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
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
Frontispiece of How to know the ferns (1899) by Frances Theodora Parsons, titled “The cheerful community of the polypody.” Photograph by Miss Madeline Smith. #womenartists #botany #photography
October 10, 2025 at 7:52 AM
Frontispiece of How to know the ferns (1899) by Frances Theodora Parsons, titled “The cheerful community of the polypody.” Photograph by Miss Madeline Smith. #womenartists #botany #photography
Cloth cover designed by Margaret Armstrong, for How to know the ferns (1899) by Frances Theodora Parsons. #botany #illustration #womenartists
October 9, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Cloth cover designed by Margaret Armstrong, for How to know the ferns (1899) by Frances Theodora Parsons. #botany #illustration #womenartists
Pink Ladies' Slipper by Elsie Louise Shaw, frontispiece of the 1921 edition of How to know the wild flowers by Frances Theodora Parsons. #botany #illustration #womenartists
October 9, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Pink Ladies' Slipper by Elsie Louise Shaw, frontispiece of the 1921 edition of How to know the wild flowers by Frances Theodora Parsons. #botany #illustration #womenartists
Rose Mallow by Marion Satterlee. From Frances Theodora Parsons, How to know the wild flowers (1895). #illustration #botany #womenartists
October 9, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Rose Mallow by Marion Satterlee. From Frances Theodora Parsons, How to know the wild flowers (1895). #illustration #botany #womenartists
This exciting book, passed down the female line, is a remarkable witness of women in #botany around 1900. For her botany guides, author Frances Theodora Parsons worked with several women artists - illustrators, photographers, and a binding designer. #herbook #bookhistory
#24 Fannie’s How to Know the Wild Flowers (1895)
This book was kindly shared by Chris Kraus. Type of ownership mark #1: inscriptionTranscription: “To Fannie from Mother in memory of Bessie AnEaster Gift Apr 10- 1898” Type of ownership mark #2: bookp...
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October 9, 2025 at 12:39 PM
This exciting book, passed down the female line, is a remarkable witness of women in #botany around 1900. For her botany guides, author Frances Theodora Parsons worked with several women artists - illustrators, photographers, and a binding designer. #herbook #bookhistory
Helen Spurrell translated the Old Testament from Hebrew into English in 1885. She learnt the language later in life, stating that translating “almost entirely occupied her time for many years past”. She signed this copy of her work for someone unknown. #bookhistory #womenshistory #herbook
#23 Mrs Spurrell’s Translation of the Old Testament Scriptures
This book was kindly shared by Stephen Ricketts. Type of ownership mark #1: inscriptionTranscription #1: “With Mrs Spurrell’s compliments” Type of ownership mark #2: Library shelfmark?Transcription #2...
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October 8, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Helen Spurrell translated the Old Testament from Hebrew into English in 1885. She learnt the language later in life, stating that translating “almost entirely occupied her time for many years past”. She signed this copy of her work for someone unknown. #bookhistory #womenshistory #herbook
Secondhand bookshop find: a wonderful warning verse from Jane Brower, who owned this reader sometime in the 19th century. csherbook.hypotheses.org/1905 #bookhistory #womenshistory #herbook #crowdsourcing
October 6, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Secondhand bookshop find: a wonderful warning verse from Jane Brower, who owned this reader sometime in the 19th century. csherbook.hypotheses.org/1905 #bookhistory #womenshistory #herbook #crowdsourcing
"Miss Berry – from her friend Mr E." - Saxe's The Masquerade and other poems (1866) is certainly an... interesting choice of gift. #bookhistory #womenshistory #herbook
#21 Vanny Berry’s The Masquerade and Other Poems, 1866
This book was kindly shared by Patrick Schlichtenmyer. Type of ownership mark #1: inscriptionTranscription: “Miss Berry – from her friend Mr E.” Type of ownership mark #2: inscriptionTranscription: “V...
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October 6, 2025 at 9:38 AM
"Miss Berry – from her friend Mr E." - Saxe's The Masquerade and other poems (1866) is certainly an... interesting choice of gift. #bookhistory #womenshistory #herbook
Something special to mark the 20th contribution on the blog: the oldest book crowdsourced so far! Thanks to an anonymous participant, here's a wonderful print from 1638, with an inscription from 1660. #herbook #bookhistory #crowdsourcing #womenshistory
#20 Elizabeth Dickins’ Generall Directions for a Comfortable Walking with God
This book was generously shared by an anonymous participant. Type of ownership mark: inscriptionTranscription: “Elizabeth Dickins HER BOOKE cost vi shillings & vi pence 1660” Bibliographic dataTitle: ...
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September 16, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Something special to mark the 20th contribution on the blog: the oldest book crowdsourced so far! Thanks to an anonymous participant, here's a wonderful print from 1638, with an inscription from 1660. #herbook #bookhistory #crowdsourcing #womenshistory
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September 7, 2025 at 8:33 AM
Struggling to figure out what's before "Pauline" in this inscription. Ideas? #bookhistory #skystorians
August 29, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Struggling to figure out what's before "Pauline" in this inscription. Ideas? #bookhistory #skystorians