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Elsie Eaves: First Woman Civil Engineer Who Helped Design Hoover Dam Meet Elsie Eaves, the quietly determined civil engineer who earned her degree in 1920 and helped shape the Hoover Dam while breaking barriers for women in engineering. Her story unfolds through can…

Elsie Eaves: First Woman Civil Engineer Who Helped Design Hoover Dam
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#WomenInSTEM #STEM #CivilEngineering #Hydropower #Infrastructure

Kate Gleason: The Mechanical Engineer Who Put the World in Gear From an eleven-year-old bookkeeper to America’s first recognised female mechanical engineer, Kate Gleason transformed her father’s modest Rochester machine shop into a global manufactur…

Kate Gleason: The Mechanical Engineer Who Put the World in Gear
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#WomenInSTEM #STEM #Engineering #Manufacturing #Gears

Emily Roebling: Hidden Engineer Who Completed America’s Most Iconic Suspension Bridge When her husband fell gravely ill from decompression sickness, Emily Roebling stepped into the void to complete the Brooklyn Bridge – mastering complex engineering calculations, managing cons…

Emily Roebling: Hidden Engineer Who Completed America's Most Iconic Suspension Bridge
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#WomenInSTEM #STEM #CivilEngineering #BridgeBuilding #Infrastructure

Maria Gaetana Agnesi: Renaissance Polymath Who Harmonised Mathematical Genius with Devout Faith The brilliant mathematician who authored the first comprehensive calculus textbook by a woman, then abandoned her chair at Bologna University to serve Milan’s poor. Maria Gaetana Agnesi revea…

Maria Gaetana Agnesi: Renaissance Polymath Who Harmonised Mathematical Genius with Devout Faith
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#WomenInSTEM #STEM #Calculus #Analysis #Probability

Cathleen Synge Morawetz: Bridge Builder Between Mathematics and Physics Leadership Discover how mathematician Cathleen Synge Morawetz proved shock-free supersonic flight impossible, bridged pure theory with aircraft design, and became the first woman to lead America’s premi…

Cathleen Synge Morawetz: Bridge Builder Between Mathematics and Physics Leadership
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#WomenInSTEM #STEM #AppliedMathematics #PDEs #Aerodynamics

Maryam Mirzakhani: Quiet Genius Who Mapped Curved Spaces Through Life’s Challenges The first woman to win mathematics’ highest honour, Maryam Mirzakhani transformed how we understand curved spaces and complex surfaces. In this intimate conversation, she reflects on navigati…

Maryam Mirzakhani: Quiet Genius Who Mapped Curved Spaces Through Life's Challenges
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#WomenInSTEM #STEM #HyperbolicGeometry #Teichmueller #ErgodicTheory

Sofia Kovalevskaya: Mathematical Trailblazer Who Built Ladders From Equations Despite Academia’s Locked Doors Sofia Kovalevskaya reveals how she transformed personal hardships into mathematical triumphs, becoming the first woman to earn a doctorate in mathematics. She discusses breaking gender barriers, he…

Sofia Kovalevskaya: Mathematical Trailblazer Who Built Ladders From Equations Despite Academia's Locked Doors
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#WomenInSTEM #STEM #Mathematics #PDEs #Dynamics

Elizabeth Wagner Reed: The Geneticist Who Mapped Alleles and Historical Absences From fruit fly genetics to forgotten women scientists, Elizabeth Wagner Reed transformed both laboratory research and historical scholarship. In this candid interview, she reveals her groundbreakin…

Elizabeth Wagner Reed: The Geneticist Who Mapped Alleles and Historical Absences
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#WomenInSTEM #STEM #Genetics #Drosophila #Historiography

Joan Clarke: The Mathematician Whose Quiet Algebra Turned the Tide at Sea In this compelling interview, Joan Clarke reveals the mathematical precision behind her wartime cryptanalysis at Bletchley Park, where her mastery of Banburismus helped crack Enigma naval codes and…

Joan Clarke: The Mathematician Whose Quiet Algebra Turned the Tide at Sea
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#WomenInSTEM #STEM #Cryptography #Cryptanalysis #Numismatics

Dina St Johnston: Britain’s First Software House Founder Who Industrialised Code Dina St Johnston founded Britain’s first independent software house in 1959, developing high-reliability programming practices for defence and railway systems. This interview explores her met…

