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Marie-Claire King and Genetic Studies Fabulous Females, History of Science, Long 19th- 20th centuries / October 30, 2024 / disease, evolution, medicine, social history, technology, women's history This is Marie-Claire King (born 1946), and just reading about her accomplishments makes me tired. Besides earning her Ph.D. from UC Berkeley, she has six…
Doris Fleischman, the Lucy Stoners, and the Ability to Keep One’s Name Long 19th- 20th centuries / August 23, 2023 / U.S. history, women's history This is Doris Fleischman, leaving on a ship for France with her adoring husband in 1925. What made this journey unusual wasn’t the destination —…
The Famous Loch Ness Monster Image Ancient History, Long 19th- 20th centuries / November 25, 2024 / Eurasia/Middle Eastern history, folklore/mythology This is the most famous Loch Ness Monster photo in existence. Taken in 1934, it wasn’t officially shown to be a hoax for another sixty…
The Dozens Long 19th- 20th centuries / December 10, 2023 / history of race, US history Here you see an album cover of musician and comedian “Speckled Red,” whose hit song “The Dirty Dozens” put samples of “the Dozens” to music,…
