Shelly DeBiasse, PhD, RDN, LDN

Celebrating Black History Month: Margaret Bailey, first African American Nurse Corps colonel Margaret Bailey, born December 25, 1915 in Selma, Alabama, graduated from nursing school in 1938 and worked at Mercy Hospital in st. Peter...

Black History Month: Margaret Bailey, first African American to attain the rank of colonel in the US Army Nurse Corps, the highest rank possible in the USANC.

#BlackHistoryMonth
#BlackHistoryMonth2026
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Stay safe!

The FBI Director, everyone. You paid for it.

Elizabeth Cady Stanton (1815-1902) A sepia-toned portrait photograph of Elizabeth Stanton seated and turned slightly to one side. She has a full head of white curly hair, cropped close to the head, with a small dark cap or ornament perched at the top. A long dark lace veil falls from the cap over her shoulder and drapes across her lap. She wears a dark dress with a lighter collar or chemise visible at the neckline, and a long string of dark beads around her neck. Her hands rest quietly in her lap, one slightly over the other. Her expression is composed and direct, with a calm, self-possessed dignity. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Cady_Stanton#/media/File:Elizabeth_Stanton.jpg

Elizabeth Cady Stanton Is Known as the Woman Behind the Suffrage Movement. A New Book Reveals the Story Behind Her Tenacity

by Lucia Graves

www.smithsonianmag.com/history/eliz...

Elizabeth Stanton at PG:
www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho...

#books #literature #feminism

No context or explanation required.

A warm, color portrait photograph of Nobel Prize-winning biochemist and pharmacologist Gertrude B. Elion in her later years, taken in a laboratory setting. She is an older woman with short, curly reddish-gray hair, fair skin with freckles, and a gentle, warm smile as she looks directly at the camera with kind, thoughtful eyes. She wears a white lab coat over a light beige blouse and a soft beige scarf draped around her neck, along with small gold earrings. Behind her are scientific instruments, glassware, a large metal vat or reactor, and lab equipment, evoking her groundbreaking work developing life-saving drugs like those for leukemia, gout, and organ transplant rejection. The image captures her dignified, approachable presence and enduring legacy as a pioneer in drug discovery who shared the 1988 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.

The extraordinary biochemist & pharmacologist Gertrude Elion died #OTD in 1999.

Elion won the 1988 #Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (w/2 others) for her pioneering "rational drug design." Her work saved countless lives...(👇 1/2) #WomenInSTEM

Angelina Grimké Weld

2/20/1805 — b. Angelina Grimké Weld, American teacher, #womensrights pioneer, abolitionist, author. Wrote #abolitionist pamphlet "An Appeal to the Christian Women of the South," many destroyed by Southern postmasters. Early wmn to address a state legislature #womenshistory #PolSky #EduSky #BHM #BOTD

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𝑯𝒂𝒓𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒕 𝑻𝒖𝒃𝒎𝒂𝒏 (1822-1913) was a US abolitionist and social activist. After escaping slavery, Tubman made ~13 missions to rescue approximately 70 enslaved people, including her family & friends, using the network of safe houses/allies known as the Underground Railroad.

In first speech to her FDA staff, Høeg says she’ll scrutinize RSV shots and SSRIs in pregnancy The top drug regulator at the FDA told staff she plans to question the safety of taking SSRIs in pregnancy and of RSV shots given to infants.

In first speech to her FDA staff, Høeg says she’ll scrutinize RSV shots and SSRIs in pregnancy www.statnews.com/2026/02/19/t... by @lizzylawrence.bsky.social via @statnews.com

She wants to "question the norms" [read: ignore science & push MAGA agenda].

Dark Age 2.0.

BREAKING: The Department of Education has ended its directive that attempted to restrict diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts in schools nationwide.

This is a victory for academic freedom and education equity.

How is it possible that Kristi Noem still has this job. Imagine if you’re a family member or a shipmate of this guardsman.

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Colbert Doesn’t Give an FCC About Calling Out CBS

Stephen Colbert says he was told by CBS lawyers "in no uncertain terms" that he could not have Texas State Rep. James Talarico on his program.

"Because my network clearly doesn't want us to talk about this, let's talk about this."

Nice to see another outlet picking up on the fact that a Republican candidate for governor in Tennessee confirmed to us he believes women who make their own reproductive decisions and get abortions should face the death penalty.

pro.stateaffairs.com/tn/elections...

Fascism is here. 🇺🇸
CBS is dead. ☠️

More people will now see this interview Trump tried to bury than ever would have otherwise. 👀

Wow.

The regime is now dictating what political views are acceptable to air on television and paramount/cbs are collaborating in that censorship bsky.app/profile/ditz...

Will it be national news? Will it cause performative outrage? Will he be censured?

Nope. Forgotten by tomorrow.

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).

This.

It's called systemic racism.

😺😺😺 CANDY CORN 😺😺😺

Beautiful 7 year old cat looking for her forever love!!

Town of Hempstead Animal Shelter
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3320 Beltagh Avenue , Unit
Wantagh, NY 11793

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#Women&GirlsinScienceDay Academic & particle physicist Anne Kernan was a huge advocate for women in science, on one occasion funding a trip to CERN for an undergrad she had never met, meeting her at the airport and paying for her accommodation until funding came through. www.dib.ie/biography/ke...

Johanna Westerdijk - Wikipedia

🎉 Happy International Day of Women and Girls in Science 🔬

Today I would like to celebrate Johanna Westerdijk (1883-1961), a Dutch #forest #pathologist who discovered the cause of #DutchElmDisease in the 1920’s
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#WomenInSTEM
#WomenInScience

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Gorgeous dog looking for a home. Please read his bio and repost. If interested please contact the shelter

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Black-and-white historical portrait of Dr. Aletta Henriëtte Jacobs (1854–1929), the pioneering Dutch physician and women's rights activist, shown in a circular frame with a textured border. She has curly dark hair piled up, a serious expression, and wears a high-necked dress with elaborate floral embroidery on the bodice. As the first woman to officially attend a Dutch university and earn a medical doctorate in the Netherlands (graduating in 1879), she became one of the country's first female doctors. In 1882, she opened the world's first birth control clinic in Amsterdam, advocated for women's suffrage, better working conditions for women, the regulation of prostitution, and international peace efforts.

Dr. Aletta Jacobs was born #OTD in 1854.

+ First woman officially to attend a Dutch university
+ First female physician in the #Netherlands, 1879
+ Founded the world's first birth control clinic, Amsterdam, 1882
+ Led women's rights & suffrage campaigns

#WomenInSTEM

I am reading on FB that Robert Plant is on death's door. I don't believe it as know that Robert Plant will never die.

Today's Black Fact:

Jane Bolin was the first Black woman to attend Yale Law School in 1931 and became the first Black female judge in the United States. Thanks to her leadership employers were moved to hire people based on their skills, as opposed to discriminating against them because of race!

She helped save countless lives Dr. Marion Lewis, whose work helped lead to the effective treatment and prevention of Rh disease, saving the lives of countless newborns, was a pioneering Winnipeg scientist whose influence extended w...

Take a moment to read about this remarkable Winnipegger, Dr. Marion Lewis, who changed lives, saved lives, and recently passed away at 100 years of age.

Black History Month Profile: Susie King Taylor Susie King Taylor was the first African American woman to openly serve with the U.S. Army.

BHM Profile: Susie King Taylor served her country and fought for people's freedom during the Civil War. Taylor worked as a nurse, teacher, and laundress for black troops. She later published her own memoir, documenting black military life. www.wjcl.com/article/blac...

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