Things I like: suffragettes, war workers, factory girls, socialites who got stuff done, ladies who ruled countries, and women who changed the world, even if it was just a little bit. Click on photos for sources.
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US First Lady Lou Hoover (1874-1944)
-Desegregated White House functions
-Only First Lady (so far) to speak an Asian language. Sometimes Herbert and Lou would speak Chinese to foil eavesdroppers.
-Along with her husband, she translated Agricola’s De Re Metallica from Latin. It is still the standard English translation today.
-Decorated by King Albert I for her work with Belgian refugees during WWI
-First women to receive a geology degree from Stanford University
-Advocate for Girl Scouting
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Also fluent in French, Spanish and Italian. In China during the Boxer Rebellion and she cared for people with gunshot...
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Day 36: May 25
Tiger Claw Jewelry Set
ca. 1880s
Tiger claws, gold
Eleanor treasured this jewelry because of its connection to her father. In...
Frenchman’s Flat, Nevada - Atomic Cannon Test - History’s first atomic artillery shell fired from the Army’s new 280-mm artillery gun. Hundreds of...
A series of miniatures in The Royal Collection showing a young Queen Victoria. She’s shown at the ages of one, three, four, and seven.
May 24, 1883: The Brooklyn Bridge Opens
130 years ago today, the Brooklyn Bridge opened to the public.
The Brooklyn Bridge was the first Ken...
