CrowdsourceHerBook
@crowdsourceherbook.bsky.social
CrowdsourceHerBook is a research project about women's history, old books, and participatory science based at the University of Southern Denmark.
Project blog: https://csherbook.hypotheses.org/
Posts by Charlotte Epple
MSCA-DN AntCom, funded by the EU
Project blog: https://csherbook.hypotheses.org/
Posts by Charlotte Epple
MSCA-DN AntCom, funded by the EU
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If you are interested in contributing to the project by sharing your books, please feel free to email the editor, Charlotte Epple, at cepple[at]sdu.dk. You can contribute by filling in the Crowdsource...
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Tell me about your woman-owned books! Submit them via the survey below.
✔️ printed before 1900
✔️ contains evidence of female ownership (a signature e.g.)
#bookhistory
#crowdsourcing
#womenshistory
✔️ printed before 1900
✔️ contains evidence of female ownership (a signature e.g.)
#bookhistory
#crowdsourcing
#womenshistory
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No YOU'RE still mucking around with a family record in an account book that also includes daughters' marriage portions. A few $$, some "household utensills." Late 1720s, Massachusetts.
November 28, 2025 at 11:19 AM
No YOU'RE still mucking around with a family record in an account book that also includes daughters' marriage portions. A few $$, some "household utensills." Late 1720s, Massachusetts.
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We are VERY excited to announce the call for papers for our 2026 conference! 🎉🎉🎉 This year, we invite paper and poster proposals on the themes of power and/or performance!
All proposals to be sent to [email protected] by 17:00 on Friday 9th January.
#medievalsky #skystorians
All proposals to be sent to [email protected] by 17:00 on Friday 9th January.
#medievalsky #skystorians
November 28, 2025 at 11:33 AM
We are VERY excited to announce the call for papers for our 2026 conference! 🎉🎉🎉 This year, we invite paper and poster proposals on the themes of power and/or performance!
All proposals to be sent to [email protected] by 17:00 on Friday 9th January.
#medievalsky #skystorians
All proposals to be sent to [email protected] by 17:00 on Friday 9th January.
#medievalsky #skystorians
18th century book of sermons with neat provenance inscription of Amelia Graham from Truro, Ohio. #herbook #bookhistory csherbook.hypotheses.org/2997
#40 Amelia Graham’s A little treatise of being born again, 1727
This book was kindly shared by an anonymous participant. Type of ownership mark: inscriptionTranscription: “Amelia Graham’s book Truro, Franklin County Ohio MDCCCXXXV 1831” Bibliographic dataTitle: A ...
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November 27, 2025 at 2:31 PM
18th century book of sermons with neat provenance inscription of Amelia Graham from Truro, Ohio. #herbook #bookhistory csherbook.hypotheses.org/2997
Some more book entries out on the blog today, among them a novel by Frank Norris with a very sweet Valentine's inscription and traces of pressed flowers inside, contributed by @brianbusby.bsky.social. Thank you! #bookhistory
#39 Lulu Bird’s Blix, 1899
This book was kindly shared by Brian Busby. Type of ownership mark: inscriptionTranscription: “Heres [sic] a true little story of the land – you are going to – For Lulu Bird from – the skipper of the ...
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November 27, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Some more book entries out on the blog today, among them a novel by Frank Norris with a very sweet Valentine's inscription and traces of pressed flowers inside, contributed by @brianbusby.bsky.social. Thank you! #bookhistory
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Family cookbooks, filled with handwritten notes, sometimes held together with rubber bands, tell the story of generations of homemakers. They are irreplaceable treasures.
🦃 Celebrate the cultural & family histories on their worn & stained pages ➡️ blog.archive.org/2024/09/30/v...
#Thanksgiving
🦃 Celebrate the cultural & family histories on their worn & stained pages ➡️ blog.archive.org/2024/09/30/v...
#Thanksgiving
November 26, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Family cookbooks, filled with handwritten notes, sometimes held together with rubber bands, tell the story of generations of homemakers. They are irreplaceable treasures.
🦃 Celebrate the cultural & family histories on their worn & stained pages ➡️ blog.archive.org/2024/09/30/v...
#Thanksgiving
🦃 Celebrate the cultural & family histories on their worn & stained pages ➡️ blog.archive.org/2024/09/30/v...
#Thanksgiving
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#rosesagainstviolence for @crowdsourceherbook.bsky.social who knows this cat!
