Celebrating admirable women and girls (historical & contemporary). Their courage, resilience, perseverance, triumphs. Highlighting "firsts." Raising awareness of injustices and our struggles, obstacles, erasure, and more. #WomenInSTEM & in everything else!
Admirable Women
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#OTD in 1873, Susan B. Anthony went on trial for illegally voting in Rochester, NY, on November 5, 1872.
Ultimately, she was ordered by the court to pay $100 + court fees. She said she would never pay a penny of the "unjust penalty."
And she never did.
#suffrage #USHistory
Admirable Women
Astrophysicist Andrea Ghez won the 2020 #Nobel Prize in #Physics for the discovery of a supermassive compact object (now generally recognized to be a black hole) in the Milky Way's galactic center.
She was the 4th woman to win the physics Nobel. She was born #OTD in 1965 #WomenInSTEM #astrophysics
Inspired at age 8 to be a doctor when she watched an Native American woman die bc a white govt doctor refused to treat her.
+Valedictorian, Woman's Medical College of PA 1889
+Sole doctor for the Omaha Reservation, serving >1200 people across 1350 sq miles
+Made house calls on horseback & by buggy
