From household servant to Britain's first paid female astronomer, Caroline Herschel discovered eight comets and catalogued thousands of stars whilst working alongside her famous brother William. This intimate conversation reveals her innovative observation techniques, the challenges of pursuing science in an unwelcoming era, and how her meticulous star charts continue advancing modern exoplanet research.| Vox Meditantis
An actor stands alone on an empty stage, questioning his identity when the applause fades and silence returns home.| Vox Meditantis
Meet Elsie Eaves, the quietly determined civil engineer who earned her degree in 1920 and helped shape the Hoover Dam while breaking barriers for women in engineering. Her story unfolds through candid reflections on thermal expansion calculations, concrete innovations, and the delicate balance between human infrastructure needs and environmental stewardship in an era of unprecedented construction ambition.| Vox Meditantis
A teenager sacrifices everything for belonging, standing seventeen floors above a dying world, bound by blood to her new family.| Vox Meditantis
From an eleven-year-old bookkeeper to America's first recognised female mechanical engineer, Kate Gleason transformed her father's modest Rochester machine shop into a global manufacturing empire. In this candid interview, she reveals the technical innovations, European sales adventures, and entrepreneurial vision that made mass-produced gears possible - changing industries forever.| Vox Meditantis
A hermit amongst ruins reflects on corroded chains and crumbling authority, questioning whether force alone can govern the human spirit.| Vox Meditantis
When her husband fell gravely ill from decompression sickness, Emily Roebling stepped into the void to complete the Brooklyn Bridge - mastering complex engineering calculations, managing construction crises, and battling political opposition for eleven years. This interview reveals the untold technical expertise behind one of America's most celebrated infrastructure achievements.| Vox Meditantis
A merchant woman reflects on displacement, progress, and the fires of industry whilst navigating the gilded halls of Carlton House.| Vox Meditantis
The brilliant mathematician who authored the first comprehensive calculus textbook by a woman, then abandoned her chair at Bologna University to serve Milan's poor. Maria Gaetana Agnesi reveals how her famous "Witch" curve now powers modern physics, why faith guided her analytical genius, and her surprising views on intellectual sacrifice.| Vox Meditantis
An imprisoned artist meditates on beauty and consciousness, exploring what existence without calculation means while shadows lengthen across his solitary cell.| Vox Meditantis
Discover how mathematician Cathleen Synge Morawetz proved shock-free supersonic flight impossible, bridged pure theory with aircraft design, and became the first woman to lead America’s premi…| Vox Meditantis
Aboard a Mediterranean-bound steamer, a woman of learning fixates on revolution, power, and the skill she most desires: commanding attention.| Vox Meditantis
The first woman to win mathematics’ highest honour, Maryam Mirzakhani transformed how we understand curved spaces and complex surfaces. In this intimate conversation, she reflects on cultural…| Vox Meditantis
British officer confronts machinery and sacrifice in Mesopotamia, questioning moral duties neglected whilst overseeing war’s terrible efficiency on blood-stained ground.| Vox Meditantis
A Scottish woman’s diary chronicles her spiritual exile after the Free Church Disruption, crossing borders in search of faithful worship.| Vox Meditantis
Reflections from the Threshold of Reason and Feeling| Vox Meditantis
Behind foster houses,dandelions grow wild,nobody’s flowers,nobody’s rules.I pick themlike treasures,blow seedsinto summer air—wishes scatteredon wind.Seven homes,but dandelionsbloom eve…| Vox Meditantis