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Mary Wortley Montagu and the Treatment of Smallpox Fabulous Females, History of Science, Long 19th- 20th centuries / December 6, 2024 / disease, Eurasia/Middle Eastern history, literature, medicine, political history, religion, social history, women's history The smallpox vaccination has been one of the greatest contributions science has made to better the human condition. Although Edward Jenner has justly earned credit…
Hawk Watch at Waggoner’s Gap Live Reporting, Long 19th- 20th centuries / November 14, 2024 / animals, environmental history, political history, U.S. natural parks Since the year 2000, the Audubon Society has been involved with the site shown here called Hawk Watch. Located at Waggoner’s Gap along the Kittatinny…
Irish Songs of Memory and Activism Fabulous Females, Long 19th- 20th centuries / September 9, 2024 / art, political history, warfare, weapons, women's history This is a post about two Irish songs that deal with memory. 1994 was the release date of The Cranberries’ “Zombie” and Sinead O’Connor’s “Famine,”…
Anti-Masturbation Movements and Practices Long 19th- 20th centuries / September 18, 2024 / Christian history, history of sex, medicine, social history Wanna know a crazy thing that a lot of British and American people were interested in during the late 19th and early 20th centuries?: masturbation.…
