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03/19/2025

Join us and others around the world as we participate in Earth Hour on March 22nd!

03/11/2025

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Timeline of Legal History of Women in the United States 1701 The first sexually integrated jury hears cases in Albany, New York. 1769 American colonies based their laws on the English common law, which was summarized in the Blackstone Commentaries. It said, “By marriage, the husband and wife are o...

03/03/2025

02/27/2025

Mileva Marić Einstein was Einstein’s first wife. All evidence indicates that she substantially contributed to his theories.

But she was never given any credit.

She was also a brilliant mathematician and physicist. The two met at the Polytechnic Institute of Zurich. And unlike Einstein, she had to fight and attain special permission to attend.

At university, she received higher marks than Einstein. In Applied Physics, she got the top mark of 5. Einstein got a mark of only 1.

On 13 December 1900, they submitted the first article on capillarity, but it was signed only under Einstein's name, as their works wouldn’t get published with a woman’s name on them.

Many of his lecture notes are in Mitza’s handwriting, and Albert was once heard at a party saying, “I need my wife; she helps solve all of my mathematical problems.” 80% of Einstein’s famous works were published during this marriage, referred to as his “magic years.”

Those magic years ended abruptly after they divorced due to his infidelity and abandonment.

Learn more; https://mitpressbookstore.mit.edu/book/9780262538978

11/26/2024

Rest in peace sweet friend 🕊️

Mary Lynn Bratton Lacy, age 56, of Puryear, Tenn., died Sunday, Nov. 24, 2024, at Vanderbilt Medical Center in Nashville, Tenn.

08/28/2024

Calling all Girl Scouts in Henry, Stewart, Houston, and surrounding areas! Paris Landing State Park is hosting a Girl Scout Badge Workshop day at Camp Hazlewood - a former Girl Scout Camp! Scouts at all levels of scouting will engage in activities that lead to the Outdoor Art, Trail Adventurer, and Outdoor Challenge 2024 Patches! All participants will receive a patch for Girl Scouts Love State Parks for attending. $8.00 covers all activities and only the participating Scout must pay to receive the patch. Families are welcome to attend! Click on the link below or scan the QR code for more information and to register!

05/14/2024

06/02/2021

12/10/2020

The Navy has selected Capt. Amy Bauernschmidt as the first woman to command a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier.