In the National Library today for a special viewing of the Australian Women in Science Enquiry Network (1984-2016) collection.
There are some hilarious (and still relevant!) comics, articles, and games in their journal.
I just about died when I found this one 🤣🥲
#scicomm #WomeninScience #history #WomensHistory #Australia #AustralianHistory
#OnThisDay, 11 Mar 1959, Lorraine Hansberry's play, A Raisin in the Sun, is the first play by a Black woman to debut on Broadway.
Hansberry was a rising star when she died young of cancer. Her posthumous play, Young Gifted and Black, inspired her friend Nina Simone to write the song of the same name.
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#WomensHistoryMonth #LiteraryWomen #AmericanHistory #WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #Histodons
#younggiftedblack #ninasimone"To Be Young, Gifted & Black" performed by @NinaSimoneMusic (includes interview)Recording session: Live at @MorehouseCollege in...Nina Simone (YouTube)
#OTD in 1839, Charlotte Bronte declines Reverend Henry Nussey’s marriage proposal, claiming that he would find her “romantic and eccentric” and not practical enough to be a clergyman’s wife.
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Books by Charlotte Bronte at PG:
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#books #literature #womenshistory
How a bill targeting trans literature could ban all LGBTQ+ books from American public schools (and why you should care). | Lit Hub Politics “What is it about motherhood and ghosts?” Lesley Jenike l…Lit Hub Daily (Literary Hub)
