20th Century
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Monday Bookishness – The Book of Lost Friends by Lisa Wingate
I was a big fan of Lisa Wingate’s last book, Before We Were Yours – about…
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5 feisty Nellie Bly quotes for #mondaymotivation
Nellie Bly had a lot to say for herself over the years, priding herself on her…
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If walls had words… a brief history of the Blackwell’s Island Lunatic Asylum
Blackwell’s Island Lunatic Asylum – a pivotal location in The Girl Puzzle – was designed in…
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Book recommendation: The Suspects by Katharine Johnson
After all these last busy days talking about Nellie Bly, it’s a pleasure to take a…
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Another 5 lesser known facts about the amazing Nellie Bly
It’s Nellie Bly’s birthday this weekend and in her honor, not only is The Girl Puzzle…
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One month to go…
So The Girl Puzzle is due to be foisted upon an unsuspecting world one month from…
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5 lesser known facts about Nellie Bly for #InternationalWomensDay
I’m on a mission to let the world know that there was so much more to…
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#otd 1913 Nellie Bly at the Washington DC Suffrage Rally
If you know about Nellie Bly at all, you most likely know that she went round…
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Dec 21st: The Monopolists by Mary Pilon
“The Monopolists reveals the unknown story of how Monopoly came into existence, the reinvention of its…
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Dec 19th: The Women who flew for Hitler by Clare Mulley
“Hanna Reitsch and Melitta von Stauffenberg were talented, courageous, and strikingly attractive women who fought convention…