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1 June 1658: Lord Mordaunt, whose wife was a diarist,...

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1 June 1658

Lord Mordaunt , whose wife was a diarist, was tried for his life by the High Court of Justice in London.
Brett, Simon, b. 1945, editor. The Faber Book of Diaries. Faber, 1987.
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Evelyn, John. The Diary of John Evelyn. Editor De Beer, Esmond Samuel, Oxford University Press, 1959.
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17 November 1922: Feminist and suffragist Helena Normanton...

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17 November 1922

Feminist and suffragist Helena Normanton (1882-1957) became the the second woman called to the English bar; she was the first woman to practise as a barrister in the High Court of Justice .
Brakeman, Lynne, and Susan Gall, editors. Chronology of Women Worldwide: People, Places and Events that Shaped Women’s History. Gale Research, 1997.
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Greenspan, Karen. The Timetables of Women’s History. Simon and Shuster, 1994.
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Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.

26 July 1988: The Adoption Act of Ireland allowed the High...

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26 July 1988

The Adoption Act of Ireland allowed the High Court to authorise adoption of legitimate children whose parents failed in their parental duty for physical or moral reasons.
Acts of the Oireachtas. Stationery Office, 1938–2024.
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Sawyer, Roger. We Are But Women: Women in Ireland’s History. Routledge, 1993.
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