I’m weak on who’s Anglo-Saxon and who’s not. I’m told Boggs came from the peat bogs (tho not literally) and that there last known address before sailing to America was the Scots-Irish neighborhoods of Ireland.
Then they came over and put their feistyness to the service of America, being the mainstay of her armies.
Don’t need a DNA test to prove to myself I’m Scots- Irish; the Irish in me likes to drink, and the Scot in me don’t like to pay.
At about 7 years old, I tried to get my dad to tell me Are we Scots? or Are we Irish. His red hair flapped in the breeze and his blue-gray eyes flashed as he raised his voice to say, "We are Scots-Irish!" My mother said I had been dug out of my daddy with a pick! I'm still trying to figure out how. Up until then, all the births in my family had been normal.
Lawsy- I was an only child til about 9, when they adopted my 3 siblings in rapid succession. (You could get them from the orphanage for about $100 back then). When the youngest was old enough to ponder these things, she asked why they were adopted and I wasn’t. Mom said, “After him, we could take any more chances.”
Steve, I will refrain from telling you my favorite Scottish joke about the Scotsman who almost screamed when his wife fell out of the open cockpit of an airplane so that he could save money when they did a loop-de-loop actually it was a barrel roll oops I guess I told you the joke didn't I? Sorry. Not sorry.
It is important to honor people who made important contributions to this country and the world in general.
I just don’t like the way this black history month is done. It is made to seem without blacks in our country nothing would have been done and we might just be nothing more than some backward country like…. well just pick one.
I like the content of your character rather than the color of your skin idea.
I liked it better when it was just plain February. Makes more equal for all.
"I like the content of your character rather than the color of your skin idea."
A Black man brought that concept to life until he was murdered, but today's Black leaders and politicians seem to just want freebies and reparation. I think all the White deaths (including Abraham Lincoln's assassination) for the civil war are reparations enough.
Lincoln was America's first Republican president. Republicans in Congress were the ones who saved Civil Rights legislation from being tossed out by Democrats.
This history about race is really a story of simple Right versus Wrong. We fixed it.
Amen. Growing up white in a black neighborhood til I was a senior in highschool, blacks were people first, and blacks second. But since the race-based Marxists came in trying to "divide and conquer" America, they have AGGRESSIVELY pushed a PR campaign to get blacks to think of themselves as black first, and people second. This country was well on its way to a normal full integration of blacks until the racist Democrats tried to hijack the "blacks" for the venal purposes of their own political power.
My question is why does it need a month? It is unreasonable in scale making it ostentatious. Then, there is Juneteenth, another Black event that could only exist because thousands fought and many died in the Civil War, almost exclusively fought by Whites.
MLK birthday, always born on a Monday. Geo Washington & Abe Lincoln have to share a Monday…. Don’t celebrate Confederate Soldiers day in Texas anymore….Even had to tear down R.E. Lee statue in Dallas, dedicated by FDR…..gotta hide our history so the Young-uns never ask Why??
Destroying and erasing history is the Marxist way. Uneducated and uninformed people are easier to control. That's why our school systems have been dismantled.
I can’t believe that I’m quoting Assata Shakur, but…“The schools we go to are reflections of the society that created them. Nobody is going to give you the education you need to overthrow them. Nobody is going to teach you your true history, teach you your true heroes, if they know that that knowledge will help set you free.” Works for all of us, especially in today’s environment.
I first heard this concept when I learned that statues of Marx and Lenin had been torn down in Russia. Or was it East Germany? I forget. It'd be well and good if Hitler mementos went away, but then where could we spit tobacco? Patooie.
Technically speaking, Juneteenth is the celebration of freedom from slavery - achieved by mostly whites. It is a recognition of white goodness against the black slave traders in Africa. Whites did that.
I had better stop or I will rustle up some BLM riots who need to push victimhood.
Then there is another whole month dedicated to "pride" month. I hate that those people stole the rainbow, I am a Rainbow Girl, past Worthy Advisor, sponsored by the Masons and Eastern Star, in case you aren't familiar with the organization, used to be quite an honor to be a member of this honorable Christian organization
My sister was a Rainbow Girl. I was pretty young when she was inducted and, as her brother, had a small part to play in her ceremony. I remember having to stand up and ask "May I approach the East?" to give her something - I think it was flowers or some special token for the ceremony. It took place at our church.
