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The Victorian Women Writers Project produces literary works by women writers of the 19th century from Britain and beyond. The works selected include anthologies, novels, political pamphlets, and volumes of poetry and verse drama.

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The Victorian Women Writers Project Timelime This table is a timeline showing publications and events in authors' lives in relation to each other and historical events from the time period 1800 to 1960. The timeline contains three timeline columns: Author History, Publication History, and Historical Context. If an item is listed in Publication History, it will contain a link to the publication. Date Author History Publication History Historical Context 1801 She dies in 1873. 1802 A prominent reformer, she calls for equality between the sexes, for the abolition of slavery, and for education reform. She dies in 1876. 1808 Her efforts are largely responsible for the passage of the Infant Custody Bill, which passes in 1839. She dies in 1877. 1812 She dies in 1872. 1821 A native of Scotland; writer, poet, and advocate for prison reform. She dies in 1899. 1822 Journalist, philanthropist, and activist for women's rights and animal rights. She dies in 1904. Writes on social customs and gender issues. One of the earliest professional woman journalists. She dies in 1898. 1823 A prolific novelist, yet most of her works are out of print. She dies in 1901. 1826 Innovative author of books for both children and adults. She dies in 1887. A poet, feminist, and Irish folklorist. Mother of Oscar Wilde. She dies in 1896. 1827 She dies in 1918. She dies in 1891. 1828 Activist for the poor and for women's rights. She dies in 1906. 1829 Poet, activist, feminist, journalist; helps establish the English Woman's Journal. She dies in 1925. Wife of William Booth, founder of the Salvation Army. Known as 'Mother of the Army'. She dies in 1890. 1830 Norton: <ref target="http://purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/vwwp/VAB7186" >The Undying One and Other Poems</ref>. King George IV dies Lord Grey succeeds the Duke of Wellington as Prime Minister 1831 The most famous of the 'lady travelers' of the Victorian Era. She dies in 1904. She dies in 1907. 1832 Great Reform Act passed (excluded women from voting) Cholera epidemic Friendly Society of Agricultural Labourers founded (Tolpuddle Martyrs) 1833 Abolition of slavery in British colonies Factories Act passed (child labor regulation) 1834 ; Sir Robert Peel becomes Prime Minister, taking over for Lord Melbourne Fox Talbot produces photographs 1835 Lord Melbourne is re-elected 1836 Norton: <ref target="http://purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/vwwp/VAB7191" >A Voice From the Factories</ref>. University of London founded 1837 Famed for her novels written in the 'sensation' genre. She dies in 1915. Writer of dramatic monologue, poetry, and prose. She dies in 1894. Death of William IV Accession of Queen Victoria to the throne National Gallery opens Dickens: Oliver Twist published in serial form (book form in 1838) 1838 People’s Charter published by the Chartists Daguerre perfects the Daguerrotype 1839 An eccentric personality, her exploits often have received more attention than her works. She dies in 1908. Ellis: <ref target="http://purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/vwwp/VAB7198" >The Women of England</ref>. Norton: <ref target="http://purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/vwwp/VAB7126" >A Plain Letter to the Lord Chancellor on the Infant Custody Bill</ref>. First Opium War (1839-1842) The Newport Rising Fox Talbot introduces photographic paper 1840 She shocks Victorian sensibilities with her stories of women in love affairs. She dies in 1920. Ellis: <ref target="http://purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/vwwp/VAB7162" >The Sons of the Soil</ref>. Norton: <ref target="http://purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/vwwp/VAB7052" >The Dream and Other Poems</ref>. Queen Victoria marries Prince Albert Houses of Parliament Reconstruction 1841 She dies in 1896. Clive: <ref target="http://purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/vwwp/VAB7117" >Nine Poems</ref>. Sir Robert Peel becomes Prime Minister (1841-1846) London Library is founded Fox Talbot’s photographic process is patented 1842 Clive: <ref target="http://purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/vwwp/VAB7077" >I Watched the Heavens</ref>. New Poor Law enacted (boys under ten and women could not work in underground mines) Young England group founded 1843 Dickens: A Christmas Carol. 