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Dr Victoria Leonard @tigerlilyrocks.bsky.social · 7m

Correction: this should be Friday 23 October, not 26 #WCCWiki

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Ceryl @politicdormouse.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

Ilse Knott-ter Meer 1 of 1st #German women engineering graduates Tech Uni of Munich. Worked as sanitary engineer. 1930 org'd 1st formal meeting of German women engineers @ World Power Conference #Berlin. @wes1919.bsky.social memb 2 buildings & street named for her. b. #OTD 14 Oct 1899 bit.ly/3bYKk9k

Ilse Knott-ter Meer in B&W head and shoulders photo from 1930 #WomenInSTEM #WomensHistory #HistSTM #HistSTEM

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LGBT+ History Month UK @lgbthm.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

Novelist Marlon James is one of the world’s most celebrated writers, but he grew up feeling like an outsider. As a young gay man in Jamaica, surrounded by homophobia, he fought against his sexuality at school and at church.

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Growing up gay in Jamaica, novelist Marlon James fought against his sexuality

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Dr Stuart McKie @bigfridge224.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

30,000 job losses in one of the few sectors we are still genuinely world-leading, and zero national conversation beyond tuition fees and loans. UK Higher Ed is sinking and apparently no-one has noticed.

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Aôthen Magazine @aothenmagazine.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Anne Carson is a Canadian classicist, translator, and poet. Notable works include Eros the Bittersweet (1986), an essay on Greek eros, and If Not, Winter (2002), a translation of the Ancient Greek poet Sappho's poetic fragments. She has also published her own poetry. Swipe for a brief intro. 🤎

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Aôthen Magazine @aothenmagazine.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Issue 11 is out now! We are so proud to publish a record-breaking 60 page issue full of #writing and #art made by young #creatives 🧡 Check it out through our profile or at aothenmagazine.com/#issue11

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Colección Mariano Moret @coleccionmmoret.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Dextera Domini (La mano de Dios) Las almas de los rectos y la mano de Dios. Temple y oro sobre tabla, Candia (Creta), h. 1400-1420. Atenas, colección Marianna Latsis.

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Ceryl @politicdormouse.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Hattie Scott Peterson 1946 1st African-American woman 2 earn bachelor's degree in civil engineering, @ Howard Uni. 1947 survey & cartographic engineer 4 US Geological Survey. 1954 1st woman engineer 2 join local US Army Corps of Engineers, flood risk reduction work b #OTD 11 Oct 1913 bit.ly/3hKbQLJ

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Dr Victoria Leonard @tigerlilyrocks.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Interested in learning more about #WCCWiki & #Wikipedia editing for equality in Classics? Come to our next session online on Fri 26 Oct, 14.00-16.00 BST: us06web.zoom.us/j/85192010168. Email womensclassicalcommittee@gmail.com for more info, & see our Project Page: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikiped...

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Dr Victoria Leonard @tigerlilyrocks.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

There doesn't seem to be much information about Heathlands School, or Weybridge Ladies' School. It seems it was on Queens Street, and has either been turned into a block of flats or knocked down and a block of flats built on the site. Does @heritagenetwork.bsky.social know anything?

Screenshot of the building Heathlands on Queens Road, Weybridge, aerial map

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Dr Victoria Leonard @tigerlilyrocks.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Mary Clara Dawes died in 1939. She was a lifelong member of the Classical Association. By 2026, her important contribution to #Classics has been largely forgotten #WCCWiki

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Dr Victoria Leonard @tigerlilyrocks.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Her younger sister Elizabeth Dawes was also a pioneer in women's education, & was the first woman to receive a Doctorate (again in Classics) from the Univ of London: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabe.... Mary and Elizabeth Dawes established the 'Weybridge Ladies' School', otherwise known as Heathlands

Portrait of Elizabeth Dawes in academic dress

Black and white image of people playing tennis on a lawn

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Dr Victoria Leonard @tigerlilyrocks.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

The following year she passed the BA exam at the Uni of London with Honours, becoming 1 of only 50 women at that point to achieve the BA. In 1883 she was awarded the 'Professors' Scholarship' by Bedford College, London, and then received her MA.

