Women’s Writing in the British Isles from the Beginnings to the Present
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After 3 February 1924: The German embassy in Washington, DC, refused...
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After 3 February 1924
The German embassy in Washington, DC, refused to lower its flag on the occasion of President Wilson
's death.
MacMillan, Margaret. Paris 1919. Random House, 2003.
465
July 1912: At a delegates' meeting, the Scottish Typographical...
Reynolds, Siân. Britannica’s Typesetters: Women Compositors in Edwardian England. Edinburgh University Press, 1989.
115, 118
23 May 1810: Following the death in London of the chevalier...
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23 May 1810
Following the death in London of the chevalier d'Éon, the body was dissected, and the British public was shocked to discover that he was anatomically a male.
Clark, Anna. “The Chevalier d’Eon and Wilkes: Masculinity and Politics in the Eighteenth Century”. Eighteenth-Century Studies, Vol.
32
, No. 1, 1998, pp. 19-48.
38
Kates, Gary. Monsieur d’Eon is a Woman. HarperCollins, 1995.
xii-xxiii and n3
1953: John Bowlby published his guilt-inducing...
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1953
John Bowlby
published his guilt-inducing Child Care and the Growth of Love, which maintains that early development is dependent on the constant presence of a single, irreplaceable mother-figure.
Lively, Penelope. A House Unlocked. Penguin, 2002.
184-5
1938: Edith Summerskill, feminist and medical reformer,...
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1938
Edith Summerskill
, feminist and medical reformer, was instrumental in the year that also saw her first election to parliament in establishing the Married Women's Association
with the purpose to researching the welfare of married...
1956: The first Clean Air Act introduced levels...
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1956
The first Clean Air Act introduced levels of acceptable pollution for industry and set limits to domestic burning of wood or untreated coal in urban areas.
Saint, Andrew. “Successive Applications of Sticking-Plaster”. London Review of Books, 1 Nov. 2001, pp. 30-1.
30
1983: Just Seventeen, a fashion magazine for teenagers...
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1983
Just Seventeen, a fashion magazine for teenagers from D. C. Thomson
, began publication in London.
November 1700: King Carlos II of Spain died; he had no heir,...
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November 1700
King Carlos II of Spain died; he had no heir, and the War of Spanish Succession resulted within eighteen months, declared by England against France on 4 May 1702.
Jones, Dwyryd Wyn. War and Economy in the Age of William III and Marlborough. Blackwell, 1988.
339
1793: The liberal Dissenter Benjamin Flowers launched...
Writer or writing item
1793
The liberal Dissenter Benjamin Flowers
launched a periodical, the Cambridge Intelligencer; it ran until December 1800.
Mahon, Penny. “In Sermon and Story: contrasting anti-war rhetoric in the work of Anna Barbauld and Amelia Opie”. Women’s Writing, Vol.
7
, No. 1, 2000, pp. 23-38.
35n8, 36n20
1910: Albert Schweitzer' The Quest of the Historical...
Writer or writing item
1910
Albert Schweitzer
' The Quest of the Historical Jesus, first published in 1906, appeared in English translation.
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.
26 March 1658: Jane Brooks was executed for witchcraft:...
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26 March 1658
Jane Brooks was executed for witchcraft: a small boy had fallen ill after she had given him an apple.
Purkiss, Diane. The Witch in History: early modern and twentieth-century representations. Routledge, 1996.
107, 117n78
July 1914: The British Society for the Study of Sex...
Crouch, Kimberly. “The public life of actresses: prostitutes or ladies?”. Gender in Eighteenth-Century England: Roles, Representations and Responsibilities, edited by Hannah Barker and Elaine Chalus, Longman, 1997, pp. 58-78.
68-9
1 January 1969: Sunderland Technical College (founded in...
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1 January 1969
SunderlandTechnical College
(founded in 1908 with seventy students, male and female) became Sunderland Polytechnic
. In 1992 it was granted university status.
“Our History”. University of Sunderland.
1915: The first electric clothes washers, in which...
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1915
The first electric clothes washers, in which a motor rotates the tub, were introduced in England and the US.
1905: Mary Anderson of the USA was granted a patent...
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1905
Mary Anderson
of the USA was granted a patent on her device for a lever-operated swinging arm with a rubber blade, the first windscreen-wiper for cars.
“Inventor of the Week Archive”. Lemenson-MIT Program.
1866: The Civil Service Supply Association, the...
