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1-27 May 2005: The magazine Mslexia repeated (from the same...

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1-27 May 2005

The magazine Mslexia repeated (from the same dates in 2000) statistics from their four-week survey of nineteen major daily and weekly papers. The proportion of book reviews either devoted to or written by women was...

11 September 1905: The Times Book Club opened at 93 New Bond...

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11 September 1905

The Times Book Club opened at 93 New Bond Street, London, and quickly ran afoul of the Net Book Agreement.
Kingsford, Reginald John Lethbridge. The Publisher’s Association, 1896-1946. Cambridge University Press, 1970.
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Feather, John. A History of British Publishing. Croom Helm, 1988.
183-5
Sutherland, John, b. 1938. Mrs. Humphry Ward. Clarendon Press, 1990.
262-3

December 1880-June 1882: Josef Breuer's work with his patient Anna...

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December 1880-June 1882

Josef Breuer 's work with his patient Anna O. resulted in his theorization of the cathartic method in the treatment of hysteria.
Hergenhahn, Baldwin Ross. An Introduction to the History of Psychology. 2nd ed., Wadsworth Publishing, 1992, http://HSS.
459-60

Circa 1973: Mosside Press (also called Moss Side), which...

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Circa 1973

Mosside Press (also called Moss Side), which had been founded in Manchester in the late 1960s by the Student Christian Movement , became a woman-run press after all the men left.
Cadman, Eileen et al. Rolling Our Own: Women as Printers, Publishers and Distributors. Minority Press-Group, 1981.
58, 64-5

1851: The Anglican Sisterhood of St Thomas-the-Martyr...

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1851

The Anglican Sisterhood of St Thomas-the-Martyr was founded in Oxford.
Anson, Peter F. The Call of the Cloister: Religious Communities and Kindred Bodies in the Anglican Communion. Editor Campbell, A. W., Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1964.
287

1979: The principle of Public Lending Right or...

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1979

The principle of Public Lending Right or PLR, whereby government would remunerate authors for circulation of their books through public libraries, was set in place in the UK by the Public Lending Right Act.
“About Us. Background”. Public Lending Right.

28 December 1879: One of the worst suspension bridge disasters...

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28 December 1879

One of the worst suspension bridge disasters occurred when the Tay Bridge, Dundee, collapsed during a storm.
Bruno, Leonard. On the Move: A Chronology of Advances in Transportation. Gale Research, 1993.
124-5

1994 : Longman the publisher, which since 1968 had...

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1994

Longman the publisher, which since 1968 had been part of the multi-product Pearson conglomerate, ceased to exist as an independent business.
Briggs, Asa. A History of Longmans and Their Books 1724 - 1990. Longevity in Publishing. British Library and Oak Knoll Press, 2008.
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Ethel Wilson

Born in South Africa and raised until age ten in Britain, Ethel Wilson is best known as one of the first regional Canadian writers to capture in intimate detail the beauty of British Columbia, Canada...

July 1797: Reviewing Margaret Stephen's Domestic Midwife;...

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July 1797

Reviewing Margaret Stephen 's Domestic Midwife; or, the best Means of preventing Danger in Child-Birth, 1795, the Critical indulged in one of its periodic pronouncements about the limitations of midwives.
Critical Review. W. Simpkin and R. Marshall, 5 series.
20 (1797): 351-2

8 June 1768: A Society of Gentlemen in Scotland issued...

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8 June 1768

A Society of Gentlemen in Scotland
English Short Title Catalogue. http://estc.bl.uk/.
issued proposals for printing by subscription a work to be called Encyclopædia Britannica, to be edited by the man of letters William Smellie .
English Short Title Catalogue. http://estc.bl.uk/.

From about 1820: Various changes occurred in bookbinding practice,...

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From about 1820

Various changes occurred in bookbinding practice, taking a step in radically reducing prices: both mechanization and ready-made cloth-over-board bindings came in, and the uniform binding, before sale, of an entire edition became usual.
Suarez, Michael F. “The Business of Literature: The Book Trade in England from Milton to Blake”. A Companion to Literature from Milton to Blake, edited by David Womersley, Blackwell, 2000, pp. 131-47.
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1774: The Royal Humane Society was founded, with...

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1774

The Royal Humane Society was founded, with the intention of promoting the resuscitation of drowning or apparently drowned persons.
Briggs, Peter M. “The Horn of Plenty: Some Recent Symposium Volumes in Eighteenth-Century Studies”. The Age of Johnson, edited by Paul J. Korshin, Vol.
11
, 2000, pp. 297-32.
329

1876: The Tower Hamlets Mission was founded by...