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Dr Victoria Leonard @tigerlilyrocks.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Dawes was educated at home by her father who was a schoolmaster. In 1879 she passed the matriculation examination in Classics at Girton College, Cam & in 1882 she passed the Classical Tripos in class III division 1.

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Dr Victoria Leonard @tigerlilyrocks.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Finally, a page created in August when we were having a break for Mary Clara Dawes (1862–1939). Every #Classicists should know about her - she was the first woman in the UK to receive a Masters, which she did in #Classics from the Uni of London in 1884. 142 YEARS LATER she has a #Wikipedia page

Miss M. C. Dawes, the First Lady Master of Arts of the University of London; Mary Clara Dawes in full academic dress

Screenshot of the Wikipedia page for Mary Clara Dawes

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Dr Victoria Leonard @tigerlilyrocks.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

... and Brief Histories: Ancient Greece: Everything You Wanted to Know But Forgot To Ask (2024). She makes content re Classics on Tiktok and has nearly 50,000 followers!!!!!!!! #WCCWiki

Book cover of Brief Histories: Ancient Greece: Everything You Wanted to Know But Forgot To Ask by EMR

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Dr Victoria Leonard @tigerlilyrocks.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Mackin Roberts published her first monograph, Underworld Gods in Ancient Greek Religion: Death and Reciprocity, in 2020. She has written two books on the ancient world for wider audiences: Heroines of Olympus: The Forgotten Women of Greek Mythology (2023) ...

Front cover image of the book Underworld Gods in Ancient Greek Religion: Death and Reciprocity by EMR

Book cover Heroines of Olympus: The Forgotten Women of Greek Mythology by EMR

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Dr Victoria Leonard @tigerlilyrocks.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

A newly created page for a #WCCWiki og, Ellie Mackin Roberts: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ellie_M.... She is an expert on ancient Greek religion through material and visual culture. She is currently a Research Associate at the ICS @ics.bsky.social and a Lecturer at Leeds Uni @leedsclassics.bsky.social

Screenshot of the first section of the Wikipedia page for Ellie Mackin Roberts, white background, black text, portrait shot of subject

Still from a Tiktok video by Ellie Mackin Roberts

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Dr Victoria Leonard @tigerlilyrocks.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Jinyu Liu 刘津瑜 is now the Betty Gage Holland Professor of Roman History at Emory, another #WCCWiki recipient: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jinyu_Liu. She is an expert in Roman history, social history, translation, the reception of Graeco-Roman classics in China, & Latin epigraphy.

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Jinyu Liu - Wikipedia

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Dr Victoria Leonard @tigerlilyrocks.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

She is currently working on another book, Children without Fathers in Roman Imperial Law and Society, on children without a legally recognized father in Roman antiquity. Really crazy that she didn't have a #Wikipedia page until now #WCCWiki

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Dr Victoria Leonard @tigerlilyrocks.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Prof. Evans Grubbs has written two significant books on Roman law: Law and Family in Late Antiquity: The Emperor Constantine's Marriage Legislation (Clarendon Press, 1995) and Women and the Law in the Roman Empire: A Sourcebook on Marriage, Divorce, and Widowhood (Routledge, 2002) #WCCWiki

Front cover image of Judith Evans Grubbs' book, Roman law: Law and Family in Late Antiquity: The Emperor Constantine's Marriage Legislation.

Front cover image for Judith Evans Grubbs' book Women and the Law in the Roman Empire: A Sourcebook on Marriage, Divorce, and Widowhood

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Dr Victoria Leonard @tigerlilyrocks.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Judith Evans Grubbs is the Betty Gage Holland Professor Emerita of Roman History at Emory University, a post she held since 2010. She is an expert on Roman imperial history, Roman law, women & the family, & late antiquity. See her newly created #Wikipedia page here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judith_...

Head and shoulders portrait image of Judith Evans Grubbs holding a book she edited and smiling

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Dr Victoria Leonard @tigerlilyrocks.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Collon also has an excellent TrowelBlazers page, 'Mistress of Seals', you should check out: trowelblazers.com/2021/10/19/d... #TrowelBlazers #WCCWiki @trowelblazers.bsky.social

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Dr Victoria Leonard @tigerlilyrocks.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

For 31 years (1979-2010), Collon was the co-editor of Iraq, the journal of the British Institute for the Study of Iraq. She was a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries and a corresponding member of the Deutsches Archäologisches Institut. See her #Wikipedia page here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominiq...