1844 One of the best-known Australian writers of her time. She dies in 1926. Factories Act passed 1845 Poet, essayist, activist. Recognized as an anarchist poet. She dies in 1895. Famine in Ireland (1845-1849) 1846 Norton: <ref target="http://purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/vwwp/VAB7034" >The Child of the Islands</ref>. Sugar Duties Act Importation Act (repealed the Corn Laws) Lord John Russell becomes Prime Minister 1847 Poet, essayist, editor and critic. A prolific writer, she publishes works on many topics in many forms: essays, poetry, translations, anthologies. She dies in 1922. She dies in 1929. Clive: <ref target="http://purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/vwwp/VAB7137" >The Queen's Ball</ref>. Factory Act (Ten Hours Act) passed Cholera epidemic (1847-1848) Charlotte Brontë: Jane Eyre. Emily Brontë: Wuthering Heights. 1848 Norton: <ref target="http://purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/vwwp/VAB7110" >Letters to the Mob</ref>. Public Health Act passed Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood founded Marx and Engels: The Communist Manifesto. 1849 Skene: <ref target="http://purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/vwwp/VAB7062" >The Inheritance of Evil, Or, the Consequence of Marrying a Deceased Wife’s Sister</ref>. 1850 Craik: <ref target="http://purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/vwwp/VAB7119" >Olive, Volume 1</ref>. Craik: <ref target="http://purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/vwwp/VAB7120" >Olive, Volume 2</ref>. Craik: <ref target="http://purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/vwwp/VAB7121" >Olive, Volume 3</ref>. Public Libraries Act passed Pope Pius IX restores Roman Catholic hierarchy in England 1851 A prolific writer who writes novels, plays, and journal articles, among other works. She dies in 1920. Skene: <ref target="http://purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/vwwp/VAB7183" >The Tutor’s Ward, Volume 1</ref>. Skene: <ref target="http://purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/vwwp/VAB7184" >The Tutor’s Ward, Volume 2</ref>. Sheffield Female Political Association founded The Great Exhibition (the first World’s Fair) First telegraph cable under the English Channel Singer invents first practical sewing machine 1852 Her novels cause controversy in their frank portrayals of sexuality and religion. She dies in 1931. Belloc: <ref target="http://purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/vwwp/VAB7124" >Poems</ref>. The Victoria and Albert Museum founded 1853 Clive: <ref target="http://purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/vwwp/VAB7112" >The Morlas</ref>. Craik: <ref target="http://purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/vwwp/VAB7020" >Avillion and Other Tales, Volume 1</ref>. Yonge: <ref target="http://purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/vwwp/VAB7078" >The Heir of Redclyffe, Volume 1</ref>. Yonge: <ref target="http://purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/vwwp/VAB7079" >Henrietta's Wish</ref>. 1854 Part of the New Woman writers, she achieves notoriety due to her writings on marriage in Victorian times. She dies in 1932. Bodichon: <ref target="http://purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/vwwp/VAB7030" >A Brief Summary in Plain Language of the Most Important Laws Concerning Women</ref>. Norton: <ref target="http://purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/vwwp/VAB7061" >English Laws for Women in the Nineteenth Century</ref>. Crimean War (1854-1856) British Medical Association founded Working Men’s College founded Dickens: Hard Times. 1855 A best-selling author worldwide for decades. She dies in 1924. Author, editor, playwright, and activist against the oppression of women. She dies in 1932. A South African native, she writes on religion, racism, and sexism. She dies in 1920. Norton: <ref target="http://purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/vwwp/VAB7092" >A Letter to the Queen on Lord Chancellor Cranworth’s Marriage and Divorce Bill</ref>. Levy: <ref target="http://purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/vwwp/VAB7093" >A Ballad of Religion and Marriage</ref>. Lord Palmerston becomes Prime Minister (1855-1858) 1856 Writes works on travel, fantasy, and art history, among other topics. She dies in 1935. Clive: <ref target="http://purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/vwwp/VAB7064" >Paul Ferroll</ref>. Second Opium War (1856-1860) Bessemer’s blast furnace permits mass production of steel 1857 Indian Rebellion (Indian Mutiny) Matrimonial Causes Act passed (Divorce Act) National Portrait Gallery founded 1858 She dies in 1889. One of the most prolific fantasy writers of her time. She dies in 1924. Feminist, poet, novelist, and short story writer. She dies in 1920. Clive: <ref target="http://purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/vwwp/VAB7201" >Year After Year</ref>. Craik: <ref target="http://purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/vwwp/VAB7175" >A Woman’s Thoughts About Women</ref>. Fenian Brotherhood founded Jews admitted to