Self-taught French mathematician & physicist Sophie Germain overcame extreme social barriers to become a pioneer in number theory & the theory of elasticity. She is one of the 72 women whose names are to be engraved on the Eiffel Tower. She was born #OTD in 1776. #WomenInSTEM #mathematics

4/1/1776 — b. Marie-Sophie Germain, French mathematician, physicist, number theorist, philosopher. Foundational researcher of applied mathematics; pioneer of elasticity theory. Influenced mathematical #physics, and the study of acoustics and elasticity #womenshistory #WomenInSTEM #MathSky #SciSky

The History of the Isle of Man can be read online via the link in the post above, & you can download a copy of John Gregorson Campbell’s Superstitions of the Highlands & Islands of Scotland as a free ebook from @gutenberg.org www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/61730

This month the Distributed Proofreaders (DP) blog is a book about the US pre-Civil War abolitionist, "The Life of John Brown." blog.pgdp.net/2026/04/01/l... #dp #dpblog #books #literature

Did Geoffrey Chaucer invent April Fool’s Day? lithub.com/tag/chaucer/... Chaucer at PG: www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho... #books #literature

Charles Dickens Searched the Streets of London and Found Inspiration for His Evocative Fiction by Ryley Graham www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/c... Dickens at PG: www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho... #books #literature

English novelist and poet Charlotte Brontë died #OTD in 1855 at age 38. Her novel, 𝘑𝘢𝘯𝘦 𝘌𝘺𝘳𝘦, was published in 1847 under the pseudonym Currer Bell. She is the eldest of the the three Brontë sisters whose novels became classics of English literature. #litsky #booksky #WomensHistoryMonth

@gutenberg.org has free ebook editions of Andrew Lang’s Fairy Books, & a linked index to all the stories in all twelve volumes 💙📚 #kidlit #fairytales #C19 6/6 www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/30580

Tudor Courtiers Exchanged Portrait Miniatures as Love Tokens. Centuries Later, New Research Is Unlocking the Secrets of These Intimate Artworks www.smithsonianmag.com/history/tudo... #art #history

The Symptomatic Surreal: Leonora Carrington exhibition explores her complex relationship with death by Ailsa Peate The Freud Museum is a perfect fit for the story of Carrington’s confinement and the creativity which ensued. theconversation.com/the-symptoma... #books #art #culture

Reformation of science Protestantism didn’t hold back science – it revolutionised its methods, its theoretical content and its social significance by Peter Harrison aeon.co/essays/how-p... Protestantism at PG: www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subje... #books #literature #science

3/30/1864 — b. Helen Abbot Merrill, American mathematician, educator, author. Professor, chair of mathematics, @wellesley.edu(1901-32); exec member 1917), VP(1920), Mathematical Assn of America.Wrote/co-wrote 3 math textbooks #WomensHistoryMonth #WomenInSTEM #womenwriters #MathSky #WriterSky #EduSky

David Ramsay Hay’s mapping of colour onto musical notes, a diagram from his The Laws of Harmonious Colouring (1838).⠀More in @carmelrazmusic's essay “Music of the Squares” on a Hay's attempt to use music theory to evaluate visual beauty — publicdomainreview.org/essay/m...

English writer Anna Sewell was born #OTD in 1820. Her only novel, 𝘉𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘉𝘦𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘺, has sold more than 50MM copies making it one of the best-selling books of all time. #booksky #litsky #fiction #WomensHistoryMonth

Born #onthisday in 1746, the great Spanish artist Francisco de Goya. See his wonderful series of etchings depicting “the innumerable foibles and follies to be found in any civilized society” — https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/the-whims-1799-and-the-follies-1815-23-of-francisco-goya #otd

Why Is the Aeneid Important? Key Lessons and Impact of the Ancient Epic www.thecollector.com/aeneid-impor... The Aeneid at PG: www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/searc... #books #literature Virgil Reading the Aeneid to Augustus and Octavia