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Dominique Collon - Wikipedia

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Dr Victoria Leonard @tigerlilyrocks.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Collon excavated the mosaics of Utica before working on temporary contracts at the British Museum 1964-8 and 1977-88; she gained a full-time position at the Museum as curator of Western Asiatic Antiquities 1988-2005 #WCCWiki

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Dr Victoria Leonard @tigerlilyrocks.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Dominique Collon FSA (1940 - 2026) was an academic, author, archaeologist and former curator at the British Museum. She worked and traveled extensively in the Near East in Syria, Turkey and Iraq, and she was a significant authority on cylinder seals #WCCWiki

Dr Dominique Collon at work in Babneat, 1984. (photo courtesy of Dr John Curtis). Woman seated outside at a desk, working

Cylinder seal of First Dynasty of Ur Queen Puabi, found in her tomb, dated circa 2600 BC, with modern impression. Inscription: 𒅤𒀜 𒎏 - Pu3-abi(AD) Nin - Queen Pu-abi.

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Dr Victoria Leonard @tigerlilyrocks.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

#WCCWiki you can read more about Harriet Crawford's life and career on her #Wikipedia page here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harriet...

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Harriet Crawford - Wikipedia

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Dr Victoria Leonard @tigerlilyrocks.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

She was Reader Emerita at the UCL Institute of Arch. & a senior fellow at the McDonald Institute, Cambridge. She published 'The Sumerian World' (2013), and 'Sumer and the Sumerians' (1991). She was Chairman of the British School of Archaeology, Iraq 2000-06 #WCCWiki

Head and shoulders portrait of Harriet Crawford

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Dr Victoria Leonard @tigerlilyrocks.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Harriet Crawford (1937-2026), also known as Lady Harriet Elizabeth Walston Swinnerton-Dyer, was a British archaeologist. She had a distinguished career in Mesopotamian & Arabian/Gulf archaeology over 50 years #WCCWiki

Book cover for Sumer and the Sumerians, by Crawford

Dr Harriet Crawford at Abu Salabikh (Image courtesy of Prof Nicholas Postgate). Image of a woman seated on the ground turning and smiling.

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Dr Victoria Leonard @tigerlilyrocks.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

#WCCWiki in September created or edited 4 Wikipedia pages for women and non-binary classicists (very broadly conceived). Read on to discover more ...

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EMILY WILSON @emilyrcwilson.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Many congratulations to Anne Carson for the well-deserved Nobel Prize! This is also great news for Translation, Classics, Poetry, the breaking of generic and disciplinary boundaries, and the fact that you don't have to fit a pre-existing mould to have a brilliant, successful career.

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Antiquité | Religions | Classics - Ottawa @antrelclaottawa.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Inaugural lecture: "Empire and the Gods: How the Romans Lost Control of Their Religion". Prof. Greg Woolf (Leon Levy Director, ISAW, NYU). How did the shift to autocracy coincide with a religious free-for-all in Rome? Tues Oct 13, 6:30pm, MHN 509 #AncientHistory #RomanHistory #uOttawa #ottawa

Poster for an inaugural lecture by Friends of Classics & Religious Studies in Ottawa. Maroon banner across the top with the university crest and organization name in English and French. Below it, a wide sepia-toned photograph of a Roman relief sculpture depicting a procession of robed figures and a sacrificial bull. The lower half of the poster has a dark maroon background with white and gold text reading "Inaugural lecture," the title "Empire and the Gods," subtitle "How the Romans lost control of their religion," and "Prof. Greg Woolf, Leon Levy Director and Professor of Ancient Mediterranean Studies, Institute for the Study of the Ancient World, New York University." A paragraph describes the lecture's subject. Event details on the right: Date, Tuesday, October 13; Time, 6:30 p.m.; Location, Room MHN 509, Hamelin Hall, 70 Laurier Avenue East, Ottawa; and a note that the lecture will be given in English. Text at the bottom credits the Department of Classics and Religious Studies, University of Ottawa, as host.

