Montagu, Lady Mary Wortley. The Complete Letters of Lady Mary Wortley Montagu. Editor Halsband, Robert, Clarendon Press, 1965–1967, 3 vols.
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Connections
| Connections Sort descending | Author name | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| politics | Ruth Rendell | As a member of the House of Lords
, RR
took the work (speaking as well as attending) seriously. She said: At first I felt absolutely trapped and imprisoned. . . . But gradually you... |
| politics | Winifred Maxwell Countess of Nithsdale | WMCN
had little hope she could secure a pardon for a Catholic rebel, but nevertheless she tried. She drummed up support, appeared regularly in the gallery at the House of Lords
, organized a petition... |
| politics | Caroline Norton | Thomas Noon Talfourd
gave notice early in 1837 of a House of Commons
motion on this subject, and the Bill was printed. But immediately after this CN
's husband relented and allowed her to see... |
| politics | Mary Delany | A group of upper-class Opposition women caused a politically-angled disturbance at the House of Lords
: they included Mary Pendarves (later MD
). |
| politics | Frances Jacson | FJ
was a Whig in politics and late in her life a reformist. She followed the slow gestation of the Reform Bill with close interest. When the House of Lords
rejected the Bill in September... |
| politics | Margaret Haig Viscountess Rhondda | Viscountess Rhondda
petitioned the king for a writ of summons to allow her to sit as a peeress in the House of Lords
. Eoff, Shirley. Viscountess Rhondda: Equalitarian Feminist. Ohio State University Press, 1991. 82 |
| politics | Monica Furlong | MF
founded the Group for Rescinding the Act of Synod or GRAS
at an evening meeting held in the Moses Room of the House of Lords
, Westminster, and hosted by novelist Ruth Rendell |
| Publishing | Melesina Trench | |
| Reception | Ruth Rendell | The year after being made a CBE, RR
was invited to sit in the House of Lords
as a Life Peer; she took the title Baroness Rendell of Babergh
. The Babergh District was created... |
| Reception | Mary Prince | The Rev. James Curtin
, the missionary who had baptised MP
, testified to a House of Lords
committee that cruelty to slaves was almost unknown in Antigua. Ferguson, Moira. Subject to Others: British Women Writers and Colonial Slavery, 1670-1834. Routledge, 1992. 378n31 |
| Reception | Martin Ross | A passage from the book was read in the House of Lords
in 1907, in support of a proposal to build a Channel Tunnel. Collis, Maurice. Somerville and Ross: A Biography. Faber and Faber, 1968. 147 |
| Textual Features | Lucy Knox | The volume contains thirty-three poems. Lament of the loyal Irish in 1869, England and Pauperism, and England and Secular Education speak to social and political concerns, while other poems explore the disappointments of... |
| Textual Features | Susanna Watts | Ephemera of all kinds have been bound in: family anecdotes, a letter of William Cowper
of 1788, a Hindu Primer (or alphabet), a railway ticket of 1839, women's parliamentary petitions against slavery of 1833 (one... |
| Textual Features | Catharine Macaulay | In the copyright row provoked by unauthorised reprints by the Edinburgh publisher Alexander Donaldson
, CM
began by asking what practices would benefit literature, and concluded that publishers needed to be able to count on... |
| Textual Production | Elinor James | In Mrs. James's Thanks to the Lords
and Commons
for their great Sincerity to King George, EJ
again marked an anniversary in national political life and in her career as its interpreter. 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. McDowell, Paula. The Women of Grub Street: Press, Politics, and Gender in the London Literary Marketplace, 1678-1730. Clarendon, 1998. 308 |
Timeline
26 July 1869: The Irish Church Act brought forward by Prime...
National or international item
26 July 1869
The Irish Church Act brought forward by Prime Minister Gladstone
disestablished the Church of Ireland
and substantially reduced its property, although it met with strong opposition from the House of Lords
.
“Gladstone and Ireland 1868-74”. A Web of English History: The Peel Web: Irish Affairs.
Keller, Helen, editor. The Dictionary of Dates. Macmillan, 1934, 2 vols.
April 1870: Supporters of Sophia Jex-Blake's campaign...
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April 1870
Supporters of Sophia Jex-Blake
's campaign for female medical education wrote to The Times and The Englishwoman's Review asking women to petition Parliament in support of female doctors.
Blake, Catriona, and Wendy Savage. The Charge of the Parasols: Women’s Entry to the Medical Profession. Women’s Press, 1990.
120
1888: The Ladies' Gallery at the House of Commons...
National or international item
1888
The Ladies' Gallery at the House of Commons
was closed on account of suffragists repeatedly shouting from it in order to disrupt parliamentary proceedings.
Cesvette, Debbie, and Isobel Grundy. Email about the Ladies’ Gallery in the British House of Commons to Isobel Grundy. 23 June 2004.
