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Ada Lovelace Day: The Royal Society’s Top Women in Science

Today, March 24th, is Ada Lovelace Day, an international day of blogging about women in science and technology. Augusta Ada King, Countess of Lovelace was born on 10th December 1815, the only child of Lord Byron and his wife, Annabella. Born Augusta Ada Byron, but now known simply as Ada Lovelace, she wrote the world’s [...]

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March 24, 2010 in feminism, science & technology, women's history
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Happy International Women’s Day!

Before I go on, I want to say a big THANK YOU to everyone who popped in for yesterday’s Not the TV Book Group discussion on Vanessa and Virginia by Susan Sellers. I never fail to be delighted by how many threads and conversations come out of the NTTVBG meetings. Thanks to my fellow NTTVBG-ers, [...]

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March 8, 2010 in feminism, politics, women's history
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Bluestockings – Jane Robinson (2009)

On both my undergraduate and postgraduate degree courses, more than half of my fellow students were female. I work in an industry full of women (not necessarily in the top jobs, but that’s another debate). When applying for university it didn’t even enter my mind that I would have any trouble because I’m a woman. Jane Robinson’s book [...]

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January 8, 2010 in book thoughts, feminism, history, victorian history, women's history
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