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The Ladies' Diary was an almanac published in England from 1704 to 1840. Its subtitle reveals its purpose, Containing New Improvements in Arts and Sciences, and Many Entertaining Particulars: Designed for the Use and Diversion of the Fair Sex. This book unearths the story of the Diary's creation and of the community of people surrounding it.

Table of Contents
  • A fortuitous encounter
  • The Ladies' Diary: or, Woman's Almanack: A new kind of publication
  • The Ladies' Diary: Conception and evolution
  • ``Delightful and entertaining particulars'' --Problem solving
  • Mathematics, education, and women in eighteenth- and nineteenth-century England
  • The Ladies' Diary as a facet in the mathematical and scientific transition of the era
  • ""Dia"" as a mathematical testament
  • Women and the Diary
  • The Ladies' Diary, a noteworthy heritage
  • Epilogue
  • Appendix A: Selected word puzzles from The Ladies' Diary
  • Appendix B: Sample of a complete set of Ladies' Diary mathematical exercises
  • Appendix C: Selected problems with worked solutions
  • Bibliography
  • Notes.

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      Publisher: MP-AMM American Mathematical
      Publication Date: 5/30/2021 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9781470462666, 978-1470462666
      ISBN10: 1470462664

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      The Ladies' Diary was an almanac published in England from 1704 to 1840. Its subtitle reveals its purpose, Containing New Improvements in Arts and Sciences, and Many Entertaining Particulars: Designed for the Use and Diversion of the Fair Sex. This book unearths the story of the Diary's creation and of the community of people surrounding it.

      Table of Contents
      • A fortuitous encounter
      • The Ladies' Diary: or, Woman's Almanack: A new kind of publication
      • The Ladies' Diary: Conception and evolution
      • ``Delightful and entertaining particulars'' --Problem solving
      • Mathematics, education, and women in eighteenth- and nineteenth-century England
      • The Ladies' Diary as a facet in the mathematical and scientific transition of the era
      • ""Dia"" as a mathematical testament
      • Women and the Diary
      • The Ladies' Diary, a noteworthy heritage
      • Epilogue
      • Appendix A: Selected word puzzles from The Ladies' Diary
      • Appendix B: Sample of a complete set of Ladies' Diary mathematical exercises
      • Appendix C: Selected problems with worked solutions
      • Bibliography
      • Notes.

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