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@CarveHerName @histodons What a gorgeous machine That massive rotary engine!

#OnThisDay, 17 May 1988, Dr Patricia Bath was awarded the first of her three patents on the methods and equipment for laser cataract removal.#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #WomenInMedicine #AmericanHistory #BlackHistory #Histodons

#OnThisDay, 14 May 1943, Vera Leigh returns to France to work as a courier for the British Special Operations Executive. A fashion designer, Leigh had fled France in 1942 after running escape lines for Allied airmen. After her return, Leigh carried documents and equipment such as guns and explosives around her network's area. Arrested by the Gestapo in 1944, she was executed at Natzweiler-Struthof concentration camp.#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #WorldWar2 #Histodons

#OnThisDay, 13 May 1995, Alison Hargreaves becomes the first woman to scale Everest without supplemental oxygen or sherpa guides.#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #Histodons

#OnThisDay, 9 May 1922, the International Astronomical Union formally adopts Annie Jump Cannon's stellar classification system. The principles in it still underpin modern classification.#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #Astronomy #WomenInSTEM #AmericanHistory #Histodons

@newstik I don't know Arabic, but the book is bilingual, so you could find someone who can?

@CarveHerName Let us never forget the heroic deeds of people that actively resisted the cruel Nazi occupation…

#OnThisDay, 27 April 1925, Edna Ferber wins the Pulitzer Prize for fiction with her novel 'So Big'.She donates the prize money to the Authors League to support sick and elderly authors.#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #ReadMoreWomen #AmericanHistory #Histodons

#OnThisDay, 25 Apr 1990, Violeta Barrios de Chamorro becomes the first woman to be elected President of Nicaragua. She served for six years, stabilising the economy. #WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #CentralAmericanHistory #Histodons