Molto Grazie Paison. I’d like to add one notable who was also a native of South Philadelphia. Col. John Dramissi. An Air Force pilot shot down in Viet Nam in 1967. He spent six years in the Hanoi Hilton with Sen. John McCain and was tortured constantly. He never gave an inch. He never gave in. One of my all time heroes. Thx for this article & every other one.
Like Morgan Freeman, I don;t like Black History Month. While the originators may have thought it a grand idea, I think it has become a means of separation and divisiveness.
Indoctrinarians reading this are likely suffering exploding head syndrome.....or perhaps responding like vampires caught out after sunrise.
We only have twelve months, therefore the monthly honor should rotate. How about legal immigrant month? Law enforcement officer month? How about a whole month instead of just one day of "Memorial Day" to honor those who fought and died for what we have today?
I say no to Law Enforcement officer month. Would be all in 10 years ago . But what I've seen from FBI, the J6 set up and watching them do NOTHING while cities burned and BLM/Antifa looted and attacked citizens and now I say fuck em.
Love the phrase "exploding heads syndrome'. It's an apt one for these hmmm, idiots. Why not make holidays or days of recognition as we now have even more special somehow. People today don't know our history, the form of government in which the US operates, civics. We need to emphasize the existing holidays which salute the very history and struggles of this nation. ie Fourth of July, Memorial Day, Veterans Day etc.
I would make July the month of American Revolution (ie) a month of the Fourth of July. Fireworks and barbecue all month long. Reenactments of real battles - history brought to life.
A hallmark of the bitter, communist left is their inability to produce, hence they tear down others, seek to divide and conquer, and then blame the victims.
In these times we find now find ourselves, History itself has been deemed a “dangerous” thing. Why? Because it teaches ALL the very quintessential and immutable life lessons one absolutely must have in order to better understand and navigate their way through their lives.
Remove it, or revise it, or destroy it and you create conditions destined to bring about only despair and devastation.
Greatest invention? Hard to say but indoor plumbing has to be near the top of the list!
“The early 20th century brought further advancements in plumbing technology. In 1907, Thomas Crapper introduced the siphonic flush system, which significantly improved the efficiency of toilets.
This innovation allowed for more effective waste removal and reduced water consumption, making modern plumbing systems even more sustainable.”
Many congratulations on Grandchild #2! The “Grandparents Club” (as I have named it), has to be the most extraordinary place a human being could ever dream to be so blessed to enter, whereupon a revelation of a wholly new experience of love you would otherwise never even know existed, explodes within you and takes over your heart!
To be a grandparent is truly one of the greatest gifts from God one may ever receive while traversing this mortal coil.
Couldn't agree more! We have seven, with number eight on the way...and those are just my two daughters offspring. We're impatiently waiting for our two sons to "get busy"!
Great essay on what is missing in the American Mis-education/indoctrination system we have today.By design the great melting pot is no longer coming together but being brought to a boil under the current regime.We now need PDJT to take charge and turn down the heat asap.When this happens be prepared for endless protests and INSURRECTIONS by the left.Don,while you may have the cutest grand children I feel proud of the most beautiful 3 year old great grand daughter to exist.Thank you Poca-Man and charge on as we are with you into MAGA 2024.
Why does Black History Month never mention The Father of Slavery African Anthony Johnson? Johnson sued his white neighbors to legalize slavery in Virginia - and the court ordered his white neighbor to pay his court costs. Here's his story:
ANTHONY JOHNSON
"Black slave owners have not been studied as a part of American history, rather as a datum to American history, and yet slavery as a perpetual institution is legalized based on a case brought before the House of Burgess by an African, who had been indentured in Jamestown, Virginia 1621 and was known as Antonio the Negro according to the earliest records. He later Anglicized his name to Anthony. Anthony Johnson was believed to be the first Black to set foot on Virginia soil. He was the first black indentured servant, the first free black, and the first to establish the first black community, first black landowner, first black slave owner, and the first person based on his court case to establish slavery legally in North America. One could argue that he was the founder of slavery in Virginia.
Anthony Johnson arrived in Jamestown, Virginia in 1621. In 1623, Antoney[sic] and Isabella married. The next year they were the proud parents of William. William is believed to be the first African American born in British America. During his first years in North America, he escaped death in an Indian attack on Jamestown. During the following year Africans and people of color were a small minority in the Virginia colony. The census of 1625 reported only twenty-three Africans living in the colony out of a total of 1,275 white people and indigenous Africans. By 1649 the total black population was only 300 out of a total of 18,500 whites.
