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@feministory.bsky.socialSep 17, 2026, 2:46 PM

9/17/1872 — b. Cora Frances Stoddard, American temperance reformer, author, lecturer. Key authority on the scientific aspects of #alcohol; leader, Scientific Temperance Federation (30yrs); #gov rep for both US & intl congresses on #publichealth + alcohol #womenshistory #womenwriters #HistSci #PolSky

Cora Frances Stoddard
@lovableweirdo.bsky.socialSep 17, 2026, 2:01 PM

He threw the gold sovereigns into the snow and kept the twelve-pound banjo. He crossed 800 miles of ocean in a 22-foot boat, then climbed uncharted mountains with screws in his boots. The station manager asked who he was. His name was Shackleton.

https://oddlet.com/p/us7

#HistSci #history #SciComm

My Name Is Shackleton
@minouette.bsky.socialSep 17, 2026, 1:18 PM

into the Canadian Science & Engineering Hall of Fame in 2012.⁠

#linocut #printmaking #WomenInSTEM #histsci

@minouette.bsky.socialSep 17, 2026, 1:18 PM

Happy birthday Canadian scientist/writer Ursula Franklin (1921 – 2016), thinker on role of tech in society, advocate for women in STEM, peace & social justice. 🧪🐡👩🏼‍🔬🎢 #histsci Her research interests were guided by her principles, including gathering evidence of the harmful health effects of radiation

Linocut of Ursula Franklin working in the lab in blue in a circle in the centre. Surrounding this area is a golden olive colour, on which are carved several gears at the top, a tooth at the bottom left which is labelled Sr-90 with radiating arrows labelled e- to indicate how radioactive strontium-90 can absorbed into bone can undergo radioactive decay emitting electrons, and in the bottom right corner is an ancient Chinese vessel she dated. The blue circle is actually a peace symbol and below it is a cross carved into the golden olive area, making it the symbol for women.
@minouette.bsky.socialSep 17, 2026, 1:04 PM

had to retract his instruction to excommunicate a man in her community.

#printmaking #womenInSTEM #histSci #histMed #botany

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@minouette.bsky.socialSep 17, 2026, 1:04 PM

Today is the feast day of Hildegard von Bingen (1098-1179), here surrounded by plants & a mineral she touted as medical treatments, her invented alphabet & model of the universe. One of my most popular prints! 🐡👩🏼‍🔬🧪 #histsci

Her writings preserve not only her own knowledge & theories but the nature

This is my hand-printed 11" x 14" lino block print of Hildegard von Bingen (1098-1179), surrounded by plants and a mineral she touted as medical treatments, her invented alphabet and model of the universe, on lovely ivory Japanese washi paper. She is printed in dark blue on cream coloured washi paper. She is dressed in a habit holding a scroll with one of her Gregorian chants in Medieval musical notation. Her model of the universe is depicted on her habit. Clockwise from the top, she is surrounded: by tansy; common comfrey (Symphytum officinale) is sometimes used on the skin to treat wounds and reduce inflammation from sprains and broken bones, it roots and leaves contain allantoin, a substance that helps new skin cells grow, along with other substances that reduce inflammation and keep skin healthy; mandrake (species in the genus Mandragora, either Mandragora officinarum or Mandragora autumnalis) which contain deliriant hallucinogenic tropane alkaloids which are poisonous; sulfur for skin ailments does indeed act as a fungicide; lemon balm (Melissa officinalis) which has been shown to have some calming effects, some antibacterial properties and positive effects on indigestion; and quince (Cydonia oblonga), which while understudied, there is some early evidence that it may help prevent stomach ulcers. Above and below Hildegard is the alphabet along with her own alternate alphabet Litterae ignotae which she used for her own Lingua ignota (Unknown Language).
@minouette.bsky.socialSep 17, 2026, 12:46 PM

Day 17 of #SciArtSeptember shape prompt is eyelet, so I thought of lace collars & chose to share astrophysicist Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin (1900-1979), who discovered that hydrogen and helium are the most common elements in the universe.⁠🧪🐡👩🏼‍🔬🔭 #histsci
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Born England, she won a scholarship

My linocut portrait of astronomer Cecelia Payne-Gaposchkin: At the bottom there’s a thin horizontal rectangle with a rainbow roll from left to right of indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red and black. The rectangle has a series of discrete thin vertical black stripes as this is a solar absorption spectrum. Above is Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin’s face and neck and a halo made by the shape of the sun in yellow and orange against a black background of outer space. She is serious young woman with a bob and a wide lace collar. Shading on her face is in the yellow of the sun.
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@friendsofdarwin.bsky.socialSep 17, 2026, 11:49 AM

17-Sep: On this day is 1842, Charles Darwin moved to his forever home, Down House, in Kent. Here’s the story…
friendsofdarwin.com/darwin-comes...
#HistSci

@fabribald.bsky.socialSep 17, 2026, 8:55 AM

Antonio Vallisneri's representation of Chameleon #histsci #livingnature #histlife #18thcentury

My class is taking shape!

