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Mary Stott

MS is best known as a later twentieth-century feminist journalist and specifically as editor of The Guardian women's page. She is also worthy of notice for her own various non-fiction writing, in essays, monographs, and...

Summer 1625: England experienced an outbreak of bubonic...

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Summer 1625

England experienced an outbreak of bubonic plague.
Hill, Christopher. The Century of Revolution, 1603-1714. Sphere Books, 1969.
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9 April 1865: The American Civil war ended when General...

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9 April 1865

The American Civil war ended when General Robert E. Lee surrendered the Army of Northern Virginia to General Ulysses S. Grant 's federal forces in the town of Appomattox Court House, Virginia.
Catton, Bruce. Never Call Retreat. Doubleday, 1965.
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Catton, Bruce. The Civil War. Fairfax Press, 1980.
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1937: Passenger ferry service began between Dover...

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1937

Passenger ferry service began between Dover in England, and Dunkirk in France.
Bruno, Leonard. On the Move: A Chronology of Advances in Transportation. Gale Research, 1993.
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October 1970: The Conservation Society (presided over by...

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October 1970

The Conservation Society (presided over by Yehudi Menuhin ) sent a letter to the Prime Minister calling for a government policy to stabilize population size.
Hordern, Anthony. Legal Abortion: The English Experience. Pergamon, 1971.
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15 May 1931: Choreographer Ninette de Valois presented...

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15 May 1931

Choreographer Ninette de Valois presented ballet at Sadler's Wells Theatre in London for the first time.
Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century, 1992.
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15 May 1730: Sir Robert Walpole's Whig ministry was confirmed...

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15 May 1730

Sir Robert Walpole 's Whig ministry was confirmed in power following the general election.
Fryde, Edmund Boleslaw. Handbook of British Chronology. Editors Greenway, D. E. et al., 3rd ed., Offices of the Royal Historical Society, 1986.
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Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century, 1992.
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11, 14, and 23 July 1913: Diaghilev's Ballets Russes brought Igor Stravinsky's...

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11, 14, and 23 July 1913

Diaghilev 's Ballets Russes brought Igor Stravinsky 's Le Sacre du Printemps to London.
Schouvaloff, Alexander. The Art of Ballets Russes. Yale University Press in association with the Wadsworth Atheneum, 1997, http://U of A, Ruth N Flr 4.
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1972: Margaret Burbidge became the Royal Observatory's...

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1972

Margaret Burbidge became the Royal Observatory 's director.
“Women’s History Timeline”. BBC: Radio 4: Woman’s Hour.

Probably 14 March 1646: Sir Thomas Browne published his Pseudodoxia...

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Probably 14 March 1646

Sir Thomas Browne published his Pseudodoxia Epidemica, a giant compendium of popular misconceptions and antique thinking,
Hitchings, Henry. “Samuel Johnson and Sir Thomas Browne”. New Rambler, 2004–2005, pp. 46-56.
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which, paradoxically, perpetuated many of the superstitions it contradicted.
English Short Title Catalogue. http://estc.bl.uk/.
The date is given on what is probably...

Jessie Boucherett

An unlikely feminist in view of her wealthy and conservative background, JB was a prominent member of the Langham Place group, who established, edited, and contributed to the Englishwoman's Review during the second half of...
Jessie Boucherett Black and white photograph of Jessie Boucherett, standing with one arm resting on the back of a chair. There is a screen with a pattern of vines behind her, and she is wearing a fur-trimmed coat and a small hat.

6 December 1830: Lucia Vestris became the first long-term...

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6 December 1830

Lucia Vestris became the first long-term female theatre manager of the century, when she reopened the Olympic Theatre .
Appleton, William Worthen. Madame Vestris and the London Stage. Columbia University Press, 1974.
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Booth, Michael R. et al. Three Tragic Actresses: Siddons, Rachel, Ristori. Cambridge University Press, 1996.
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November 1914: The Crayford Agreement allowed women workers...

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November 1914

The Crayford Agreement allowed women workers on repetition work only.
Braybon, Gail, and Penny Summerfield. Out of the Cage: Women’s Experiences in Two World Wars. Pandora, 1987.
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1986: SGML, or Standard Generalized Markup Language,...

