https://diler.tube/videos/watch/5769d9b2-ce31-4fde-baba-3d2bdf44f4cd Although Hertha Ayrton - then Hertha Marks - and George Eliot were good friends, it is no longer thought that Eliot based the character of Mirah Lapidoth in Daniel Deronda on Ayrton. Marie Curie is mentioned as not being ‘allowed to stand on the platform’ at the Royal Institution to ‘present her own research projects’. Women had always been welcomed as Members of the Royal Institution and there was no written rule preventing them from speaking; contemporary societal norms were more likely the reason. The first woman to present at the Royal Institution was the medieval scholar Dame Joan Evans in 1923.” Thu, 25 Jun 2026 17:24:42 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://diler.tube https://diler.tube/lazy-static/avatars/f58b270a-6076-478a-ad43-3888a532ecb4.png https://diler.tube/videos/watch/5769d9b2-ce31-4fde-baba-3d2bdf44f4cd All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://diler.tube/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder.