Happy Flag Day, Canada 🇨🇦

Dignity means never having to choose between your job and your family. This week, I introduced the bipartisan Flexible Leave Act to expand access to flexible, job-protected leave that works for families in Delaware & across the country. Workers deserve flexibility—not rigid, one-size-fits-all rules.

On this day, women first allowed to argue Supreme Court cases On February 15, 1879, President Rutherford B. Hayes signed a new law that would admit women as members of the Supreme Court bar and allow them to submit and argue cases at the high court.

Today is February 15. On this day in 1879, President Rutherford Hayes signed a new law that would admit women as members of the Supreme Court bar & allow them to submit/argue cases. Thank suffragette Belva Lockwood for her efforts in this uphill battle.

#Pinks
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A classic black-and-white portrait photograph of Susan B. Anthony, the legendary American suffragist, abolitionist, and women's rights pioneer, taken in her later years. She is seated in a formal pose against a plain dark background, wearing a high-necked, long-sleeved black dress with elaborate lace trim and floral-patterned lace collar and cuffs. Her white hair is neatly styled in a low bun with a small decorative comb or ribbon. She gazes to the left of the camera with a calm, resolute, and dignified expression—her face conveying unwavering determination and quiet strength. The image captures her as a tireless advocate who co-founded the National Woman Suffrage Association, fought for decades to secure voting rights for women (culminating in the 19th Amendment after her death), and remains an enduring symbol of perseverance in the struggle for gender equality. The soft lighting and formal composition highlight her as an icon of the suffrage movement.

Susan B. Anthony was born #OTD in 1820.

She dedicated her life to women's #suffrage, and campaigned for the abolition of slavery, women's property rights, and more: susanbanthonyhouse.org/her-story/bi...

Active until she died in 1906. She never got to vote in her lifetime (well, legally that is).

University of Michigan is hiring:
Assistant Professor of Nephrology

#assistantprofessorposition #associateprofessorposition #fullprofessorposition

Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne is hiring:
Postdoctoral Researcher at the Digital and Cognitive Musicology Lab

#postdocposition

Ritter poses with her hand at her throat.

Remembering Thelma Ritter on her birthday 🎂
📷 Erich Hartmann, 1961

"She was never properly publicly recognized as an actress. She was a character actress, which means only that they don’t write any starring parts for middle-aged women."
- Paddy Chayefsky

Six Oscar noms & a Tony, though, Paddy!

A black-and-white portrait photograph of pioneering nuclear physicist Fay Ajzenberg-Selove, taken in her later career years. She is seated in a cozy, book-lined study or office, surrounded by shelves of books and framed photos on the wall behind her. She has short, neatly styled graying hair and warm, intelligent eyes, wears large, round-framed glasses that accentuate her thoughtful gaze. She has a gentle, knowing smile and is dressed in a patterned blouse or dress with a polka-dot or textured dark fabric, a small brooch or pin on her collar, and a simple necklace. Her hands rest calmly in front of her as she sits slightly turned toward the camera, exuding quiet confidence, resilience, and intellectual depth. The setting highlights her lifelong dedication to science, from her groundbreaking work on light nuclei spectroscopy to her influential compilations of nuclear data, and her advocacy for women in physics despite facing significant gender barriers in academia. The image captures her as a trailblazing figure who received the National Medal of Science in 2007 and left an enduring legacy in #nuclearphysics.

Nuclear physicist Fay Ajzenberg-Selove was born #OTD in 1926. She authored decades of authoritative compilations on light nuclei energy levels (researchers' "nuclear bible"). Recipient, National Medal of Science (US 2007) for advancing nuclear #physics. Advocate for #WomenInScience.

#WomenInSTEM

Hope for tomorrow

Job ID: 108155
Extract: The Gray Lab at Stanford Cancer Institute seeks a Lab Purchasing Assistant to manage requisitions for lab supplies, ensure safety compliance, and assist with lab organization. Ideal candidates have strong organizational skills and a science background.

Stanford University is hiring:
Lab Purchasing Assistant

#otherposition

Maria Orosa seated wearing broad brimmed hat. #WomenInSTEM

María Orosa, Filipina food technologist, chemist, war heroine. Experimented w' foods native to Philippines #WWII developed Soyalac from soybeans & Darak preventing beriberi disease, saved 1000s lives. Invented banana ketchup d #OTD 13 Feb 1945 from US "friendly fire" en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mar%C3%...

Rutgers University is hiring:
Assistant Professor of Tumor Immunology

#assistantprofessorposition

Myra Bradwell

On this day in 1831, Myra Bradwell was born. As publisher of the Chicago Legal News, she insisted “that woman has a right to think and act as an individual.” The men on the Supreme Ct disagreed & held in Bradwell v. Illinois (1873) that states could exclude women from the legal profession. #WeTheMen

Rutgers University is hiring:
General Anesthesiologist - Assistant Professor

#assistantprofessorposition

Happy birthday, Charles Darwin!

