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Continue reading →: To Him in Utah, 1908San Francisco, California15th October, 1908 My Dearest Charles, The fog has lifted from the bay this morning, and I find myself compelled to take pen to paper whilst the autumn light streams through my boarding house window. How curious it is that such simple phenomena—the retreat of mist, the slant…
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Continue reading →: Mary Clem: Transforming Computational AccuracyMary Clem (1905-1979) revolutionised computational accuracy by inventing the “zero check” error-detection technique whilst leading Iowa State University’s computing laboratory. Despite claiming mathematics was her “poorest subject,” her outsider perspective enabled breakthrough insights that formally trained mathematicians missed. Her foundational contributions to computing reliability remain shamefully overlooked today.
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Continue reading →: Sacred GroundGettysburg, Pennsylvania – 1st July, 1863 The morning of July first begins much like any other, though I cannot shake the peculiar heaviness that has settled upon my chest these past days—a weight that has naught to do with the child growing within me. I rise before dawn, as is…
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Continue reading →: To Her in Illinois, 1907Cripple Creek, Colorado15th October, 1907 My Dearest Martha, The autumn wind carries a bitter chill through these mountain passes tonight, yet my heart burns with such warmth at the thought of you that I scarce notice the frost gathering upon my cabin windows. Three months have passed since I departed…
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Continue reading →: Maria Margaretha Kirch: The First Woman AstronomerMaria Margaretha Kirch, the first woman to discover a comet, was denied recognition by a sexist scientific establishment. Her achievements in astronomy and meteorology were overshadowed by her husband and dismissed by the Berlin Academy, yet her pioneering work and legacy demand justice and inspire a fairer future for women…
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Continue reading →: The Last Day of ShameAncoats, Manchester – 30th June, 1837 I was twelve when they stopped putting folk in the pillory, same week our new teacher arrived at the mill school. Most reckoned it coincidence, but I came to believe there was something fitting about it—as if Manchester itself was shedding its old skin,…
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Continue reading →: To Him in California, 1906Chicago, Illinois15th October, 1906 My Dearest Joseph, The autumn winds have begun their earnest dance through the streets of Chicago, sending the golden leaves spiralling past my boarding house window as I pen these words to you. How I long for the warmth of California’s eternal spring that you describe…
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Continue reading →: Nicole-Reine Lepaute: The Forgotten Mathematician of Halley’s CometNicole-Reine Lepaute, a pioneering mathematician and astronomer, co-predicted Halley’s Comet’s return but was denied credit due to 18th-century sexism and jealousy. Her computational brilliance shaped astronomy, yet history sidelined her. Lepaute’s story exposes the persistent injustice faced by women in science, demanding overdue recognition and accountability.
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Continue reading →: Broken WingsToulouse, France – 29th June, 1935 The examining room smelt of carbolic acid and leather, that peculiar mixture of antiseptic and the worn chair where countless aviators had sat before me. Dr. Martineau adjusted his spectacles and peered at my medical records, the pages rustling like autumn leaves in the…
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Continue reading →: To Her in Nevada, 1905Chicago, Illinois28th October, 1905 My Dearest Evangeline, The autumn wind carries with it the scent of coal smoke and the distant whistle of the Illinois Central as I pen these words to you from my lodgings on State Street. How my heart aches with the weight of these miles that…
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