Read #VanessaWilliamson: `Since the end of the Confederacy, the cult of the “taxpayer” has provided a socially acceptable veneer for racist attacks on #democracy.` https://www.dissentmagazine.org/article/the-austerity-politics-of-white-supremacy
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Poor dad

The Times. No. 40576. July 15, 1914. page 1, col B.

"The father of a young lady, aged 15 – a typical 'FLAPPER' – with all the self assurance of a woman of 30 would be grateful for the recommendation of a seminary (not a convent) where she might be placed for a year or two with the object of taming her. It is not EDUCATION she requires, she has too much of that already..."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flapper#cite_note-20

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At the bottom of these images is an adult crib. Consumption (tuberculosis) was a common illness in the 18th and 19th centuries, resulting in 25% of all deaths. There was no treatment. It could take months for patients to die or recover (50%), during which time they remained an active part of the social life of the family in such cribs. This also gave them the opportunity to transmit the disease.

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Victorian medicine chest, which contains medications for pain relief, such as opium. It also includes a set of scales, weights, a pill tile, and a spatula. It was probably used in the home or by an apothecary.

Photo: Wellcome Collection, London.

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During WWI, Marie Curie created a vehicle that contained a hospital bed, a generator, an X-ray machine and photographic darkroom equipment. These “petite Curies" (below) could be driven right up to the Front. Curie also helped train 150 women as radiology technicians.

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