Sunday Digest | Interesting & Overlooked Posts | March 30, 2025

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Welcome to this week's instalment of /r/AskHistorians' Sunday Digest (formerly the Day of Reflection). Nobody can read all the questions and answers that are posted here, so in this thread we invite you to share anything you'd like to highlight from the last week - an interesting discussion, an informative answer, an insightful question that was overlooked, or anything else.

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We also pause to show some appreciation for those fascinating questions that caught our eyes, but still cry out for the attention of an expert. Feel free to post your own, or those you’ve come across in your travels, and maybe we’ll get lucky with a wandering expert.

• /u/skeevyloser asked about What was life like for a sex worker in a brothel in Victorian era London?

• /u/kingwooshiman asked Did ancient cities like Rome have established norms and/or spaces for children’s recreation and social life?

• /u/Maleficent-Toe1374 asked Why did southern sympathizers develop their Lost Cause narrative?

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• /u/Artistic-Flamingo-92 asked To what extent is the lack of women in the history of science due to a lack of opportunity vs. a bias in record-keeping or systematic erasure?

• /u/Honest_Picture_6960 asked Why appeasement?