Women’s Writing in the British Isles from the Beginnings to the Present
Emma Cons
Standard Name: Cons, Emma
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1885: Regular classes began at Morley College in...
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1885
Regular classes began at Morley College
in London, a few years after Emma Cons
leased the Old Vic Theatre
in Waterloo Road, as a venue not just for clean variety shows and concerts but...
17 January 1889: Supported by the Society for Promoting Women...
Haydn, Joseph. Haydn’s Dictionary of Dates and Universal Information. Editor Vincent, Benjamin, 21st ed., Ward, Lock and Bowden, 1895.
635
Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century, 1992.
315
Hollis, Patricia. Ladies Elect: Women in English Local Government, 1865-1914. Clarendon, 1987.
307-8, 310-16
January 1889: Emma Cons became the first woman to be nominated...
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January 1889
Emma Cons
became the first woman to be nominated and to serve as alderman (one step up from a councillor) on the new London County Council
, on the basis of her housing activism and...
1912: Lilian Baylis began her tenure as manager...
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1912
Lilian Baylis
began her tenure as manager of the Old Vic
Theatre in London, which she converted from a music hall into a respected Shakespearian theatre.
Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century, 1992.
347
Hartnoll, Phyllis, editor. The Oxford Companion to the Theatre. 4th ed., Oxford University Press, 1983.
64, 608
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.
“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/.
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.