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1876

The Tower Hamlets Mission was founded by Frederick Charrington , who had renounced his inheritance of a brewing fortune after religious conversion.
Bristow, Edward. Vice and Vigilance: Purity Movements in Britain Since 1700. Gill and Macmillan, 1977.
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Shiman, Lilian Lewis. Crusade against Drink in Victorian England. Macmillan, 1988.
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By June 1766: James Fordyce anonymously printed his Sermons...

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By June 1766

James Fordyce anonymously printed his Sermons to Young Women. It went through ninety-five British reprints by 1850, plus half as many again in the USA.
Hunt, Margaret R. The Middling Sort: Commerce, Gender, and the Family in England, 1680-1780. University of California Press, 1996.
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Critical Review. W. Simpkin and R. Marshall, 5 series.
22: 18-31
Critical Review. W. Simpkin and R. Marshall, 5 series.
23: 61
Fleeman, John David, and James McLaverty. A Bibliography of the Works of Samuel Johnson. Clarendon Press, 2000, 2 vols.
2: 1154
Hunt...

: Following a tour of inspection of working...

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Spring 1848

Following a tour of inspection of working class housing, Prince Albert assumed a more active role in his presidency of the Society for Improving the Condition of the Labouring Classes .
Owen, David. English Philanthropy, 1660-1960. Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1964.
377

21 May 1683: The Ashmolean Museum in Oxford, built to...

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21 May 1683

The Ashmolean Museum in Oxford, built to house the collection of rarities of Elias Ashmole (and thus the first purpose-built museum in the world), was dedicated.
Kiessling, Nicolas K. “The Library of Anthony Wood from 1681 to 1999”. Bodleian Library Record, Vol.
xvi
, No. 6, Oct. 1999, pp. 470-98.
478

10 January 1645: William Laud, Charles I's unpopular High...

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10 January 1645

William Laud , Charles I 's unpopular High Church Archbishop of Canterbury, impeached the previous autumn, was executed.
Cope, Esther S. Handmaid of the Holy Spirit: Dame Eleanor Davies, Never Soe Mad a Ladie. University of Michigan Press, 1992.
121-2
Purkiss, Diane. The English Civil War, A People’s History. Harper Perennial, 2007.
374
Lady Eleanor Douglas had both prophesied this event and called for it to be done.

June 1830: The London Mechanics' Institution, founded...

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June 1830

The London Mechanics' Institution , founded in 1823, began admitting women.
Purvis, June. A History of Women’s Education in England. Open University Press, 1991.
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Kaye, Elaine. A History of Queen’s College, London, 1848-1972. Chatto and Windus, 1972.
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14 July 1832: William Lloyd Garrison's The Liberator announced...

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14 July 1832

William Lloyd Garrison 's The Liberator announced the formation of the first Female Anti-Slavery Society in the USA, in Providence, Rhode Island.
Douglass, Frederick. Frederick Douglass on Women’s Rights. Editor Foner, Philip S., Greenwood Press, 1976.
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14 January 1866: The Chinese newspaper Messenger of the Flying...

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14 January 1866

The Chinese newspaper Messenger of the Flying Dragon began publication in London.
Keller, Helen, editor. The Dictionary of Dates. Macmillan, 1934, 2 vols.
I: 783

22 June 1921: George V opened the Northern Ireland parliament...

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22 June 1921

George V opened the Northern Ireland parliament with a conciliatory speech as the British government initiated negotiations on the relations between Ireland proper and Ulster (the Six Counties in the North).
Foster, Robert Fitzroy. Modern Ireland 1600-1972. Allen Lane, 1988.
614

1678: This year saw several landmark appearances...

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1678

This year saw several landmark appearances in France: Marie-Madeleine de Lafayette 's La princesse de Clèves, the journal Le Mercure galant, and a new garment for women called the manteau.
ASECS (American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies), and Isobel Grundy. Email to Isobel Grundy. 11 May 2006.

1538: The Privy Council first began licensing books...

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1538

The Privy Council first began licensing books for print.
Sedley, Stephen. “After Leveson”. London Review of Books, Vol.
35
, No. 7, 11 Apr. 2013, p. 16.

By late October 1920: Flora Murray wrote about her war experience...

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By late October 1920

Flora Murray wrote about her war experience in Women as Army Surgeons: Being the History of the Women's Hospital Corps in Paris, Wimereux and Endell Street, September 1914-October 1919.
“Back—due to popular demand”. The Guardian, 3 May 2008, pp. Review 4 - 6.
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TLS Centenary Archive Centenary Archive [1902-2012]. http://www.gale.com/c/the-times-literary-supplement-historical-archive.
980 (28 October 1920): 701