Eunice Newton Foote
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What happened with Eunice Newton Foote on 14 August, 1857

14 August, 1857

Eunice Newton Foote's second paper, "On a New Source of Electrical Excitation", is read by Joseph Henry at the annual AAAS conference held in Montreal. The paper explores static electricity in atmospheric gases. This event marks one of the rare instances of a woman's scientific work being presented at a major scientific conference during the 19th century.
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