A feminist historian gives a summary of theSocial Purity Movement– the 19th century pre-curser of feminism and the origin of the Sexual Trade Union. The historian – Laura Hapke – makes the claim that the Social Purity Movement was ‘not fully feminist’ because it tended to opppose contrac...
This led to the revelation that the inspector of franks, Edward Cave, had been gathering material for his own publication,The Gentleman’s Magazine, from the newsletters and gazettes that passed through his hands on their way to (or possibly from) MPs. And although I’ve lost the link by...
13.Mary Beth Norton,Liberty’s Daughters: The Revolutionary Experience of American Women, 1750–1800(Boston, 1980; 2nd ed., Ithaca, NY, 1996); Linda K. Kerber,Women of the Republic: Intellect and Ideology in Revolutionary America(1980; repr., New York, 1986). In 2005, on the twenty-fif...
England, a country slightly larger than New York State, occupies 50,363 square miles (130,439 square kilometers) of the southern end of the largest island off the Atlantic coast of Europe. A land of rolling hills, moderate climate, abundant rainfall, fertile plains, many navigable rivers, an...
History Today is a history magazine. Published monthly in London since January 1951, it presents authoritative history to as wide a public as possible. The magazine covers all periods and geographical regions and publishes articles of traditional narrati
Letters of protestation appeared in the papers and one in 1828 to the Yorkshire Gazette has been added to the web page. Right: Alfred Summerson, a blacksmith's son who became a solicitor, was a leading contributor to the commercial and charitable life of Pocklington during the early years ...
In the English-speaking world, the earliest form of newspapers were, small news pamphlets produced only when some important events happened. The first true newspaper in English was the LondonGazette of 1666. For a generation it was the only officially approved newspaper. ...
It is interesting that the London Authority and Mayor of London are now based in a building that was until 1965, part of Essex, when the implementation of the London Government Act 1963 transferred the area to the east of the River Lea from Essex to Greater London. The same comment applies...
Woolwich Gazette 3 March 1883 Kentish Independent 22 January 1887 Kentish Independent 17 March 1883 ibid Woolwich Gazette 27 April 1883 Kentish Independent 17 March 1883 Kentish Independent 26 May 1883 Kentish Independent 15 December 1883 Woolwich Gazette 18 August 1893 ...
1937) shown in Venice. Bombay Talkies makes probably the first officially commissioned ad film on Lever�s Dalda cooking oil for the Lintas Advertising Agency. The first Malayalam sound film, Balan. The Indian Screen Gazette is started by Wadia Movietone. P.V. Pathy films a three-reeler on...