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Artist Violet Oakley and Pennsylvania’s Capitol Fabulous Females, Long 19th- 20th centuries / October 1, 2024 / architecture, art, military history, political history, religion For Women’s History Month and my 800th post, I am featuring Violet Oakley (two of you readers voted for her yesterday). Oakley was a leading…
Carl Bosch and the Haber-Bosch Fertilization Process History of Science, Long 19th- 20th centuries / September 26, 2024 / environmental history, Eurasia/Middle Eastern history, history of food It fits that the grave of Carl Bosch in Heidelberg is overgrown with the competing green textures of the jumble of plants collecting at his…
Bicycle riding, bicycle face, and bicycle fears for Victorian ladies Fabulous Females, Long 19th- 20th centuries / September 12, 2024 / fashion history, social history, women's history In the late 1800s, Victorian values had made many folks worried — VERY WORRIED — about girls and women partaking in a new trend. Medical…
British Resurrectionists History of Science, Long 19th- 20th centuries / September 17, 2024 / history of education, medicine If you are reading this post, I hope you can celebrate the fact that your profession is not as wretched as the Resurrectionists of Britain,…
