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How Times have Changed: The Sex Disqualification (Removal) Act of 1919

Random Bits of Fascination Posted on July 29, 2025 by Maria GraceJuly 8, 2025

My stories often feature women whose unusual skills, place them in roles that put them nose to nose with men in authority-but why are the men so dead-set against them?

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Games of Jane Austen’s World: Rounders

Random Bits of Fascination Posted on February 11, 2025 by Maria GraceJanuary 13, 2025
Fun and Games

What did the gentlemen and ladies of the Regency Era do for fun? With the leisure time the gentry class enjoyed, pleasant pastimes were necessary–so without cable tv or streaming media, what did they do?

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The Cat’s Meat Man

Random Bits of Fascination Posted on October 27, 2024 by Maria GraceFebruary 20, 2025

In honor of National Black Cat Day, let’s take a peek at how Victorian cats got fed!

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Victorian Cemetery Picnics

Random Bits of Fascination Posted on October 18, 2024 by Maria GraceFebruary 20, 2025
A girl in a white dress looking at a human sized rabbit hole in the side of a hill

The Wright Way to Begin features an interesting Victorian pass time, the cemetery picnic. I know it will com as no surprise to any of you that this was largely the result of yet another dive down the research rabbit hole.

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Wardian case

Random Bits of Fascination Posted on April 4, 2024 by Maria GraceFebruary 20, 2025

How an accidental discovery led to major economic and agriculture upheavals around the world. One never knows where the rabbit hole will lead!

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