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The Nation’s First Black Female Doctor Blazed a Path for Women in Medicine. But She Was Left Out of the Story for Decades

After earning a medical degree in 1864, Rebecca Lee Crumpler died in obscurity and was buried without a headstone

By Ella Jeffries

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-nations-first-black-female-doctor-blazed-a-path-for-women-in-medicine-but-she-was-left-out-of-the-story-for-decades-180986328/?utm_source=smithsoniandaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=editorial&lctg=93133550

Rebecca Lee Crumpler at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=Rebecca+Lee+Crumpler&submit_search=Search

#books #medicine #womeninscience

Joseph Conrad’s Travel Stories Weren’t Black and White

Conrad’s celebration of imperial exploration is accompanied by an acknowledgment that such feats often go hand-in-hand with oppression and exploitation.

By: H.M.A. Leow

https://daily.jstor.org/joseph-conrads-travel-stories-werent-black-and-white/

#books #literature

18th-Century Portuguese Library Has Bats That Protect the Priceless Books Housed Inside

By Eva Baron

https://mymodernmet.com/biblioteca-joanina-bats-pest-control/

The Bat, a poem by D.H. Lawrence at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/60337/pg60337-images.html#BAT

#books #library

Researchers Unveil Lost Stories of Iceland’s Medieval History

https://scitechdaily.com/researchers-unveil-lost-stories-of-icelands-medieval-history/

#books #history #science

If your ideal vacation would be to stay in a library/bookstore, here are some places to go!

Gladstone’s Library - Hawarden, Wales
https://www.gladstoneslibrary.org/about/

Shakespeare and Company, Paris
https://www.shakespeareandcompany.com/tumbleweeding

The Literary Man – Obidos Hotel - Óbidos, Portugal
https://www.theliteraryman.pt/en/

The Open Book, Wigtown, Scotland
https://www.airbnb.co.uk/rooms/7908227?source_impression_id=p3_1743164534_P3qRhmL2yDOfsPSx

La Librairie, Paris
https://parisboutik.com/en/la-librairie-hotel-room-le-marais/

Book and Bed, Toyko, Japan
https://bookandbedtokyo.com/en/

#books

Amazing Stories, the American pulp magazine, launched in April 1926 and was the very first magazine devoted solely to science fiction. Enjoy the fast-paced storytelling, retro art and advertising of the 20’s. via @internetarchive

https://archive.org/details/amazingstoriesmagazine

#pulpfiction #magazine

"My methods are really methods of working and thinking; this is why they have crept in everywhere anonymously."

Happy Birthday Emmy Noether!!

She made many important contributions to abstract algebra. She proved Noether's 1st and 2nd theorems, which are fundamental in mathematical physics. She developed theories of rings, fields, & algebras. In physics, Noether's theorem explains the connection between symmetry & conservation laws.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emmy_Noether

#mathematics #physics #womeninStem

A new study traces the history of Black American literary groups.

By Brittany Allen

https://lithub.com/a-new-study-traces-the-history-of-black-american-literary-groups/

#books #history #africanamerican

The Public Domain and the Rise of the Hays Code

Films entering the public domain will soon face a significant shift. In 2030, films governed by the Hays Code will start to enter the public domain

By Sean Dudley via @internetarchive

https://blog.archive.org/2025/03/18/the-public-domain-and-the-rise-of-the-hays-code/

#publicdomain #movies

A Lab of Her Own

In her bedroom during WWII, she discovered how the nervous system is wired. On a cold, dry Tuesday in December, 1940, Rita Levi-Montalcini rode a train from the station near her home in Turin, Italy, for 80 miles to Milan to buy a microscope.

BY BOB GOLDSTEIN

https://nautil.us/a-lab-of-her-own-238363/?utm_campaign=website&utm_medium=email&utm_source=nautilus-newsletter

#medicine #womeninStem

What Counts as a Planet?

by Patricia Fara

The scientific disagreement about whether Pluto is a planet is just the latest war in the classifications of planets.

https://www.historytoday.com/archive/great-debates/what-counts-planet

#science #astronomy

The Woman the Mercury Astronauts Couldn’t Do Without

Katherine Johnson negotiated the dynamics of both race and space.

By Margot Lee Shetterly, Illustrations by Richie Pope(from the archives)

https://nautil.us/the-woman-the-mercury-astronauts-couldnt-do-without-236255/?utm_campaign=website&utm_medium=email&utm_source=nautilus-newsletter

#womeninStem

Unearthed notebooks shed light on Victorian genius who inspired Einstein

Michael Faraday’s illustrated notes that show how radical scientist began his theories at London’s Royal Institution to go online

by Donna Ferguson

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2025/mar/15/notebooks-michael-faraday-victorian-scientist-einstein

#books #science

"I am enough of an artist to draw freely upon my imagination. Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world."

Viereck interview (1929)

~Albert Einstein (14 March 1879 – 18 April 1955)

Books about or by Einstein at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=albert+einstein&submit_search=Search

#books #science #physics

What Is the Story of the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle?

by Alexander Roberts

The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle is a history of the Anglo-Saxon kings, and its has an interesting history of its own.

https://www.thecollector.com/what-is-story-anglo-saxon-chronicle/

The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle at PG

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/657

and

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/75186

#books #literature #history

#OTD in 1891.

Henrik Ibsen's play Ghosts (published in 1881) achieves a single London performance, its English-language stage première (at the Royalty Theatre). To evade the Lord Chamberlain's Office's censorship, it has to be staged privately by the Independent Theatre Society, but still attracts strong criticism on moral grounds.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghosts_(play)

Ghosts at PG:
https://gutenberg.org/ebooks/2467
https://gutenberg.org/ebooks/8121

#books #literature #theatre

Seeing dark matter in the Andromeda galaxy

By Vera Rubin, from the archives, via @physicstoday

This is a story of why and how Kent Ford and I studied the orbital velocities of stars in the Andromeda galaxy 40 years ago. Our study was influential in the later conclusion that most of the matter in the universe is dark.

https://pubs.aip.org/physicstoday/article/59/12/8/387114/Seeing-dark-matter-in-the-Andromeda-galaxy

#astrophysics #womeninStem

Public Domain Spotlight: LibriVox

Access to cultural heritage is not a luxury; it’s a necessity. Founded in 2005, LibriVox stands out as a crucial resource, ensuring that our cultural heritage is freely and openly accessible.

by Sean Dudley via @internetarchive

https://blog.archive.org/2025/03/10/public-domain-spotlight-librivox/

#publicdomain #audiobooks

#OTD in 1776.

Scottish political economist Adam Smith's book The Wealth of Nations, the first modern work in economics, was published.

It has become a fundamental work in classical economics, and has been described as "the first formulation of a comprehensive system of political economy".

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wealth_of_Nations

Wealth of Nations at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/3300

#books #literature #economy

The female explorers who braved the wilderness but were overlooked by the history books

By Sarah Lonsdale

https://theconversation.com/the-female-explorers-who-braved-the-wilderness-but-were-overlooked-by-the-history-books-249742

Books by Mina Benson Hubbard at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/1422

#explorers #womeninStem