Cambridge offers botany course that inspired Darwin after rare archive uncovered University’s botanic garden will use study materials created by John Stevens Henslow, the naturalist’s mentor, 200 years ago www.theguardian.com/environment/... Botany at PG: www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/books... #books

George Eliot is best known for Middlemarch, but she also wrote an early work of science fiction by Jessica Murray theconversation.com/george-eliot... George Eliot at PG: www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho... #books #literature

Dream diary of the Swedish scientist, philosopher, and visionary Emanuel Swedenborg, who died #onthisday in London in 1772: https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/emanuel-swedenborg-s-journal-of-dreams-and-spiritual-experiences-in-the-year-1744-1918 #otd

British illustrator Peggy Fortnum was the first artist to give a visual form to Paddington Bear, the marmalade-loving bear from “darkest Peru.” Her whimsical drawings helped make Paddington an instantly recognizable & beloved character worldwide. She died #OTD in 2016. #artsky #WomensHistoryMonth

Mathematician Helen Abbott Merrill was born 162 years ago tomorrow. For nearly four decades, she was a tentpole presence at Wellesley college, where she served as dean of the math dep and wrote two college textbooks that were in use throughout the 1910s and 1920s. #WomenInSTEM #MathSky #BookSky 🧮

#OTD in 1936, Danish seismologist Inge Lehmann wrote a famous letter to a colleague outlining her theory that seismic waves (P-waves) recorded from distant earthquakes indicated Earth had a solid inner core. Her discovery fundamentally changed our understanding of the Earth's interior. #WomenInSTEM

Who Lies in Winchester’s Medieval Mortuary Chests? "The tangled remains of medieval kings and bishops at Winchester Cathedral are finally beginning to give up their secrets." www.medievalists.net/2026/03/who-l #history #britishhistory

What explains the timeless appeal of Sherlock Holmes? What's behind the timeless appeal of the quintessential fictional detective, Sherlock Holmes, who's been around for 140 years? www.npr.org/2026/03/28/n... Sherlock Holmes at PG: www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subje... #books #literature

Langston Hughes: Novelist, Poet, Activist and... Translator Ricardo Wilson II on the Writer’s Experience in Mexico and His Struggle to Bring Mexican and Cuban Writers to American Audiences lithub.com/langston-hug... Langston Hughes at PG: www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho... #books #literature

Virginia Woolf — who died #onthisday in 1941 – painted by fellow Bloomsbury Group member Roger Fry. Read Emma Sutton on Woolf's story "A Simple Melody" + the influence which music had upon the writer who once wrote that music was "nearest to truth" publicdomainreview.org/essay/s... #otd

Neurologist Nathalie Zylberlast-Zand was born 143 years ago today. She was one of the key early figures in Polish neurology, working alongside Edward Flatau, publishing some 100 works on meningitis and myeloid leukemia before dying in a Nazi concentration camp in 1942. #WomenInSTEM #WHM #BookSky

9 Women Who Were Written Out of History Books From female scientists whose work was credited to men to ancient high priestesses, these women changed history—but were also often overlooked by it. www.mentalfloss.com/history/wome... #womenshistorymonth #history Fanny Mendelssohn

The Jagged, Monstrous Function That Broke Calculus by Solomon Adams www.quantamagazine.org/the-jagged-m... Theorie der Abel'schen Functionen at PG: www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/29780 #books #mathematics

“There’s no conflict in Death Comes for the Archbishop, except for the grinding of tectonic plates, the breaking of treaties, the murder of nations.” by Patricia Lockwood www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4... Death Comes for the Archbishop at PG: www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/69730 #books #literature

Historic Yosemite Falls sketch that captivated the nation lands at the Library blogs.loc.gov/loc/2026/03/... Books about Yosemite at PG: www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subje... #nature #art

