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6 February 1884: Mother of the Salvation Army Catherine Booth...
Women writers item
6 February 1884
Mother of the Salvation ArmyCatherine Booth
delivered at Exeter Hall a speech, later published as a pamphlet, called The Iniquity of State Regulated Vice.
Willett, Perry, and Perry Willett, editors. “Victorian Women Writers Project”. Indiana University.
March 1887: Following his appointment as Chief Secretary,...
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March 1887
Following his appointment as Chief Secretary, Arthur Balfour
undertook a policy towards Ireland popularly characterized as killing Home Rule with kindness.
Morton, Grenfell. Home Rule and the Irish Question. Longman, 1980.
42-3
Ward, Mary Augusta. A Writer’s Recollections. Harper and Brothers, 1918.
212
1889: Patrick Geddes and J. Arthur Thomson published...
Building item
1889
Patrick Geddes
and J. Arthur Thomson
published their anti-feminist treatise The Evolution of Sex.
Mosedale, Susan Sleeth. “Science Corrupted: Victorian Biologists Consider ’The Woman Question’”. Journal of the History of Biology, Vol.
11
, No. 1, D. Reidel, 1 Mar.–31 May 1978, pp. 1-55. 37
Jann, Rosemary. “Revising the Descent of Woman: Eliza Burt Gamble”. Natural Eloquence: Women Reinscribe Science, edited by Barbara T. Gates and Ann B. Shteir, University of Wisconsin Press, 1997, pp. 147-63.
151
2 June 1892: The parliamentary Select Committee on Theatres...
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2 June 1892
The parliamentary
Select Committee on Theatres and Places of Entertainment produced its report.
Booth, Michael R. Theatre in the Victorian Age. Cambridge University Press, 1991.
3, 11, 66-7
Haydn, Joseph. Haydn’s Dictionary of Dates and Universal Information. Editor Vincent, Benjamin, 23rd ed., Ward, Lock, 1904.
1 July 1895: The British East Africa Company's territory...
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1 July 1895
The British East Africa Company
's territory (Zanzibar, Kenya, and Uganda) was transferred to the British Government
.
Keller, Helen, editor. The Dictionary of Dates. Macmillan, 1934, 2 vols.
I: 760
Langer, William L., editor. An Encyclopedia of World History: Ancient, Medieval, and Modern, Chronologically Arranged. 4th ed., Houghton Mifflin, 1968.
883
Nicholls, C. S. Elspeth Huxley. HarperCollins, 2002.
2, 3
January 1896: The Combined Sub-Committee was established...
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January 1896
The Combined Sub-Committee
was established to promote suffrage in Parliament
; it was an alliance of the Central Committee of the National Society for Women's Suffrage
, the Central National Society for Women's Suffrage
...
23 October 1906: During a demonstration at the opening of...
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23 October 1906
During a demonstration at the opening of Parliament
, eleven Women's Social and Political Union
supporters were for the first time arrested and imprisoned: for two months in Holloway
.
Hume, Leslie Parker. The National Union of Women’s Suffrage Societies, 1897-1914. Garland, 1982.
30
Holton, Sandra Stanley. Suffrage Days: Stories from the Women’s Suffrage Movement. Routledge, 1996.
127
Holton, Sandra Stanley. Suffrage Days: Stories from the Women’s Suffrage Movement. Routledge, 1996.
126-7
15 November 1910: Parliament reconvened and the Government...
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15 November 1910
Parliament
reconvened and the Government refused to guarantee that they would take up consideration of the Conciliation Bill (on suffrage) in that parliamentary session.
Hume, Leslie Parker. The National Union of Women’s Suffrage Societies, 1897-1914. Garland, 1982.
89
4 June 1913: Women's Social and Political Union supporter...
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4 June 1913
Women's Social and Political Union
supporter Emily Wilding Davison
threw herself in front of the king
's horse at the Epsom Derby; she died from her injuries several days later.
Tickner, Lisa. The Spectacle of Women: Imagery of the Suffrage Campaign, 1907-1914. University of Chicago Press, 1988.
136
Lloyd, Trevor. Suffragettes International: The World-Wide Campaign for Women’s Rights. American Heritage Press, 1971.
89-90
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.
under Davison
10 August 1915: The British Government created Queen Mary's...
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10 August 1915
The British Government
created Queen Mary's Needlework Guild
as an answer to increased women's unemployment during the war.
Soldon, Norbert. Women in British Trade Unions 1874-1976. Gill and Macmillan, 1978.
79
May 1916: The British Parliament took the unpopular...
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May 1916
The British Parliament
took the unpopular decision to institute conscription for the armed forces (which had been standard practice in other European countries but not in the UK); the Military Service Act followed.
Morgan, Kenneth O., editor. The Oxford Illustrated History of Britain. Oxford University Press, 1984.
524
Wainwright, Martin. “Conchies of the north fought the war at home”. Guardian Weekly, Vol.
11
, 7–13 Mar. 2002, p. 18. 18
25 October 1917: Sinn Féin, reorganized by Cathal Brugha and...
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25 October 1917
Sinn Féin
, reorganized by Cathal Brugha
and Michael Collins
, adopted a constitution. Based on its principles, Sinn Féin
became a national movement on a platform of Irish national independence and the withdrawal of...
22 June 1921: George V opened the Northern Ireland parliament...
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22 June 1921
George V
opened the Northern Ireland parliament with a conciliatory speech as the British government
initiated negotiations on the relations between Ireland proper and Ulster (the Six Counties in the North).
Foster, Robert Fitzroy. Modern Ireland 1600-1972. Allen Lane, 1988.
614
30 March 1923: The British Government cancelled the amount...
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30 March 1923
The British Government
cancelled the amount still owed by China on the Boxer indemnity.
Keller, Helen, editor. The Dictionary of Dates. Macmillan, 1934, 2 vols.
I: 804
26 May 1923: The British Government in Palestine gave...
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26 May 1923
The British Government
in Palestine gave Transjordan rights to autonomous administration.
Keller, Helen, editor. The Dictionary of Dates. Macmillan, 1934, 2 vols.
I: 880, 905
Langer, William L., editor. An Encyclopedia of World History: Ancient, Medieval, and Modern, Chronologically Arranged. 4th ed., Houghton Mifflin, 1968.
1091
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