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Dr Victoria Leonard @tigerlilyrocks.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

I really enjoyed this review! For me, the first chapter was not a struggle but a proper light-bulb moment

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Nina Willburger @drnwillburger.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Everyday objects are the real archaeological treasures! Birch bark is perfect for making containers and wrapping. This 7,500-year-old wrapping was X-rayed, but unfortunately, it didn't show anything. It probably held something perishable. From the Mesolithic settlement of Motala/Sweden. 🧵1/2 📷me

A compact, irregular item of folded birch bark with a rough, wrinkled surface in shades of reddish and brown, shown against a dark background.

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Whitchurch Hospital Historical Society @whitchurchhospital.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Welcome to all followers, new and old. Here the history of Whitchurch Hospital is shared, opened in April 1908 & closed in April 2016.

Photo showing the front entrance of Whitchurch Hospital, taken before the closure against a cloudy but blue sky. The dome of the water tower can just be seen hidden behind the entrance block

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Isabella Lewis @irvlewis.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

On Saturday, 7 November, I will be running a Wikipedia Edit-a-thon around the theme of Byzantine women & genderqueer saints. I hope that this workshop will help to improve the coverage of women and LGBTQ+ history on Wikipedia. To attend, follow this link: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/wiki-edit-...

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Wiki Edit-a-Thon: Byzantine Women & Genderqueer Saints

An in-person edit-a-thon that aims to improve the coverage of Byzantine women & genderqueer saints on Wikipedia. No prior experience needed.

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BM: Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Art (Bot) @bmegyptian.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Statue of a Priest, Wen-amun Son of Nes-ba-neb-dedet and Ta-sherit-Khonsu www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollecti…

Statue of a standing man in hard crystalline limestone. Conventional composition, frontal. Arms at sides, left leg advanced. Headless. Rear pillar carelessly inscribed for Wn-nfr, son of Ns’-b3-nb-dd.t and the sistrum player T3-sry.t-hnsw.
Condition: Head missing. Body assembled from two pieces. Scattered chips. Portions of surface seem to have been cleaned with an abrasive to remove incrustations.

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Antiquity Journal @antiquity.ac.uk · 06/10/2026

NEW Stone tools from a newly-excavated site in China. 70–100,000 years old, their small sizes indicate substantial technological shifts during the Late Pleistocene, hinting at early hominin adaptation in the Lower Yangzi River basin. 🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy... 🏺 #Archaeology

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Brian Groom @groomb.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

View of Cyfarthfa Ironworks, Merthyr Tydfil, south Wales, painting by Penry Williams (1802-85), Welsh artist.

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BM: Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Art (Bot) @bmegyptian.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Relief Blocks from the Tomb of the Vizier Nespeqashuty www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollecti…

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Joanne Harris @joannechocolat.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Harriet Brooks (July 2, 1876 – April 17, 1933) was the first Canadian female nuclear physicist. She is most famous for her research on nuclear transmutations and radioactivity. #CelebratingWomen

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Friends of Friendless Churches @friendlesschurches.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

This year’s Christmas cards are now available to purchase and we have two designs for you to choose from. From our Welsh churches, we have selected a photograph of St Anno’s, Llananno covered in a gentle dusting of snow. 1/4

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Robert Wiśniewski @relicsclerics.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Warsaw Late Antique Seminar: Winter Semester 2026/7: lateantiqueseminar.historia.uw.edu.pl

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Gender & History Journal @genderandhistory.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

We are excited to announce our Annual Lecture 2026! Prof. Judith Evans-Grubbs (Emory University) "An Illegal and Dishonorable Deed": The Sale of Children by their Parents in the Roman Empire (200-600 CE) Wednesday, 21 October, 3:30 PM-5 PM (further details and links to come) #skyhistorians

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Gender & History Annual Lecture 2026

Professor Judith Evans-Grubbs (Emory University) will speak on the Sale of Children by their Parents in the Roman Empire (200-600 CE)

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John McCafferty @jdmccafferty.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Badge, medieval, "YI SIS MUS" S's reversed. "Behold the Mouse". (British Museum)

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