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1986

SGML, or Standard Generalized Markup Language, received an International Standards number.
“A Brief History of the Development of SGML, 11 June 1990”. Charles F. Goldfarb’s SGML Source Home Page.

12 June 1963: Medgar Evers, field secretary of the Mississippi...

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12 June 1963

Medgar Evers , field secretary of the Mississippi NAACP , was assassinated, shot down from behind
Brown, Carolyn J. “Sister Act: Margaret Walker and Eudora Welty”. Study the South, 25 Mar. 2015.
in his own driveway in Jackson, Mississippi.
Marrs, Suzanne. Eudora Welty: A Biography. Harcourt, Inc., 2005.
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By 25 October 1862: Victor Hugo completed the publication in...

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By 25 October 1862

Victor Hugo completed the publication in successive parts of his novel Les Misérables.
Athenæum. J. Lection.
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Petit Larousse, illustré, 1980. Librairie Larousse, 1980.
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.
Ashton, Rosemary. George Eliot: A Life. Hamish Hamilton, 1996.
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1 November 1834: A twopenny weekly for women entitled The...

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1 November 1834

A twopenny weekly for women entitled The Englishwoman began publication in London.
Palmegiano, Eugenia M. Women and British Periodicals, 1832-1867: A Bibliography. Garland, 1976.
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1917: Cumann na mBan sent Hanna Sheehy Skeffington...

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1917

Cumann na mBan sent Hanna Sheehy Skeffington to the USA to present President Wilson with a Cuman na mBan memorial.
McKillen, Beth. “Irish Feminism and Nationalist Separatism, 1914-23”. Éire-Ireland, Vol.
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, No. 3, 4, 1982, pp. 52 - 67, 72.
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Luddy, Maria, editor. Women in Ireland, 1800-1918: A Documentary History. Cork University Press, 1995.
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Late 2015: The online marketing company Amazon opened...

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Late 2015

The online marketing company Amazon opened its first IRL [in real life] bookshop. Amazon Books , in Seattle, planned to stock the 6,000 most popular titles on Amazon and to sell them at the...

Late September 1730: The death of Laurence Eusden activated interest...

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Late September 1730

The death of Laurence Eusden activated interest in the question of who would be next Poet Laureate; many despised both leading candidates, Stephen Duck and Colley Cibber .
Ennis, Daniel J. “The Making of the Poet Laureate, 1730”. The Age of Johnson, edited by Paul J. Korshin, Vol.
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, 2000, pp. 217-35.
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31 December 1994: The Collected Stories of Grace Paley appeared,...

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31 December 1994

The Collected Stories of Grace Paley appeared, collecting the contents of her three volumes of short fiction, 1959, 1974, and 1985.
Blackwell’s Online Bookshop. http://Bookshop.Blackwell.co.uk.

1 August 1863: Queen Victoria, in a letter to The Ladies...

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1 August 1863

Queen Victoria , in a letter to The Ladies of England, denounced the crinoline, calling it an indelicate, expensive, dangerous, and hideous article.
Adburgham, Alison. Shops and Shopping 1800-1914: Where, and in What Manner the Well-Dressed Englishwoman Bought Her Clothes. Allen and Unwin, 1964.
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11 September 1298: William Wallace, fighter for the independence...

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11 September 1298

William Wallace , fighter for the independence from England of Scotland (invaded in 1296 by Edward I ), won the victory of Stirling Bridge on the edge of Stirling, the narrow wooden structure giving...

16 November 1938: The BBC televised for the first time a play...

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16 November 1938

The BBC televised for the first time a play direct from the theatre, J. B. Priestley 's When We Are Married.
Briggs, Asa. The BBC: The First Fifty Years. Oxford University Press, 1985.
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1735: Some Considerations upon Streetwalkers, while...

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1735

Some Considerations upon Streetwalkers, while following its predecessors in blaming prostitutes for lewdness and depravity, added the new idea that women were driven to prostitution out of economic need.
Henderson, Tony. Disorderly Women. Longman, 1999.
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