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@rmathematicus.bsky.socialSep 17, 2026, 4:47 AM

The natural historian, Stephen Hales, who was the first to measure blood pressure, was born 17 September 1677 #histsci #histtech
thonyc.wordpress.com/2015/09/17/a...

@lovableweirdo.bsky.socialSep 16, 2026, 2:01 PM

In 1843, a man inhaled a gold coin during a magic trick for his children. England's finest surgeon failed. So his father, the inventor of the tunnelling shield, built a machine to shake it loose. The patient: Isambard Kingdom Brunel.

https://oddlet.com/p/uoj

#HistSci #history #SciComm

The Half-Sovereign
@minouette.bsky.socialSep 16, 2026, 1:37 PM

Vote #Graphite for its role in physics! #MinCup26 🧪👩🏼‍🔬🎢 #histsci

While better remembered for her role in DNA research Rosalind Franklin (1920 – 1958), #chemist & x-ray crystallographer made important contributions to carbon research throughout her career. The pattern on her jacket is based on her

My linocut portrait of Rosalind Franklin (1920 – 1958), in a gradient of magenta from her shoulders up through dark blue to her hair. Her necklace is a double helix of DNA. Her brooch is the Tobacco Mosaic Virus. The pattern on her jacket is based on her publication of the structure of non-graphitizing carbon. ⁠ Behind her in shades of robin’s egg blue is an image of the famous X-ray crystallographic Photo 51, produced by her grad student Gosling and important to deducing the structure of DNA.
@minouette.bsky.socialSep 16, 2026, 1:16 PM

Vote for #Graphite for its role in physics! #MinCup26 #histsci 🧪🐡👩🏼‍🔬

Millie Dresselhaus (1930-2027) was known as the Queen of Carbon & was recognized for her work on graphite, graphite intercalation compounds, fullerenes (a form of carbon known as buckyballs) conductors, thermoelectrics and

My linocut portrait of Millie Dresselhaus in white sweater, red blazer, and C for carbon necklace, with the structure of a carbon nanotube behind her, in red, silver and black ink.
@friendsofdarwin.bsky.socialSep 16, 2026, 9:13 AM

16-Sep: On this day in 1835, Charles Darwin first set foot on the Galápagos Islands…
friendsofdarwin.com/articles/dar...
#HistSci

@rmathematicus.bsky.socialSep 16, 2026, 7:26 AM

The history of the proportional compass an early analogue calculator #histsci #histtech
thonyc.wordpress.com/2026/09/16/t...

A brass proportional compass made by Galileo c. 1604
@bernadettecogswell.bsky.socialSep 16, 2026, 6:51 AM

I’m looking for good quotes about the reality of scientific discovery from everyday scientists. Preferably something they said in a talk (but in a paper is ok too). Or you can riff live. Hit me with your best ones! #science #discovery #philsci #histsci #physics

@bernadettecogswell.bsky.socialSep 16, 2026, 6:45 AM

Any history buffs out there know when and where was the first use of the word “discovery” re: a scientific finding? Been looking at old dictionaries and learned it used to be used to mean uncover info as a spy. Now I picture scientists as peeping Toms. Awkward. #histsci #lexicographer

@bhgross144.bsky.socialSep 16, 2026, 1:16 AM

History of science friends: Would you describe Ulisse Aldrovandi (1522-1605) as a *medieval* natural historian?

Because that's what my former institution's recent social media post seems to be saying...

(At least they didn't call him a biologist!)

#histSTM #histsci 🗃️📜

Portrait of Ulisse Aldrovandi From his Ornithologiae (1599) WHICH ALDROVANDI MEDIEVAL SERPENT ARE YOU TODAY?
@histmedsouth.bsky.socialSep 16, 2026, 12:28 AM

#CFP
Only 2 WEEKS left to submit your abstract for our 2027 conference.

Come join us at the University of Pittsburgh!

We invite papers on a range of topics in #histmed #histsci #medhums #histSTM and allied fields.

sahms.wildapricot.org/submit

Questions? [email protected]

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