In 1993, science historian Margaret Rossiter introduced the term the Matilda Effect. Writing in the journal Social Studies of Science, Rossiter described a recurring pattern
Podcast transcripts Welcome to Math! Science! History! I’m Gabrielle Birchak, your host. For Women’s History Month, I wanted to feature one brilliant thing, one clean win, and one woman whose work still quietly runs the world, even if most of us do not realize it. Today’s “one brilliant thing” was a sorting system. A classification scheme. A way to take the universe,
I loved to spend time in the library at JPL, going through the old newsletter called Lab Oratory. It was there that I came across a small article about a subculture sci-fi author who worked in computing.
Lise Meitner was central to the discovery of nuclear fission, and how her contribution was overlooked by the Nobel Committee …
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PODCAST TRANSCRIPTS Welcome to Math! Science! History! Today, I’m going to be talking about the woman who inspired Albert Einstein so much that he might have even published some of her ideas under his name. Hi, I’m Gabrielle Birchak, I have a background in math, science and journalism. By the time you are done listening to today’s podcast you are
PODCAST TRANSCRIPTS It’s Flashcard Friday here at Math, Science, History, when on Fridays we post a short little flash card about something mathy, sciency, or history. I’m your host, Gabrielle Birchak, and I’m sharing a story about the life of a remarkable woman who made a profound, yet often overlooked, contribution to mathematics and education: Jacoba van den Brande. Though
In eighteenth-century Europe, there was an increase in women entering the field of science, more so than in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. What happened in the eighteenth century that set women up for success?
Laura Maria Caterina Bassi received her Ph.D. at 21 years of age. She was the first woman to earn a professorship in physics at a university. As a trailblazer for women in STEM, she was one of the first women in science to accomplish so much! Her story is truly memorable.