The Historic Preservationist

A conflict arose in the Royal Society of London between Issac Newton and Robert Hooke over research done over the physics of light.

Marie du Moulin was a Dutch writer and scholar whose participation in the Republic of Letters is indicative of a much larger circle of professional and intellectual women.

John Wallis began the formation of the Royal Society of London, this has become the oldest national scientific organization in the world, their motto is , “take nobody’s word for it”.

Constitutionally, the outcome of the English Civil War was that the future monarchs were not allowed to govern without the express consent of Parliament.

Newton was most noted for his book, Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy, thus laying three important principles that laid out principles of modern Physics.

John Locke was known as the father of liberalism. His most inspiring treatises were political separation of executive powers,, legislative, and the judiciary.

Boyle joined the Hartlib club, keeping him safe from religious and political persecution. His letter writing helped keep scientists up to date on discovery’s and methodologies.

The Princess of Bohemias series of intelligent letters remained an inspiration to the women of the enlightenment and beyond, and they helped contribute to to the proof t,hat females were much more than the roles they have been assigned in history.

Unlike the first phase of industrial revolution managed, this time progress wasn’t just centered in one country. Industrialization was now being made by engineers,scientists and inventors of various nationalities, resulting in an international event. The wheel of innovation was set in motion and could no longer be stopped.

By the First World War the third phase of the industrial revolution managed to reshape the world. New production methods, new power sources and fuels were discovered. Industrialization was widening and advances n manufacturing and technology were being made.

Anna Maria Van Sherman was the first woman to go to a University in the 17th century.

One major dilemma was the moving of Wealth from Britain to the grand tour countries, also some people would go bankrupt.

Most of the women touring were tainted by scandal. Female grand tourists were cut from a different cloth.

The grand tour was also utilized by architects, potential wealthy home builders, and owners of large tracks of land to glean architectural ideas for building their own English Country House.

Inspiring and established artists used their version of the grand tour to copy the antiquarian master paintings. These were not wealthy enough to be part of the actual grand tour: they were hangers on, either fighting for scraps doled out by the wealthier visitors, making contacts that would be invaluable back home or simply mastering a style.

Of recent years Spain has been loosing 3-6 percent of its population, almost 3,500. Towns and villages have become abandoned since the late 70’s.

World travelers spawned an entire industry of fakes being produced and souvenirs. At times grand tourers after returning home, found an increased social status and or political positions.

All the big names of tour artifact hunters whom helped start the world’s first public museum, with many of them starting museums in their homes.

Dutch Delftware, its vases, plates, bowels and figures, have been touched by women for over 3 centuries, from shop daughters to potters widows to queens and American heiresses. The women who made, collected, and preserved them were all responding to unique opportunities, challenges and pivotal change. Their lives are intertwined with these objects, this blue and white holds their stories.

The contributions of women continued, creating parks, The Van Cortlandt House Museum, windmill China, Old Dutch Cleanser, Dutch Boy paints, and Dutch-Colonial architecture just to name a few.

Alice Claypoole Gwynn and other prominent NYC women set forth the Cooper Hewitt and Metropolitan Museums in motion.

An introduction to tours of this type, taking a contemporary of highlights in France and Italy.

Women create the National Society of The Colonial Dames Of America saving structures like the Mount Vernon Estate and other historic dwellings. These were some of the first house museums the public could walk through.

Alice Morse Earle and Elizabeth Duane Gillespie were major contributors to women in the arts an sciences.

Chinaware collecting wasn’t just about the object; it was about cultural exchange, adventure and discovery. Women acted as scholars , merchants, collectors and storytellers, driven by passion and curiosity.