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1802: The Health and Morals of Apprentices Act...

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1802

The Health and Morals of Apprentices Act was passed, regulating the work of children in industrial mills and working conditions more generally.
Warren, Michael. “A Chronology of State Medicine, Public Health, Welfare and Related Services in Britain: 1066 - 1999”. Michael Warren’s Chronology, 6 Jan. 2003.

1880: The Matrons' Aid or Trained Midwives' Registration...

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1880

The Matrons' Aid or Trained Midwives' Registration Society was founded in London by Louisa M. Hubbard .
Donnison, Jean. Midwives and Medical Men: A History of Inter-Professional Rivalries and Women’s Rights. Schocken Books, 1977.
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Towler, Jean. Midwives in History and Society. Croom Helm, 1986.
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Rivers, John. Dame Rosalind Paget, 1855-1948: A Short Account of Her Life and Work. Midwives Chronicle, 1981.
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Leap, Nicky, and Billie Hunter. The Midwife’s Tale: An Oral History from Handywoman to Professional Midwife. Scarlet Press, 1993.
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There is discrepancy over the date the Society was founded: Donnison and Towler give...

1826: The English Gypsy, or Roma, population was...

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1826

The English Gypsy, or Roma, population was grouped by authorities with all nomadic or vagrant peoples, who were estimated by William Cobbett to number around 30,000.
Behlmer, George K. “The Gypsy Problem in Victorian England”. Victorian Studies, Vol.
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, No. 2, 1 Dec. 1985–28 Feb. 1986, pp. 231-53.
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From 1830: Inexpensive portable microscopes became widely...

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From 1830

Inexpensive portable microscopes became widely available.
Merrill, Lynn L. The Romance of Victorian Natural History. Oxford University Press, 1989.
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14 September 1851: James Fenimore Cooper, US novelist, died...

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14 September 1851

James Fenimore Cooper , US novelist, died the day before his sixty-second birthday.
“Biographic Information”. The James Fenimore Cooper Society, 14 May 2004.

16 March 1926: A rocket designed by Robert Goddard at Clark...

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16 March 1926

A rocket designed by Robert Goddard at Clark University , Worcester, Massachusetts, made the first free flight of a liquid-fuelled rocket.
Bruno, Leonard. On the Move: A Chronology of Advances in Transportation. Gale Research, 1993.
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Ardley, Neil. The Hutchinson Dictionary of Scientists. Helicon, 1996.
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January 1661: Fifth Monarchists (who expected the Second...

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January 1661

Fifth Monarchists (who expected the Second Coming and political rule of Christ, and had opposed the Cromwell ian government too) staged an uprising against the new king, Charles II .
Fox, George, 1624 - 1691. The Journal. Editor Smith, Nigel, Penguin, 1998.
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8 April 1795: The Prince of Wales (later George IV) married...

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8 April 1795

The Prince of Wales (later George IV) married Princess Caroline of Brunswick.
Ayling, Stanley. George the Third. Collins, 1972.
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Carretta, Vincent. George III and the Satirists from Hogarth to Byron. University of Georgia Press, 1990.
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1854: George Boole developed the first form of...

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1854

George Boole developed the first form of symbolic logic, known today as Boolean algebra.
Hellemans, Alexander, and Bryan Bunch. The Timetables of Science: A Chronology of the Most Important People and Events in the History of Science. Simon and Shuster, 1988.
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February 1936: The awesome trio of political theorist Harold...

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February 1936

The awesome trio
Laity, Paul. “The left’s ace of clubs”. Guardian Unlimited, 7 July 2001.
of political theorist Harold Laski , publisher Victor Gollancz , and writer and Labour MP John Strachey established the Left Book Club (LBC) .
Laity, Paul. “The left’s ace of clubs”. Guardian Unlimited, 7 July 2001.

1892: The Women's Co-operative Guild held a festival...

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1892

The Women's Co-operative Guild held a festival in Manchester to mark its first decade.
Webb, Catherine. The Woman with the Basket: The History of the Women’s Co-operative Guild 1883-1927. Co-operative Wholesale Society’s Printing Works, 1927.
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Scott, Gillian. Feminism and the Politics of Working Women: The Women’s Cooperative Guild, 1880s to the Second World War. UCL Press, 1998.
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March 1919: The General Nursing Council for England and...

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March 1919

The General Nursing Council for England and Wales was established to maintain a registry of nurses, who could declare themselves Registered Nurses.
Holcombe, Lee. Victorian Ladies At Work: Middle-Class Working Women in England and Wales, 1850-1914. Archon Books, 1973.
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“Palmer’s Index to the Times”. Historical Newspapers Online.
(January-March 1919): 482
Marwick, Arthur. Women at War, 1914-1918. Croom Helm, 1977.
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Early 1975: The Bullock Report on the teaching of English...

