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Continue reading →: To Him in New York, 1952March 15th, 1952 My Dearest C The train pulled away from Grand Central an hour ago, and already the ache of distance settles into my chest like developer chemicals seeping into paper – permanent, transformative, impossible to wash clean. I’m writing this as the Hudson Valley blurs past my window,…
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Dr Virginia Apgar: The Anaesthesiologist Who Saved Millions of Babies
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Continue reading →: Dr Virginia Apgar: The Anaesthesiologist Who Saved Millions of BabiesDr Virginia Apgar created the universally-used Apgar Score on a hospital napkin in 1949, transforming newborn care through systematic five-point assessment. Her obsession with precise timing and practical innovation revolutionised infant mortality rates worldwide, proving that simple, standardised tools can achieve profound medical breakthroughs across specialties.
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Continue reading →: Silent VictoryVJ Day – London, 15th August 1945 Whitehall roared like a river broken from its banks the moment the Prime Minister’s words crackled through a dozen tin-coloured loudspeakers: Japan had accepted the terms of surrender, the war was over at last. Wing Commander James “Mac” MacLeod felt the current of…
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Continue reading →: To Her in Virginia, 1951427 East Washington Street, Indianapolis, Indiana My Dearest Alice, The autumn leaves are falling heavy outside the boarding house window tonight, and I find myself thinking of you with that particular ache that settles in my chest when the seasons change. There’s something about the way October strips the world…
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Frances Glessner Lee on Revolutionising Forensic Science
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Continue reading →: Frances Glessner Lee on Revolutionising Forensic ScienceChicago heiress Frances Glessner Lee weaponised traditional feminine crafts to create modern forensic science. Denied formal education due to gender, she channelled inherited wealth into establishing Harvard’s Legal Medicine Department and creating revolutionary “Nutshell Studies” – detailed dollhouse crime scenes that transformed detective training and remain the gold standard today.
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Continue reading →: BreathlessHelios Airways Flight 522, Eastern Mediterranean Sea – 14th August 2005 Morning Departure The Mediterranean sun climbed steadily over Larnaca’s tarmac, casting long shadows beneath the wings of our Boeing 737-300. I pressed my palm against the cabin window, feeling the warmth seep through the aluminium skin of Helios Airways…
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Continue reading →: To Him in West Virginia, 1950Route 2, Box 47Bryan, Texas 15th June, 1950 My Dearest James, Your latest letter arrived yesterday morning, just as the first light was creeping across the cotton fields, and I confess I read it three times before allowing myself the luxury of my morning coffee. There is something in your…
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Betty Holberton on Breaking Barriers: The Forgotten Pioneer Who Invented Modern Debugging and Fought for Women in Computing
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Continue reading →: Betty Holberton on Breaking Barriers: The Forgotten Pioneer Who Invented Modern Debugging and Fought for Women in ComputingBetty Holberton, ENIAC programmer and breakpoint inventor, reveals how programming transformed from “women’s work” to male-dominated profession despite women creating foundational techniques. She discusses debugging innovations, the Sort Merge Generator, systematic gender discrimination, and why understanding computing’s real history matters for solving today’s diversity and technical challenges.
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When Numbers Drop: How Writers Can Transform Subscriber Loss Into Growth
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Continue reading →: When Numbers Drop: How Writers Can Transform Subscriber Loss Into GrowthYou check your dashboard with your morning brew. Yesterday: 260 subscribers. Today: 259. That sinking feeling hits instantly. What went wrong? Was it something you said? The piece about your struggles with chapter three? The slightly longer email about your writing process? Here’s the truth every writer needs to hear:…
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Continue reading →: BarriersBerlin – 13th August 1961 4:30 AM The August darkness drapes over Berlin’s cobblestones like a sodden veil, heavy with unspoken foreboding. Klaus Weber stands motionless beside the temporary checkpoint on Zimmerstraße, his breath forming small clouds in the pre-dawn chill as he watches the procession of military lorries lumber…
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