In 1635 Johnson’s master, Nathaniel Littleton finally released him. As the custom was he received a 250 acre plantation in 1651 under the “head right system” by which the colonial government encouraged population growth by awarding fifty acres of land for every new servant a settler brought to Virginia. He became the master of both black and white servants.
Anthony Johnson's plantation was located on the neck of land between two creeks that flowed into the Pungoteague River in Northampton County. A few years later, his relatives, John and Richard Johnson, also acquired land in this area. John brought eleven servants to the colony and received 550 acres, and Richard brought two and received 100 acres.
In 1654 Anthony Johnson went to court and sued his white neighbor for keeping his black servant John Casor. Casor claimed that Johnson “had kept him his serv [an] t seven years longer than hee should or ought. Johnson who the courts described as an “old Negro,” claimed that he was entitled to “ye Negro [Casor] for his life.” Johnson realized that if he continued and persisted in his suit, Casor could win damages against him. So, Johnson brought suit against his white neighbor Robert Parker, whom Johnson charged had detained Casor “under pretense [that] the s[ai]d John Casor is a freeman.” The courts now ruled in his favor and John Casor was returned to him and Parker had to pay the court costs.
This case establishes perpetual servitude in North America, and it is ironic that the case was brought to the court by an African who had arrived from Angola in 1621. Slavery was established in 1654 when Anthony Johnson, Northampton County, convinced the court that he was entitled to the lifetime service of John Casor; this was the first judicial approval of life servitude, except as punishment for a crime.
Anthony Johnson lived on his plantation surrounded by his white neighbors. He had entered a system not based on slavery, but indentured servitude. There were many Anthony Johnson's in America, who never spent a day in slavery but were owners of slaves."
If history was ever recorded honestly about slavery, Blacks were as much a part of the cause of slavery as whites. Both races held slaves, and the African slave traders to the sales and marketing team for slaves. But, that story will never be told. It' doesn't serve the "victimhood" agenda.
Fermi trusted a 23 year old to do the math keeping him from blowing up Chicago. Leona Harriet Woods (August 9, 1919 – November 10, 1986), later known as Leona Woods Marshall and Leona Woods Marshall Libby, was an American physicist who helped build the first nuclear reactor and the first atomic bomb.
At age 23, she was the youngest and only female member of the team which built and experimented with the world's first nuclear reactor (then called a pile), Chicago Pile-1, in a project led by her mentor Enrico Fermi. In particular, Woods was instrumental in the construction and then utilization of geiger counters for analysis during experimentation. She was the only woman present when the reactor went critical. (She also inspired the most obscure pun I ever made)
Leona was an expert in radioisotope analysis. The setup: Her second husband. Willard Frank Libby (December 17, 1908 – September 8, 1980) was an American physical chemist noted for his role in the 1949 development of radiocarbon dating, a process which revolutionized archaeology and palaeontology. For his contributions to the team that developed this process, Libby was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1960
So it would appear Leona and Willard’s courtship was one of the earliest examples of carbon dating.
That is, if you don’t consider my grandkids.
I’m weak on who’s Anglo-Saxon and who’s not. I’m told Boggs came from the peat bogs (tho not literally) and that there last known address before sailing to America was the Scots-Irish neighborhoods of Ireland.
Then they came over and put their feistyness to the service of America, being the mainstay of her armies.
Don’t need a DNA test to prove to myself I’m Scots- Irish; the Irish in me likes to drink, and the Scot in me don’t like to pay.
🤣🤣🤣
At about 7 years old, I tried to get my dad to tell me Are we Scots? or Are we Irish. His red hair flapped in the breeze and his blue-gray eyes flashed as he raised his voice to say, "We are Scots-Irish!" My mother said I had been dug out of my daddy with a pick! I'm still trying to figure out how. Up until then, all the births in my family had been normal.
According to my 87-yo Mom, we are Scots-Irish & Dutch & French on her side & English on my Dad's side.
"Dug out with a pick" LOL LOL
Lawsy- I was an only child til about 9, when they adopted my 3 siblings in rapid succession. (You could get them from the orphanage for about $100 back then). When the youngest was old enough to ponder these things, she asked why they were adopted and I wasn’t. Mom said, “After him, we could take any more chances.”
Thx Alice. My wife had quite enough of my humor quite awhile ago.
Steve, I will refrain from telling you my favorite Scottish joke about the Scotsman who almost screamed when his wife fell out of the open cockpit of an airplane so that he could save money when they did a loop-de-loop actually it was a barrel roll oops I guess I told you the joke didn't I? Sorry. Not sorry.