Parliament First Trans-Atlantic telegraph cable completed 1859 She dies in 1925. Booth: <ref target="http://purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/vwwp/VAB7105" >Female Ministry</ref>. National Portrait Gallery opens Palmerston becomes Prime Minister again (1859-1865) Darwin: On the Origin of Species. Mill: On Liberty. Eliot: Adam Bede. 1860 Clive: <ref target="http://purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/vwwp/VAB7194" >Why Paul Ferroll Killed His Wife</ref>. Webster: <ref target="http://purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/vwwp/VAB7027" >Blanche Lisle and Other Poems</ref>. First woman enrolled at Royal Academy schools Florence Nightingale publishes first definitive nursing textbook Nightingale: Suggestions for Thought to Searchers after Religious Truth. (printed privately, an early feminist work of importance) 1861 American poet and essayist. She dies in 1920. . Only writes for ten years, but is prolific within that time. Commits suicide at the age of 27. Booth: <ref target="http://purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/vwwp/VAB7063" >Female Teaching</ref>. Prince Albert dies Abraham Lincoln becomes United States President (1861-1865) American Civil War (1861-1865) Emancipation of serfs in Russia 1862 Novelist, playwright, actress. She dies in 1952. Braddon: <ref target="http://purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/vwwp/VAB7086" >Lady Audley's Secret, Volume 1</ref>. Braddon: <ref target="http://purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/vwwp/VAB7087" >Lady Audley's Secret, Volume 2</ref>. Braddon: <ref target="http://purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/vwwp/VAB7088" >Lady Audley's Secret, Volume 3</ref>. 1863 Belloc: <ref target="http://purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/vwwp/VAB7022" >Ballads and Songs</ref>. Cobbe: <ref target="http://purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/vwwp/VAB7141" >The Red Flag in John Bull’s Eyes</ref>. Red Cross founded First underground railway opens in London 1864 , birth and death dates unknown, publishes a guide to aid women in gaining financial acumen. Banker's Daughter: <ref target="http://purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/vwwp/VAB7187" >Guide to the Unprotected in Every-day Matters Relating to Property and Income</ref>. Clive: <ref target="http://purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/vwwp/VAB7070" >John Greswold, Volume 1</ref>. Clive: <ref target="http://purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/vwwp/VAB7071" >John Greswold, Volume 2</ref>. Webster: <ref target="http://purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/vwwp/VAB7094" >Lilian Gray: a Poem</ref>. Contagious Disease Act passed 1865 Skene: <ref target="http://purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/vwwp/VAB7159" >Penitentiaries and Reformatories</ref>. Slavery formally abolished in the United States John Stuart Mill elected MP on supporting women’s suffrage Women’s Suffrage Committee formed in Manchester Antiseptic surgery established by Lister (initially named the East London Christian Mission) by William Booth Carroll: Alice in Wonderland. 1866 Bodichon: <ref target="http://purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/vwwp/VAB7118" >Objections to the Enfranchisement of Women Considered</ref>. Craik: <ref target="http://purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/vwwp/VAB7043" >Poems</ref>. Norton: <ref target="http://purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/vwwp/VAB7089" >The Lady of La Garaye</ref>. Webster: <ref target="http://purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/vwwp/VAB7051" >Dramatic Studies</ref>. Lord Derby becomes Prime Minister (1866-1868) Hyde Park riots Swinburne: Poems and Ballads. 1867 Blind: <ref target="http://purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/vwwp/VAB7090" >Poems by Claude Lake</ref>. Broughton: <ref target="http://purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/vwwp/VAB7038" >Cometh Up as a Flower, Volume 1</ref>. Broughton: <ref target="http://purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/vwwp/VAB7039" >Cometh Up as a Flower, Volume 2</ref>. Taylor: <ref target="http://purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/vwwp/VAB7170" >The Claim of Englishwomen to the Suffrage Constitutionally Considered</ref>. Webster: <ref target="http://purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/vwwp/VAB7196" >A Woman Sold</ref>. Second Reform Act passed National Society for Women’s Suffrage forms in the UK Fenian rising in Ireland 1868 Her novels contain candid portayals of sexuality and psychology. She dies in 1952. Butler: <ref target="http://purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/vwwp/VAB7056" >The Education and Employment of Women</ref>. Gladstone becomes Prime Minister (1868-1874) First Annual Trades Union Congress held in Manchester Last public execution held 1869 Cobbe: <ref target="http://purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/vwwp/VAB7044" >Criminals, Idiots, Women and Minors</ref>. Girton College founded (first residential women’s college in England) Suez Canal opens Mill: The Subjection of Women. 