Facts and Myths About Harriet Tubman
"Despite being a popular historical figure, the best-known details about Harriet Tubman’s life are a mixture of fact and myth."
https://www.thecollector.com/facts-and-myths-about-harriet-tubman/
Books about Harriet Tubman at PG
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=Harriet+Tubman&submit_search=Search
On the Oregon Trail, Hardship Piled on Hardship—Yet Brave Travelers Kept Going
https://www.historynet.com/what-was-it-like-on-the-oregon-trail/?utm_source=feedingcuriosity.com
Books about the Oregon Trail at PG
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=oregon+trail&submit_search=Search
How Dreams of Buried Pirate Treasure Enticed Americans to Flock to Florida During the Roaring Twenties
by Greg Daugherty
One of the people involved was the newsman Ben Hecht.
Ben Hecht at PG
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/2616
Boom Time Miami: Downtown by Gleason Waite Romer (1925)
Vikings on the Silk Roads
The Norse ravaged much of Europe for centuries. They were also cosmopolitan traders who followed trade winds into the Far East
by Neil Price
10 Overlooked Inventors of the Gilded Age
by Matthew Byrd
Grocery shopping, baking, and laundry are some of the tasks made easier by these inventors.
Born into a family of merchants, in 1271 a teenage Marco Polo set out for the court of the Mongol emperor – and he would not return to Italy for nearly a quarter of a century. This episode of You're Dead to Me traces Polo's extraordinary life and adventures.
Written by: Hannah Cusworth, Emmie Rose Price-Goodfellow, Emma Nagouse, and Greg Jenner
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002913n
The Travels of Marco Polo at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/6046
A Medieval Expert Thinks He’s Found A ‘Missing Penis’ On The Iconic Bayeux Tapestry
By Austin Harvey
https://allthatsinteresting.com/bayeux-tapestry-penises
Books about the Bayeux tapestry at PG
New #intro!
I’m a hyperjack musician, writer & video artist. My latest album, ‘Status’, is mainly about escaping Big Tech dystopia.
My website https://meljoann.com includes nerdy blog posts on Faircamp, Owncast & leaving mainstream social media.
Some stuff I love:
#musicProduction #videoProduction #books #experimentalMusic #electronicMusic #RandB #earlyMusic #improvisedMusic #science #knitting #history #scienceFiction #horror #alternativeComedy #anarchism #foss #linux #introduction
When he died, there were no flags, no procession, no cannon fire. William “Billy” Lee was always there—riding with Washington in war, walking beside him in peace. He served at Cambridge, Valley Forge, Yorktown—silent, indispensable. But when the story of Washington was told, Billy was left out of the frame. His life was one of duty without recognition, loyalty without reward.
1/20
#history #histodons #education #Politics #BlackMastodon
"Billy Lee, Portrait in Tar." 2016. Titus Kaphar.
The Surprisingly Controversial Origins of the Easter Bunny
"Hares were once linked to a Germanic Pagan goddess who never even existed."
https://www.mentalfloss.com/easter-bunny-ostara-origins?utm_source=feedingcuriosity.com
Books by the Brothers Grimm at PG
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=Brothers+Grimm&submit_search=Search
#OnThisDay, 20 Apr 1902, Maria Skłodowska-Curie and Pierre Curie refine radium chlorine. The discovery leads to Marie being the first woman to win the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1903.
The Academy originally planned to award only Pierre and Henri Becquerel. Pierre insisted that Marie should also be included.
#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomenInSTEM #NobelWomen #Histodons
#OnThisDay, 9 May 1922, the International Astronomical Union formally adopts Annie Jump Cannon's stellar classification system. The principles in it still underpin modern classification.
#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #Astronomy #WomenInSTEM #AmericanHistory #Histodons
P1: 天津地圖，由中東石印局印於中華民國二年（1913年）。由我另加文字標注，字體來源於小學堂隸變資料庫、青柳隸書SIMO2、源流明體丹。
Map of Tientsin, printed at Chung-Tung Litho Works Tientsin in 1913. The text annotations were added by me, with the fonts sourced from Xiaoxuetang Libian (Clerical Change Script) Database, AoyagiReisyoSIMO2, and GenRyuMin2 TC.
