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STEMfem @stemfem.bsky.social · 6h

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

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Physicians for a Healthy Democracy @physiciandemocracy.medsky.social · 1d

Sign of the day…

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

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Third Act Ohio @thirdactoh.bsky.social · 2d

Ohio Third Actors--- Where will you be?

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J. Cafesin @jcafesin.bsky.social · 1d

#MOM, be Ur own boss. #Startup! Begin here: https://udemy.com/course/lean-startup-marketing/

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

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STEMfem @stemfem.bsky.social · 1d

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

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STEMfem @stemfem.bsky.social · 1d

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

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STEMfem @stemfem.bsky.social · 1d

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

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

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STEMfem @stemfem.bsky.social · 2d

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

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STEMfem @stemfem.bsky.social · 2d

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

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Feministory @feministory.bsky.social · 2d

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

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

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Association for Women in Science @awisnational.bsky.social · 2d

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.
https://awis.org/historical-women-scientists/?_ethnicity=cc578791f732475ccfa7fcb1dff59d72
#WomenInSTEM

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STEMfem @stemfem.bsky.social · 7d

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

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Alpha Kitty @alphakitty.bsky.social · 8d

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

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STEMfem @stemfem.bsky.social · 8d

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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Lucy Gray @lucymaygray.bsky.social · 8d

#womeninstem
#history

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Aleta @aletamosquito.bsky.social · 8d

#WomenInSTEM

Oxford University Museum of Natural History @morethanadodo.bsky.social · 12d

H is for... Hodgkin! Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin is still the only British woman scientist to have been awarded a Nobel Prize. She won the Nobel in chemistry in 1964 for mapping the structure of vitamin B12. She also mapped the structure of Penicillin and Insulin through X-ray crystallography.

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1000WomeninSTEM @1000womeninstem.bsky.social · 8d

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.

thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/f...

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ALT Fish and Wildlife Service @altfws.altgov.info · 13d

RIP Jane Goodall.

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ALT: a blurred image of a person 's face in the dark

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Butterflies Katz ⓥ @butterflieskatz.bsky.social · 13d

Greta Thunberg & Jane Goodall

#JaneGoodall #environment

Everyday should be Earth day.

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Kim @kim4thebabies.bsky.social · 14d

RIP Queen

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Colleen Mondor @chasingray.bsky.social · 18d

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!)

Picture of aviator Marvel Crosson who died in 1929.

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STEMfem @stemfem.bsky.social · 19d

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

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STEMfem @stemfem.bsky.social · 22d

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

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STEMfem @stemfem.bsky.social · 23d

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

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Robin (she/he-ella/él) @merryrobin.bsky.social · 24d

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.
#WomenInSTEM

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

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