1870 Cobbe: <ref target="http://purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/vwwp/VAB7123" >Our Policy: An Address to Women Concerning the Suffrage</ref>. Webster: <ref target="http://purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/vwwp/VAB7130" >Portraits</ref>. Franco-Prussian War (1870-1871) Elementary Education Act (Forster’s Education Act) passed First Married Women’s Property Act passed First School Board elections 1871 Wilde: <ref target="http://purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/vwwp/VAB7166" >Poems</ref>. Trade Union Act passed (legalized trade unions in UK for first time) Criminal Law Amendment Act passed Newnham College founded (second women’s college) Paris Commune (first workers government to assume power) Publication completed of Encyclopedia Britannica (began 1768) Carroll: Through the Looking-Glass. 1872 Bodichon: <ref target="http://purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/vwwp/VAB7059" >Reasons For and Against the Enfranchisement of Women</ref>. Clive: <ref target="http://purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/vwwp/VAB7035" >Poems</ref>. Craik: <ref target="http://purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/vwwp/VAB7031" >The Adventures of a Brownie</ref>. Linton: <ref target="http://purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/vwwp/VAB7083" >The True History of Joshua Davidson</ref>. Ouida: <ref target="http://purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/vwwp/VAB7049" >A Dog of Flanders and Other Stories</ref>. Ballot Act passed Eliot: Middlemarch. 1873 The Long Depression begins in Britain (1873-1896) Public Health Act Christopher Sholes invents the Remington typewriter 1874 Butler: <ref target="http://purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/vwwp/VAB7174" >Some Thoughts on the Present Aspect of the Crusade Against the State Regulation of Vice</ref>. Keary, E.: <ref target="http://purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/vwwp/VAB7151" >Little Seal-skin</ref>. Disraeli becomes Prime Minister (1874-1880) Impressionists’ first exhibition in Paris 1875 Bird: <ref target="http://purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/vwwp/VAB7074" >The Hawaiian Archipelago</ref>. Cambridge: <ref target="http://purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/vwwp/VAB7099" >The Manor House and Other Poems</ref>. Craik: <ref target="http://purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/vwwp/VAB7135" >The Little Lame Prince and His Travelling Cloak</ref>. Ouida: <ref target="http://purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/vwwp/VAB7155" >Signa, Volume 1</ref>. Ouida: <ref target="http://purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/vwwp/VAB7156" >Signa, Volume 2</ref>. Ouida: <ref target="http://purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/vwwp/VAB7157" >Signa, Volume 3</ref>. Public Health Act Sanitary Authorities established Conspiracy and Protection of Property Act (peaceful picketing allowed) Employers and Workmen Act passed 1876 A prominent reformer, she calls for equality between the sexes, for the abolition of slavery, and for education reform. Queen Victoria becomes Empress of India Alexander Graham Bell patents the telephone Bulgarian atrocities 1877 Her efforts are largely responsible for the passage of the Infant Custody Bill, which passes in 1839. Cobbe: <ref target="http://purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/vwwp/VAB7037" >Why Women Desire the Franchise</ref>. Martineau: <ref target="http://purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/vwwp/VAB7103" >Harriet Martineau's Autobiography, Volume 1</ref>. Edison invents the phonograph 1878 (protecting women and children from exploitation London University admits women on equal terms 1879 Bevington: <ref target="http://purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/vwwp/VAB7085" >Key-notes</ref>. Booth: <ref target="http://purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/vwwp/VAB7134" >Papers on Practical Religion</ref>. Butler: <ref target="http://purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/vwwp/VAB7160" >Social Purity</ref>. Electric street lighting begins in London Edison invents the electric light bulb Anglo-Zulu War Irish Land League founded 1880 Booth: <ref target="http://purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/vwwp/VAB7010" >Papers on Aggressive Christianity</ref>. Gladstone becomes Prime Minister again (1880-1885) First Boer War (1880-1881) Bradlaugh dispute over right of MP to affirm 1881 Bird: <ref target="http://purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/vwwp/VAB7146" >A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains</ref>. Blind: <ref target="http://purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/vwwp/VAB7136" >The Prophecy of Saint Oran and Other Poems</ref>. Levy: <ref target="http://purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/vwwp/VAB7200" >Xantippe and Other Verse</ref>. Ouida: <ref target="http://purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/vwwp/VAB7041" >A Village Commune, Volume 1</ref>. Ouida: <ref target="http://purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/vwwp/VAB7042" >A Village Commune, Volume 2</ref>. Webster: <ref target="http://purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/vwwp/VAB7029" >A Book of Rhyme</ref>. Natural History Museum opens to the public 1882 Bevington: <ref target="http://purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/vwwp/VAB7024" >Poems, Lyrics, and Sonnets</ref>. Royal Courts of Justice opened by Queen Victoria Second Married Women’s Property Act passed 1883 Blind: <ref target="http://purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/vwwp/VAB7067" >George Eliot</ref>. Ouida: <ref target="http://purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/vwwp/VAB7066" >Folle-Farine</ref>. Schreiner: <ref target="http://purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/vwwp/VAB7167" >The Story of an African Farm, Volume 1</ref>. Schreiner: <ref target="http://purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/vwwp/VAB7168" >The Story of an African Farm, Volume 2</ref>. Skene: <ref target="http://purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/vwwp/VAB7153" >The Shadow of the Holy Week</ref>. Expansion of Married Women’s Property Act Royal College of Music founded 1884 Booth: <ref target="http://purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/vwwp/VAB7082" >The Iniquity of State Regulated Vice</ref>. Lee: <ref target="http://purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/vwwp/VAB7107" >Miss Brown, Volume 1</ref>. Lee: <ref target="http://purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/vwwp/VAB7108" >Miss Brown, Volume 2</ref>. Lee: <ref target="http://purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/vwwp/VAB7109" >Miss Brown, Volume 3</ref>. Webster: <ref target="http://purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/vwwp/VAB7045" >Daffodil and the Croäxaxicans</ref>. Representation of the People Act passed (Third Reform Act) Arnold Toynbee coins the term ‘Industrial Revolution’ Society of Authors founded in Britain Socialist League founded in Britain 1885 Blind: <ref target="http://purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/vwwp/VAB7180" >Tarantella, Volume 1</ref>. Blind: <ref target="http://purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/vwwp/VAB7181" >Tarantella, Volume 2</ref>. Linton: <ref target="http://purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/vwwp/VAB7017" >The Autobiography of Christopher Kirkland, Volume 1</ref>. Linton: <ref target="http://purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/vwwp/VAB7018" >The Autobiography of Christopher Kirkland, Volume 2</ref>. Linton: <ref target="http://purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/vwwp/VAB7019" >The Autobiography of Christopher Kirkland, Volume 3</ref>. Housing of the Working Classes Act passed Redistribution of Seats Act passed Lord Salisbury becomes Prime Minister (1885-1892) 1886 Blind: <ref target="http://purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/vwwp/VAB7076" >The Heather on Fire</ref>. Blind: <ref target="http://purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/vwwp/VAB7154" >Shelley's View of Nature Contrasted With Darwin's</ref>. Corelli: <ref target="http://purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/vwwp/VAB7147" >A Romance of Two Worlds, Volume 1</ref>. Corelli: <ref target="http://purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/vwwp/VAB7148" >A Romance of Two Worlds, Volume 2</ref>. Nesbit: <ref target="http://purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/vwwp/VAB7091" >Lays and Legends</ref>. Daimler patents high-speed internal combustion engine 1887 Innovative author of books for both children and adults. Queen Victoria’s Golden Jubilee Bloody Sunday Doyle: A Study in Scarlet. (first appearance of Sherlock Holmes) 1888 Booth: <ref target="http://purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/vwwp/VAB7129" >Popular Christianity</ref>. Butler: <ref target="http://purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/vwwp/VAB7011" >Mrs. Butler’s Appeal to the Women of America</ref>. Butler: <ref target="http://purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/vwwp/VAB7068" >The New Godiva</ref>. London Match Girls’ Strike First Arts and Crafts Guild exhibition Hertz