Helen Pugh

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latest book:
Women in #Somerset through the ages. These women broke gender norms, showed kindness and courage etc. From pre-Roman times to the present day.

other books:
#SouthAmerican history and legends where #women aren't excluded! Ebooks & paperbacks for kids + adults in English & español.

She/her

#feminism #womenshistory #SouthAmerica #author #histodon #kidslit #history #herstory #books #writer #writing #writingcommunity #fedi22 #localHistory #southWestEngland

BooksIntrepid Dudettes of the Inca Empire, Inca-tastic Tales & more
LibrosCuentos incatásticos; Pachamama, diosa extraordinaria y más
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Helen Pugh5d ago
Jeff Miller (orange hatband)6d ago
Zoom's AI Companion was able to tell me what I needed to do to turn it off. Go to the web portal's account settings page. "2 sources", it notes.
Helen PughJun 17

For what it's worth, I'm adding this to the copyright page of my books from now on:

No portion of this work may be used for training artificial intelligence without written permission from the author.

#noai #author #writer #writingcommunity #bookstodon #writerslife #ai

Helen PughMay 16

#OnThisDay in 1866:

❤️ Mumu (aka Annie Jane Elwin) passed away at the #Bath Institution for the Blind and Deaf.

🇸🇱 Born in Sierra Leone, as a young child, she was kidnapped by slavers and put on board a slave ship.

⚓️ The ship was then rescued by the West Africa Squadron and she was taken to the Church Missionary School at Charlotte village in Sierra Leone.

🇬🇧 When she was about 11, she was invited to study at the Bath Institution, where she thrived.

For more, see Unsung Women in #Somerset.

Helen PughMay 13
happyhikerMay 8
This easy walk from East Quantoxhead in #Somerset is a mix of coastal footpath, countryside and interesting churches. Along the way is all that remains of the Somerset Oil Boom (that never was!), a good view of the Bristol Channel and the Wales coast. See https://www.happyhiker.co.uk/MyWalks/Somerset/EastQuantoxheadtoLilstock/Hiking%20Pages%20-%20East%20Quantoxhead%20to%20Lilstock.htm
East Quantoxhead to Lilstock

A walk in the Quantock Hills from East Quantoxhead to Lilstock

Helen PughMay 12

🗓 Today in 1993, Kathleen Tacchi-Morris died in North Curry.

🌎 One of the wonderful things she did was to set up a Trust to establish creative exchanges between students in Britain and those across the world. She declared, “Future generations will need lots of help to deal with environmental problems and world peace. I just want to spread peace after I peg it.”

📚For more see Unsung Women in Somerset.

#onthisday #Somerset #somersetday #englishhistory #books

Helen PughMay 12
Bread and CircusesMay 11
#Capitalism is a heartless monster, killing everything that stands in the way of profits.
Helen PughMay 8

#Onthisday in 1765, the last “witch” was burnt in #Somerset.

➡️ Mary Norwood, living in Axbridge, was accused of killing her husband with witchy poison.

➡️ On 8th May in Ilchester, she prayed and sang a hymn – amazing she could find any voice at such a time. Then, she was garrotted and her dead body was burnt to ashes.

➡️ People believed that by burning her body she wouldn’t come back as a ghost!

For more witches, check out Unsung Women in Somerset.

#witch #histodon #witches #history

Helen PughMay 6

Available on Amazon via these links:

Unsung Women in Somerset (Junior Colour Edition): https://amzn.to/4jVMkSU

Inca-tastic Tales: https://amzn.to/44q7gxa

Jungle-tastic Tales: https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B0BJYSWKYV

#qotd Do you have illustrated versions of your fave books?

#booksforkids #kidslit #readingwithkids #culturalbooksforkids #historyforkids #commissionearned #bookstodon #books

Amazon.co.uk

Show threadHelen PughMay 2
@CarlataOld Great. Is there a private message function here? If not, I'm on Instagram, Facebook etc.
Show threadHelen PughMay 2
@CarlataOld Hi. Thanks for your interest. It'd 366 pages long plus front matter and back matter. I'm looking for opinions on how the info is presented, how enjoyable it is etc. I have speicific questions that I can send that are optional. The organisation is sorted and if you spot a typo, that's a bonus! I will also be checking for errors in the meantime. I plan to give the beta readers 2 months to do it.