
Giving Overdue Credit to Early Archaeologists' Wives | JSTOR Daily
“In his 1933 Archaeology of Palestine, famed American archaeologist W. F. Albright mused, “where expeditions are mixed it is highly desirable to have the Director’s wife present, both to provide a feminine social arbiter and to avert scandal.”

Delia Akeley and Osa Johnson’s Early 20th Century Ecomedia and Colonial Extraction | Lady Science
“Baby elephant Toto Tembo died shortly after the Johnsons sold him to the St. Louis Zoo. And two male gorillas, Mbongo and Ngagi, they sold to the San Diego Zoo drew scientists “from around the world to observe their behavior.” Like so many historical figures in museum expeditions and zoo acquisitions the question remains of how to recognize the value of their contributions and still hold them accountable for the harm done.”

Early Life | Mary Somerville |1780-1872
“When I was between eight and nine years old, my father came home from sea, and was shocked to find me such a savage. I had not yet been taught to write, and although I amused myself reading the "Arabian Nights/' "Robinson Crusoe," and the " Pilgrim's Progress," I read very badly, and with a strong Scotch accent .