Women’s Writing in the British Isles from the Beginnings to the Present
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Mary Renault
MR
, who published her first book in 1939, is best known for her historical novels, and is also noted for her strong interest in same-sex love. In her present-day novels, a large proportion of...
The Los Angeles Central Library
burned down. No onedied, but the fire raged for seven hours, destroyed half a millionbooks, and severely damaged the same number. Arson was suspected, butaccident was never ruled out.
Larman, Alexander. “The Library Book by Susan Orlean review”. The Guardian, 14 Jan. 2019.
30 June 1735: The Daily Gazetteer: or, London Adventurer...
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30 June 1735
The Daily Gazetteer: or, London Adventurer began publishing.
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.
Tierney, James E. “Advertisements for Books in London Newspapers, 1760-1785”. Studies in Eighteenth-Century Culture, edited by Timothy Erwin and Ourida Mostefai, Vol.
30
, The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2001, pp. 153-64.
160-1
1972: Anna Adams published her poetry pamphlet...
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1972
Anna Adams
published her poetry pamphlet Memorial Tree, which was limited to 250 copies.
AD
, a playwright and screenwriter born in Northern Ireland, often writes about the impact of nationalist and Republican politics on women's private lives. Dream and memory also figure prominently in her work.
13 February 1649: Following the king's execution, Milton published...
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13 February 1649
Following the king
's execution, Milton
published The Tenure of Kings and Magistrates, a pamphlet designed to enforce the general point that a tyrant may be lawfully got rid of.
English Short Title Catalogue. http://estc.bl.uk/.
Goode, G. Brown, editor. The Smithsonian Institution, 1846-1896: The History of its First Half Century. Smithsonian Institution, 1897.
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Hafertepe, Kenneth. America’s Castle: The Evolution of the Smithsonian Building and Its Institution, 1840-1878. Smithsonian Institution Press, 1984.
xxi, 1
Goode, G. Brown, editor. The Smithsonian Institution, 1846-1896: The History of its First Half Century. Smithsonian Institution, 1897.
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Oehser, Paul H. Sons of Science: The Story of the Smithsonian Institution and its Leaders. Greenwood Press, 1968.
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May 1748: Only a few months before his death, James...
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May 1748
Only a few months before his death, James Thomson
published The Castle of Indolence, an allegorical poem in Spenserian
stanzas, which had been about fifteen years in the making.
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.
After 22 May 1940: Caroline Haslett was appointed to deal with...
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After 22 May 1940
Caroline Haslett
was appointed to deal with issues of health and safety for women workers under the Emergency Powers (Defence) Act, which received the royal assent on this date.
Soldon, Norbert. Women in British Trade Unions 1874-1976. Gill and Macmillan, 1978.
150
Law Reports: Statutes. Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1866–2026.
1940: 143-4
19 December 1644: Parliament passed an ordinance insisting...
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19 December 1644
Parliament
passed an ordinance insisting that when, in the coming week, Christmas clashed with a monthly fast day, the fast should displace the feast.
Purkiss, Diane. The English Civil War, A People’s History. Harper Perennial, 2007.
238-41
1955: Marilyn began weekly publication by the Amalgamated...
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1955
Marilyn began weekly publication by the Amalgamated Press
of London, as the first magazine directed at teenaged women readers.
White, Cynthia L. Women’s Magazines 1693-1968. Michael Joseph, 1970.
173
Alderson, Connie. Magazines Teenagers Read: With special reference to Trend, Jackie and Valentine. Pergamon Press, 1968.
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Mrs Martin:
MM
was a novelist of the revolutionary period, with reformist if not radical leanings, who consistently, intelligently tests and comments on the conventions of the genre. She is not primarily, as said in some reference...
1581: Richard Mulcaster published Positions, an...
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1581
Richard Mulcaster
published Positions, an influential treatise on educational methods.
Stephen, Sir Leslie, and Sidney Lee, editors. The Dictionary of National Biography. Smith, Elder, 1908–2026, 22 vols. plus supplements.
Kersey, Shirley Nelson, editor. Classics in the Education of Girls and Women. Scarecrow Press, 1981.
52-67
Mulcaster, Richard. Positions. Printed by Thomas Vautrollier, 1581.
1922: Carrie Morrison became the first woman to...
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1922
Carrie Morrison
became the first woman to be admitted as a solicitor in Britain, following the Sex Disqualification (Removal) Act of 23 December 1919.
“Women’s History Timeline”. BBC: Radio 4: Woman’s Hour.
27 January 1872: The Woman, subtitled A Weekly Journal Embodying...
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27 January 1872
The Woman, subtitled A Weekly Journal Embodying Female Interests From an Educational, Social, and Domestic Point of View, began publication in London; it ended publication in July of the same year.
8 October 1755: The expulsion began of about 14,000 French...
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8 October 1755
The expulsion began of about 14,000 French settlers from Acadia, an area covering what is now part of the Canadian Maritime provinces and also some of New England.
1769-70: Bengal suffered famine, exacerbated by compulsory...
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1769-70
Bengal suffered famine, exacerbated by compulsory purchase of British goods and the throwing out of work of local artisans. Its onset coincided with a serious threat to British power there by forces from the Sultanate...
Roulston, Christine. “Separating the Inseparables: Female Friendship and its Discontents in Eighteenth-Century France”. Eighteenth-Century Studies, Vol.
32
, No. 2, 1998–1989, pp. 215-31.
226 and n49
11 July 2009: Enron, only the second play by Lucy Prebble...
Women writers item
11 July 2009
Enron, only the second play by Lucy Prebble
to reach the stage, opened at ChichesterFestival Theatre
, dramatising the spectacular crash of the US energy giant Enron
.
“What’s On”. Chichester Festival Theatre, 2009.
1966: Three women in the UK died after attempted...
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1966
Three women in the UK died after attempted clinical abortions by the saline injection method, in which amniotic fluid is replaced by hypertonic saline.
Hindell, Keith, and Madeleine Simms. Abortion Law Reformed. Peter Owen, 1971.
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Hordern, Anthony. Legal Abortion: The English Experience. Pergamon, 1971.
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6 February 1920: The Woman's Leader (new incarnation of The...
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6 February 1920
The Woman's Leader (new incarnation of The Common Cause) began publication in London. Under its new title it became the most substantial feminist periodical of the 1920s.
Solo: Search Oxford University Libraries Online. 18 July 2011, http://solo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?vid=OXVU1&fromLogin=true&reset_config=true.
1834: The Adelphi Theatre introduced the mechanical...
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1834
The Adelphi Theatre
introduced the mechanical sinking stage into theatre technology.
Mander, Raymond, and Joe Mitchenson. The Theatres of London. Rupert Hart-Davis, 1963.
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16 March 1670: The borough council of Aberdeen, finding...
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16 March 1670
The borough council of Aberdeen, finding that its suppression of Catholic
and Quaker
meetings on 15 February was being flouted, moved to arrest all male Quakers at the next meeting.
Walker, William. The Bards of Bon-Accord, 1375-1860. Edmond and Spark, 1887.
