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Jane C. Wright in the laboratory

Jane C. Wright, American physician, surgeon, oncologist, cancer researcher, professor. Pioneer chemotherapy researcher; prof of surgery, NY Medical Coll(1967), at that time she was the highest ranked Af-Am woman in a U.S. med institution #womenshistory #WomenInSTEM #BHM #MedSky #SciSky #HistMed #woc

2/3/1821 — b. Elizabeth Blackwell, American physician. The first certified US female physician, first US wmn to earn an accredited med degree, wmns med edu champion. Co-founder, NY Infirmary for Wmn&Children, first clinic 4 wmn 2 utilize wmn practitioners #womenshistory #WomenInSTEM #MedSky #HistMed

#NurseSky

Sarah Parker Remond seated

Sarah Parker Remond, American physician, abolitionist, orator. A prominent free-born black female abolition leader who traveled the U.S. and U.K. lecturing on slavery. Member of the American Anti-Slavery Society #womenshistory #WomenInSTEM #BlackHistoryMonth #BHM #woc #MedSky #HistMed

Dita H. Kinney seated

2/2/1901 — The United States Female Army Nurse Corps is established by Congress as a permanent corp within the U.S. Army Medical Dept. When launched in March 1901, Dita H. Kinney is named the first superintendent(1901-09) #womenshistory #WomenInSTEM #MedSky #HistMed #BusrseSky #HistNursing #military

Winifred Goldring using a geo/paleo rock pick hammer | 1929

2/1/1888 — b. Winifred Goldring, American geologist, paleontologist. Noted pioneer researcher of Gilboa fossil flora + stromatolites. The first female NY state paleontologist (1920-54), first woman president of the Paleontological Society (1949) #womenshistory #WomenInSTEM #PaleoSky #GeoSky #HistSci

Book containing title: seven and one INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER "Brilliant." -Economist INVISIBLE WOMEN DATA BIAS IN A WORLD DESIGNED FOR MEN By CAROLINE CRIADO PEREZ

Trying to read more in 2026 & Guys… did you know women are 47% more likely to get injured in a car crash before male crash test dummies have been almost exclusively used for seat belt testing? We NEED #womeninstem

Ella Cara Deloria (Aŋpétu Wašté Wiŋ) seated

1/31/1888 — b. Ella Cara Deloria (Aŋpétu Wašté Wiŋ), #NativeAmerican educator, anthropologist, ethnographer, linguist, author. Documenter of Dakota, Lakota + Nakota linguistics + ethnographics, the first to reflect NatAm culture from a female perspective #womenshistory #WomenInSTEM #EthnoSky #SciSky

Colonel Mildred I. Clark

1/30/1915 — b. Colonel Mildred I. Clark, American #military leader, nursing leader, anesthesiologist. 12th chief of the U.S. Army Nurse Corps (1963-67); held other army leadership posts(1938-67). A key figure in the ANC during the VietnamWar #womenshistory #WomenInSTEM #NurseSky #HistNursing #MedSky

‪@stemfem.bsky.social‬ #womenshistory #WomenInSTEM #AstroSky #astrophysics #astronomy #SciSky #HistSci

Paris Pişmiş

1/30/1911 — b. Paris Pişmiş, Turkish-Mexican astrophysicist, astronomer, educator. The first professional astronomer in Mexico. Primary focus on galactic structure; published 120+ papers on various astrophysics topics #womenshistory #WomenInSTEM #AstroSky #astrophysics #astronomy #SciSky #HistSci

Good morning, that last photo is Alice Paul. Ugh, last week I posted Charlotte Bronte as Ann Bronte

Nobel prize for a wife from OXford A HOUSEWIFE and mother of three yesterday won the 18,750 GBP Nobel chemistry prize -- for a lifetime devotion to science. --Daily Mirror, 30 Oct 1964

Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1964.

The headline and lede from The Daily Mirror:

Jerry Mock was the first woman to fly around the world solo in 1964! Despite her amazing accomplishment + record-setting flight records, the media dubbed her “The Flying Housewife” www.cnn.com/travel/artic...

#womenshistory #WomenInSTEM #AvSky #aviation

Christa McAuliffe Official NASA Portrait

Judith A. Resnik Official NASA Portrait

1/28/1986 — Christa McAuliffe and Judith Resnick died along with five male crew members as the Challenger space shuttle explodes; they were the first women to killed in the United States Space program #womenshistory #WomenInSTEM #SpaceSky #Space #NASA #SciSky #HistSci

Eiffel Tower to honor 72 women scientists for posterity On Monday, a multidisciplinary commission presented the mayor of Paris with a list of 72 names of women who will join the exclusively male scientists whose names are inscribed on the frieze of the 'Ir...

Eiffel Tower to engrave 72 women scientists’ names in gold, finally honoring female pioneers in physics, biology, maths & engineering.

www.lemonde.fr/en/france/ar...

