The Impact and Legacy of The Ladies’ Diary (1704–1840): A Women’s Declaration

The Impact and Legacy of The Ladies’ Diary (1704–1840): A Women’s Declaration
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Publisher : American Mathematical Soc.
Total Pages : 169
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ISBN-10 : 9781470462666
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Download or read book The Impact and Legacy of The Ladies’ Diary (1704–1840): A Women’s Declaration written by Frank J. Swetz and published by American Mathematical Soc.. This book was released on 2021-04-01 with total page 169 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Ladies' Diary was an annual almanac published in England from 1704 to 1840. It was designed to provide useful information to women; the subtitle reveals the purpose, Containing New Improvements in Arts and Sciences, and Many Entertaining Particulars: Designed for the Use and Diversion of the Fair Sex. It contained meteorological and astronomical information, recipes, health and medical advice, scientific information, and mathematical puzzles and problems. Readers were encouraged to, and did, send solutions and original problems and puzzles of their own for publication in the next year's issue. Frank Swetz, one of the founding Editors of Convergence, the MAA's online journal of the history of mathematics, wondered about the historical and sociological conditions that supported The Ladies' Diary. In this volume he unearths the story of the Diary's creation and of the community of people surrounding it. We learn who the editors were and something about the contributors and readers. Swetz explores the sociological and cultural circumstances that made this unique almanac full of mathematics popular for over a century. As a dynamic forum for mathematics learning, teaching, and understanding, the Diary remains a milestone in the development of British mathematics.


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