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Every American Knows the Declaration of Independence. Almost Nobody Knows the Woman Who Printed It

As Baltimore’s postmaster and printer to the Continental Congress, Mary Katharine Goddard produced the first official copy of the Declaration of Independence to include the signers’ names—and added her own.

by Meredith Herndon

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/blogs/smithsonian-american-womens-history-museum/2026/06/22/every-american-knows-the-declaration-of-independence-almost-nobody-knows-the-woman-who-printed-it/?utm_source=smithsoniandaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=editorial&lctg=93133550&user_id=19f2988141aeef1ce3da2871b25613801e24297faaf654001575521d8c39910f

The Declaration of Independence is our 1st ebook produced by Michael Hart and published by PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1

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When a Photographer Turned His Focus on Social Injustice, It Helped Usher in the First Child Labor Laws

Lewis Hine didn’t consider his job as taking pictures; it was “detective work.” Sometimes gaining access with ruse and subterfuge, he captured stark images that touched hearts and changed minds

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/when-photographer-turned-focus-social-justice-helped-usher-first-child-labor-laws-180988833/

"West Side Studies: Boyhood and Lawlessness; The Neglected Girl" at PG contains some of Hine's photographs

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/60116

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The Encyclopedia of Women Philosophers: A New Web Site Presents the Contributions of Women Philosophers, from Ancient to Modern

via @openculture

https://www.openculture.com/2026/06/encyclopedia-of-women-philosophers.html

Encyclopedia of Encyclopedia of Women Philosophers
https://ecc.historyofwomenphilosophers.org/#hwps

Books in WomenInSteam at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/bookshelf/706

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5 of Agatha Christie’s Works You Won’t Be Able to Put Down

Don’t miss out on this list of bestselling Agatha Christie works, which remain unrivaled in the murder mystery genre.

https://www.thecollector.com/agatha-christie-works/

Christie at PG:

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/451

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"When a young man came up to him in Zurich and said, 'May I kiss the hand that wrote Ulysses?' Joyce replied, somewhat like King Lear, 'No, it did lots of other things too.'"

Let's celebrate, today is Bloomsday!

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Ulysses by James Joyce at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/4300

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The Side That Won the Civil War is Now Banning Books About Why the Civil War Was Fought

Tom Zoellner on the Antebellum Precedent of Trump-Era Censorship

https://lithub.com/the-side-that-won-the-civil-war-is-now-banning-books-about-why-the-civil-war-was-fought/

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No fairytale: what happened to the real children behind fiction’s best-loved characters?

Peter Pan, Christopher Robin and Alice in Wonderland … being the star of a classic story might seem like a dream, but there’s a dark side, argues the author of The Children

by Melissa Albert

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/jun/10/peter-pan-christopher-robin-alice-the-unsettling-stories-of-the-children-behind-fictions-most-enduring-tales

Books in Children's Fiction at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/bookshelf/18

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Leonardo’s ‘Codex Atlanticus’ Is Complete for the First Time in 400 Years

The Galileo Museum's Leonardotheka 2.0 reunites the artist's landmark manuscript with the 550 pages a 16th-century sculptor cut from it.

by Vittoria Benzine

https://news.artnet.com/art-world/leonardotheka-da-vinci-codex-2779022

Books by Galileo at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/39014

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The Smithsonian Just Uploaded 1,000 Archival Images To Unsplash for Public Use

By Emma Taggart

https://mymodernmet.com/smithsonian-unsplash/

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Having trouble focusing on your book? Try immersive reading

https://www.npr.org/2026/05/20/nx-s1-5790811/immersive-reading-trend

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Who Wrote the First Encyclopedia?

In the 18th century, the Encyclopedia was one of the most important projects aimed at collecting works from diverse scientific disciplines in arts, sciences, and philosophy.

by Mina Menkovic (from the archives)

https://www.thecollector.com/who-wrote-the-first-encyclopedia/

The ARTFL Encyclopédie
https://encyclopedie.uchicago.edu/

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Let's celebrate, Project Gutenberg joined #fediverse 3 years ago!

Thank you for all your support, in particular @gbnewby (he will always be in our hearts), @gluejar , @lhamilton1515 .

We would also like to thank all of our loyal followers for their relentless support and confidence in our work.

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How Sir Isaac Newton Predicted The World Will Change In 2060

Sir Isaac Newton predicted that the world would end in 2060, but never published these studies during his lifetime.

by Mike Cohen

https://www.thecollector.com/how-isaac-newton-predicted-end-of-the-world/

Books by Newton at PG (including Newton's Principia):
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/6288

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What is missing from the Guardian’s 100 best novels list

Readers share their reflections on the best works of fiction in English, and ask whether popularity or lightheartedness disqualified books from consideration

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/may/22/what-is-missing-from-the-guardian-100-best-novels-list

Our Top 100 EBooks last 30 days can be downloaded at PG:
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Who’s in, who’s out, and how many have you read? The story behind our 100 best novels list

Jane Eyre or Wuthering Heights; Ulysses or Catch-22 … Find out which title came top, as chosen by authors, critics and academics worldwide

by Lisa Allardice

https://www.theguardian.com/books/ng-interactive/2026/may/16/story-behind-100-best-novels-all-time

Full list ( some titles are available at PG!)
https://www.theguardian.com/books/ng-interactive/2026/may/12/the-100-best-novels-of-all-time

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#OTD in 1897. First publication of Bram Stoker’s Dracula. Let's celebrate #DraculaDay!

The novel was mostly written in the 1890s, and Stoker produced over a hundred pages of notes, drawing extensively from folklore and history. He probably found the name "Dracula" in Whitby's public library while on holiday, selecting it because he thought it meant 'devil' in Romanian.

Dracula at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/345

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Why Beatrix Potter’s Stories Still Delight Generations

Defined by their colorful cast of characters and breathtaking illustrations, the storybooks of Beatrix Potter have brought joy to children around the world.

https://www.thecollector.com/beatrix-potter-stories/

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To vex the world. Jonathan Swift’s Frustrated Humor

On the three-hundredth anniversary of Gulliver’s Travels, Swift’s satire of his own society is remarkably relevant.

by Henry Oliver

https://www.commonreader.co.uk/p/to-vex-the-world-jonathan-swifts

Gulliver’s Travels available in several languages at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=+Gulliver%E2%80%99s+Travels

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37 Vintage Library Ads That Perfectly Capture The Joys Of Reading

As public libraries began popping up across America in the early 1900s, these posters encouraged people to take advantage of their resources.

https://allthatsinteresting.com/vintage-library-ads

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The History Of New York’s Tenements, The City’s Run-Down Housing For Millions Of Impoverished Immigrants In The Early 20th Century

By Elisabeth Sherman

For decades, millions of people lived in New York City's tenements — which were notoriously cramped, dark, poorly maintained, and often became hotbeds of disease.

https://allthatsinteresting.com/new-york-tenements

Tenement in Brooklyn, NY, 1890

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