Georgia O’Keeffe Museum Unveils Digital Archive of the Artist’s Entire Body of Work By Emma Taggart mymodernmet.com/georgia-okee... Georgia O'Keeffe Museum: access-ok.okeeffemuseum.org #art #culture #womenhistoryMonth

The Tortured Genius of ETA Hoffmann Who Turned Personal Failure Into Literary Masterpieces by Dr. Victoria C. Roskams www.thecollector.com/eta-hoffmann... E.T.A. Hoffmann at PG: www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho... #books #literature

Modestly, you don't mention you have the book of the film (from before that was really a thing). gutenberg.org/ebooks/73727

One of the many anti-vaccination images produced in response to Edward Jenner's 1798 vaccine for smallpox, the first of its kind. More in our essay, "Mark of the Beast" by @BishkekHistory, on the original anti-vaxxers: publicdomainreview.org/essay/t...

Watch "Why 'Metropolis', Fritz Lang's Silent Movie, Still Defines Sci‑Fi 100 Years Later" youtu.be/lFdvbf9bomM?... #publicdomain #movies

“Nearly everybody is looking for something brave to do. I don't know why people shouldn't write poetry. That's brave.” Robert Frost

Before the haystacks and water lilies, the teenage caricatures of Claude Monet: https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/claude-monet-caricatures/

Norway Invests Millions to Preserve Its Medieval Stave Churches www.medievalists.net/2026/03/norwa #architecture

The Elusive Poet of Desire Why biographers can’t pin Cavafy down by Langdon Hammer yalereview.org/article/lang... Cavafy at PG: www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho... #books #literature

Meet Esther Jones, The Black Performer Who Inspired 'Betty Boop' By Bernadette Giacomazzo | Edited By John Kuroski allthatsinteresting.com/esther-jones... Patent's description of Betty Boop´s character design: patents.google.com/patent/USD86... #womenhistoryMonth #publicdomain

The (aptly-named) English botanist Nehemiah Grew — who died #onthisday in 1712 — revealed for the first time the inner structure and function of plants in all their splendorous intricacy. Brian Garret explores his life and work: publicdomainreview.org/essay/t... #OTD

Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s Herland (1915) A female uptopia.... publicdomainreview.org/collection/h... "Herland" at PG: www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/32 #books #literature

Habermas and climate action Jürgen Habermas offers a framework for action on climate change – justice and deliberation are as important as the science by Emilie Pratticois aeon.co/essays/how-c... Climate changes at PG: www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subje... #books #literature #environment

The heroines of Santa Barbara How an organised body of women changed the female role in war by Helena Nogué www.europeana.eu/en/stories/t... Spain history at PG: www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subje... #books #literature #womenhistoryMonth

Biochemist Florence Seibert developed the Purified Protein Derivative (PPD) in the 1930s. Before her work, TB skin tests were inconsistent & unreliable. Her PPD formula was adopted as the internat'l standard (1952) & remains the gold standard for TB testing today. #WorldTuberculosisDay #WomenInSTEM

4 Forgotten Female Authors Who Inspired Jane Austen www.mentalfloss.com/literature/a... Frances Burney www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho... Maria Edgeworth www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho... Charlotte Smith www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho... #books #literature

Morgan le Fay was King Arthur’s sister – but also a healer, mathematician and murderer by Nicole Kimball theconversation.com/morgan-le-fa... Morgan le Fay at PG: www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/31900 #books #literature

Pepper Basham on How The Secret Garden Inspired Her Love for British Literature "I can still find my way there through these pages. Some gardens, it turns out, are always in season." lithub.com/pepper-basha... The secret garden at PG: www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/17396 #books #literature

💙📚 Courtesy of @gutenberg.org www.gutenberg.org/files/21/21-... The Lion And The Mouse A LION was awakened from sleep by a Mouse running over his face. Rising up angrily, he caught him and was about to kill him, when the Mouse piteously entreated, saying: "If you would only spare my life, I would