A peace prize winner worth remembering
In 1930, Addams published her memoir of the next 20 years, describing her further involvement in Hull-House, her social and political reform work, and her activism for world peace, which won her a share of the 1931 Nobel Peace Prize. The public domain wins The Second Twenty Years at Hull-House in 20 days.
By John Mark Ockerbloom
https://everybodyslibraries.com/2025/12/12/a-peace-prize-winner-worth-remembering/
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1066 and still all that
Few humor books from 1930 still get laughs from many people now, but 1066 and All That does. W. C. Sellar and R. J. Yeatman don't just send up English history: they also satirize how history is often taught and remembered, where what really matters, whether Bad Kings or Good Things, is the story of whoever's on top.
By John Mark Ockerbloom
https://everybodyslibraries.com/2025/12/11/1066-and-still-all-that/
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Grand days out
There's something magical about Swallows and Amazons.
By John Mark Ockerbloom
https://everybodyslibraries.com/2025/12/09/grand-days-out/
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The Mathilda Effect - The Missing Heroines of Science
If you believe the history books, science is a guy thing. Discoveries are made by men, which spur further innovation by men, followed by acclaim and prizes for men. But too often, there is an unsung woman genius who deserves just as much credit.
By Martha Rossiter
https://medium.com/s/the-matilda-effect
More about it:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matilda_effect#:~:text=The%20Matilda%20effect%20is%20a,attributed%20to%20their%20male%20colleagues.
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Who ordered this timeline?
There’s the 1980 we know from memory and history, and there’s the 1980 of Just Imagine, where people have names like “J-21”, need permits to marry, and travel in both dirigibles and Mars rockets.
By John Mark Ockerbloom
https://everybodyslibraries.com/2025/12/05/who-ordered-this-timeline/
More about it:
https://www.themoviedb.org/review/65ce219dd8af67018790607a
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Six centuries of secularism
When the first ‘how-to’ books began to explain the way the world worked, they paved the way for science and secularism
by William Eamon
https://aeon.co/essays/six-centuries-of-secularity-began-with-the-first-how-to-books?utm_source=Aeon+Newsletter&utm_campaign=67079b5b03-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2025_12_02&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-4ef8a26106-72664972
Secularism at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subject/21793
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“Harlem is today the Negro metropolis”
James Weldon Johnson's "Black Manhattan" traces Black New Yorkers' lives and art from 17th-century New Amsterdam through the Jazz Age, showing the Harlem Renaissance as culmination, not miracle.
By John Mark Ockerbloom
https://everybodyslibraries.com/2025/12/04/harlem-is-today-the-negro-metropolis/
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The Inspiring Story Of Emily Roebling, The Woman Who Helped Build The Brooklyn Bridge
By Ainsley Brown
"Emily Roebling's husband was the chief engineer of the Brooklyn Bridge, but when he fell ill soon after construction began, Emily spent over a decade working as his liaison, supervising the site, and ensuring that the structure was built to his specifications."
https://allthatsinteresting.com/emily-roebling
#history #engineering
Shells found in Spain could be among oldest known musical instruments
Conch-shell trumpets discovered in Neolithic settlements and mines in Catalonia make tone similar to french horn, says lead researcher
By Sam Jones
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2025/dec/02/neolithic-conch-like-shell-spain-catalonia-discovery-musical-instruments?utm_campaign=website&utm_medium=email&utm_source=nautilus-newsletter
Original paper:
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/antiquity/article/signalling-and-musicmaking-interpreting-the-neolithic-shell-trumpets-of-catalonia-spain/84EE0A2A9B8C1C11E1C6476A4F191E01
#archeology #music
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