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Starting 2026 with some unknown birthdays: Margaret Lucas Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle-upon-Tyne (1623 – 1673), 17th-century English aristocrat, philosopher, poet, scientist, writer, with her imaginary world from her strange sci-fi novel ‘The Blazing World’ which she appended to her treatise ‘Observations upon Experimental Philosophy’. An odd addition to my collection of scientists, 🧵

https://minouette.etsy.com/listing/611949454

#printmaking #womenInSTEM #histsci #scifi #naturalPhilosophy #MargaretCavendish

For the #SciArtSeptember prompt epilogue: Margaret Lucas Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle-upon-Tyne (1623 – 1673), 17th-century English aristocrat, philosopher, poet, scientist, writer, with her imaginary world from her strange sci-fi novel ‘The Blazing World’ from her epilogue to her ‘Observations upon Experimental Philosophy’. She’s an odd addition to my collection of scientists, … 🧵1/n

#printmaking #womenInSTEM #histstm #scifi #naturalPhilosophy #MargaretCavendish #MastoArt

Her blazing world

#MargaretCavendish’s #boldness and #bravery set #17thCentury #society alight, but is she a #feminist #Postergirl for our times?

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #History #Feminism #RoleModels #Representation #Culture

https://aeon.co/essays/the-contradictions-that-give-life-to-margaret-cavendishs-story

Also unknown birthday: Margaret Lucas Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle-upon-Tyne (1623 – 1673), 17th-century English aristocrat, philosopher, poet, scientist, writer, with her imaginary world from her strange sci-fi novel 'The Blazing World' which she appended to her treatise 'Observations upon Experimental Philosophy'. She’s an odd addition to my collection of scientists, …🧵1/n

#printmaking #womenInSTEM #histsci #scifi #naturalPhilosophy #MargaretCavendish #MastoArt

"[The book] illuminates the spatial and physical dimensions of inner life in the long eighteenth century by synthesizing material analyses of diverse media, from optical devices and landscape architecture to women’s intimate dress, with close readings of literary texts."

#book #self #interiority #AndrewMarvell #MargaretCavendish #AlexanderPope #SamuelRichardson #SpatialFormalism #JuliePark

https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/M/bo192110828.html