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I really enjoy the “Overlooked” series of obits [0]. It’s interesting for some of them to go back and see who the NYT printed obits for on the day/week of the d
by danso 7y ago
I really enjoy the “Overlooked” series of obits [0]. It’s interesting for some of them to go back and see who the NYT printed obits for on the day/week of the death. It’s not as if the sections are full of even more famous (if not accomplished) persons — on an average day, it seems that there were plenty of obits for people who were just relatively well-known in high society. Such that if the NYT had a better focus on science back then, a few of the overlooked women would have gotten at least a brief (though not the many who were overlooked or ignored by their own field at the time.)
I think Turing is probably the most famous in his own time to have been in “Overlooked”. Charlotte Bronte also has been featured but she died in the 19th century.
[0] https://www.nytimes.com/spotlight/overlooked https://www.nytimes.com/spotlight/overlooked
- elliekelly 7y ago> I think Turing is probably the most famous in his own time to have been in “Overlooked”. Although many on HN have probably never heard of her, I would argue Fannie Farmer was just about as famous as a woman could be in her time. Not only was she the Martha Stewart media mogul of the early 1900's but she was one of the early pioneers of modern nutrition science. She was so well respected in the field that she was invited to teach a course at Harvard Medical School decades before women would even be permitted to enroll. She's also the reason we all have measuring spoons and cups in our kitchens.