In 1945, six women pulled off a computing miracle.
They programmed the world’s first computer—with no manuals, no training.
Then, a SINGLE assumption erased them from tech history for decades.
The story of how ONE photo nearly deleted computing’s female founders: 🧵
Delighted to have my article 'They buried him at Worcester: Heritage Sites, Historical Fiction and Wolf Hall' in the most recent issue of the Journal of Historical Fictions
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It’s here! Thanks very much to @was925 and @isobelsigley for all of their hard work on this. Lovely to have it in the hand. I am doing dry January so a cold Nosecco will be perfect for the cheers!
@AntigoneJournal@Castafi0re@routledgebooks@isobelsigley@ProfDHayes Yes, we realise that the Latin grammar is off here. George Egerton referred to her literary project as an attempt to map "the terra incognita of woman, as she knew herself to be", and we're playing around with that idea in the title in an acknowledgedly ungrammatical way.
Coming out on the 26th of this month, this book has been one of the most joyous chapters in my academic life. A brave writer examined by a host of wonderful researchers and the best of co-editors to take this journey with. @routledgebooks@isobelsigley https://t.co/uCvuHRG8kk
Our bursary scheme is now open for applications! £750 available to early career researchers, independent scholars, or PhD students working on women's studies in our period (1558-1837). Deadline: 15 Dec 2024. Please spread the word! #funding#ECR#PhD https://t.co/EtjobeLgNi