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November 1907: Charlotte Despard and Teresa Billington Greig...

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November 1907

Charlotte Despard and Teresa Billington Greig left the Women's Social and Political Union to form the Women's Freedom League .
Holton, Sandra Stanley. “Women and the Vote”. Women’s History: Britain, 1850-1945, edited by June Purvis and June Purvis, University College London, 1995, pp. 277-05.
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Garner, Les. Stepping Stones to Women’s Liberty: Feminist Ideas in the Women’s Suffrage Movement, 1900-1918. Heinemann Educational, 1984.
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23 February 1920: The Marconi Company at Chelmsford in Essex...

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23 February 1920

The Marconi Company at Chelmsford in Essex began regular twice-daily broadcasts containing news and music.
Harris, Melvin. ITN Book of Firsts. Michael O’Mara Books, 1994.
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Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century, 1992.
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Singer, Charles et al., editors. A History of Technology. Clarendon, 1958, 8 vols.
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17 September 1793: In France the Law of Suspects authorized...

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17 September 1793

In France the Law of Suspects authorized the arrest of anyone suspected to be an enemy of the French Republic, by association or conduct.
Paxton, John. Companion to the French Revolution. Facts on File, 1988.
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Levy, Darline Gay et al., translators. Women in Revolutionary Paris, 1789-1975: Selected Documents Translated with Notes and Commentary. University of Illinois Press, 1979.
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1851: The Association for the Repeal of the Taxes...

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1851

The Association for the Repeal of the Taxes on Knowledge was founded.
Royle, Edward. Chartism. Longman, 1980.
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December 1848: Edgar Allan Poe published The Poetic Principle...

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December 1848

Edgar Allan Poe published The Poetic Principle in The Southern Literary Messenger after presenting it as a successful public lecture in Providence earlier in December.
Meyers, Jeffrey. Edgar Allan Poe: His Life and Legacy. Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1992.
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15 July 1937: The first 149 inmates (members of the resistance,...

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15 July 1937

The first 149 inmates (members of the resistance, Jehovah's Witnesses , previously convicted criminals and a few homosexuals) were delivered to the new concentration camp built by the German Nazi party near Weimar...

August 1948: The first post-war Olympic Games took place...

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August 1948

The first post-war Olympic Games took place in still visibly bomb-damaged London. These Olympics were also the first to be televised.
Seymour, David, and Emily Seymour, editors. A Century of News. Contender Books, 2003.
“Women’s History Timeline”. BBC: Radio 4: Woman’s Hour.

1713: The first English lunatic asylum outside...

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1713

The first English lunatic asylum outside London was established: at Norwich, for between 20 and 30 patients.
Scull, Andrew. The Most Solitary of Afflictions: Madness and Society in Britain, 1700-1900. Yale University Press, 1993.
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1988: The Firearms (Amendment) Act enacted various...

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1988

The Firearms (Amendment) Act enacted various changes in gun law, including extending the class of weapons and ammunition prohibited in Britain and revising the list of weapons requiring a certificate.
James, P. D. Unnatural Causes. Faber and Faber, 1967.

26 November 1945: The film Brief Encounter, starring actress...

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26 November 1945

The film Brief Encounter, starring actress Celia Johnson , directed by David Lean , based on a play by Noël Coward , had its English premiere.
Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century, 1992.
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The Internet Movie Database (IMDb). http://www.imdb.com.
Beauman, Nicola. The Other Elizabeth Taylor. Persephone Books, 2009.
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14 March 1786: An order was established to prevent wards...

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14 March 1786

An order was established to prevent wards of the Upper and Lower Orphanage s in India (mixed-race boys) from travelling to Britain for education.
Neff, David Sprague. “Hostages to Empire: The Anglo-Indian Problem in Frankenstein, The Curse of Kehama, and The Missionary”. European Romantic Review, Vol.
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, No. 4, 1 Sept.–30 Nov. 1997, pp. 386-08.
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1810-1845: Estimated national expenditures on newspaper...

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1810-1845

Estimated national expenditures on newspaper advertising rose from £270,030 in 1810 to £507,540 in 1845.
Nevett, Terry R. Advertising in Britain: A History. Heinemann, 1982.
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Agnes Beaumont

AB left a single text, an autobiographical account of her struggles with her father over her right to choose her own religious sect and of the accusations levelled against her after his sudden death, because...
Agnes Beaumont Illustration to "True Stories of Girl Heroines" by Evelyn Everett-Green, 1901, which includes Agnes Beaumont among its role-model heroines. The picture shows John Bunyan on his horse (which figures largely in Beaumont's "Narrative of the Persecutions"), talking to her and her sister (or sister-in-law), who are on foot.

