Happy Friday, everyone. I have some interesting historical highlights to share — touching on linguistics, women’s suffrage, teaching history, Frankenstein, and more. (Add if you missed it, here’s my St. Patrick’s Day quiz.) Enjoy.

The New York Times has published 15 obituaries of influential women whom they overlooked in the past.

Here’s an interesting review of a book about the road to women’s suffrage.

Have you heard of taboo deformations? Fascinating.

I also enjoyed this blog post by an American history professor. “History is a messy business. So is the world today. As I look out over the students in my early American survey, I am reminded once again how important it is to teach the history of events like the American Revolution in ways that capture as much of its rich and challenging variety as we can. There are no guarantees, of course. There never are. If we succeed, however, we have at least a fighting chance of making the subject relevant for whatever it is they decide to do after they hand in their last assignment.”

I must admit that I’ve never read Frankenstein, but an annotated edition to celebrate its 200th anniversary has me intrigued.

Have you come across any interesting links lately?