Hello and welcome, this is This Seams Interesting. It’s a monthly column looking at weird, interesting, and overlooked people and events throughout history. August’s topic is… MARGARET I: Scandinavian Overlord and Overlooked Woman When it comes to medieval monarchs, the typical names that always pop up are William the Conqueror, Eleanor of Aquitaine,
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Hello, I’m Spencer Seams and you’re reading This Seams Interesting. It’s a monthly column looking at weird, interesting, and overlooked people and events throughout history. July’s topic is… THE WALKER BROTHERS: 60 Years Before Jackie Robinson There Were The Walkers Moses Fleetwood Walker (nicknamed Fleet) and Welday Wilburforce Walker are two of the
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Welcome to the inaugural edition of This Seams Interesting. This will be a monthly series highlighting interesting, weird, and overlooked events and people throughout history. June’s topic is… EMU WAR: Birds of a Feather Stick Together What do you get when you combine the Great Depression, the Australian Wheat Board, the Lewis Automatic
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With many thanks to the ladies of the Austenwatch 2015 group on Facebook! Beth: DAT BONNET Lee: HOOP SKIRTS GALORE Chrissy: Can I have some Hats with my Hats? Beth: hahaha why is there not a ladies carriage race in every version?!? Chrissy: right?!?! I would fall out at that speed. Beth: yesss quadrilles Lee: Pornstache alert Beth: he just
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This month is Women’s History Month. In honor of that I wrote a series highlighting women in science and medicine throughout history. Vol. 1 starts in the Ancient Greece and Vol. 4 concludes the series in modern times. Some of them are very famous and others are relatively forgotten in the grand scope of history.
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