Dina St Johnston: Britain's First Software House Founder Who Industrialised Code
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#WomenInSTEM #STEM #SoftwareEngineering #SafetyCritical #RailSignalling

Mary Coombs: The Business Coder Who Proved Computers Weren’t Just for Science Labs Mary Coombs, the first woman to program a commercial computer, discusses her groundbreaking work on LEO’s payroll systems within extreme 2KB memory constraints. She reveals programming techni…

Mary Coombs: The Business Coder Who Proved Computers Weren't Just for Science Labs
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#WomenInSTEM #STEM #Programming #Computing #Payroll

Ruby Payne-Scott: Australia’s First Radio Astronomer Erased by Marriage Bar Discrimination Ruby Payne-Scott, Australia’s first radio astronomer, discusses her groundbreaking interferometry work that opened new cosmic windows whilst battling institutional discrimination. From wartim…

Ruby Payne-Scott: Australia's First Radio Astronomer Erased by Marriage Bar Discrimination
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#WomenInSTEM #STEM #RadioAstronomy #Interferometry #SolarPhysics

Jess’s Rule is overdue common sense: if someone’s back a third time, escalate, examine, or refer - don’t reassure on autopilot. The real test is resourcing GP time and diagnostics; without that, “three strikes” risks becoming three delays.

Elizabeth Rona: The Forgotten Nuclear Expert Whose Fingerprints Shape Modern Science Dr Elizabeth Rona perfected polonium separation techniques that proved crucial to the Manhattan Project, then transformed marine geology through uranium-thorium dating methods. This interview explo…

Elizabeth Rona: The Forgotten Nuclear Expert Whose Fingerprints Shape Modern Science
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#WomenInSTEM #STEM #Nuclear #Radiochemistry #Polonium

Cecilia Berdichevsky: Argentina’s First Computer Programmer Who Coded Computing History Cecilia Berdichevsky transformed from accountant to Argentina’s first computer programmer at 31, mastering the pioneering Clementina system in 1961. This intimate conversation explores her te…

Cecilia Berdichevsky: Argentina's First Computer Programmer Who Coded Computing History
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#WomenInSTEM #STEM #Computing #Informatics #Programming

Vera Faddeeva: The Soviet Mathematician Who Built Algorithms Before Laptops Soviet mathematician Vera Faddeeva (1906-1983) developed foundational computational methods for linear algebra decades before modern computers existed. This interview explores her groundbreaking al…

Vera Faddeeva: The Soviet Mathematician Who Built Algorithms Before Laptops
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#WomenInSTEM #STEM #LinearAlgebra #Numerics #Algorithms

Rózsa Péter: Mother of Recursion Theory Who Laid Computing’s Mathematical Foundations Rózsa Péter transformed abstract recursive function theory into the mathematical foundation of modern computing. Despite facing career barriers under Hungary’s Jewish Laws, she developed eleg…

Rózsa Péter: Mother of Recursion Theory Who Laid Computing's Mathematical Foundations
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#WomenInSTEM #STEM #Recursion #Computability #Logic

Mary Cartwright: The Mathematician Who Built Chaos Theory’s Hidden Foundations Dame Mary Cartwright reflects on her groundbreaking 1940s collaboration with Littlewood that laid chaos theory’s foundations through nonlinear differential equations research. She discusses n…

Mary Cartwright: The Mathematician Who Built Chaos Theory's Hidden Foundations
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#WomenInSTEM #STEM #Mathematics #ChaosTheory #DifferentialEquations

Vera C. Rubin: The Astronomer Who Revealed Dark Matter’s Hidden Universe This interview with astronomer Vera C. Rubin explores her groundbreaking discovery of dark matter through galaxy rotation curves, her battles against institutional discrimination, and her collabora…

Vera C. Rubin: The Astronomer Who Revealed Dark Matter's Hidden Universe
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#WomenInSTEM #STEM #Astronomy #Cosmology #Astrophysics

Jewel Plummer Cobb: From Melanoma Research to Transforming Universities for Future Scientists Dr Jewel Plummer Cobb discusses her groundbreaking tissue culture methods that enabled personalised cancer treatment decades before precision medicine emerged. From studying melanin’s protect…

Jewel Plummer Cobb: From Melanoma Research to Transforming Universities for Future Scientists
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#WomenInSTEM #STEM #Oncology #Melanoma #TissueCulture