"A Scotsman can buy from a Jew and sell to a Quaker at a profit."
LOL Tis true! Speaking as a descendent of Irish French immigrants.
Nice! I’ve been peer-reviewed.
It is important to honor people who made important contributions to this country and the world in general.
I just don’t like the way this black history month is done. It is made to seem without blacks in our country nothing would have been done and we might just be nothing more than some backward country like…. well just pick one.
I like the content of your character rather than the color of your skin idea.
I liked it better when it was just plain February. Makes more equal for all.
"I like the content of your character rather than the color of your skin idea."
A Black man brought that concept to life until he was murdered, but today's Black leaders and politicians seem to just want freebies and reparation. I think all the White deaths (including Abraham Lincoln's assassination) for the civil war are reparations enough.
Lincoln was America's first Republican president. Republicans in Congress were the ones who saved Civil Rights legislation from being tossed out by Democrats.
This history about race is really a story of simple Right versus Wrong. We fixed it.
Keeping in mind the Republican achievements of the past, why are so many current ones cowardly and backward?
We can only guess. My belief is the fear of personal destruction by the intelligence community. It is indirect blackmail.
Indoctrination day swearing in.
Many blacks I've worked with felt the same way. One noted such attention only acts to divide rather than exemplify a people.
Amen. Growing up white in a black neighborhood til I was a senior in highschool, blacks were people first, and blacks second. But since the race-based Marxists came in trying to "divide and conquer" America, they have AGGRESSIVELY pushed a PR campaign to get blacks to think of themselves as black first, and people second. This country was well on its way to a normal full integration of blacks until the racist Democrats tried to hijack the "blacks" for the venal purposes of their own political power.
Not unlike being Somali first, Muslim next then an American, even if you're in Congress!
Similar experience Gal
White History month is March 1 - January 31.
Dittos
My question is why does it need a month? It is unreasonable in scale making it ostentatious. Then, there is Juneteenth, another Black event that could only exist because thousands fought and many died in the Civil War, almost exclusively fought by Whites.
MLK birthday, always born on a Monday. Geo Washington & Abe Lincoln have to share a Monday…. Don’t celebrate Confederate Soldiers day in Texas anymore….Even had to tear down R.E. Lee statue in Dallas, dedicated by FDR…..gotta hide our history so the Young-uns never ask Why??
Destroying and erasing history is the Marxist way. Uneducated and uninformed people are easier to control. That's why our school systems have been dismantled.
I can’t believe that I’m quoting Assata Shakur, but…“The schools we go to are reflections of the society that created them. Nobody is going to give you the education you need to overthrow them. Nobody is going to teach you your true history, teach you your true heroes, if they know that that knowledge will help set you free.” Works for all of us, especially in today’s environment.
Spot on Bubble.
I first heard this concept when I learned that statues of Marx and Lenin had been torn down in Russia. Or was it East Germany? I forget. It'd be well and good if Hitler mementos went away, but then where could we spit tobacco? Patooie.
And famous and beautiful Lee Circle in New Orleans is now an empty tower. Black Lives Matter destroyed a lot of history. And stupid liberals did it.
how sad. Those who don't know history are bound to repeat it
They destroy what invalidates their complaints. Re-write the narrative to fit a new plot more consistent with the nefarious leaders we live under.
Juneteenth should be reversed and gotten rid of. Instead of a happy holiday, it is "Black Grievance Day". I refuse to "celebrate" it.
Technically speaking, Juneteenth is the celebration of freedom from slavery - achieved by mostly whites. It is a recognition of white goodness against the black slave traders in Africa. Whites did that.
I had better stop or I will rustle up some BLM riots who need to push victimhood.
That date used to be only in TX because that was the date TX blacks learned they were freemen. We need to either reclaim it or delete it completely
Then there is another whole month dedicated to "pride" month. I hate that those people stole the rainbow, I am a Rainbow Girl, past Worthy Advisor, sponsored by the Masons and Eastern Star, in case you aren't familiar with the organization, used to be quite an honor to be a member of this honorable Christian organization
My sister was a Rainbow Girl. I was pretty young when she was inducted and, as her brother, had a small part to play in her ceremony. I remember having to stand up and ask "May I approach the East?" to give her something - I think it was flowers or some special token for the ceremony. It took place at our church.
Ostentatious is the whole point
Don, congratulations on the new arrival this morning! My best to mom and the family.
