1900 |
Gertrude Jekyll (1843-1942), garden designer and horticulturalist publishes Home and Garden. |
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1902 |
Rags to riches hotelier, Rosa LewisÌý(1867-1952), buys her own hotel, The Cavendish,Ìýin Jermyn Street, London. |
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1902 |
Beatrix Potter(1866-1943), children's book illustrator and hill farmer, publishes her first book Peter Rabbit.
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1902 |
AÌýdelegation of women textile workers from Northern England present a 37,000 signatory petition to parliament demanding votes for women. |
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1902 |
The Midwives Act is passed. This establishes the Central Midwives BoardÌýwhich, for the first time, regulates midwives' training and practice.
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1902 |
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1903 |
The Women's Social and Political Union (WSPU) is founded in Manchester by Emmeline PankhurstÌý(1858-1928) and her daughters Christabel and Sylvia.
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1903 |
A secretary, Dorothy Levitt, shocks conventional society when she becomes the first woman to take part in a public . |
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1903 |
Marie CurieÌý(1867-1934) is the first woman to win a Nobel Prize. This isÌýfor her work on radioactivity and the discovery of radium. |
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1903 |
Mary Howarth is the launch editor of the Daily Mirror, a paper aimed specifically at women. |
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1904 |
The social reformer Dame Henrietta Barnett (1851-1936) has the idea for Hampstead Garden Suburb. |
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1904 |
The electrical engineer and suffragette, Hertha AyrtonÌý (1854-1923) becames the first woman to read a paper on her work at the Royal Society, the world's oldest scientific academy. |
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1904 |
The pioneer of repertory theatre, Annie Horniman (1860-1937), opens her first theatre, the Abbey Theatre, in Dublin. |
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1904 |
The suffragette Dora Montefiore (1851-1933) refuses to pay her taxes until women are given the vote. |
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1905 |
Queen Maud, daughter ofÌýBritain's King Edward VII, becomes theÌýfirst |
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1905 |
Baroness Bertha von Suttner, who initiated the Nobel Peace Prize, is the first person to win it. |
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1905 |
On 10 October, Christabel PankhurstÌý (1880-1958) and Annie Kenney (1879-1973) are the first women to be arrested in the fight for the vote. |
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1906 |
The term "suffragette" is used for the first time, by the Daily Mail.Ìý It was intended as a derogatory name for women in the WSPU. |
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1906 |
Under the new Provision of School Meals Act, free school meals are introduced into schools for the first time. |
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1906 |
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1906 |
On 19 May, a delegation of women from both the WSPU and the National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies (NUWSS) meet with the Prime Minister, Sir Henry Campbell Bannerman. |
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1906 |
The National Federation of Women Workers is set up by Mary MacArthur.
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1906 |
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1907 |
Maria MontessoriÌý(1870-1952) opens her first school for the under-fives in Rome. |
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1907 |
In February, the NUWSS, led by Millicent Garrett Fawcett ( 1847-1929), organises its first national demonstration. It becomesÌýknown as the Mud March because of the terrible weather at the time. |
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1907 |
Emmeline Pethwick Lawrence (1867 - 1954), with her husband Frederick, launchÌýVotes for Women, the suffragette newspaper.
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1907 |
The Women's Freedom League is formed when Teresa Billington-Grieg, Charlotte Despard and others break away from the WSPU. |
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1907 |
is established to nurse soldiers at field hospitals in times of war. |
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1907 |
Under The Qualification of Women Act, women can be elected onto borough and county councils and can also be elected mayor. |
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1907 |
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1907 |
The great ballerina Anna Pavlova (1882-1931) gives the first ever performance of The Dying Swan from Swan Lake. |
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1908 |
On 17 January a handful of suffragettes chain themselves to the railings of 10 Downing Street. The WSPU also introduce their stone-throwing campaign. Emmeline Pankhurst is imprisoned for the first time. |
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1908 |
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1908 |
The parachute stunt artist Dolly Shepherd (1887-1983) successfully attempts the first mid-air rescue. |
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1908 |
Margaret McMillan (1860-1931), the educational pioneer, opens the first school clinic in Bow, East London.
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1909 |
In July, Marion Wallace Dunlop becomes the first imprisoned suffragette to go on hunger strike. As a result, force-feedingÌýis introduced.
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1909 |
Frenchwoman, Madame La Baronne de la Roche becomes the firstÌýfully qualifiedÌý. |
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