Chapeau!
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Earhart records a series of first flights by a woman, before disappearing during an attempt to fly around the world in 1937.
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She is now recognised as the first woman racing jockey.
As mentioned in a post a couple of days ago, we've had a good year for figs here. Apparently, figs were one of the earliest plants cultivated by humans, and examples have been found dating to before 9000 BCE This was significantly before the earliest known domestication of wheat, barley and legumes.
Earhart records a series of first flights by a woman, before disappearing during an attempt to fly around the world in 1937.
#WomenInHistory#OTD #History#WomensHistory#AmericanHistory#WomenPilots#Histodons
She is now recognised as the first woman racing jockey.
As mentioned in a post a couple of days ago, we've had a good year for figs here. Apparently, figs were one of the earliest plants cultivated by humans, and examples have been found dating to before 9000 BCE This was significantly before the earliest known domestication of wheat, barley and legumes.
Chapeau!
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🧵 #OnThisDay, 23 Aug 1941, American Virginia Hall arrives in France to work for the British Special Operations Executive.
Hall ended up on the German's “most wanted” list as 'the limping lady'.
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🧵 #OnThisDay, 23 Aug 1941, American Virginia Hall arrives in France to work for the British Special Operations Executive.
Hall ended up on the German's “most wanted” list as 'the limping lady'.
#WomenInHistory #WorldWar2#AmericanHistory#OTD #History#WomensHistory#Histodons
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She worked for 13 months and was never captured. You can hear her story on the Imperial War Museum site. https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/80007171
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She worked for 13 months and was never captured. You can hear her story on the Imperial War Museum site. https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/80007171
#WomenInHistory#OTD #History#WomensHistory #WorldWar2#EuropeanHistory#Histodons
Very early #OnThisDay, 14 Aug 1943, Eliane Plewman parachutes into Nazi-occupied France to become a courier for the Special Operations Executive. The British SOE supported the French resistance. A courier would move messages and equipment between people.
Captured after 7 months, she was executed in Dachau in Sept 1944.
#WomenInHistory#OTD #History#WomensHistory #WorldWar2#Histodons
Very early #OnThisDay, 14 Aug 1943, Eliane Plewman parachutes into Nazi-occupied France to become a courier for the Special Operations Executive. The British SOE supported the French resistance. A courier would move messages and equipment between people.
Captured after 7 months, she was executed in Dachau in Sept 1944.
#WomenInHistory#OTD #History#WomensHistory #WorldWar2#Histodons
The fossil remains are now known as Sue and are on display in Chicago.
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