Ele Willoughby, PhDMar 16

Happy birthday to Caroline Herschel (1750 –1848) a trail blazing woman in #astronomy. Hers was a real life Cinderella story where rather than marrying a prince, she made a life and career for herself. Marriage was her expected role but she was deemed unmarriageable, since a childhood bout of typhus stunted her growth. Her mother thought she should train to be a servant & purposely stood in the way of her learning 🧵

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Show threadChu 朱Mar 16

@minouette

These stories of moms standing in the way of their children's education make my blood boil. Any person who does this is unworthy of parenthood.

I know of a dad purposely standing in the way of his daughter learning a second language just to spite the mom he divorced.

Unworthy.

Show threadEle Willoughby, PhD
@chu she does seem like the villain of this story.
Mar 16 at 2:17pmWeb