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Nancy Bird Walton

10/16/1915 — b. Nancy Bird Walton, Australian aviator, philanthropist. The “Angel of the Outback”; founder, Australian Women Pilots Assn; the first female pilot in Australia to carry passengers (1935), operated an air ambulance in the outback of New South Wales #womenshistory #WomenInSTEM #aviation

Isabella Bird

10/15/1831 — b. Isabella Bird, English explorer, traveler, mountaineer, naturalist, author, photographer. World traveler, travel writer; noted successful book,“A Lady’s Life in the Rocky Mountains”(1879). The first female fellow of the Royal Geographical Society #womenshistory #WomenInSTEM #HistSci

I need to be able to tell my children I did not stay silent.

Sign of the day…

Ohio Third Actors--- Where will you be?

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#GirlsWhoCode #momlife #entrepreneurs #womenintech #WomenInSTEM #webdev #WomenWhoCode #bizdev #aistartup #LLM #LAM #AGI #Chatgpt #DataScience #Sharktank

Callista Roy

10/14/1939 — b. Callista Roy, American nursing theorist, author. Creator of the adaptation model of nursing; founder, Boston Based Adaptation Research in Nursing Society. Nursing theorist, professor, Connell School of Nursing, Boston College #womenshistory #WomenInSTEM #HistNursing #AdaLovelaceDay

Ilse Knott-ter Meer

10/14/1899 — b. Ilse Knott-ter Meer, German engineer. Early German to be awarded a degree in mechanical engineering. Member, British Women Engineers’ Society (1929); organizer, the first meeting of German female engineers, World Power Conf, Berlin (1930) #womenshistory #WomenInSTEM #AdaLovelaceDay

Ida Pfeiffer seated with one arm resting on a large book with a globe in the background

10/14/1797 — b. Ida Pfeiffer, Austrian global traveler, explorer, travel writer, ethnographer. Early female world traveler + explorer; two trips around the world(1846-55). Member Berlin + Paris geographical societies; bestselling travel books #womenshistory #WomenInSTEM #womenwriters #AdaLovelaceDay

10/13/1939 — Evelyn “Pinky” Kilgore, American pioneer aviator, becomes the first woman to receive a flight instructor’s license from the Civil Aeronautics Authority. Also an aviation instructor at the Tri-City Airport in Southern California #womenshistory #WomenInSTEM #aviation #SheIsTheFirst #OTD

Eleanor Clarke Slagle

10/13/1871 — b. Eleanor Clarke Slagle, American occupational therapy pioneer, social welfare advocate. Co-founder of the American Occupational Therapy Assn (1917); Illinois state director of occupational therapy(1918); NY state director of occupational therapy ('22) #womenshistory #WomenInSTEM #OTD

"Molly Pitcher at the Gun", etching of Mary Ludwig Hays McCauley at the cannon during the American Revolutionary War #MollyPitcher #cannon #guns

10/13/1754 — b. Mary McCauley, American folk figure, possible heroine. American #RevolutionaryWar hero in the Battle of Monmouth; considered one of the women to be the actual “Molly Pitcher”, history and legend surrounds the name #womenshistory #MollyPitcher#ShePersisted #ReSisters #NoKings #OTD

On Indigenous Peoples Day, we celebrate the contributions of Indigenous women scientists. Read about some of these amazing women here, and let us know who needs to be added.
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Emily Blackwell

10/8/1826 — b. Emily Blackwell, English physician, surgeon, medical educator. Early British-American female physician; second woman to earn a med degree, Western Reserve Univ; third woman to earn a med degree in the U.S. Taught obstetrics & women’s diseases #womenshistory #WomenInSTEM #HistMed #OTD

Portrait painting of Ada Lovelace

October 14th is Ada Lovelace Day!

A day of blogging, podcasting, posting and hosting events worldwide to celebrate Women in STEM fields, and to encourage and support girls and women to STEM roles and leadership findingada.com

#WomenInSTEM #GirlsInSTEM #ALD25 #AdaLovelaceDay

Rosa Smith Eigenmann

10/7/1858 — b. Rosa Smith Eigenmann, American ichthyologist, author. Internationally renowned ichthyologist; the first noted female authority on fish, the first woman to discover new fish species. The first librarian, San Diego Society of Natural History #womenshistory #WomenInSTEM #HistSci #OTD

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8️⃣8️⃣ Frances Oldham Kelsey (1914-2015) 🇨🇦 #womeninSTEM Canadian pharmacologist and physician, FDA expert who refused marketing authorization for thalidomide in the USA because she felt its safety had not been demonstrated.

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RIP Jane Goodall.

Greta Thunberg & Jane Goodall

#JaneGoodall #environment

Everyday should be Earth day.

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RIP Queen

Picture of aviator Marvel Crosson who died in 1929.

The kind of flying back then was incredibly tough. Here's Marvel Crosson - she died in the 1929 air race and I think was the coolest aviatrix of the era. (There were a lot of cool female pilots!) (I just love this picture, so any chance to share it and I will!)

Mary Russell, Duchess of Bedford

9/26/1865 — b. Mary Russell, Duchess of Bedford, British aviator, ornithologist; OBE (1928). Collected, watched and studied birds and bird migration. “A Bird-Watcher’s Diary” pub posthumously (1938). Record-breaking flights (1929-30); member, Women’s Tax Resistance League #womenshistory #WomenInSTEM

Helen A. Shafer

9/23/1839 — b. Helen A. Shafer, American mathematician, educator, administrator. President of Wellesley College (1888-94); chair of mathematics at Wellesley (1877). She vastly improved to Wellesley’s curriculum and implemented higher standards than Harvard #womenshistory #WomenInSTEM #OTD

Ellen Church Marshall in uniform

9/22/1904 — b. Ellen Church Marshall, American pilot, nurse, hospital director. Captain and flight nurse in the #WWII Army Nurse Corps; and the first female commercial flight attendant in the world history, she pioneered the stewardess profession (1930s) #womenshistory #WomenInSTEM #HistNursing #OTD

A woman with white hair and a dark green shirt is carefully inspecting the delicate white flowers of the tree in front of her.

Jelena de Belder-Kovačič (1925 – 2003) was a Slovenian-Belgian botanist and horticulturist who worked extensively on the taxonomy and preservation of plant specimens, gaining an international reputation for her development of the Kalmthout and Hemelrijk Arboreta.
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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

Oval portrait of Zelia Nuttall

9/6/1857 — b. Zelia Nuttall, American archaeologist, anthropologist, historian. Preeminent archaeologist of her time,renowned ancient Mexico research+expeditions. Honorary Mex archaeology asst,Peabody Mus,Harvard (1886-33);advisory board, Anthro, UC Berkeley #womenshistory #WomenInSTEM #HistSci #OTD

Hannah Wormington

9/5/1914 — b. Hannah Wormington, American archaeologist, author. Many excavations; significant contributor to the research of prehistoric cultures. Noted writings/fieldwork on Paleo-Indians of the Southwest. First woman president, Soc for Am Archaeology('67) #womenshistory #WomenInSTEM #HistSci #OTD

Frances Oldham Kelsey standing next to a research desk.

9/1960 — Frances Oldham Kelsey, Canadian-American physician, pharmacologist and #FDA official, rejects a tranquilizer licensing application for thalidomide. Pressured to reverse her decision, the drug later causes birth defects in countries where it was approved #womenshistory #WomenInStem #HistMed