1908: Jessie Crystal Macmillan became the first...
Building item
1908
Jessie Crystal Macmillan
became the first woman (other than monarchs) to address the House of Lords
.
Greenspan, Karen. The Timetables of Women’s History. Simon and Shuster, 1994.
303
November 1909: The controversial People's Budget of David...
National or international item
November 1909
The controversial People's Budget of David Lloyd George
passed successfully through the House of Commons
; three weeks later, however, it was vetoed by the Lords
.
Sramek, Joseph. “Lloyd George’s ’People’s Budget’, and the Parliamentary Act of 1911, 12 June 1998”. History and Politics: Modern British History.
10 August 1911: The Parliament Act passed the House of Lords,...
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10 August 1911
The Parliament Act passed the House of Lords
, bringing about some curtailment in that body's powers.
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.
under Asquith
11 April 1912: Asquith brought forward the Liberal party's...
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11 April 1912
Asquith
brought forward the Liberal party
's third Home Rule Bill for Ireland (since 1886) in return for election support from John Redmond
of the Irish Party
.
“Living Heritage. Parliament and Ireland. Third Home Rule Bill”. www. parliament.uk.
5 May 1914: The House of Lords voted down a suffrage...
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5 May 1914
The House of Lords
voted down a suffrage bill which would give votes to women who were on the municipal register.
Hume, Leslie Parker. The National Union of Women’s Suffrage Societies, 1897-1914. Garland, 1982.
201-202
23 December 1919: The Sex Disqualification (Removal) Act received...
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23 December 1919
The Sex Disqualification (Removal) Act received royal assent. It removed restrictions based on sex or marriage which prevented women from entering professions, universities, and civic posts.
Pugh, Martin. Women and the Women’s Movement in Britain 1914 - 1959. Macmillan Education, 1992.
108
Law Reports: Statutes. Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1866–2025.
(1919): 325-6
Lorwin, Val R., and Sarah Boston. “Great Britain”. Women and Trade Unions in Eleven Industrialized Countries, edited by Alice H. Cook et al., Temple University Press, 1984, pp. 140-61.
151
Murphy, Gillian. “Newly Available Archives: Papers of Helena Normanton”. Women’s Library Newsletter, 1 Sept.–28 Feb. 2007, p. back page.
back page
1921: The House of Lords rejected an amendment...
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1921
The House of Lords
rejected an amendment to the Criminal Law Bill which would have made lesbianism, for the first time, a criminal offence in Britain, as male homosexuality was.
“Gay and Lesbian History at The National Archives: An Introduction”. The National Archives (UK): The Catalogue.
26 May 1926: The BBC for the first time broadcast speeches...
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26 May 1926
The BBC
for the first time broadcast speeches from the House of Lords
.
BBC Handbook: 1960. BBC, 1960, http://U of A HSS HE 8690 B86.
237
21 January 1930: King George V's speech from the House of...
National or international item
21 January 1930
King George V
's speech from the House of Lords
opening the London Naval Conference was broadcast by the BBC
to several countries around the world.
BBC Handbook: 1960. BBC, 1960, http://U of A HSS HE 8690 B86.
237
12 April 1938: Physician Edith Summerskill was elected to...
National or international item
12 April 1938
Physician Edith Summerskill
was elected to Parliament
as an MP for the Labour Party
.
Brakeman, Lynne, and Susan Gall, editors. Chronology of Women Worldwide: People, Places and Events that Shaped Women’s History. Gale Research, 1997.
377-8
Autumn 1953: The actor John Gielgud was convicted of persistently...
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Autumn 1953
The actor John Gielgud
was convicted of persistently importuning male persons for an immoral purpose, and fined.
“Sir John Gielgud: Master of the Bard onstage - and barbs off it”. National Post, 23 May 2000, p. A16.
(23 May 2000): A16
Jongh, Nicholas de. “Obituary: Sir John Gielgud”. Guardian Weekly, 1–7 June 2000, p. 12.
12
Bailey, Paul. Three Queer Lives: An Alternative Biography of Fred Barnes, Naomi Jacob and Arthur Marshall. Hamish Hamilton (Penguin), 2001.
3, 5
21 October 1958: The Life Peerages Act expanded the House...
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21 October 1958
The Life Peerages Act expanded the House of Lords
to include, as well as holders of hereditary titles, public figures honoured with life peerages which would not descend to their children.
Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century, 1992.
414
Pugh, Martin. Women and the Women’s Movement in Britain 1914 - 1959. Macmillan Education, 1992.
298
Eoff, Shirley. Viscountess Rhondda: Equalitarian Feminist. Ohio State University Press, 1991.
88
United Kingdom Parliament. http://www.parliament.the-stationery-office.co.uk/.
“Women’s History Timeline”. BBC: Radio 4: Woman’s Hour.
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.
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