Women’s Writing in the British Isles from the Beginnings to the Present
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13 February 1788-April 1795: Warren Hastings was impeached for corruption...
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13 February 1788-April 1795
Warren Hastings
was impeached for corruption and profiteering in India. His trial continued intermittently in London, occupying 145 days. It was keenly attended by a fashionable audiences and garnered much media attention.
Hemlow, Joyce. The History of Fanny Burney. Clarendon, 1958.
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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Literature. Clarendon Press, 1954.
Young, Brian. “A Cheat, a Sharper and a Swindler”. London Review of Books, 24 May 2001, pp. 34-5.
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14 May 1842: The first issue of the Illustrated London...
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14 May 1842
The first issue of the Illustrated London News appeared, with a large number of illustrations and advertisements.
Richards, Thomas. The Commodity Culture of Victorian England: Advertising and Spectacle, 1851-1914. Stanford University Press, 1990.
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Hindley, Diana, and Geoffrey Hindley. Advertising in Victorian England 1837-1901. Wayland, 1972.
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Clair, Colin. A Chronology of Printing. Cassell, 1969.
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Encyclopædia Britannica: A New Survey of Universal Knowledge. Encyclopædia Britannica, 1966, 24 vols.
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University of Alberta Libraries On-line Catalogue. http://www.library.ualberta.ca/.
February 1912: The Enterprise Club Magazine, a magazine...
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February 1912
The Enterprise Club Magazine, a magazine for women clerks, began monthly publication in London.
April 1893: The Studio: An Illustrated Magazine of the...
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April 1893
The Studio: An Illustrated Magazine of the Fine and Applied Arts was founded this month by Charles Holme
and first edited by Cleeson White
.
Rose, Jonathan, and Patricia J. Anderson, editors. Dictionary of Literary Biography 112. Gale Research, 1991.
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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.
North, John S., editor. The Waterloo Directory of English Newspapers and Periodicals 1800-1900. North Waterloo Academic Press, 1997, 10 vols.
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1903: Magnus Hirschfeld, editor of Jahrbuch für...
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1903
Magnus Hirschfeld
, editor of Jahrbuch für Sexuelle Zwischenstufen (Yearbook for Sexual Intermediates), reported that 2.2% of those surveyed were homosexual.
Bullough, Vern L. Science in the Bedroom: A History of Sex Research. Basic Books, 1994.
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By 27 March 1858: The Report of the Commissioners appointed...
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By 27 March 1858
The Report of the Commissioners appointed to Inquire into the Regulations affecting the Sanitary Conditions of the Army, the Organization of Military Hospitals, and the Treatment of the Sick and Wounded had been universally diffused...
17 August 1820: The trial of Queen Caroline for adultery...
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17 August 1820
The trial of Queen Caroline for adultery began; it was abandoned in November, when public outrage over it sparked fears of revolution.
Chisholm, Hugh, editor. Encyclopaedia Britannica. Eleventh, Cambridge University Press, 1911.
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Stephen, Sir Leslie, and Sidney Lee, editors. The Dictionary of National Biography. Smith, Elder, 1908–2026, 22 vols. plus supplements.
17 March 1858: The Irish Republican Brotherhood (IRB) was...
“Bowker’s Global Books in Print”. globalbooksinprint.com.
1895: The Ladies' Treasury, a monthly periodical...
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1895
The Ladies' Treasury, a monthly periodical edited in London by Mrs Eliza Warren
, ceased publication.
Palmegiano, Eugenia M. Women and British Periodicals, 1832-1867: A Bibliography. Garland, 1976.
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1943: Lady Eve Balfour, an early proponent of organic...
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1943
Lady Eve Balfour
, an early proponent of organic farming (an earl's daughter whose dazzling family connections made her a descendant of the writer Rosina Bulwer Lytton
and niece of the suffragists Frances Balfour
and...
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Dorothy Richardson
DR
was in her time, and remains, a singular novelist. Her fiction has never conformed to accepted categories, and still challenges literary critics. Her major work, the series of novels comprising Pilgrimage, is now...
June 1886-September 1886: During these months, Belfast was subjected...
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June 1886-September 1886
During these months, Belfast was subjected to several bloody disturbances by Ulster Unionists
.
Morton, Grenfell. Home Rule and the Irish Question. Longman, 1980.
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25 May 1720: The printer Catherine Clifton, questioned...
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25 May 1720
The printer Catherine Clifton
, questioned by government authorities about printing a Jacobite ballad, said she had it by barter with one Ann a Ballad Singer, whose last name she did not know.
McDowell, Paula. “Women and the business of print”. Women and Literature in Britain, 1700-1800, edited by Vivien Jones, Cambridge University Press, 2000, pp. 135-54.
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1849: Bronterre O'Brien founded the National Reform...
31 August 1907: Under the terms of the Anglo-Russian Treaty,...
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31 August 1907
Under the terms of the Anglo-Russian Treaty, the UK undertook neither to annex nor to occupy any Afghan territory; Russia agreed to conduct political relations in the area through the British Government.
Keller, Helen, editor. The Dictionary of Dates. Macmillan, 1934, 2 vols.