Kathlen McNulty in her high school graduation portrait, 1938.

Kathleen McNulty (later Mauchly, later Antonelli) #Irish #American computer programmer. Maths graduate & 1 of 6 original women 'Computers' or programmers of the ENIAC 1 of 1st general-purpose electronic digital computers built in 1940s. b. 12 February 1921 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kathlee...

Marie-Louise Compernolle in B&W headshot 1920/30s. Hair in Princess Leia ear buns #WomenInSTEM

Marie Louise Compernolle 1st #Flemish woman chemical engineer in #Belgium graduating Ghent University in 1932. She managed to get assistant jobs but was subjected to sexism from colleagues who didn't approve of women in workplace. d. #OTD 11 Feb 2005 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie_L...

Ya’ll know who Alice H. Parker is? Well if you don’t ..let me tell you, whenever you turn on your heater you can thank this queen right here !! It was her patent that helped create central heating in homes and various buildings.

On this day, women first allowed to argue Supreme Court cases On February 15, 1879, President Rutherford B. Hayes signed a new law that would admit women as members of the Supreme Court bar and allow them to submit and argue cases at the high court.

Since February 15th is coming up, a friendly reminder that mouthy women get stuff done even way back in the day: constitutioncenter.org/blog/on-this... #belva #lockwood #women #lawyers ⚖️♀️

Thank you for reminding the US that "President's Day" is more than a 3 day shopping weekend.

Myra Bradwell

2/12/1831 — b. Myra Bradwell, American lawyer, legal pioneer. The first female attorney in the U.S.; publisher, Chicago Legal News; passed Illinois Bar(1860). Denied bar admission due to gender; a decision later upheld by #SCOTUS in Bradwell v. Illinois(1873) #womenshistory #law #LawSky #PolSky #gov

Don't forget gravy. Jessop's Tavern in New Castle, Delaware has the best in the country. Located in a 1674 home, near The Green pegged out by Peter Stuyvesant and steps away from where William Penn first set foot in America in 1682 and performed the livery of Seisin savingplaces.org/stories/jess...

Once when I had remarked on the affection quite often found between cat and dog, my friend replied, “Yes. But I bet no dog would ever confess it to the other dogs. ― C.S. Lewis

Split-image historical photograph honoring Mary Sherman Morgan (1921–2004), the pioneering American rocket fuel scientist and America's first female rocket scientist, who invented the high-energy liquid propellant Hydyne in 1957 at Rocketdyne (North American Aviation). Hydyne (a blend of unsymmetrical dimethylhydrazine and diethylenetriamine) provided the critical extra thrust needed for the Jupiter-C (later renamed Juno I) rocket to successfully launch Explorer 1, the United States' first satellite, into orbit on January 31, 1958—helping the U.S. catch up in the early Space Race. On the left: A black-and-white portrait of a young Mary Sherman Morgan in the 1950s, seated at a desk in an office or lab setting. She wears cat-eye glasses, a light-colored blouse, a necklace, and a ring, smiling warmly and looking just right of the camera. She sits in front of an open book and is holding a pencil, with office equipment in the background. On the right: A dramatic color night-launch photograph of the Jupiter-C rocket (with "UE" markings visible on the body) blasting off from Cape Canaveral, Florida, in 1958. The rocket stands tall against a dark sky, illuminated by intense flames and bright exhaust plumes at liftoff, with billowing orange-white fire and smoke at the base as it ascends, symbolizing the successful orbital insertion powered by Morgan's innovative Hydyne fuel. This pairing highlights her behind-the-scenes contributions to one of the defining moments in space history (often overlooked). #MaryShermanMorgan #Hydyne #Explorer1 #WomenInSTEM #SpaceRace #NASA #WomenInScienceDay #IDWGS

Celebrating Mary Sherman Morgan--America's first female rocket scientist--on #NationalInventorsDay!

She invented the liquid fuel Hydyne in 1957. Its most famous use came on 31 Jan 1958, when a Juno I rocket powered by Hydyne launched Explorer 1, America’s first successful satellite.

#WomenInSTEM

Remembering the Poet, Novelist & Short Story Writer - SYLVIA PLATH - who took her own life 63yrs ago today, aged 30.

People talking about terrible teachers and gender bias in STEM fields & I can remember when the anatomy teacher tried to keep a girl from going on a field trip to Chico State to view a cadaver. Her mom raised absolute hell & now that girl has a Ph.d in molecular biology and leads R&D.

Was so inspired to welcome the Walk for Peace alongside my friend and colleague @kim.senate.gov.
 
Their perseverance has been a powerful reminder to focus on what brings us together for peace.