Lytton, Constance. Prisons and Prisoners. Heinemann, 1914.
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Connections
| Connections Sort descending | Author name | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| politics | Gladys Henrietta Schütze | GHS
's first suffrage meeting, in fact, became a deputation heading for the House of Commons
, where it was met by violence. She dreamed about the event that night and joined the WSPU next... |
| politics | Emmeline Pethick-Lawrence | EPL
led a deputation of more than 200 women to the House of Commons
to protest Asquith
's proposed Reform or Manhood Suffrage Bill. On the way some suffragists began breaking windows, ending the militancy truce. Pethick-Lawrence, Emmeline. My Part in a Changing World. Hyperion, 1976. 258-9 |
| politics | Frances Power Cobbe | The next year she began to pursue legislation personally, asking Frederick Elliot
to draft a bill for her and consulting influential connections. Introduced into the House of Lords
, her bill was countered in the... |
| politics | Jane Francesca Lady Wilde | JFLW
was no democrat, but an ardent Irish nationalist (as was her future husband). She was deeply discouraged by the failure of the 1848 uprising. She was supportive of the Young Irelanders
and published in... |
| 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 | Emmeline Pethick-Lawrence | The militancy of the suffragists changed from being mostly symbolic to being actually embattled on 29 June 1909. That day Emmeline Pankhurst
and her deputation were arrested for refusing to leave the premises at the... |
| politics | Clara Codd | CC
took part in the rush on the House of Commons
led by Christabel Pankhurst
. She was then arrested and sentenced to time in prison, which she served at Holloway Gaol
, becoming the... |
| politics | Eleanor Rathbone | During a House of Commons
debate on Indian rule, ER
asserted that the only safeguard against [Indian women's] oppression was to give the women themselves a say. qtd. in Alberti, Johanna. Eleanor Rathbone. Sage Press, 1996. 111 |
| politics | Eleanor Rathbone | In the House of Commons
, ER
opposed legislation that lowered married women's health insurance benefits. Wives received less than single women, while both groups received and contributed less than men. Alberti, Johanna. Eleanor Rathbone. Sage Press, 1996. 85 |
| politics | Eleanor Rathbone | In the House of Commons
, ER
spoke against the government's Incitement to Disaffection Bill, which, she declared, would tear a hole in British liberties through which an elephant may get through [sic]. qtd. in Alberti, Johanna. Eleanor Rathbone. Sage Press, 1996. 129 |
| politics | Flora Tristan | With the help of a Turkish diplomat she met while in London, FT
attended sessions in the British House of Commons
and House of Lords
disguised as a Turkish gentleman. Tristan, Flora. Flora Tristan’s London Journal, 1840. Translators Palmer, Dennis and Giselle Pincetl, Charles River Books, 1980. 55 |
| politics | Eleanor Rathbone | In the same month that the House of Commons
was officially informed of the Nazi
holocaust of Jews and other minorities, ER
began to pressure the government for a formal debate on the catastrophe. Alberti, Johanna. Eleanor Rathbone. Sage Press, 1996. 135 |
| politics | Edna Lyall | EL
met Charles Bradlaugh
after writing to him about a review of her second novel, Donovan, published in his National Reformer. Payne, George A. "Edna Lyall:" an Appreciation. John Heywood. 28 |
| politics | Eleanor Rathbone | When the House of Commons
first debated the extermination of the Jews and other despised minorities in Germany and conquered nations, ER
urged Britain to secure safety for refugees in neutral states. Alberti, Johanna. Eleanor Rathbone. Sage Press, 1996. 135 |
| politics | Stella Benson | After the First World War broke out in August 1914, SB
sided with Flora Annie Steel
in a Women Writers' Suffrage League
dispute over supporting the war. Benson and Steel believed in supporting the war... |
Timeline
March 1796: An Abolition Bill, calling for the gradual...
National or international item
March 1796
An Abolition Bill, calling for the gradual abolition of the slave trade, put before the House of Commons
by William Wilberforce
, reached a third reading. It was narrowly defeated when some of its supporters...
31 January 1809: The House of Commons held a hearing on Mary...
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31 January 1809
The House of Commons
held a hearing on Mary Anne Clarke
's alleged selling, for her own profit, of positions in the army.
Feminist Companion Archive.
11 May 1812: Prime Minister Spencer Perceval was shot...
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11 May 1812
Prime Minister Spencer Perceval
was shot dead in the lobby of the House of Commons
in London by a Liverpool merchant, John Bellingham
, who had been ruined in the course of trade with Russia...
