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Women
of Wolverhampton
Timeline of events c. 935 - 1984
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c.
935
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Birth
of Lady Wulfruna |
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985
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Aethelred,
King of Mercia, gives ten cassati of land at a place called Heantune to
a noblewoman by the name of Wulfrun |
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994
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Endowment
of a church by Wulfrun |
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1005
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Death
of Wulfruna |
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1792
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Mary
Wollstonecraft writes her Vindication of the Rights of Women |
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1792
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Wolverhampton
Rate Book lists 74 women as paying rates |
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1802
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Wolverhampton
Rate Book lists women in such employment as boxmaker, butcher, hingemaker,
joiner, keymaker, lacemaker, publican, farmer, huckster, bailiff and "Martha"
the prostitute |
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1842
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The
Mines Act prohibits women, girls, and boys under the ten years of age from
working underground |
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1846
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In
the Wolverhampton district out of 1,133 marriages that took place not less
than 833 women signed the register with their marks The number of illegitimate
births was 188 |
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1847
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Wolverhampton
and South Staffordshire Building Society is founded |
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1860
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Birth
of Ellen Thorneycroft Fowler |
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1867
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Birth
of Emma Lloyd Sproson (Red Emma) |
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1876
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2,918
births in Wolverhampton |
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1878
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Demolition
of Carribbee Island |
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1878
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New
houses built at Springfields Wolverhampton |
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1880
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Wolverhampton
Orphan Asylum builds a training home where girls are educated and fitted
for domestic service |
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1880
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Town
gas supply begins |
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1886
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Birth
of Emma Dorothea Barcroft - Aunty Dorothy.
2,803 births in Wolverhampton |
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1888
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Ellen
Thorneycroft Fowler has several volumes of poetry published |
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1888
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Birth
of Maggie Teyte; born Margaret Tate |
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1890
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Wolverhampton
Steam Laundry opens |
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1895
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Emma
Lloyd joins the Independent Labour Party (ILP) |
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1896
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Emma
Lloyd marries Frank Sproson |
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1898
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Margaret
Tate moves to London |
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c.1900
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Birth
of Mary Pointon |
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1901
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The
census for Wolverhampton shows that almost 1/3rd of women engaged in one
occupation or another |
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1903
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Margaret
Tate sings in a charity concert |
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1904
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Ellen
Thorneycroft Fowler marries Alfred Felkin. The couple move to Eltham |
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1904
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Margaret
Tate moves to Paris to study under Jean de Reske |
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1906
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Emmeline
Pankhurst visits Wolverhampton |
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1906
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Margaret
Tate makes her first public appearance in Paris |
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1907
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Emma
Sproson joins the Women's Freedom League (WFL) |
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1907
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Margaret
Tate makes her professional debut at the Opera House, Monte Carlo |
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1907
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Margaret
Tate changes her name to Maggie Teyte |
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1907
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Emma
Sproson is jailed following march to Parliament Square London |
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1908
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Emma
Sproson and Mrs Elizabeth Price arrested in further protest at the House
of Commons |
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1907-1908
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Wolverhampton
Branch of National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies publishes its annual
report |
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1908
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Setback
for Wolverhampton Suffragettes as preferred candidate in bye-election loses
by eight votes |
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1908
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Woman
votes in bye-election |
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1908
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Maggie
Teyte joins the Opera-Comique in Paris |
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1909
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Maggie
Teyte marries Eugene de Plumon |
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1910
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Maggie
Teyte's debut in London |
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1911
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Emma
Sproson is jailed for taking part in "No Vote, No Tax" protest |
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1911-1914
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Maggie
Teyte a member of the Chicago Opera Company |
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1914-1917
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Maggie
Teyte a member of the Boston Opera Company |
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1914-1918
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First
World war brings increase in women in employment |
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1916
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Ellen
Thorneycroft Fowler and her husband move to Bournemouth |
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1918
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Emma
Sproson is involved in the setting up of a 'National Kitchen' in Darlington
Street, Wolverhampton, providing food for the poor and needy |
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1919
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Many
women aged over thirty are given the vote - and the ban on women sitting
on town councils lifted |
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1919
1920
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Emma
Sproson stands unsuccessfully as Labour candidate for Park Ward |
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1921
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Maggie
Teyte marries Canadian millionaire Sherwin Cottingham |
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1921
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Emma
Sproson is elected to Wolverhampton Council |
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1923
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BBC
broadcasts the Africa Suite composed by E Dorothea Barcroft |
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1924
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E
Dorothea Barcroft joins the BBC |
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1924-1927
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E
Dorothea Barcroft produces women's programmes on the BBC |
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1924-1935
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E
Dorothea Barcroft - Aunty Dorothy - produces and presents Childrens Programmes
on the BBC |
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1925
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The
Staffordshire Women's Welfare Centre is established |
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1926
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Courtaulds
opens new factory in Wolverhampton |
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1927
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Emma
Sproson leaves Labour Party |
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1928
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All
women over the age of 21 given the right to vote |
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1929
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Death
of Ellen Thorneycroft Fowler |
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1929
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Courtaulds
builds second plant at Wolverhampton |
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1931
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Maggie
Teyte divorced |
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1935
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E
Dorothea Barcroft resigns from the BBC and opens a music studio in Queen
Street, Wolverhampton |
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1936
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Death
of Emma Sproson |
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1939-1945
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Courtaulds
on war production |
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1946
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Mary
Pointon is elected to Coseley Council |
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1951
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Maggie
Teyte makes her final appearance in opera |
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1953
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Mary
Pointon first woman chairman of Coseley Council |
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1956
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Maggie
Teyte makes her farewell concert |
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1958
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Death
of Emma Dorothea Barcroft
Maggie Teyte awarded DBE |
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1966
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Mary
Pointon elected to Wolverhampton Council |
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1970
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Mary
Pointon becomes agent and constituency secretary for Mr Bob Edwards the
Labour Member of Parliament for Wolverhampton South East |
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1970
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Courtaulds
- a major employer of women closes |
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1972
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Courtaulds
factory demolished |
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1976
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Death
of Dame Maggie Teyte |
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1983
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Death
of Mary Pointon |
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