Dittos
Molto Grazie Paison. I’d like to add one notable who was also a native of South Philadelphia. Col. John Dramissi. An Air Force pilot shot down in Viet Nam in 1967. He spent six years in the Hanoi Hilton with Sen. John McCain and was tortured constantly. He never gave an inch. He never gave in. One of my all time heroes. Thx for this article & every other one.
🇺🇸🍷🙏👍
My favorite native of south Philly was Frank Rizzo. Can you imagine him putting up with all this BS?
Never
I miss the Riz. He was Giuliani before there was a Giuliani.
He like me grew up in St. Monica’s. The best parish & neighborhood in the City.
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About a nano-sec.
Congrats, grandpa!
Like Morgan Freeman, I don;t like Black History Month. While the originators may have thought it a grand idea, I think it has become a means of separation and divisiveness.
I listened to that wonderful interview he did with Mike Wallace many years ago. He was spot on!
Indoctrinarians reading this are likely suffering exploding head syndrome.....or perhaps responding like vampires caught out after sunrise.
We only have twelve months, therefore the monthly honor should rotate. How about legal immigrant month? Law enforcement officer month? How about a whole month instead of just one day of "Memorial Day" to honor those who fought and died for what we have today?
I say no to Law Enforcement officer month. Would be all in 10 years ago . But what I've seen from FBI, the J6 set up and watching them do NOTHING while cities burned and BLM/Antifa looted and attacked citizens and now I say fuck em.
How about twelve months of peace and quiet?
AMEN to that idea.
Holidays and "causes" are becoming like spam and robocalls.
Love the phrase "exploding heads syndrome'. It's an apt one for these hmmm, idiots. Why not make holidays or days of recognition as we now have even more special somehow. People today don't know our history, the form of government in which the US operates, civics. We need to emphasize the existing holidays which salute the very history and struggles of this nation. ie Fourth of July, Memorial Day, Veterans Day etc.
I would make July the month of American Revolution (ie) a month of the Fourth of July. Fireworks and barbecue all month long. Reenactments of real battles - history brought to life.
Oh wow! Just think of the tire sales, and appliances? Mind boggling.
Isn’t capitalism great?
I love barbecue, locally Hard Eight is hard to beat and only a short drive from our home
If I'm ever back in Texas, I'll try to find one. I was there many decades ago attending Rice U and used to go to Gabby's. Is that still around?
month number 2 may be black month but all 12 are anti-white months and that's the problem.
A hallmark of the bitter, communist left is their inability to produce, hence they tear down others, seek to divide and conquer, and then blame the victims.
Amen in a nutshell!
Seems to be how the Bible describes Satan
In these times we find now find ourselves, History itself has been deemed a “dangerous” thing. Why? Because it teaches ALL the very quintessential and immutable life lessons one absolutely must have in order to better understand and navigate their way through their lives.
Remove it, or revise it, or destroy it and you create conditions destined to bring about only despair and devastation.
Well said Suzie.
Greatest invention? Hard to say but indoor plumbing has to be near the top of the list!
“The early 20th century brought further advancements in plumbing technology. In 1907, Thomas Crapper introduced the siphonic flush system, which significantly improved the efficiency of toilets.
This innovation allowed for more effective waste removal and reduced water consumption, making modern plumbing systems even more sustainable.”
Hah! Thomas CRAPPER! Who knew?! 🤣
Thank you, Professor, for reminding me how great the US was, and is, in nurturing and supporting such giants.
Many congratulations on Grandchild #2! The “Grandparents Club” (as I have named it), has to be the most extraordinary place a human being could ever dream to be so blessed to enter, whereupon a revelation of a wholly new experience of love you would otherwise never even know existed, explodes within you and takes over your heart!
To be a grandparent is truly one of the greatest gifts from God one may ever receive while traversing this mortal coil.
Cherish each and every moment of its bliss!
Couldn't agree more! We have seven, with number eight on the way...and those are just my two daughters offspring. We're impatiently waiting for our two sons to "get busy"!
You are most mightily blessed!! 👍♥️
Great essay on what is missing in the American Mis-education/indoctrination system we have today.By design the great melting pot is no longer coming together but being brought to a boil under the current regime.We now need PDJT to take charge and turn down the heat asap.When this happens be prepared for endless protests and INSURRECTIONS by the left.Don,while you may have the cutest grand children I feel proud of the most beautiful 3 year old great grand daughter to exist.Thank you Poca-Man and charge on as we are with you into MAGA 2024.