produces radio waves 1889 Only writes for ten years, but is prolific within that time. Commits suicide at the age of 27. Blind: <ref target="http://purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/vwwp/VAB7015" >The Ascent of Man</ref>. Levy: <ref target="http://purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/vwwp/VAB7098" >A London Plane-Tree and Other Verse</ref>. Skene: <ref target="http://purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/vwwp/VAB7158" >Scenes from a Silent World</ref>. Women's Franchise League founded London Dock Strike First Kodak camera using roll film manufactured 1890 Wife of William Booth, founder of the Salvation Army. Known as 'Mother of the Army'. Bevington: <ref target="http://purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/vwwp/VAB7040" >Common-Sense Country</ref>. Cobbe: <ref target="http://purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/vwwp/VAB7190" >Vivisection in America</ref>. Lee: <ref target="http://purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/vwwp/VAB7073" >Hauntings</ref>. Frazer: The Golden Bough. Booth: In Darkest England. Morris: News from Nowhere. 1891 Bevington: <ref target="http://purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/vwwp/VAB7055" >Dame Nature's Dumb Sermon</ref>. Blind: <ref target="http://purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/vwwp/VAB7050" >Dramas in Miniature</ref>. Levy: <ref target="http://purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/vwwp/VAB7106" >A Minor Poet and Other Verse</ref>. Radford: <ref target="http://purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/vwwp/VAB7096" >A Light Load</ref>. Kelmscott Press founded by William Morris The Newcastle Programme passed (Liberal reforms) Elementary schooling made free for all children Wilde: Picture of Dorian Gray. New Zealand grants women voting rights (first country to do so) 1892 Corelli: <ref target="http://purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/vwwp/VAB7163" >The Soul of Lilith, Volume 1</ref>. Corelli: <ref target="http://purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/vwwp/VAB7164" >The Soul of Lilith, Volume 2</ref>. Corelli: <ref target="http://purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/vwwp/VAB7165" >The Soul of Lilith, Volume 3</ref>. Lee: <ref target="http://purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/vwwp/VAB7188" >Vanitas</ref>. Gladstone returns as Prime Minister (1892-1894) Rudolf Diesel invents the Diesel engine 1893 Blind: <ref target="http://purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/vwwp/VAB7028" >Songs and Sonnets</ref>. Dixon: <ref target="http://purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/vwwp/VAB7114" >My Flirtations</ref>. Guiney: <ref target="http://purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/vwwp/VAB7145" >A Roadside Harp</ref>. Schreiner: <ref target="http://purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/vwwp/VAB7053" >Dream Life and Real Life</ref>. Independent Labour party founded 1894 Writer of dramatic monologue, poetry, and prose. Bevington: <ref target="http://purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/vwwp/VAB7195" >The Why I Ams</ref>. Caird: <ref target="http://purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/vwwp/VAB7047" >The Daughters of Danaus</ref>. Dixon: <ref target="http://purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/vwwp/VAB7169" >The Story of a Modern Woman</ref>. Naden: <ref target="http://purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/vwwp/VAB7115" >The Complete Poetical Works of Constance Naden</ref>. Steel: <ref target="http://purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/vwwp/VAB7131" >The Potter's Thumb, Volume 1</ref>. Steel: <ref target="http://purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/vwwp/VAB7132" >The Potter's Thumb, Volume 2</ref>. Steel: <ref target="http://purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/vwwp/VAB7133" >The Potter's Thumb, Volume 3</ref>. Ward: <ref target="http://purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/vwwp/VAB7101" >Marcella, Volume 1</ref>. Ward: <ref target="http://purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/vwwp/VAB7102" >Marcella, Volume 2</ref>. Wilde: Salome.