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Kenyan biochemist Norah Olembo was born 85 years ago today. From the 1980s through to the 2000s she was an advocate of the use of science to help African farmers stay competitive globally, while also developing her country's AIDS protocols and founding FEMNET.
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Mathematician Charlotte Angas Scott was born 168 years ago today. Known mainly for her feat of achieving 8th Wrangler in the 1880 Tripos Exam, she should be equally remembered for her years of building foundational mathematical institutions in the United States.
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On today's #WomenInMusic Spotlight, we salute Debbie Harry (b. 1945), the lead vocalist for Blondie who worked during the very heart of the music industry's worst practices for women, but constantly found ways to subvert those practices while still finding outrageous success.
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On today's #WomenInMusic Spotlight, we celebrate one of the most maligned women in the history of pop music, Yoko Ono (b. 1933). An avant-garde musical pioneer, she pushed the boundaries of how the female voice could be used in song while exploring the reality of women's lived experience.
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On today's #WomenInMusic Spotlight, we celebrate Italian composer Paola Prestini (b. 1975), whose intersectional work and devotion to bringing together artists, scientists, and musicians in works of daunting scope culminated in her 2022 opera Edward Tulane.
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Rita Lobato Lopes was born 160 years ago today! She was the first Brazilian woman to receive a medical degree in her country (Maria Estrela received one six years before, but from a US college), and dedicated her career to serving all social classes.
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On today's #WomenInMusic Spotlight we remember Dolores O'Riordan. If you grew up in the 1990s, hers was the voice of thoughtful musing upon family, frustration, conflict, and the world's ills that got you through the Hard Times. She passed away in 2018 at the age of just 46.
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Psychologist Grace Kent was born 151 years ago today. She was famous in her time for her novel ways of testing conditions resistant to traditional diagnostics, including the Kent-Rosanoff Free Association Test for schizophrenia and maze tests for dementia.
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The great Elizabeth Garrett Anderson was born 190 years ago today! She received her medical degree in 1865 by utilizing an oversight in the Society of Apothecaries' charter, after which she was a driving force behind women's medical education in Great Britain.
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I own a copy of this book. The stories within are sad, happy, and incredible. Sheldrick Wildlife Trust is an organization that helps not just elephants but rhinos, giraffes, buffalo, zebras, and hippos. They help any orphan animal in need, including snared animals out in the bush. What a legacy. ❣️❣️❣️
The Women In Science Archive
The Women In Science Archive
In 1885, when you heard the term ‘mathematical epicentre’ one of the last places that would have been brought to mind was the United States. Sure, it had a handful of locally distinguished minds to it...
There are cases where the towering homogeneity of Victorian culture is exaggerated. The era of Prince Albert and Lord Palmerston was, after all, also the age of George Eliot, Charles Darwin and Karl M...