Why does Black History Month never mention The Father of Slavery African Anthony Johnson? Johnson sued his white neighbors to legalize slavery in Virginia - and the court ordered his white neighbor to pay his court costs. Here's his story:
ANTHONY JOHNSON
"Black slave owners have not been studied as a part of American history, rather as a datum to American history, and yet slavery as a perpetual institution is legalized based on a case brought before the House of Burgess by an African, who had been indentured in Jamestown, Virginia 1621 and was known as Antonio the Negro according to the earliest records. He later Anglicized his name to Anthony. Anthony Johnson was believed to be the first Black to set foot on Virginia soil. He was the first black indentured servant, the first free black, and the first to establish the first black community, first black landowner, first black slave owner, and the first person based on his court case to establish slavery legally in North America. One could argue that he was the founder of slavery in Virginia.
Anthony Johnson arrived in Jamestown, Virginia in 1621. In 1623, Antoney[sic] and Isabella married. The next year they were the proud parents of William. William is believed to be the first African American born in British America. During his first years in North America, he escaped death in an Indian attack on Jamestown. During the following year Africans and people of color were a small minority in the Virginia colony. The census of 1625 reported only twenty-three Africans living in the colony out of a total of 1,275 white people and indigenous Africans. By 1649 the total black population was only 300 out of a total of 18,500 whites.
In 1635 Johnson’s master, Nathaniel Littleton finally released him. As the custom was he received a 250 acre plantation in 1651 under the “head right system” by which the colonial government encouraged population growth by awarding fifty acres of land for every new servant a settler brought to Virginia. He became the master of both black and white servants.
Anthony Johnson's plantation was located on the neck of land between two creeks that flowed into the Pungoteague River in Northampton County. A few years later, his relatives, John and Richard Johnson, also acquired land in this area. John brought eleven servants to the colony and received 550 acres, and Richard brought two and received 100 acres.
In 1654 Anthony Johnson went to court and sued his white neighbor for keeping his black servant John Casor. Casor claimed that Johnson “had kept him his serv [an] t seven years longer than hee should or ought. Johnson who the courts described as an “old Negro,” claimed that he was entitled to “ye Negro [Casor] for his life.” Johnson realized that if he continued and persisted in his suit, Casor could win damages against him. So, Johnson brought suit against his white neighbor Robert Parker, whom Johnson charged had detained Casor “under pretense [that] the s[ai]d John Casor is a freeman.” The courts now ruled in his favor and John Casor was returned to him and Parker had to pay the court costs.
This case establishes perpetual servitude in North America, and it is ironic that the case was brought to the court by an African who had arrived from Angola in 1621. Slavery was established in 1654 when Anthony Johnson, Northampton County, convinced the court that he was entitled to the lifetime service of John Casor; this was the first judicial approval of life servitude, except as punishment for a crime.
Anthony Johnson lived on his plantation surrounded by his white neighbors. He had entered a system not based on slavery, but indentured servitude. There were many Anthony Johnson's in America, who never spent a day in slavery but were owners of slaves."
https://slaverebellion.info/index.php?page=the-black-slave-owners
https://encyclopediavirginia.org/entries/court-ruling-on-anthony-johnson-and-his-servant-1655/
If history was ever recorded honestly about slavery, Blacks were as much a part of the cause of slavery as whites. Both races held slaves, and the African slave traders to the sales and marketing team for slaves. But, that story will never be told. It' doesn't serve the "victimhood" agenda.
Thank you for this very interesting history lesson
Fermi trusted a 23 year old to do the math keeping him from blowing up Chicago. Leona Harriet Woods (August 9, 1919 – November 10, 1986), later known as Leona Woods Marshall and Leona Woods Marshall Libby, was an American physicist who helped build the first nuclear reactor and the first atomic bomb.
At age 23, she was the youngest and only female member of the team which built and experimented with the world's first nuclear reactor (then called a pile), Chicago Pile-1, in a project led by her mentor Enrico Fermi. In particular, Woods was instrumental in the construction and then utilization of geiger counters for analysis during experimentation. She was the only woman present when the reactor went critical. (She also inspired the most obscure pun I ever made)
Please share your pun with us. I've been racking my (still waking up) brain trying to figure it out.
Leona was an expert in radioisotope analysis. The setup: Her second husband. Willard Frank Libby (December 17, 1908 – September 8, 1980) was an American physical chemist noted for his role in the 1949 development of radiocarbon dating, a process which revolutionized archaeology and palaeontology. For his contributions to the team that developed this process, Libby was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1960
So it would appear Leona and Willard’s courtship was one of the earliest examples of carbon dating.
Genius! An epic groaner. Thank you.