#stopviolenceagainstwomen
#stopgenderbasedviolence
#stopviolenceagainstwomen
#stopgenderbasedviolence
November 26, 2025 at 10:56 AM
And finally, this endearing children's book about a kitten that decided to leave home and become a robber. It belonged to Nellie Woodford. Nellie was raised by her aunt Sophia after her mother Sarah Comfort's death. #bookhistory #herbook #womenshistory csherbook.hypotheses.org/2176
November 18, 2025 at 12:50 PM
And finally, this endearing children's book about a kitten that decided to leave home and become a robber. It belonged to Nellie Woodford. Nellie was raised by her aunt Sophia after her mother Sarah Comfort's death. #bookhistory #herbook #womenshistory csherbook.hypotheses.org/2176
This book on friendship, surely also given as a gift, belonged to Sophia Woodford. #bookhistory #womenshistory #herbook
November 18, 2025 at 12:44 PM
This book on friendship, surely also given as a gift, belonged to Sophia Woodford. #bookhistory #womenshistory #herbook
This book of psalms belonged to Adaline Woodford (left), who later gifted it to her sister Sophia (right). They were sisters-in-law of Sarah Comfort Woodford, the owner of Famous Men of Britain. #bookhistory #womenshistory #herbook
November 18, 2025 at 12:38 PM
This book of psalms belonged to Adaline Woodford (left), who later gifted it to her sister Sophia (right). They were sisters-in-law of Sarah Comfort Woodford, the owner of Famous Men of Britain. #bookhistory #womenshistory #herbook
I've been sent four books all owned by women in the same family. With photos! Here's the first: Famous Men of Britain (1856), inscribed by Sarah Comfort Woodford. csherbook.hypotheses.org/2447 #bookhistory #womenshistory #herbook
November 18, 2025 at 12:26 PM
I've been sent four books all owned by women in the same family. With photos! Here's the first: Famous Men of Britain (1856), inscribed by Sarah Comfort Woodford. csherbook.hypotheses.org/2447 #bookhistory #womenshistory #herbook
#onthisday in 1896, Estelle Champlin added this copy of The Herb-Moon to her library. The scraps of paper on the pastedown are from a review of the novel, probably pasted into the book by the book seller and later removed. csherbook.hypotheses.org/2160 #bookhistory #womenshistory #herbook #otd
November 17, 2025 at 1:11 PM
#onthisday in 1896, Estelle Champlin added this copy of The Herb-Moon to her library. The scraps of paper on the pastedown are from a review of the novel, probably pasted into the book by the book seller and later removed. csherbook.hypotheses.org/2160 #bookhistory #womenshistory #herbook #otd
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‼️Next year, the REBPAF Final Conference will be held in Dublin.‼️
We invite submissions of papers & posters; the deadline is 15 Dec 2025. We look forward to your contributions and to welcoming you to Ireland!📚
#REBPAF #MSCA #REBPAFConference #CfP #BookHistory
[See images for details & how to apply.]
We invite submissions of papers & posters; the deadline is 15 Dec 2025. We look forward to your contributions and to welcoming you to Ireland!📚
#REBPAF #MSCA #REBPAFConference #CfP #BookHistory
[See images for details & how to apply.]
July 26, 2025 at 3:04 PM
‼️Next year, the REBPAF Final Conference will be held in Dublin.‼️
We invite submissions of papers & posters; the deadline is 15 Dec 2025. We look forward to your contributions and to welcoming you to Ireland!📚
#REBPAF #MSCA #REBPAFConference #CfP #BookHistory
[See images for details & how to apply.]
We invite submissions of papers & posters; the deadline is 15 Dec 2025. We look forward to your contributions and to welcoming you to Ireland!📚
#REBPAF #MSCA #REBPAFConference #CfP #BookHistory
[See images for details & how to apply.]
Here's another prize book, this time awarded for "good attendance" to Minnie Brownsett from Manchester. csherbook.hypotheses.org/2393 #herbook #bookhistory #womenshistory
October 22, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Here's another prize book, this time awarded for "good attendance" to Minnie Brownsett from Manchester. csherbook.hypotheses.org/2393 #herbook #bookhistory #womenshistory
This prize was awarded to Katie Seymour of Ryde, Isle of Wight, "for attention to studies" in 1893. Thanks to @brianbusby.bsky.social for sharing the book and its story! #herbook #bookhistory #womenshistory
#29 Katie Seymour’s Christie Redfern’s Troubles (1892)
This book was kindly shared by Brian Busby. Type of ownership mark: gift label, inscriptionTranscription: “Mall Board School, Brading. MISS MOORE’S PRIZE. PRESENTED TO Katie Seymour for attention to s...
