2,300 years ago, Pytheas sailed into Arctic ice with no map and no backup. Laughed at in his time—confirmed in ours. History’s greatest explorer you’ve never heard of.
#AncientTruth #ArcticMission #PytheasWasRight #LostExplorer #FrozenSecrets #HistoryRemix#ArchaeologyFinds #Storytelling #DidYouKnow #AncientHistory #HistoryFacts #DocumentaryShort #WeirdHistory
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"Born in 1805 in Jamaica, Mary Seacole was a pioneering nurse. As a child, Mary learned traditional healing methods from her mother. Her mixed race family had few civil rights & could not vote, hold public office or enter many professions. Known as 'Mother Seacole’ during the Crimean War, Mary helped wounded soldiers heal & find comfort. In 1857, she published her memoirs, 'The Wonderful Adventures of Mrs Seacole in Many Lands'. https://www.maryseacoletrust.org.uk/learn-about-mary/ #HistoryRemix #history #sc
Read Mary’s Story - Mary Seacole Trust, Life, Work & Achievements of Mary Seacole

Photograph: Amoret Tanner/Alamy. The above picture depicts Mary seated in front of a wide valley, beside a tent, next to a camp stool and table full of medicine bottles. Mary is wearing a military looking outfit (thought to have been self-designed). This is the last picture of Mary, taken around 1873. The reason for its […]

Mary Seacole Trust, Life, Work & Achievements of Mary Seacole

Born in 1805 in Jamaica, Mary Seacole was a pioneering nurse.

As a child, Mary learned traditional healing methods from her mother. Her mixed race family had few civil rights & could not vote, hold public office or enter many professions.

Known as 'Mother Seacole’ during the Crimean War, Mary helped wounded soldiers heal & find comfort.

In 1857, she published her memoirs, 'The Wonderful Adventures of Mrs Seacole in Many Lands'. https://www.maryseacoletrust.org.uk/learn-about-mary/ #HistoryRemix #history #science

Read Mary’s Story - Mary Seacole Trust, Life, Work & Achievements of Mary Seacole

Photograph: Amoret Tanner/Alamy. The above picture depicts Mary seated in front of a wide valley, beside a tent, next to a camp stool and table full of medicine bottles. Mary is wearing a military looking outfit (thought to have been self-designed). This is the last picture of Mary, taken around 1873. The reason for its […]

Mary Seacole Trust, Life, Work & Achievements of Mary Seacole

Henrietta “Etty” Darwin was born in 1843, the eldest of Charles Darwin’s daughters to reach adulthood.

She became a key editor of her father’s scientific writing, most notably The Descent of Man & Selection in Relation to Sex, published in 1871.

Charles Darwin considered Etty a “dear coadjutor, fellow-labourer” & lively member of an intellectually stimulating household. https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/unpublished-journal-offers-new-take-on-darwins-daughter #science #HistoryRemix

Unpublished journal offers new take on Darwin’s daughter

A small, lockable leather diary - kept in the vast archives of Cambridge University Library - has led to a reassessment of one of the key relationships in

University of Cambridge

Born in 1894, physicist Marietta Blau’s research led to a way to capture the tracks of speeding subatomic particles.

In 1937, Blau & Hertha Wambacher made a discovery that launched the field of particle physics. But she was forced to pause her work in 1938 bc of the Nazis.

Blau was nominated several times for the Nobel Prize but never won. Cecil F. Powell later built on her work & earned the Nobel Prize in Physics. https://www.sciencehistory.org/stories/magazine/the-dark-stars-of-marietta-blau/ #history #science #historyremix

The Dark Stars of Marietta Blau

A scientist pitted hard work and ingenuity against the constraints she faced as a Jewish woman.

Science History Institute

When I post about #science & #history, I tend to highlight the trailblazers we don’t usually read or hear about in #HistoryRemix.

But tonight I want to share this beautifully composed piece about Nikola Tesla.

While his inventions are legendary, you may not know how Tesla’s OCD shaped his approach to science & ultimately led to his world-changing ideas. It also left him isolated & alone. But he still experienced deep connection by caring for birds. https://nautil.us/teslas-pigeon-460446/

Tesla’s Pigeon

An inventor, a bird, and a plan to connect all the minds in the world.

Nautilus

Born in 1885, Clara Belle Williams became the 1st Black graduate of New Mexico College of Agriculture & Mechanic Arts (now NMSU).

While a student, many professors did not allow her into lecture halls so she took notes from the hallway. When she graduated in 1937, commencement ceremonies were canceled bc a group of students refused to walk with her.

Williams persevered despite discrimination, earning recognition as a teacher & lifelong learner. https://libexhibits.nmsu.edu/onlinexhibits/cbwilliams/index.html #HistoryRemix #history

Clara Belle Williams | New Mexico State University - BE BOLD. Shape the Future.

Born in 1896, biochemist Gerty Theresa Cori became the 1st woman to be awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (and the 3rd to win a Nobel Prize).

Cori faced gender discrimination & was marginalized for years. But she never gave up.

With her husband Carl, she discovered how glycogen is broken down & eventually stored as an energy source (aka the “Cori cycle”). They also identified the Cori ester. http://beckerexhibits.wustl.edu/women/cori.htm #HistoryRemix #science #history

Gerty Cori - We've Come a Long Way, Maybe

In 1894, a Boston man bet another $20K that no woman could travel around the world by bicycle.

So Annie Cohen Kopchovsky, then penniless, learned to bike & set out to prove him wrong & earn prize money.

From 1894-95, she did just that (sailing between continents). Kopchovsky kept her husband & family a secret, using the alias Londonderry. She won $10K for her accomplishment & returned to raise her family.

https://jwa.org/thisweek/jun/25/1894/annie-cohen-kopchovsky #HistoryRemix #history

First woman to cycle the globe begins journey | Jewish Women's Archive

Annie Cohen Kopchovsky, known as Annie Londonderry, began a round-the-world bicycle trip. She became the first woman to travel around the globe by bicycle.

Jewish Women's Archive