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Early 1975

The Bullock Report on the teaching of English in Britain, A Language for Life, was published.
Ray, Sheila G. The Blyton Phenomenon. Andre Deutsch, 1982.
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Autumn 1802: A Miss Shepherd closed her boarding school...

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Autumn 1802

A Miss Shepherd closed her boarding school in Percy Street, London, and opened one in the Chateau de Taillis, 24 kilometres from Rouen in France.
Skedd, Susan. “Women Teachers and the Expansion of Girls’ Schooling in England, c. 1760-1820”. Gender in Eighteenth-Century England: Roles, Representations and Responsibilities, edited by Hannah Barker and Elaine Chalus, Longman, 1997, pp. 101-25.
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1836: The excise duty on paper was reduced from...

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1836

The excise duty on paper was reduced from three pence to a penny halfpenny per pound.
There is disagreement about when this tax reduction actually took place. While T.R. Nevett, in Advertising in Britain: A...

1965: Margaret Stanley Wrench translated and supplied...

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1965

Margaret Stanley Wrench translated and supplied an introdction for Chaucer 's Troilus and Criseyde.
OCLC WorldCat. 1992–1998, http://www.oclc.org/firstsearch/content/worldcat/. Accessed 1999.

January 1980: Seven feminists founded Sheba Publishing...

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January 1980

Seven feminists founded Sheba Publishing in London.
Cadman, Eileen et al. Rolling Our Own: Women as Printers, Publishers and Distributors. Minority Press-Group, 1981.
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Cadman, Eileen et al. Rolling Our Own: Women as Printers, Publishers and Distributors. Minority Press-Group, 1981.
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Hannah Glasse

HG is the most famous of all eighteenth-century cookery writers—that is, her best-known text became almost universally known, while the facts about her life remained until recently unknown.
Hannah Glasse Frontispiece to a later edition of Hannah Glasse's most famous book "The Complete Art of Cookery", 1746. A kitchen is shown, with a large fish in the foreground, hanging game birds and animals (and hams and a string of onions) at the back, and a worker holding a platter in between.

1888: Two new groups emerged from the National...

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1888

Two new groups emerged from the National Society for Women's Suffrage after internal dissension about permitting affiliations with other organisations: the Central Committee of the National Society for Women's Suffrage retained its existing name; the...

Evelyn Underhill

Perhaps more than any other person in the twentieth century, EU was responsible for fanning interest in and shaping the study of mysticism. Most of her works draw on her extensive knowledge of mystical texts...
Evelyn Underhill Black and white head-shot of Evelyn Underhill, in profile with her gaze downcast. Her hair is smoothed back.

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.
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, The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2001, pp. 153-64.
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1863: The Royal Albert Hospital opened in the naval...

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1863

The Royal Albert Hospital opened in the naval centre of Devonport, to offer voluntary medical treatment to prostitutes during the first eighteen months of its operation.
Walkowitz, Judith R. ’We Are Not Beasts of the Field’: Prostitution and the Campaign Against the Contagious Diseases Acts, 1869-1886. University of Rochester, 1974.
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Later 1867: The poor performances of British manufacturers...

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Later 1867

The poor performances of British manufacturers at the Great International Exhibition in Paris produced national anxiety, which prompted a movement for better technical instruction in early 1868.
Morrell, J. B. “The Patronage of Mid-Victorian Science in the University of Edinburgh”. The Patronage of Science in the Nineteenth Century, edited by Gerard L’Estrange Turner, Noordhoff International, 1976, pp. 53-93.
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“The Times Digital Archive 1785-2007”. Thompson Gale: The Times Digital Archive.
25956 (31 October 1867): 1

Katharine S. Macquoid

Katharine S. Macquoid 's prolific writing career (over sixty books, as well as contributions to periodicals) spanned the last four decades of the nineteenth century and the first decade of the twentieth. She was chiefly...
Katharine S. Macquoid Faded black and white studio photograph of Katharine S. Macquoid by H. I. Mendelsohn of London. She is seen from the waist up against a backdrop of vegetation, turning with her face in profile. She wears a dark dress with a high collar closed with a brooch. Her smooth grey hair is pulled back and part covered by a black cap; she has a pearl stud in each ear. Her signature is written across the bottom of the picture.

June 1876: The London Anti-Vivisection Society and the...

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June 1876

The London Anti-Vivisection Society and the International Association for the Total Suppression of Vivisection were founded.
French, Richard D. Antivivisection and Medical Science in Victorian Society. Princeton University Press, 1975.
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