Celebrating Sylvia Earle on #WorldOceansDay!
Earle--a marine biologist, oceanographer, and National Geographic explorer-in-residence since 1998--was:
+ The first female chief scientist of NOAA
+ Named by TIME magazine as its first Hero for the Planet 1998
#WomenInSTEM #oceanography #HerDeepness
Tidbit: On the exact same day, Sister Keller (U. of Wisconsin-Madison) & Irving C. Tang (Washington U. in St. Louis) became the first two people in the US to earn doctoral degrees in computer science. Tang received his just a few hours earlier in the day. #WomenInSTEM
Tharp’s partner Bruce Heezen collected the sonar data at sea (Columbia U barred women on research vessels). Tharp noted the Mid-Atlantic rift valley. Heezen initially dismissed it as “girl talk,” but later her data was accepted; it proved seafloor spreading & gave birth to modern plate tectonics.
Gwendolyn Brooks is one of the most highly regarded, influential, and widely read poets of 20th-century American poetry.
First Black author awarded the #Pulitzer Prize for #poetry, for her book Annie Allen (1950). She was born #OTD in 1917.
www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/gwendo... #litsky
Bertha von Suttner, the "Generalissimo of the Peace Movement," was the first woman awarded the #Nobel Peace Prize, 1905.
She established the Austrian Peace Society (1891) & wrote one of the 19th century's most influential books, the anti-war novel "Lay Down Your Arms." Born #OTD in 1843. #booksky
Marie Tharp mapped the floor of the N. Atlantic in 1957 & the entire global ocean floor by 1977.
A geologist & oceanographic cartographer whose work revealed the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, proving continental drift & fundamentally changing modern earth science.
#WorldOceansDay #WomenInSTEM #cartography
Sharon Farmer was the first Black woman hired as a White House photographer (1993).
She was promoted to Director of the White House Photography Office in 1999, making her both the first woman & the first African American to lead the dept. She was born #OTD in 1951.
#photography #photojournalism
Obstetrical anesthesiologist Dr. Virginia Apgar invented the APGAR score, a way to quickly assess the health of a newborn immediately after birth.
Her quick evaluation method dramatically dropped infant mortality rates worldwide. She was born #OTD in 1909.
#WomenInSTEM #MedHist #MedSky
#OTD in 1965, Sister Mary Kenneth Keller became the first woman in the US to earn a PhD in #computerscience.
Keller, a Catholic nun, believed tech should be used to expand accessibility in education. Founded the #CS dept at Clarke University & chaired it for 20 years.
#WomenInSTEM #WomenInTech
Physician & suffragist Elizabeth Anderson was born #OTD in 1836.
She was the:
* First woman to qualify in the UK as a physician & surgeon & first MD in France
* Co-founder of the first hospital staffed by women
* First dean of a British medical school
* First female mayor in the #UK
#WomenInSTEM