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October 21, 2025 at 2:20 PM
This prize was awarded to Katie Seymour of Ryde, Isle of Wight, "for attention to studies" in 1893. Thanks to @brianbusby.bsky.social for sharing the book and its story! #herbook #bookhistory #womenshistory
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There were ferns, too! Not just #horsetail.
October 17, 2025 at 10:41 AM
There were ferns, too! Not just #horsetail.
A romance novel with a somewhat cryptic gift inscription: "A friend to a friend".
Makes one wonder what kind of friend, and why they omitted their name... #herbook #bookhistory #womenshistory
Makes one wonder what kind of friend, and why they omitted their name... #herbook #bookhistory #womenshistory
#28 Mrs S. C. Davison’s Romance of Zion Chapel (1898)
This book was kindly shared by Chris Kraus. Type of ownership mark #1: inscriptionTranscription: “Mrs S. C. Davison” Type of ownership mark #2: inscriptionTranscription: “A friend to a friend. Septr (...
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October 17, 2025 at 9:50 AM
A romance novel with a somewhat cryptic gift inscription: "A friend to a friend".
Makes one wonder what kind of friend, and why they omitted their name... #herbook #bookhistory #womenshistory
Makes one wonder what kind of friend, and why they omitted their name... #herbook #bookhistory #womenshistory
I love the audacity of reinterpreting a typographic separator as a signature line. And right underneath the apostle's name! csherbook.hypotheses.org/1958 #bookhistory #womenshistory #herbook
October 14, 2025 at 2:35 PM
I love the audacity of reinterpreting a typographic separator as a signature line. And right underneath the apostle's name! csherbook.hypotheses.org/1958 #bookhistory #womenshistory #herbook
More #ferns! Signed "A. J. S." (Alice Josephine Smith). From How to know the ferns (1899) by Frances Theodora Parsons. #botany #womenartists #illustration
October 14, 2025 at 8:46 AM
More #ferns! Signed "A. J. S." (Alice Josephine Smith). From How to know the ferns (1899) by Frances Theodora Parsons. #botany #womenartists #illustration
#illustration by Alice Josephine Smith, from Plants and their children (1896) by Frances Theodora Parsons. #botany #womenartists
October 13, 2025 at 2:13 PM
#illustration by Alice Josephine Smith, from Plants and their children (1896) by Frances Theodora Parsons. #botany #womenartists
Ostrich Fern by Marion Satterlee (her monogram is under the stalk of b) from How to know the ferns (1899) by Frances Theodora Parsons. #illustration #womenartists #botany
October 13, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Ostrich Fern by Marion Satterlee (her monogram is under the stalk of b) from How to know the ferns (1899) by Frances Theodora Parsons. #illustration #womenartists #botany
More #botany: another book by Frances Theodora Parsons! The former owner was not a botanist herself though. She was professor of zoology and physiology at Wellesley College. #herbook #bookhistory #womenshistory
#25 Alice G. Robertson’s How to know the ferns (1899?)
This book was kindly shared by Chris Kraus. Type of ownership mark: inscriptionTranscription: “Alice G. Robertson Waltham. Mass. 14 Laurel Ave [cut out]eum” Type of ownership mark #2: inscriptionTrans...
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October 13, 2025 at 12:03 PM
More #botany: another book by Frances Theodora Parsons! The former owner was not a botanist herself though. She was professor of zoology and physiology at Wellesley College. #herbook #bookhistory #womenshistory
Pyxie by Elsie Louise Shaw, colour plate in the 1921 edition of How to know the wild flowers by Frances Theodora Parsons. #botany #illustration #womenartists
October 10, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Pyxie by Elsie Louise Shaw, colour plate in the 1921 edition of How to know the wild flowers by Frances Theodora Parsons. #botany #illustration #womenartists
#Illustration of seed pods by Alice Josephine Smith, from Frances Theodora Parsons, Plants and their Children (1896). #botany #womenartists
October 10, 2025 at 7:54 AM
#Illustration of seed pods by Alice Josephine Smith, from Frances Theodora Parsons, Plants and their Children (1896). #botany #womenartists