Wikipedia article of the day for November 29, 2017

The Wikipedia article of the day for November 29, 2017 is Josephine Butler.
Josephine Butler (1828–1906) was an English feminist and social reformer in the Victorian era. She campaigned for women’s suffrage and better education for women. She was instrumental in the 1886 repeal of the Contagious Diseases Acts, which had subjected prostitutes to invasive medical examinations, and she founded an organisation to combat similar practices across Europe. After she became aware that English women and children were being sold into prostitution on the continent, her allegations led to the sacking of a Belgian police commissionaire and the imprisonment of his deputy and 12 brothel owners. Josephine fought child prostitution with help from the campaigning editor of The Pall Mall Gazette, William Thomas Stead, leading to the Criminal Law Amendment Act 1885, which raised the age of consent from 13 to 16 years of age. Her final campaign came in the late 1890s, against medical mistreatment of prostitutes in the British Raj. She wrote more than 90 books and pamphlets, including three biographies. Her Christian feminism is celebrated by the Church of England with a Lesser Festival, and Durham University named one of their colleges after her.

Source http://handbookblogger.blogspot.com/2017/11/wikipedia-article-of-day-for-november_28.html

Shark Boops A Scuba Diver Right On The Nose


Shark Boops A Scuba Diver Right On The Nose
Fish can be as curious and investigative as any mammal.
Source

Source http://handbookblogger.blogspot.com/2017/11/shark-boops-scuba-diver-right-on-nose.html

anecdata: Word of the day for November 29, 2017

anecdata , n :
(usually humorous or pejorative) Anecdotal evidence.

Source http://handbookblogger.blogspot.com/2017/11/anecdata-word-of-day-for-november-29.html

Salvador Dali

“The thermometer of success is merely the jealousy of the malcontents.”

Source http://handbookblogger.blogspot.com/2017/11/salvador-dali.html

Quote of the Day

“The thermometer of success is merely the jealousy of the malcontents.”

Source http://handbookblogger.blogspot.com/2017/11/quote-of-day_27.html

Quote of the Day

“The thermometer of success is merely the jealousy of the malcontents.”

Source http://handbookblogger.blogspot.com/2017/11/quote-of-day_27.html

Quote of the Day

“The thermometer of success is merely the jealousy of the malcontents.”

Source http://handbookblogger.blogspot.com/2017/11/quote-of-day_27.html

Quote of the Day

“The thermometer of success is merely the jealousy of the malcontents.”

Source http://handbookblogger.blogspot.com/2017/11/quote-of-day_27.html

Quote of the Day

“The thermometer of success is merely the jealousy of the malcontents.”

Source http://handbookblogger.blogspot.com/2017/11/quote-of-day_27.html

Please Enjoy This Beautiful Moment In Which A Woman Fell Asleep At A Classical Concert


Please Enjoy This Beautiful Moment In Which A Woman Fell Asleep At A Classical Concert
The North State Symphony was playing Stravinsky when they went from pianissimo to fortissimo. A woman in the audience was not ready.
Source

Source http://handbookblogger.blogspot.com/2017/11/please-enjoy-this-beautiful-moment-in.html

Design a site like this with WordPress.com
Get started