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So. Very. Awesome.When she received the form for the 1911 England census, instead of filling it out, she wrote, "I will not supply these particulars until I have my rights as a citizen. Votes for women. Hertha Ayrton." |
Thanks a lot, HenryAyrton's obituary was written by Henry Armstrong, a friend of her late husband, William. Good ole' totally unsexist Henry wrote IN HER OBITUARY that William "should have had a humdrum wife... who would have put him into carpet-slippers when he came home, fed him well and led him not to worry... then he would have lived a longer and a happier life." |
Bibliography: Smeltzer, Ronald K. "Hertha Ayrton." Extraordinary Women in Science & Medicine: Four Centuries of Achievement, The Grolier Club, 2013, 42-46.
Glorfeld, Jeff. (2019, November 18). Science history: Hertha Marks Ayrton, woman of substance. Cosmos. https://cosmosmagazine.com/physics/science-history-hertha-marks-ayrton-woman-of-substance
Glorfeld, Jeff. (2019, November 18). Science history: Hertha Marks Ayrton, woman of substance. Cosmos. https://cosmosmagazine.com/physics/science-history-hertha-marks-ayrton-woman-of-substance
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