Taking a moment to appreciate Mina Miller Edison's [Hughes's] 1937 raccoon infestation (Mina to Theodore Edison, 3/26/1937, Chautauqua Institution Archives via Edison Papers Digital Edition)

Posting these lest we forget that the papers routinely treated Thomas Edison like a giant baby (Images from Los Angeles Times, 1931, and Boston Daily Globe, 1913)

#OnThisDay in 1920, Helena Normanton had her first dinner at Middle Temple. On the menu — pea soup, roast mutton, vegetable curry, plum pudding and cheese. Read a poem about how she was the first woman to dine there since Queen Elizabeth!

Start your engines: the Orlando textbase is free for the month of March and available now, slightly ahead of schedule! orlando.cambridge.org Email address: [email protected] Password: free-Orlando

I had too much fun writing about Mina Miller Edison and the history of women's work in America. Thank you Smithsonian Magazine and extraordinary editor Meilan Solly for making this happen! smithsonianmag.com/history/mina-m…

On 22 April 1858 Ethel Smyth was born. She was a prolific member of Women's Social and Political Union and a composer. Ethel composed the epic WSPU anthem, The March of the Women (1911). Read more about the many aspects of her life, in our journal. #OTD womenshistorynetwork.org/wp-content/upl…

John Stuart Mill was #BornOnThisDay in 1806. Discover why a petition he presented to Parliament in 1866 was a pivotal moment in the early #suffrage campaign.artsandculture.google.com/story/GwWBUJYc…

👭 NEW EPISODE 👭 Join Lucy, Lindsay ✌❤☕ and Katherine Hobbs as we review Carmilla (2019) under the theme of Let's go Lesbians! Listen now on all major podcasting platforms! open.spotify.com/episode/6SVJnT…

Thanks, Lucy and Lindsay ✌❤☕ for having me on Ghoulfriends Podcast this week! Now everyone go read Carmilla. (Image from Carmilla's original run in The Dark Blue, Jan. 1872)

Wilkie Collins pioneered many aspects of the detective novel and started the craze for sensation fiction, the hottest literary trend of the 1860s. bit.ly/3Ol9y7I

Wilkie Collins’s 200th birthday was earlier this month, and I’m still celebrating… Thanks Smithsonian Magazine and Meilan Solly! bit.ly/3Ol9y7I

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