ET
's origins have not been traced. It seems likely that she was related in some way to John Tipper
, feminist-sympathising compiler of diaries and almanacs (who was born in Coventry, entered the historical...
Publishing
Martha Fowke
Delights for the Ingenious; or, A Monthly Entertainment for the Curious of Both Sexes, a periodical collected in a volume by John Tipper
, published two poems ascribed to MF
by name.
Tipper, John, editor. Delights for the Ingenious. Printed by J. Roberts.
(April): 129-30
Textual Production
Lady Caroline Lamb
An odd spin-off from LCL
's desire to make herself into a professional writer was her project for a pocket diary or almanac. These ephemeral publications were repositories of useful information of many kinds as...
Timeline
January 1692-October 1694: Peter Anthony Motteux edited The Gentleman's...
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January 1692-October 1694
Peter Anthony Motteux
edited The Gentleman's Diary; or, The Monthly Miscellany, which combined aspects of the almanac and the periodical, and aimed particularly at women readers.
Miegon, Anna E. The Ladies Diary and the Emergence of the Almanac for Women, 1704-1753. Simon Fraser University, Sept. 2008.
78, 98-9,100, 104
3 November 1703: John Tipper, a schoolmaster of Coventry,...
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3 November 1703
John Tipper
, a schoolmaster of Coventry, wrote to Humfrey Wanley
about his projected Ladies' Diary, or The Woman's Almanack.
Adburgham, Alison. Women in Print: Writing Women and Women’s Magazines from the Restoration to the Accession of Victoria. George Allen and Unwin Ltd., 1972.
45-52
White, Cynthia L. Women’s Magazines 1693-1968. Michael Joseph, 1970.
25
Ellis, Sir Henry, editor. Original Letters of Eminent Literary Men of the Sixteenth, Seventeenth, and Eighteenth Centuries. Camden Society, 1843.
304-14
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.
144
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.
By 11 July 1704: John Tipper was planning a Chronology of...
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By 11 July 1704
John Tipper
was planning a Chronology of Famous Women for his publication Ladies' Diary, or, The Woman's Almanack (currently in its first year).
Ellis, Sir Henry, editor. Original Letters of Eminent Literary Men of the Sixteenth, Seventeenth, and Eighteenth Centuries. Camden Society, 1843.
311-12
1817: Thomas Leybourn published The Mathematical...
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1817
Thomas Leybourn
published The Mathematical Questions proposed in the Ladies' Diary, and their original answers, together with some new solutions, from its commencement in the year 1704 to1816.