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'... one act of beneficence, one act of real usefulness, is worth all the abstract sentiment in the world' - Ann Radcliffe, BOTD 1764, pioneer of Gothic fiction & author of The Mysteries of Udolfo, dubbed the 'mighty enchantress' by her contemporaries @feministlibrary @goodreads
Respect to Charlotte Scott, pioneering mathematician BOTD in 1858 - so many firsts: 1st maths dept. head at @BrynMawrCollege, 1st woman to join NY Maths Soc & author of 1st US maths paper to gain wide recognition in Europe @WomenInSTEM20 @womeninmaths @GirtonCollege #Algebra
Damesnet daily dance track: is there anything more galvanising than the opening blast of 'Johnny B. Goode'? https://t.co/yGz1JiNRWO #dancedancedance
Remembering Dr Marion Phillips MP, head of the Labour Women's League and champion of 'equality for women in the workplace, school meals, clinics & playspaces for children . . ', BOTD 1881. Her blue plaque in Sunderland was unveiled last month @UKLabour @AngelaRayner @WEP_UK
'Be careful that you do not write or paint anything that is not your own, that you don't know in your own soul': celebrating Emily Carr, painter, writer and environmentalist, champion of Canadian aboriginal culture. born OTD in 1871 @womenartists @DulwichGallery