P2: 各政治人物於天津之住所，在該地圖中的位置，攝於袁氏宅邸。拉丁轉寫和滿文由我標注，字體來源於源流明體丹、太清白體。
Locations of political figures' residences in Tianjin marked on this map, photographed at Yuan's residence. Latin transliterations and Manchu script annotations added by me, with the fonts sourced from GenRyuMin2 TC, Abkai Xanyan.
P3: 原地圖 Original map
#map #history #figure #china #chinese #residence #mansion #tianjin #tientsin #地圖 #歷史 #人物 #中國 #中華 #大陸 #中國人 #華人 #住所 #故居 #舊居 #宅邸 #天津 #地图 #历史 #中国 #中华 #大陆 #中国人 #华人 #旧居 #travel #trip #旅行 #旅遊 #旅游
#art #history:
i like to think that tonight's aston villa win over PSG was for benjamin zephaniah on what would - & SHOULD - have been his 67th birthday.
he was practically perfect in every way - on palestine, non-human animals, the planet, equality & the monarchy - & i know this because he wouldn't have liked anyone holding him in such high esteem.
happy ben day, everyone.
#benjaminZephaniah #poet #actor #musician #film #music #vegan #freePalestine #gaza #astonVilla
I send thanks to the buyer from Washington who purchased an art print of
Medicine Crow -- https://2-steve-henderson.pixels.com/featured/medicine-crow-steve-henderson.html?product=art-print
May the artwork inspire you with a sense of strength, purpose, and determination.
#art #artwork #mastoart #fediart #buyintoart #history #portrait #man #humanity #dignity #strong #sale #decor
Happy Birthday to David Byrne, lead singer and guitarist of the Talking Heads, born on this day in 1952, Dumbarton, Scotland
Talking Heads - Psycho Killer (Earliest Live Video, Live at CBGB's,1975)
#punkrock #postpunk #newwave #davidbyrne #talkingheads #history #otd
Happy birthday to Kathleen Hanna, American singer, pioneer of the feminist punk riot grrrl movement, lead singer of the feminist punk band Bikini Kill, frontwoman of Le Tigre in the late 1990s, born this day 1968 in Portland
#womenofpunk #kathleenhanna #riotgrrrl #history #otd
Viking pregnancy was deeply political – new study
Despite its central role in human history, pregnancy has often been overlooked in archaeology.
By Marianne Hem Eriksen
Vikings at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=vikings&submit_search=Search
Amaze Yourself With the Unbelievable Story of Bessie Coleman, the Black Aviator Who Wowed the Nation With Her High-Flying Achievements
Long before the Tuskegee Airmen, Coleman inspired a generation of pilots to take to the skies
By Victor Luckerson
More information:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bessie_Coleman
"I've never worked so hard in my life than when I was US Treasurer. I knew I had to make good on behalf of American women."
#OnThisDay, 3 Jun 1949, Georgia Neese Clark Gray becomes the first woman to be Treasurer of the USA.
#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #AmericanHistory #Histodons
La Tène Period: The Flourishing of Celtic Art
Celtic people lived in Europe before Julius Caesar's conquests.
https://www.thecollector.com/la-tene-period-celtic-art/
Celtic subjects at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subjects/search/?query=celtic
Bronze torque
Did you watch the show “Good Times”?
50 years ago, Norman Lear brought the first nuclear Black family to prime-time television in 1974. It continues to garner appreciation for the way the show featured strong female characters, and gave Black women agency – on and off the set.
https://theconversation.com/good-times-50-years-ago-norman-lear-changed-tv-with-a-show-about-a-working-class-black-familys-struggles-and-joys-219567
#history @histodons @blackmastodon #BlackMastodon
#OnThisDay, 15 May 1946, Camilla Williams makes her operatic debut as Cio-Cio San with the New York City Opera. She is the first Black woman to sign a contract with a major US opera company.
Read more: https://carvehername.org.uk/eight-famous-women-singers/
#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #AmericanHistory #BlackHistory #Histodons
Slaying Myths: England and St George (from the archives)
St George only become popular in England in the 15th century.
https://www.historytoday.com/archive/slaying-myths-st-george-and-dragon
St. George and the Dragon
by Francesco Salviati
#OnThisDay, 16 May 1975, Japanese climber Junko Tabei reaches the summit of Everest. She is the first woman to make it to the peak of the world's highest mountain.