Muriel Barker Glauert: The Hidden Mathematician Who Transformed Aerodynamic Measurement Theory An interview with Barker Glauert, the mathematician who clarified pitot-tube measurement theory at low speeds in 1922. Working at Farnborough’s Royal Aircraft Establishment, her viscous flow …

Muriel Barker Glauert: The Hidden Mathematician Who Transformed Aerodynamic Measurement Theory
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#WomenInSTEM #STEM #Aerodynamics #Mathematics #Aviation

Flossie Wong-Staal: The Scientist Who Sequenced a Crisis and Reshaped Medicine Dr Flossie Wong-Staal, the molecular biologist who first cloned HIV, discusses her journey from Hong Kong refugee to AIDS crisis hero. She reveals the technical breakthroughs behind proving HIV cau…

Flossie Wong-Staal: The Scientist Who Sequenced a Crisis and Reshaped Medicine
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#WomenInSTEM #STEM #Virology #Retrovirus #MolecularBiology

Apprenticeships have collapsed in England – Labour needs to fine-tune the solution, fast | Heather Stewart Responsibility for vocational training and skills has bounced around Whitehall for years, with enrolment rates down by a third. Can the latest tweaks work?

Ministers tussle over moving skills to DWP as England’s apprenticeships fall a third since 2017-18; minor tweaks and an eight-month minimum aim to help, but experts urge levy reform, employer investment, and locally led, flexible training hubs
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#Skills #Training

Marie Maynard Daly: First Black Woman PhD Chemist Who Unlocked Cholesterol’s Deadly Secrets Dr Marie Maynard Daly, the first Black woman to earn a chemistry PhD in America, discusses her groundbreaking research linking cholesterol to heart disease and her pioneering work on DNA structure.…

Marie Maynard Daly: First Black Woman PhD Chemist Who Unlocked Cholesterol's Deadly Secrets
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#WomenInSTEM #STEM #Biochemistry #Cardiology #Cholesterol

Henrietta Swan Leavitt: The Forgotten Woman Who Created the Universe’s Measuring Stick Henrietta Swan Leavitt discovered the period-luminosity relationship that enabled astronomers to measure cosmic distances, yet worked as an underpaid “computer” at Harvard Observatory. …

Henrietta Swan Leavitt: The Forgotten Woman Who Created the Universe's Measuring Stick
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#WomenInSTEM #STEM #Astronomy #Astrophysics #Cosmology

The Tax Inequality Crusade: Why Tim Martin’s Campaign Is Pure Political Theatre Tim Martin’s “tax equality” stunt flatters shareholders, not communities; Labour should fund public services, back independents, and expose the con.

The Tax Inequality Crusade: Why Tim Martin's Campaign Is Pure Political Theatre
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#Wetherspoons #VAT #Hospitality #Labour #Taxation

Alice Hamilton: The Doctor Who Challenged American Industry and Founded Workplace Safety Dr. Alice Hamilton created occupational medicine through groundbreaking industrial investigations that exposed lead poisoning, challenged factory owners, and established workplace safety standards.…

Alice Hamilton: The Doctor Who Challenged American Industry and Founded Workplace Safety
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#WomenInSTEM #STEM #Toxicology #OccupationalHealth #Safety

Mary Ellen Rudin: The Mathematician Who Built Impossible Topological Spaces Mary Ellen Rudin discusses her groundbreaking construction of the first Dowker space in 1971, which disproved a twenty-year conjecture and transformed topology. Working from her living room sofa wh…

Mary Ellen Rudin: The Mathematician Who Built Impossible Topological Spaces
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#WomenInSTEM #STEM #Topology #Mathematics #Counterexamples

Ida Rolf: The Biochemist Who Transformed Understanding of Human Structural Integration Dr Ida Rolf earned her biochemistry PhD from Columbia in 1920 and worked at the Rockefeller Institute before developing “Rolfing” – structural integration therapy. This interview …

Ida Rolf: The Biochemist Who Transformed Understanding of Human Structural Integration
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#WomenInSTEM #STEM #Biochemistry #Fascia #Rolfing

Martha Coston: The Widow’s Signal Flares That Revolutionised Maritime Safety Martha Coston, widowed at 22, transformed her husband’s incomplete notes into revolutionary pyrotechnic signal flares that saved countless lives during the Civil War. Despite fighting patent …

Martha Coston: The Widow's Signal Flares That Revolutionised Maritime Safety
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#WomenInSTEM #STEM #Pyrotechnics #Maritime #Naval