tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post9076650534380822923..comments2024-03-23T12:38:46.260+00:00Comments on The History Girls: Mary Anning by Miranda MillerMary Hoffmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06241989732624913706noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-85987815004012220922017-04-27T12:23:56.545+01:002017-04-27T12:23:56.545+01:00Mary Anning was truly a heroine! I won't write...Mary Anning was truly a heroine! I won't write "unsung" as that is too dainty-sounding for the way she was treated. I am just reading The Essex Serpent, so this was a timely post. Thanks.<br /><br />By the way, Joan Lennon chose Anning as the subject for her excellent short story in the "Daughters of Time" anthology, edited by Mary Hoffman.Penny Dolanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16386668303428008498noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-67770165333856614892017-04-26T09:57:29.000+01:002017-04-26T09:57:29.000+01:00Yes, she was a real heroine, wasn't she? You c...Yes, she was a real heroine, wasn't she? You can see why scientists felt they had to march last weekend - the march of progress, that the Victorians believed in so passionately, seems to be going backwards. Miranda Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08847761353240720080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-6586270140576127022017-04-25T18:22:50.463+01:002017-04-25T18:22:50.463+01:00Good to read about Mary Anning again! Another woma...Good to read about Mary Anning again! Another woman whose scientific achievements are undervalued. And grim to read about another Trump anti-scientific attack. We were at the Natural History Museum with our granddaughter last Thursday, and many of the best fossils were her discoveries. Good to be able to tell Emily that a woman found them!Leslie Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15105465949970430998noreply@blogger.com