Alice Ball: The Chemist Who Revolutionized Leprosy Treatment and Was Nearly Erased From History https://shinemycrown.com/alice-ball-the-chemist-who-revolutionized-leprosy-treatment-and-was-nearly-erased-from-history/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #AliceBall #WomenInScience #LeprosyTreatment #BlackHistory #Chemistry
The Nation’s First Black Female Doctor Blazed a Path for Women in Medicine. But She Was Left Out of the Story for Decades
After earning a medical degree in 1864, Rebecca Lee Crumpler died in obscurity and was buried without a headstone
By Ella Jeffries
Rebecca Lee Crumpler at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=Rebecca+Lee+Crumpler&submit_search=Search
For #LearnAboutButterfliesDay
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The Science and Splendor of Australian #Butterflies : How Two 19th-Century Teenage Sisters' Forgotten Paintings Sparked a Triumph of Modern Conservation
https://www.themarginalian.org/2020/07/30/harriet-helena-scott-butterflies-australia/
Useless Facts, Badly Drawn #58: Williamina Fleming. And Happy International Women's Day!
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#JWST at it again!
This is Lynds 483 -- two protostars putting on a show!
.. also in re: #InternationalWomensDay -- Lynds refers to Beverly T. Lynds (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beverly_Turner_Lynds)
On #InternationalWomensDay (and all other days) -- let's celebrate the amazing #women #astronomers who often get left out of history books & pushed to the margins
Learn more (and feel free to comment with others!):
: https://starrytimepodcast.podbean.com/e/asterism-annie-jump-cannon-spectral-types/
: https://daily.jstor.org/eight-women-astronomers-you-should-know/ : https://www.space.com/trailblazing-women-in-astronomy-astrophysics : https://astrosociety.org/education-outreach/resource-guides/women-in-astronomy-an-introductory-resource-guide.html : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jessica_Mink : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebecca_Oppenheimer
no new episode this week due my travel conflicts, but you know what that means?!
MORE. CENTAURUS. ASTRONOMY.
Like this #astrophotograpy image of NGC 4603 
Listen to the pod here: https://starrytimepodcast.podbean.com/e/centaurus-cosmic-background/
This is Centaurus A aka NGC 5128 -- it didn't win Jordan's Gold Star, but
Centaurus A is 11 million LY away and contains the closest AGN to Earth
Learn more about the incredible #astronomy of the #constellation #Centaurus here: https://starrytimepodcast.podbean.com/e/centaurus-cosmic-background/
Musen oder Macherinnen? Zum Frauentag am 8. März laden wir zu einer Führung auf den Campus Dahlem in #Berlin ein. Der Rundgang stellt die Lebenswege von Frauen vor, die den Campus prägten, und zeigt, wie sie die männlich geprägte Welt der #Wissenschaft eroberten.
https://www.mpg.de/24226527/dahlemtour-berlin1.html #WomenInScience
How and when did you choose to do physics?
“I wanted to be an astronaut when I was 5 years old because I was so fascinated with space. I then chose to study physics (and not philosophy, in the end) in my last year of high school, because of the awe I felt when looking at the night sky and thinking about what was ‘out there’ in the universe. This motivated me to challenge myself by studying something I did not know much about.”
Another scholarship opportunity for undergrad or grad students in near-surface geophysics! You could get $1500 toward your studies through EEGS.
That April 30th deadline will arrive faster than you think, so don't delay!
Mexico’s President Claudia argues that if cartels are terrorists, then those supplying their weapons—over 74% of which come from the U.S.—should be held accountable for aiding terrorism.
https://x.com/upholdreality/status/1892745922398019810
#mexico
#blackmastodon
#WomenInScience
#whitesupremacy
#dei
#immigration
#whiteidentitypolitics
@palestine @blackmastodon @blackvoices
@BLKNewsNow
@blackgirlnerds
#tiktok
#canada
#usa
#africa
#democracy
#resistance
#humanrights
#geopolitics
#socialism
#trump
What measures that target women and girls in science would you care about and/or would you like to see realized in the scientific community?
“In the longer term, I care about measures more focused into education in equity, at all different levels. Of course, all these issues I consider to be more general than targeting only women.”
What measures that target women and girls in science would you care about and/or would you like to see realized in the scientific community?
“It’s hard to choose particular measures because I consider that an issue that needs to be addressed on a global scale. In any case, I think there should be more measures that take care of family support, reducing possible biases in evaluation processes and having an effective protocol of support when there are complaints about a situation of discrimination.”
What is your vision for women and girls in science in 20 years?
“In 20 years, I strongly believe that the female community in science will be more represented. Nowadays, society is already exposing young girls to STEM fields more than it did in the past, for instance, through toys and cartoons. Moreover, for the older girls, the increasing visibility of female scientists as role models is inspiring and necessary to imagine themselves in the same positions.”
The SETI Institute's research is #notjustaliens. Meet Dr. Uma Gorti, who joined the SETI Institute's Carl Sagan Center in 2008 as a Principal Investigator and is mainly interested in star and planet formation. Such studies will help us understand the conditions under which planets form, the likelihood of planet formation, and hence, the potential for life in different star-forming environments.
How and when did you choose to do physics?
“I decided to study physics in my final year of high school, around the time I was applying to universities. Prior to that point I had planned to study engineering, but I took an internship supervised by a physicist who inspired me to learn about the mechanics of our world at a more fundamental level. I also got involved with a particle physics competition around that time, which piqued interest in contemporary physics research more specifically.”
What would you recommend to young women wanting to start a physics career?
“Always do the things you love, no matter what other people tell you. In the end, it only matters what makes you happy and everything else will work itself out. This won’t always be easy, but it is worth the fight.”
How and when did you choose to do physics?
“As a child I always liked science and mathematics and I was fascinated by the Universe and how it works. When I was in High School, I participated in the European Girls' Mathematical Olympiad. Because of that, I decided to study both mathematics and physics. During my bachelors, I realised astrophysics is more my passion than mathematics, so I continued down that road.”
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