Barbara Pym

BP was a distinguished, understatedly comic novelist of the twentieth century, whose autobiographical writings (diaries, letters, and notebooks) were published only after her death.
Wyatt-Brown, Anne M. Barbara Pym: A Critical Biography. University of Missouri Press, 1992.
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Pym, Barbara. “Editorial Materials”. A Very Private Eye, edited by Hazel Holt and Hilary Pym, Macmillan, 1984, p. various pages.
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Having achieved moderate success during her early career...

25 July 1943: The Italian Fascist Grand Council imprisoned...

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25 July 1943

The Italian Fascist Grand Council imprisoned Benito Mussolini .
Messenger, Charles. World War Two Chronological Atlas: When, Where, How and Why. Bloomsbury, 1989.
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Keegan, John. The Second World War. Viking, 1990.
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1849: Harriet, Duchess of Sutherland, founded the...

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1849

Harriet, Duchess of Sutherland , founded the Golspie Society , a rural Arts and Crafts group, in northern Scotland.
Cumming, Elizabeth, and Wendy Kaplan. The Arts and Crafts Movement. Thames and Hudson, 1991.
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Richards, Eric. Debating the Highland Clearances. Edinburgh University Press, 2007.
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1845: After this date, female Methodist preachers...

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1845

After this date, female Methodist preachers were very rare.
Owen, Alex. The Darkened Room: Women, Power, and Spiritualism in Late Nineteenth-Century England. Virago, 1989.
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November 1906: The Women's Suffrage Record, edited by Edith...

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November 1906

The Women's Suffrage Record, edited by Edith Palliser , ceased publication in London.
Doughan, David, and Denise Sanchez. Feminist Periodicals, 1855-1984. Harvester Press, 1987.
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8 January 1954: The Labour Party revised its Challenge to...

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8 January 1954

The Labour Party revised its Challenge to Britain manifesto to state that equal pay legislation would be implemented under its government.
Smith, Harold L. “The Politics of Conservative Reform: The Equal Pay for Equal Work Issue, 1945-1955”. The Historical Journal, Vol.
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, No. 2, June 1992, pp. 401-15.
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January 1800: The British Magazine, a leading conservative...

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January 1800

The British Magazine, a leading conservative periodical, began publication.
Watson, George, and Ian Roy Wilson, editors. The New Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature. Cambridge University Press, 1969, 5 vols., http://U of A, HSS Ruth N Flr 1 Ref.

4 June 1878: Lady Margaret Hall, a women's college at...

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4 June 1878

Lady Margaret Hall , a women's college at Oxford University named after Margaret Beaufort, Countess of Richmond and Derby , was founded.
Grier, Miss L. “Women’s Education at Oxford”. Handbook to the University of Oxford, Clarendon, 1956, pp. 291-9.
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Blain, Virginia et al., editors. The Feminist Companion to Literature in English: Women Writers from the Middle Ages to the Present. Yale University Press; Batsford, 1990.
Keene, Anne. “Mothers of the House”. Oxford Today, Vol.
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, No. 2, 2003, pp. 29-31.
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Mitchell, Sally. Frances Power Cobbe: Victorian Feminist, Journalist, Reformer. University of Virginia Press, 2004.
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By 4 October 1851: Chemistry professor William Gregory published...

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By 4 October 1851

Chemistry professor William Gregory published an extended analysis of mesmerism entitled Letters to a Candid Inquirer on Animal Magnetism.
Gauld, Alan. A History of Hypnotism. Cambridge University Press, 1992.
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Athenæum. J. Lection.
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Early 1874: Elizabeth Garrett Anderson was elected to...

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Early 1874

Elizabeth Garrett Anderson was elected to the British Medical Association , where she remained for nineteen years the only female member.
Blake, Catriona, and Wendy Savage. The Charge of the Parasols: Women’s Entry to the Medical Profession. Women’s Press, 1990.
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1905: Nettie Stevens, an American geneticist, published...

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1905

Nettie Stevens , an American geneticist, published the results of her study of chronosomes; she identified the X and Y chromosomes and explained their role in sex-determination.
Trager, James. The Women’s Chronology: A Year-by-Year Record, from Prehistory to the Present. Henry Holt, 1994.
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15 August 1913: As the result of a campaign by the Women's...

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15 August 1913

As the result of a campaign by the Women's Co-operative Guild , the National Insurance Act was amended to pay maternity benefit directly to mothers, instead of to their husbands.
Blaszak, Barbara J. The Matriarchs of England’s Cooperative Movement: A Study in Gender Politics and Female Leadership, 1883-1921. Greenwood Press, 2000.
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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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Law Reports: Statutes. Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1866–2026.
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