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#OTD German astronomer, Caroline Herschel identified a comet and became the first woman to discover one on 1 August 1786. She alerted other astronomers about her discovery, allowing them to study its path.
Caroline Herschel - Infinite WomenCaroline Herschel recorded the observations and did the calculations on the data of her astronomer brother William.www.infinite-women.com
“You will have heard that I am going to commence Poet in print; & to-morrow my works go to the press. I expect it will be a volume of about 200 pages. It is just the last foolish action I intend to do…” Robert Burns’s 𝘗𝘰𝘦𝘮𝘴, 𝘊𝘩𝘪𝘦𝘧𝘭𝘺 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘤𝘰𝘵𝘵𝘪𝘴𝘩 𝘋𝘪𝘢𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵 published #OTD, 31 July, 1786 #BookHistory
At ALA Annual 2026, ALA Council passed a resolution calling for the adoption and recognition of the Librarians’ and Library Workers’ Bill of Rights, a landmark framework affirming the dignity, safety and professional rights of library workers across all sectors. Learn more: https://bit.ly/4pW49FN
The eerie short story “The Music on the Hill”, by Saki (Hector Hugh Munro, 1870–1916), was published in THE CHRONICLES OF CLOVIS in 1911. You can download the whole collection as a free ebook from @gutenberg.org 💙📚 www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/3688
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Elena Cornaro Piscopia (d. #OTD 1684) was the first woman to receive an academic PhD--a doctorate in #Philosophy, U. of Padua (Italy) on 25 June 1678. She originally applied for a doctorate in Theology. Church authorities refused as women were not permitted to teach or preach #theology. #HigherEd
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Dr. Frances Oldham Kelsey single-handedly blocked the "wonder drug" thalidomide (US, FDA, 1960) & saved American children from severe birth defects. The first woman to earn a PhD in pharmacology, she used her expertise & immense courage to defy intense industry pressure. #WomenInSTEM (1/2)
🎬 That's a wrap on our 2026 Public Domain Film Remix Contest retrospective! This supercut stitches together highlights from this year's entries, showing how filmmakers transformed #publicdomain films, books, cartoons, music, and more from 1930 into something new. ▶️ archive.org/details/2026...
“Extreme 𝘣𝘶𝘴𝘺𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴, whether at school or college, kirk or market, is a symptom of deficient vitality; & a faculty for idleness implies a catholic appetite & a strong sense of personal identity” Download RLS’s “An apology for idlers” as a free ebook from @gutenberg.org www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/69825
An apology for idlers, and other essays by Robert Louis StevensonFree eBook digitized and proofread by volunteers.www.gutenberg.org