote...

Spring 1772-Spring 1773: The passage through parliament of the Toleration...

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Spring 1772-Spring 1773

The passage through parliament of the Toleration Bill gave opportunities to Edmund Burke to argue for religious toleration—in the belief that this would actually strengthen the Church of England .
De Bruyn, Frans. “Anti-Semitism, Millenarianism, and Radical Dissent in Edmund Burkes Reflections on the Revolution in FranceEighteenth-Century Studies, Vol.
34
, No. 4, 1 June 2001–2026, pp. 577-00.
594 and nn51-53

11 February 1888: The UK gained a protectorate over Matabeleland...

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11 February 1888

The UK gained a protectorate over Matabeleland and Mashonaland (Northern and Southern Rhodesia, now Zambia and Zimbabwe) by treaty with Chief Lobengula.
Keller, Helen, editor. The Dictionary of Dates. Macmillan, 1934, 2 vols.
I: 587
Langer, William L., editor. An Encyclopedia of World History: Ancient, Medieval, and Modern, Chronologically Arranged. 4th ed., Houghton Mifflin, 1968.
888

Later 1946: The prohibition of married women in the British...

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Later 1946

The prohibition of married women in the BritishCivil Service formally ended, although it had ended in practice during the wars.
Grint, Keith. “Women and Equality: The Acquisition of Equal Pay in the Post Office, 1870-1961”. Sociology, Vol.
22
, No. 1, 1988, pp. 87-108.
96

25 April 1959: The St Lawrence Seaway, Canada, opened for...

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25 April 1959

The St Lawrence Seaway, Canada, opened for shipping.
Steinberg, Sigfrid Henry. Historical Tables: 58 BC-AD 1985. 11th ed., Garland Publishing, 1986.
258

1968: Angus and Robertson (London) became incorporated...

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1968

Angus and Robertson (London) became incorporated as Angus Robertson (UK) Limited .
Rose, Jonathan, and Patricia J. Anderson, editors. Dictionary of Literary Biography 112. Gale Research, 1991.
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17 July 1798: Radical publisher Joseph Johnson stood trial...

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17 July 1798

Radical publisher Joseph Johnson stood trial for publishing the allegedly seditious Reply to Some Parts of the Bishop of Llandaff's Address.
Waters, Mary A. “’The First of a New Genus’: Mary Wollstonecraft as Literary Critic and Mentor to Mary Hays”. Eighteenth-Century Studies, Vol.
37
, No. 3, 1 Mar.–31 May 2004, pp. 415-34.
428

23 February 1950: The General Election brought 84 percent of...

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23 February 1950

The General Election brought 84 percent of the British electorate out to vote. The BBC aired the first televised report of results of this election.
Briggs, Asa. The BBC: The First Fifty Years. Oxford University Press, 1985.
381
Schott, Ben. Schott’s Original Miscellany. Bloomsbury, 2002.
102
McKibbin, Ross. “Not Pleasing the Tidy-Minded”. London Review of Books, Vol.
30
, No. 8, 24 Apr. 2008, pp. 30-1.
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Johnson, R. W. “Already a Member”. London Review of Books, Vol.
36
, No. 17, 11 Sept. 2014, pp. 31-2.
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1865: William Lecky published his popular History...

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1865

William Lecky published his popular History of the Rise and Influence of the Spirit of Rationalism in Europe.
Drabble, Margaret, editor. The Oxford Companion to English Literature. 5th ed., Oxford University Press, 1985.

June 1866: Elizabeth Garrett (Britain's first female...

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June 1866

Elizabeth Garrett (Britain's first female medical practitioner, an apothecary qualified since the previous October) established St Mary's Dispensary for Women in Seymour Place, Marylebone, London.
Franck, Irene, and David Brownstone. Women’s World: A Timeline of Women in History. HarperCollins; HarperPerennial, 1995.
158
Blake, Catriona, and Wendy Savage. The Charge of the Parasols: Women’s Entry to the Medical Profession. Women’s Press, 1990.
69-71, 149
Franck, Irene, and David Brownstone. Women’s World: A Timeline of Women in History. HarperCollins; HarperPerennial, 1995.
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Sophia Woodfall

SW , whose career was in acting, published two interesting novels during the first decade of the nineteenth century. Some lines of poetry in one of them are probably her own.

Clara Balfour

Clara Balfour , like many Victorians, wrote prolifically on the subject of temperance, arguing its importance for a healthy society. Her other works often had theological or anti-socialist aims. Her works include moral and didactic...
Clara Balfour Black and white portrait of Clara Balfour. She is wearing a dark dress with thin white collar. Her hair, smooth in front with a middle parting, is piled up under a lace cap and arranged in sausage ringlets around her face.

1889: Patrick Geddes and J. Arthur Thomson published...

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1889

Patrick Geddes and J. Arthur Thomson published their anti-feminist treatise The Evolution of Sex.
Mosedale, Susan Sleeth. “Science Corrupted: Victorian Biologists Consider ’The Woman Question’”. Journal of the History of Biology, Vol.
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, No. 1, D. Reidel, 1 Mar.–31 May 1978, pp. 1-55.
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Jann, Rosemary. “Revising the Descent of Woman: Eliza Burt Gamble”. Natural Eloquence: Women Reinscribe Science, edited by Barbara T. Gates and Ann B. Shteir, University of Wisconsin Press, 1997, pp. 147-63.
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1896: Women achieved suffrage in Victoria, Aus...

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1896

Women achieved suffrage in Victoria, Australia.
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.
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1893: Printing by William Morris and Emery Walker...

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1893

Printing by William Morris and Emery Walker appeared in Arts and Crafts Essays, published by Rivington, Percival and Company .
Clair, Colin. A Chronology of Printing. Cassell, 1969.
163
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.

1906: Madame C. J. Walker invented a formula for...

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1906

Madame C. J. Walker invented a formula for straightening black women's hair; this made her in time the first African-American millionaire.
Chambers, Veronica. “Good hair days”. Women’s Review of Books, Vol.
xix
, No. 2, Nov. 2001, pp. 15-16.
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12 June 1924: Compton Mackenzie presented the first disc-jockey...

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12 June 1924

Compton Mackenzie presented the first disc-jockey programme on BBC radio.
Briggs, Asa. The BBC: The First Fifty Years. Oxford University Press, 1985.
366

1823: Elizabeth Scott issued an anthology, Specimens...

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1823

Elizabeth Scott issued an anthology, Specimens of British Poetry, whose representation of women poets is unusually good.
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.

12 November 1794: The Jacobin Club of Paris closed down....

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12 November 1794

The Jacobin Club of Paris closed down.
Kafker, Frank A., and James M. Laux, editors. The French Revolution: Conflicting Interpretations. 4th ed., R. E. Krieger, 1989.
xiv

21 February 1437: King James I of Scotland was murdered at...

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21 February 1437

King James I of Scotland was murdered at Perth by a group of armed men led by Robert Graham .
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.