#WomenInSTEM #ScienceEquity

That is why I post #womenshistory, we all could have benefited from from having the knowledge of these women and their contributions to our world

Georgia Neese Clark seated in fur coat

1/27/1898 — b. Georgia Neese Clark, American #gov official, economist, banker. The first female Treasurer of the United States(1949-53), her signature was the first of any woman’s to be printed on U.S. currency and was featured on $30 billion in paper money #womenshistory #WomenInSTEM #EconSky #BOTD

Bessie Coleman standing on wheel of plane | Airfields, Nassau, Long Island, NY

1/26/1892 — b. Bessie Coleman, American aviator, stunt pilot. “Brave Bessie”; the first Af-Am woman to fly a plane + hold a pilot’s license. The first American woman to earn an international pilot’s license(1921). Intl Women’s Sports HOF (1992) #womenshistory #WomenInSTEM #AvSky #aviation #woc #BHM

Julia Anna Gardner seated at her desk with trays of specimens

1/26/1882 — b. Julia Anna Gardner, American geologist, paleontologist. Intl renown for her work in stratigraphy + mollusc paleontology. Geologist,U.S. Geological Survey (1920-52); pres, Paleontological Soc(‘52); VP, Geological Soc of America(‘53) #womenshistory #WomenInSTEM #PaleoSky #GeoSky #SciSky

Jane Richardson seated next to a model on the left and holding a ribbons diagrams on the right

1/25/1941 — b. Jane Richardson, American biophysicist, artist. Creator of a groundbreaking method representing the 3D structure of proteins known as “Ribbon Diagrams.” #Biochemistry professor, Duke Univ; MacArthur fellow (1985); @nasonline.org award (‘91) #womenshistory #WomenInSTEM #BioSky #SciSky

Katherine Waller Barrett

1/24/1857 — b. Kate Waller Barrett, American physician, sociologist, social reformer. Leader of the rescue movement for unwed mothers in the U.S.; she made it socially acceptable to view unwed mothers as worthy of philanthropy #womenshistory #WomenInSTEM #MedSky #HistMed #SciSky #HistSci #PolSky

Elizabeth Blackwell

1/23/1849 — Elizabeth Blackwell graduates from medical school with the highest grades in her class, Geneva College, New York. She becomes the first woman in the U.S. to earn an accredited medical degree, and the first recognized female U.S. physician #womenshistory #WomenInSTEM #MedSky #HistMed #OTD

As the first neurologist in space, Roberta Bondar conducted experiments aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery to better understand how spaceflight affects the human brain and body.

#RobertaBondar #Brain #Neuroscience #WomeninSTEM

Willa Brown Coffey sitting in the cockpit of her plane

1/22/1906 — b. Willa Brown Coffey, American aviator. The first Af-Am woman to earn a pilot license (1938); the first Af-Am member, Civil Air Patrol. Co-founder, Natl Airmen’s Assn of America and the Coffey Sch of Aeronautics to train Af-Am aviators #womenshistory #WomenInSTEM #aviation #AvSky #woc

Catherine Wolfe Bruce

The Catherine Wolfe Bruce Telescope at the Yerkes Observatory

1/22/1816 — b. Catherine Wolfe Bruce, American patroness of astronomy, astronomy enthusiast, philanthropist. She established the prestigious annual Bruce Medal (1898), awarded to a lifetime #astronomy contributors and a high honor in the field #womenshistory #WomenInSTEM #AstroSky #SciSky #HistSci

Helen Gwynne-Vaughan

1/21/1879 — b. Helen Gwynne-Vaughan, British botanist, mycologist, professor of botany, lecturer. Researcher of fungal genetics; president of the British Mycological Society (1928). Commandant, Women’s Royal Air Force (1918); OBE ('19) #womenshistory #WomenInSTEM #PlantSky #SciSky #HistSci #military

THE RECEIPTS: AGLAONICE WAS AN ASTRONOMER Let’s get something straight.

“Witch or scientist?” is not a mystery. It’s a literacy test.
Aglaonice called eclipses on schedule. That’s math, not magic.

Receipts are in the essay: #womeninstem #womeninhistory #astronomer #womenshistory
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Zara Rutherford holding certificates in front of her plane

1/20/2022 — Zara Rutherford, British-Belgian aviatrix, becomes the youngest woman to fly solo around world after a 155-day journey www.msn.com/en-us/news/w... #womenhistory #WomenInSTEM #aviation #AVgeeks #OTD

Why did Jeffrey Epstein cultivate famous scientists? The Epstein files revive questions of whether the disgraced financier sought to merely cultivate famous scientists, or to shape science itself

The Epstein files revive questions of whether the disgraced financier sought to merely cultivate famous scientists, or to shape science itself