9 June 1812: The Earl of Liverpool became Prime Minister...
National or international item
9 June 1812
The Earl of Liverpool
became Prime Minister following the assassination of Spencer Perceval
.
Haydn, Joseph. Haydn’s Dictionary of Dates and Universal Information. Editor Vincent, Benjamin, 23rd ed., Ward, Lock, 1904.
202
Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century, 1992.
491
The Concise Dictionary of National Biography: From Earliest Times to 1985. Oxford University Press, 1995, 3 vols.
Barrell, John. “Shoot first, ask questions later”. The Guardian, 12 May 2012, p. Review 6.
Review 6
15 February 1816: Lord Elgin petitioned the House of Commons:...
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15 February 1816
Lord Elgin
petitioned the House of Commons
: he wanted to compel the British Museum
to buy his collection of ancient Greek artefacts, the Elgin Marbles (especially the famous frieze from the Parthenon in Athens).
Brewer, John. The Pleasures of the Imagination: English Culture in the Eighteenth Century. Farrar Straus Giroux, 1997.
282-6
Boase, Thomas Sherrer Ross, editor. English Art, 1800-1870. Clarendon, 1959.
132
1818: A Select Committee of the House of Commons...
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1818
A Select Committee of the House of Commons
recommended that the eleven free copies of books which publishers were currently obliged to provide for the Copyright Libraries be limited to a single copy for the...
4 May 1829: The Earl of Surrey (heir to the Duke of Norfolk)...
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4 May 1829
The Earl of Surrey
(heir to the Duke of Norfolk) became the first Roman Catholic elected to the House of Commons
since the Reformation.
Norman, Edward R. The English Catholic Church in the Nineteenth Century. Clarendon, 1984.
68
27 December 1831: A major slave uprising, the Baptist War,...
National or international item
27 December 1831
A major slave uprising, the Baptist
War, Christmas Rebellion, or Great Jamaican Slave Revolt, began with the setting afire of the Kensington Estate. Over the next two weeks it spread to several more parishes, causing...
18 April 1835: After the defeat of the Peel Ministry in...
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18 April 1835
After the defeat of the Peel
Ministry in the House of Commons
, the second Ministry of Viscount Melbourne
(William Lamb
, a Whig) was formed.
Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century, 1992.
491
Fryde, Edmund Boleslaw. Handbook of British Chronology. Editors Greenway, D. E. et al., 3rd ed., Offices of the Royal Historical Society, 1986.
115
Keller, Helen, editor. The Dictionary of Dates. Macmillan, 1934, 2 vols.
I: 205
January 1837: The London Working Men's Association prepared...
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January 1837
The London Working Men's Association
prepared a Six Point petition for submission to the House of Commons
.
Royle, Edward. Chartism. Longman, 1980.
19
1838: The Infant Custody Bill passed in the House...
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1838
The Infant Custody Bill passed in the House of Commons
but was rejected by the House of Lords
.
Huddleston, Joan, and Caroline Norton. “Introduction”. Caroline Norton’s Defense, Academy Chicago, 1982, p. I - XIII.
ix
12 July 1839: Thomas Attwood and John Fielden proposed...
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12 July 1839
Thomas Attwood
and John Fielden
proposed consideration by the House of Commons
of a petition for universal manhood suffrage bearing a million signatures.
Royle, Edward. Chartism. Longman, 1980.
24-6
1841: The autobiographical A Narrative of the Experience...
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1841
The autobiographical A Narrative of the Experience and Suffering of William Dodd
: A Factory Cripple appeared in London.
Carlisle, Janice. “Introduction”. Factory Lives, edited by James R. Simmons, Broadview Press, 2007.
11-2, 50-3
1842: A bill to legalize marriage between a man...
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1842
A bill to legalize marriage between a man and his deceased wife's sister was introduced in the House of Commons
. It did not pass.
Anderson, Nancy F. “The ’Marriage with a Deceased Wife’s Sister Bill’ Controversy: Incest Anxiety and the Defense of Family Purity in Victorian England”. Journal of British Studies, Vol.
21
, No. 2, 1982, pp. 67-86. 68, 79
Behrman, Cynthia Fansler. “The Annual Blister: A Sidelight on Victorian Social History and Parliamentary History”. Victorian Studies, Vol.
11
, June 1968, pp. 483-02. 490
13 April 1848: The House of Commons rejected the third petition...
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13 April 1848
The House of Commons
rejected the third petition for universal manhood suffrage.
Schwarzkopf, Jutta. Women in the Chartist Movement. St Martin’s Press, 1991.
247
Royle, Edward. Chartism. Longman, 1980.
134
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