Daisy Holder
Josiah Wedgewood 1730-1795
Josiah Wedgewood was a potter, designer and abolitionist who was the first in Europe to industrialise pottery. He was also the...
Disability History Snapshots
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Daisy Holder
- Feb 11
- 1 min
Sojourner Truth, 1797-1883
Sojourner Truth was a women's rights activist and abolitionist, best known for being one of the first Black American women to take a...
Daisy Holder
- Feb 11
- 1 min
Judith Wright, 1915-2000
Judith Wright was a Deaf poet, environmentalist and social activist from Australia. She was a well loved national figure and...
Daisy Holder
- Feb 11
- 1 min
Niccolò Paganini, 1782-1840
"The Demon Violinist" was the best known virtuoso and composer of his time. He was so talented, many decided that the only explanation...
Daisy Holder
- Feb 11
- 1 min
Dorothea Lange, 1985-1965
The depression era photojournalist and documentary photographer had a permanent limp and muscle weakness after contracting polio...
Daisy Holder
- Feb 11
- 1 min
St Valentine, 3rd Centuryish
The Origins of Valentine's Day is tricky, particularly when there are 4 different St Valentines. If you see Valentine's feet, a...
Daisy Holder
- Feb 11
- 1 min
Franklin D Roosevelt
He was in power from his election in 1932 until his death in office in 1945, after being elected a record 4 times. (It was a record...
Daisy Holder
- Feb 7, 2021
- 2 min
Audre Lorde, Warrior Poet.
I have intentions to also turn this short read blog post into a zine style illustrated history, if you're interested or have any advice,...
Daisy Holder
- Dec 13, 2020
- 5 min
Matthew Buchinger: "Little More Than the Trunk of a Man"
I actually wrote this back in August, but as a tester article for another project, which is still happening but very slowly, so as you...
Daisy Holder
- Jul 12, 2020
- 4 min
Laura Bridgman- The First Deafblind Education
This is coming to you hot on the heels from Deafblind Awareness Week (but obviously not so hot on the heels that it's on time because...
Daisy Holder
- Jun 3, 2020
- 5 min
Brad Lomex: The Black Panthers and the Disability Rights Movement
How the Black Panthers helped the disability rights movement achieve their biggest goals.
Daisy Holder
- May 21, 2020
- 3 min
The Cripple Suffragette: Rosa May Billinghurst
In the last few years, it has been brilliant to read more and learn more about Rosa May Billinghurst, also known as The Cripple...
Daisy Holder
- May 10, 2020
- 2 min
Hermann of Reichenau- Wonder of His Age and the Rubbish of Christ's Little Ones
This post has come off the back of a call for historical figures with funny hair on Twitter, and my desire to do a few more "quickfire...
Daisy Holder
- Apr 27, 2020
- 6 min
Mesmerism: When Leeches in the Eyes Doesn't Work
Ever wondered where the terms "mesmerising" and "animal magnetism" come from?
No?
Well you're about to find out anyway so shut up.
Daisy Holder
- Jan 22, 2020
- 4 min
"Mad, Bad and Dangerous to Know": Lord Byron, the 19th Century Sex Bomb.
It's someone's birthday today! Lord Byron was born on this day in 1788, and so I thought I'd do a lil post on the first contemporary...
Daisy Holder
- Oct 31, 2019
- 12 min
Black History Month: A Tale of Three Women
It is (in the UK anyway) Black History Month, and while I obviously want to mark this very important area of long ignored history, it is...
Daisy Holder
- Sep 1, 2019
- 6 min
The Deaf Men Responsible for Space Travel: The Gallaudet 11.
If I was more prepared and organised, I would have researched and written this in time for the 50th anniversary of lthe Apollo moon...
Daisy Holder
- Jul 5, 2019
- 11 min
Joey Guerrero and her Lesions of Freedom- The Story of a WW2 Badass
This is technically supposed to be June's post, but what with all the fun of LIFE it's late. To make up for it, this article is very...
Daisy Holder
- May 1, 2019
- 10 min
Eliza Suggs: Early #disabledsnark at its finest
Eliza is someone I read about while reading an article by Laura Elliot on "Badass Disabled Women You Should Know About". I'm annoyed it's...
Daisy Holder
- Jan 31, 2019
- 7 min
"Bring Us The Lame One!" The Disabled Sultan of Medieval Egypt
This post has been a long while coming, apologies for that but I guess that's the risk you take when you get a disabled and chronically...