(published in English) Lord Salisbury again becomes Prime Minister (1895-1902) 1895 Poet, essayist, activist. Recognized as an anarchist poet. Belloc: <ref target="http://purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/vwwp/VAB7193" >In a Walled Garden</ref>. Bevington: <ref target="http://purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/vwwp/VAB7013" >An Anarchist Manifesto</ref>. Bevington: <ref target="http://purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/vwwp/VAB7048" >Chiefly a Dialogue</ref>. Bevington: <ref target="http://purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/vwwp/VAB7095" >Liberty Lyrics</ref>. Blind: <ref target="http://purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/vwwp/VAB7026" >Birds of Passage</ref>. Caird: <ref target="http://purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/vwwp/VAB7149" >The Sanctuary of Mercy</ref>. Cross: <ref target="http://purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/vwwp/VAB7197" >The Woman Who Didn't</ref>. Nesbit: <ref target="http://purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/vwwp/VAB7128" >A Pomander of Verse</ref>. Radford: <ref target="http://purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/vwwp/VAB7161" >Songs and Other Verses</ref>. Ward: <ref target="http://purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/vwwp/VAB7023" >The Story of Bessie Costrell</ref>. Webster: <ref target="http://purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/vwwp/VAB7113" >Mother and Daughter</ref>. Roentgen discovers X-rays 1896 Mother of Oscar Wilde, was a poet and feminist, and Irish folklorist. Bevington: <ref target="http://purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/vwwp/VAB7014" >Anarchism and Violence</ref>. Corelli: <ref target="http://purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/vwwp/VAB7104" >The Mighty Atom</ref>. Malet: <ref target="http://purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/vwwp/VAB7033" >The Carissima</ref>. Meynell: <ref target="http://purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/vwwp/VAB7144" >The Rhythm of Life</ref>. Nesbit: <ref target="http://purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/vwwp/VAB7080" >In Homespun</ref>. Schreiner: <ref target="http://purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/vwwp/VAB7127" >The Political Situation</ref>. Marconi patents wireless telegraph 1897 Butler: <ref target="http://purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/vwwp/VAB7179" >Truth Before Everything</ref>. Caird: <ref target="http://purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/vwwp/VAB7025" >Beyond the Pale</ref>. Cambridge: <ref target="http://purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/vwwp/VAB7016" >At Midnight</ref>. Lee: <ref target="http://purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/vwwp/VAB7097" >Limbo and other Essays</ref>. Schreiner: <ref target="http://purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/vwwp/VAB7178" >Trooper Peter Halket of Mashonaland</ref>. Skene: <ref target="http://purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/vwwp/VAB7172" >A Test of the Truth</ref>. Queen Victoria’s Diamond Jubilee Founding of the Tate Gallery Stoker: Dracula. 1898 Writes on social customs and gender issues. One of the earliest professional woman journalists. Corelli: <ref target="http://purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/vwwp/VAB7111" >The Modern Marriage Market</ref>. Nesbit: <ref target="http://purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/vwwp/VAB7057" >Songs of Love and Empire</ref>. Schreiner: <ref target="http://purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/vwwp/VAB7054" >Dreams</ref>. 1899 Scottish writer, poet, and advocate for prison reform. Cholmondeley: <ref target="http://purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/vwwp/VAB7143" >Red Pottage</ref>. Nesbit: <ref target="http://purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/vwwp/VAB7177" >The Story of the Treasure Seekers</ref>. Second Boer War (1899-1902) Ruskin College, Oxford founded Aspirin patented 1900 Butler: <ref target="http://purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/vwwp/VAB7116" >Native Races and the War</ref>. British Labour Party founded 1901 Prolific novelist, yet most of her works are out of print. Corelli: <ref target="http://purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/vwwp/VAB7125" >The Passing of the Great Queen</ref>. Malet: <ref target="http://purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/vwwp/VAB7032" >The History of Sir Richard Calmady</ref>. Nesbit: <ref target="http://purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/vwwp/VAB7199" >The Wouldbegoods</ref>. Queen Victoria dies (minimum working age, worker education, increased safety) 1902 Nesbit: <ref target="http://purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/vwwp/VAB7065" >Five Children and It</ref>. Nesbit: <ref target="http://purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/vwwp/VAB7142" >The Red House</ref>. Coronation of Edward VII Balfour becomes Prime Minister (1902-1905) 1903 Wright brothers make first powered airplane flight 1904 The most famous of the 'lady travelers' of the Victorian Era Journalist, philanthropist, and activist for women's rights and animal rights. Dixon: <ref target="http://purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/vwwp/VAB7122" >One Doubtful Hour</ref>. Radford: <ref target="http://purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/vwwp/VAB7152" >Sea-Thrift</ref>. Radford: <ref target="http://purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/vwwp/VAB7084" >The Young Gardeners' Kalendar</ref>. 1905 Campbell: <ref target="http://purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/vwwp/VAB7140" >The Rainbow and the Rose</ref>. Radford: <ref target="http://purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/vwwp/VAB7171" >In Summer-Time</ref>. Campbell-Bannerman becomes Prime Minister (1905-1908) 1906 Activist for the poor and for women's rights. Corelli: <ref target="http://purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/vwwp/VAB7176" >The Treasure of Heaven</ref>. Nesbit: <ref target="http://purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/vwwp/VAB7081" >The Incomplete Amorist</ref>. Nesbit: <ref target="http://purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/vwwp/VAB7139" >The Railway Children</ref>. Nesbit: <ref target="http://purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/vwwp/VAB7012" >The Story of the Amulet</ref>. 1907 Nesbit: <ref target="http://purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/vwwp/VAB7058" >The Enchanted Castle</ref>. Radford: <ref target="http://purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/vwwp/VAB7189" >A Ballad of Victory and Other Poems</ref>. 1908 (aka Marie Louise de la Ramee) An eccentric personality, her exploits often have received more attention than her works. Lee: <ref target="http://purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/vwwp/VAB7069" >Gospels of Anarchy and Other Contemporary Studies</ref>. Nesbit: <ref target="http://purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/vwwp/VAB7021" >Ballads and Lyrics of Socialism</ref>. Asquith becomes Prime Minister (1908-1915) Henry Ford mass-produces the Model T automobile 1909 Nesbit: <ref target="http://purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/vwwp/VAB7173" >These Little Ones</ref>. Robins: <ref target="http://purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/vwwp/VAB7192" >Votes for Women</ref>. Schreiner: <ref target="http://purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/vwwp/VAB7036" >A Closer Union</ref>. Ward: <ref target="http://purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/vwwp/VAB7046" >Daphne, or Marriage a la Mode</ref>. Opening of main entrance of Victoria and Albert Museum (designed by Aston Webb) 1910 Radford: <ref target="http://purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/vwwp/VAB7138" >Poems</ref>. 1913 Cambridge: <ref target="http://purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/vwwp/VAB7072" >The Hand in the Dark and Other Poems</ref>. 1914 , birth and death dates unknown, publishes a collection of children's verses. Keary, M.: <ref target="http://purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/vwwp/VAB7182" >Enchanted Tulips and Other Verses for Children</ref>. 1915 Famed for her novels written in the 'sensation' genre. 1916 Ward: <ref target="http://purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/vwwp/VAB7060" >England's Effort</ref>. 1917 Meynell: <ref target="http://purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/vwwp/VAB7075" >Hearts of Controversy</ref>. 1918 1920 Shocked Victorian sensibilities with her stories of women in love affairs. American poet and essayist. Feminist, poet, novelist, and short story writer. A South African native, she wrote on religion, racism, and sexism. (nee Mary Augusta Arnold) A prolific writer who wrote novels, plays, and journal articles, among other works. 1922 Poet, essayist, editor and critic. A prolific writer, she published works on many topics in many forms: essays, poetry, translations, anthologies. Nesbit: <ref target="http://purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/vwwp/VAB7100" >Many Voices</ref>. 1923 Schreiner: <ref target="http://purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/vwwp/VAB7150" >Stories, Dreams and Allegories</ref>. 1924 Was a best-selling author for decades. One of the most prolific fantasy writers of her time. 1925 Poet, activist, feminist, journalist. Helped establish the English Woman's Journal. 1926 One of the best-known Australian writers of her time. 1928 Schreiner: <ref target="http://purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/vwwp/VAB7185" >Undine</ref>. 1929 1931 (aka Mary St. Leger Kingsley Harrison) Her novels were controversial in their frank portrayals of sexuality and religion. 1932 Part of the New Woman writers, she achieved notoriety due to her writings on marriage in Victorian times. Author, editor, playwright, and activist against the oppression of women. 1935 Wrote on travel, fantasy, and art history, among other topics. 1952 Her novels contained candid portayals of sexuality and psychology. Novelist, playwright, actress.
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