Women’s Writing in the British Isles from the Beginnings to the Present
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May 1926: The British College of Nurses was established,...
10 November 1933: The Vote, a weekly magazine covering a range...
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10 November 1933
The Vote, a weekly magazine covering a range of feminist issues including suffrage, ended publication.
By August 1950: US science-fiction writer L. Ron Hubbard...
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By August 1950
US science-fiction writer L. Ron Hubbard
published a self-help book called Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health. It was a huge success and Dianetics Clubs sprang up around the USA.
Saperstein, Milton R. “A Cure for All Ills”. The Nation, p. 130.
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Aviv, Rachel. “Religion, grrrr”. London Review of Books, Vol.
34
, No. 2, pp. 14-15.
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Anna Trapnel
AT
was a mid-seventeenth-century prophetic writer who published six tracts having strong sectarian and political import: expressing and even shaping the views of her Fifth Monarchist
sect. Some of her printed works were taken down...
Gwendoline Keats
(Zack) protested against creeping commercialisation and self-advertisement in the world of writing by refusing to supply a publicity photo requested by The Bookman.
18 May 1723: The Black Act (originally directed against...
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18 May 1723
The Black Act (originally directed against night-time poaching) passed the House of Commons
.
1822: The reactionary Constitutional Association...
15 September 1940: This date later became unofficially known...
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15 September 1940
This date later became unofficially known as Battle of Britain day: a massive Luftwaffe
raid intended for the final defeat of the RAF
was successfully countered with huge losses of German planes.
June 1786: In France, Gracchus Babeuf (formerly known...
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June 1786
In France, Gracchus Babeuf
(formerly known by his baptismal name of François-Noël Babeuf) drafted a letter expressing strong views on the slavery of wives, the need for marriage reforms, and women's education.
1851: Albumen photographic paper became commercially...
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1851
Albumen photographic paper became commercially available.
31 March 1829: Pius VIII was chosen Pope after the death...
Russian ballerina Tamara Karsavina
, formerly of the Ballets Russes
, married an English diplomat and moved to London, where she promoted the development of ballet in Britain.
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Frances Ridley Havergal
FRH
was a late Victorian religious poet, children's author, and hymn-writer. Her publications during her lifetime were sporadic, but a flood of her works reached print after her death. She composed more than seventy hymns...
10 December 1980: Frederick Sanger from Great Britain was awarded...
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10 December 1980
Frederick Sanger
from Great Britain was awarded the Nobel
Prize in Chemistry. Sanger shared one-half of the prize with Walter Gilbert
, an American who, like Sanger, researched the base sequences of nucleic acid. The...
1894: Caroline Lindsay's collection of poems The...
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1894
Caroline Lindsay
's collection of poems The King's Last Vigil, and other Poems, appeared. It includes To My Own Face, which has been often anthologised.
24 April 1704: The first successful colonial paper, The...
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24 April 1704
The first successful colonial paper, The Boston News-Letter, published its first number, for the week of 17-24 April.
13 August 1912: Octavia Hill, housing advocate and one-time...
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13 August 1912
Octavia Hill
, housing advocate and one-time friend of John Ruskin
, died of cancer in her home at 190 Marylebone Road, London.
8 March 1911: On the first International Women's Day, marches...
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8 March 1911
On the first International Women's Day, marches were held in Austria, Denmark, Germany, and Switzerland to protest women's lack of representation in trades unions.
During the eleventh century: Paper-making (as learned by the Arabs from...
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During the eleventh century
Paper-making (as learned by the Arabs from the Chinese) began in Europe.
June-July 1919: People first flew in large numbers, not as...
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June-July 1919
People first flew in large numbers, not as continent-bound travellers but as joy-riders.
February 1951: The Bow Group was founded as an organisation...
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February 1951
The Bow Group
was founded as an organisation of younger members of the Conservative Party
, to carry out and publish research on political issues.
