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April 22, 2020
Lord Tennyson and Arthurian Legend
The word folk referred to the rural poor who were, for the most part, illiterate. Lore means instruction. So folklore means to instruct the poor. But we understand it as verbal storytelling.
If folklore is just storytelling, is there any truth in the tale of King Arthur and his Knights?
Mary Anne Yarde answers this question for us today on my blog.
If folklore is just storytelling, is there any truth in the tale of King Arthur and his Knights?
Mary Anne Yarde answers this question for us today on my blog.
April 14, 2020
Historic Places: Boston, Massachusetts
Are you still virtually travelling with me? Next spring break destination is the history rich Boston.
April 13, 2020
April 7, 2020
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March 20, 2020
March 17, 2020
Diagnosing Radium Poisoning
How did the radium girl tragedy occur? Diagnosing radium poisoning was a huge part of the problem.
Read more on my blog.
Read more on my blog.
March 10, 2020
Luminous Cover Reveal
Coming this summer . . . .
Luminous: The Story of a Radium Girl
Catherine Donohue was a quiet Catholic girl from a small Midwestern town, but she stood up to the radium industry, workers' compensation laws, and the Illinois Industrial Commission when her work as a dial painter left her body ravaged by radium poisoning. Her quest for social justice in the era between World Wars is emotive and inspiring.
It’s too late for me, but maybe it will help some of the others.
~ Catherine Wolfe Donohue
Luminous: The Story of a Radium Girl
Catherine Donohue was a quiet Catholic girl from a small Midwestern town, but she stood up to the radium industry, workers' compensation laws, and the Illinois Industrial Commission when her work as a dial painter left her body ravaged by radium poisoning. Her quest for social justice in the era between World Wars is emotive and inspiring.
It’s too late for me, but maybe it will help some of the others.
~ Catherine Wolfe Donohue
