Women’s Writing in the British Isles from the Beginnings to the Present
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20 October 1909: The Trade Boards Act was passed—a success...
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20 October 1909
The Trade Boards Act was passed—a success for feminist campaigns against sweatshops and for minimum wages in the British clothing industry.
Law Reports: Statutes. Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1866–2026.
(1909): 91, 101
Mitchell, Sally, editor. Victorian Britain: An Encyclopedia. Garland Press, 1988.
777
Wilson, Elizabeth. Adorned in Dreams: Fashion and Modernity. Virago Press, 1985.
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6 June 1654: Queen Christina abdicated from the throne...
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6 June 1654
Queen Christina
abdicated from the throne of Sweden; crowned queen at the age of five in 1632, she was crowned again in December 1644 on reaching eighteen.
Marks, Tracy. Queen Christina of Sweden. 13 Feb. 2003, http://www.windweaver.com/christina/christina.htm.
26 February 1797: The Bank of England, alarmed by a run on...
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26 February 1797
The Bank of England
, alarmed by a run on gold prompted by fears of invasion from Napoleonic
France, prohibited payments in cash: in May this prohibition was enforced by legislation establishing a period of Restriction.
Palk, Deirdre. “’Fit Objects for Mercy’: Gender, the Bank of England and Currency Criminals, 1804-1833”. Women’s Writing, Vol.
11
, No. 2, 2004, pp. 237-58.
237-40
1955: She began monthly publication by National...
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1955
She began monthly publication by National Magazine
in Broadwick Street, London; edited by Joan Werner-Laurie
, it featured large pages and a humorous, brash, down-to-earth tone.
White, Cynthia L. Women’s Magazines 1693-1968. Michael Joseph, 1970.
166
Braithwaite, Brian, and Joan Barrell. The Business of Women’s Magazines. Associated Business Press, 1979.
155
Ulrich’s International Periodicals Directory 1999. 37th ed., R. R. Bowker, 1998.
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1925: The Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs...
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1925
The Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs et Industriels Modernes, held in Paris, provided the name art deco for a new style associated with the modernist, post-war age.
Oxford Reference. http://www.oxfordreference.com.
1839-1843: James Clark Ross voyaged on HMS Erebus and...
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1839-1843
James Clark Ross
voyaged on HMS Erebus and Terror to Antarctica.
Merrill, Lynn L. The Romance of Victorian Natural History. Oxford University Press, 1989.
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27 November 1655: Cromwell issued an edict prohibiting Church...
Brakeman, Lynne, and Susan Gall, editors. Chronology of Women Worldwide: People, Places and Events that Shaped Women’s History. Gale Research, 1997.
370
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Author profile
Ann Hawkshaw
AH
was a mid-nineteenth-century English poet who published several volumes of ambitious historical poetry under her own name. She also wrote children's verse, although probably not under the pseudonym Aunt Effie, which has been...
1949: Dilys Laing's Walk Through Two Landscapes...
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1949
Dilys Laing
's Walk Through Two Landscapes was the third volume to appear in The Twayne
Library of Modern Poetry.
1810: James Sheridan Knowles's first play, Leo;...
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1810
James Sheridan Knowles
's first play, Leo; or the Gypsy, was performed in Waterford, Ireland.
Meeks, Leslie Howard. Sheridan Knowles and the Theatre of His Time. Principia Press, 1933.
131-2
February 1975: Bill Gates and Paul Allen developed the BASIC...
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February 1975
Bill Gates
and Paul Allen
developed the BASIC programming system for the Altair 8800.
Campbell-Kelly, Martin, and William Aspray. Computer. Basic Books, 1996.
240
About 1800: Typically, merchants tended to be experts...
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About 1800
Typically, merchants tended to be experts in their fields, if not the very craftsmen producing the wares.
Adburgham, Alison. Shops and Shopping 1800-1914: Where, and in What Manner the Well-Dressed Englishwoman Bought Her Clothes. Allen and Unwin, 1964.
5
2 May 1611: A committee of bishops completed and issued...
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2 May 1611
A committee of bishops
completed and issued the English Bible translation generally called either the King James Bible (in North America) or the Authorised Version (in Britain).
Bible. Cambridge University Press, 1997.
Borne Back Daily. 2001, http://borneback.com/ .
2 May 2008
MacCulloch, Diarmaid. “How good is it?”. London Review of Books, Vol.
33
, No. 3, 3 Feb. 2011, pp. 20-2.
20
22 March 1896: Thomas Hughes, novelist, died at Brighton,...
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22 March 1896
Thomas Hughes
, novelist, died at Brighton, East Sussex.
“Dictionary of Literary Biography online”. Gale Databases: Literature Resource Center-LRC.
163
25 March 1901: Sarah Angelina Acland, pioneer of colour...
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25 March 1901
Sarah Angelina Acland
, pioneer of colour photography, showed her first exhibition of completed slides to a meeting of the Oxford Camera Club
. She used the new Sanger-Shepherd process, which dated from October 1899...
4 September 1847: The printing firm Messrs Biggar and Odhams...
Rose, Jonathan, and Patricia J. Anderson, editors. Dictionary of Literary Biography 112. Gale Research, 1991.
237
December 1860: Blackwood's Lady's Magazine and Gazette of...
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December 1860
Blackwood's Lady's Magazine and Gazette of the Fashionable World ceased publication.
Palmegiano, Eugenia M. Women and British Periodicals, 1832-1867: A Bibliography. Garland, 1976.
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6 April-July 1994: Genocidal violence in the African country...
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6 April-July 1994
Genocidal violence in the African country of Rwanda left a million people dead after the president's plane was shot down, precipitating attack by one tribal group, the Hutus, against another, the Tutsis.
“Genocide in Rwanda”. Embassy of Rwanda UK.
Enloe, Cynthia. “Crucial reporting”. Women’s Review of Books, Vol.
xxi
, No. 5, Feb. 2004, pp. 21-3.
Borne Back Daily. 2001, http://borneback.com/ .
6 April 2012
1728: An Act of Parliament laid down acceptable...
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1728
An Act of Parliament
laid down acceptable levels of wages: a live-in woman servant in her twenties would receive two pounds ten shillings annually, as against her male counterpart's three pounds ten shillings.
Korshin, Paul J. “Johnson’s Life Experience with Poverty”. The Age of Johnson, edited by Paul J. Korshin, Vol.
11
, 2000, pp. 3-20.
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End of May 1942: Beryl Markham, horsewoman and aviator, published...
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End of May 1942
Beryl Markham
, horsewoman and aviator, published her memoir of her life in Africa, West with the Night, a work often compared with Out of Africa by Karen Blixen (Isak Dinesen)
.
Lovell, Mary S. Straight On Till Morning. Hutchinson, 1987.
3, 234-6, 241
By 1850: 2,215 miles of telegraphic wire traversed...
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By 1850
2,215 miles of telegraphic wire traversed Britain; the industry expanded rapidly thereafter.
Standage, Tom. The Victorian Internet. Walker and Company, 1998.
61
By 1767: Of the thirty-seven county towns in England,...
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By 1767
Of the thirty-seven county towns in England, twelve had public Catholicmass-houses and at nine more a priest celebrated regular mass in his home.
Rowlands, Marie B. English Catholics of Parish and Town, 1558-1778. Catholic Record Society, 1999.
