Marija Gimbutas: Unearthing the Goddess, Rocking My World, Lithuanian-American Woman Writer and Archaeologist(1921-1994)
2021 is the 100 year anniversary of Lithuanian archaeologist, scholar and archaeomythologist...
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Category: Nasty Women Writers: STEM
Katalin Karikó: The biochemist who persisted!
Update: Since discovering scientist Katalin Karikó and the role she’s played in the...
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Ada Lovelace: Math, Vision, and Ambition in a Woman Meets Certain Death in Victorian England – Women Writing Code
When I think of Ada Lovelace 1815-1852, widely recognized as the first computer programmer, I...
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The Doctors Blackwell: How Two Pioneering Sisters Brought Medicine to Women – And Women to Medicine by Janice P. Nimura (2021)
On January 23, 1849, Elizabeth Blackwell was awarded a medical degree. She was the first woman in...
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Marie Curie: The Quest to Know, Polish/French Woman Writer and Scientist (1867-1934)
“Be less curious about people and more curious about ideas.” ~Marie Curie Marie Curie discovered...
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Representation Begets Representation: Susan Goldberg’s Legacy as Editor-in-Chief of Nat Geo – Supporting and Promoting Women Writers
Susan Goldberg is the first female editor-in-chief of National Geographic in its 130-year history....
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Trotula of Salerno: Alleviating the Suffering of Women, Italian Woman Writer (11th Century)
Because there are many women who have numerous diverse illnesses—some of them almost fatal—and...
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Alice Catherine Evans: “I Went Beyond the Realms of Your Perceptions” (American Woman Microbiologist 1881-1975)
“In the poverty of your imagination it is easier to believe that the printed word is gospel truth....
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Rachel Carson: A Woman Writer’s Voice for the Planet, American (1907-1964)
When most people think of Rachel Carson, they think of her groundbreaking work Silent Spring which...
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