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Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
Episodes
Isabel Bassett Wasson
02 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
March 1st is the anniversary of the founding of Yellowstone, the world’s first national park. And its first female ranger was Isabel Bassett Wasson...
Laura Manuelidis
01 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
February 29th is Rare Disease Day, and today we’re featuring a scientist with a rare perspective on a rare disease: Dr. Laura Manuelidis. Image Cou...
Katharine Burr Blodgett
29 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Many of the films honored with Oscars throughout the years owe the beauty of their moving images to research scientist Katharine Burr Blodgett. Image...
Kimberlee Beckmen
27 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Kimberlee Beckmen has her dream job as a wildlife veterinarian for the Alaska Department of Fish and Game. Image: Wikimedia Join us on Patreon: ...
Pauline Mead Patraw
27 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The first female ranger-naturalist at the Grand Canyon, Pauline Mead Patraw, fell in love with the Canyon on a school trip when she was studying botan...
Ida Tacke Noddack
26 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Chemist Ida Tacke Noddack was the first woman in Germany to hold a professional position as a chemist, and helped discover the element rhenium. Image...
Catherine Cesarsky
25 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The first female president of the International Astronomical Union, Catherine Cesarsky, earned this position with a distinguished career in several a...
Barbara Cohen
24 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
When the first women-only team led the Mars Exploration Rovers for a day, Dr. Barbara Cohen was the leader of that team. Image: Wikimedia Join us on...
Gloria Gordon Bolotsky
22 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The history of the ENIAC is filled with the contributions of the earliest women programmers, including Gloria Gordon Bolotsky. Image: U.S. Army Join...
Adele Goldstine
21 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
When the ENIAC was created, someone had to write the world’s first computer’s operating manual. Adele Goldstine was up to the task. Image: Wikim...
Ruth Lichterman Teitelbaum
21 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Ruth Teitelbaum not only was one of the first computer programmers, but also one of the first programming teachers, passing on her knowledge to anothe...
Frances Bilas Spence
20 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Frances Spence had already started a teaching career when she started to work for the Army as a “computer,” and then she made history as an ENIAC ...
Marlyn Wescoff Meltzer
19 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Marlyn Wescoff Meltzer was one of the women who helped invent computer programming through their work on the ENIAC. Image: Wikimedia Join us on Patr...
Betty Snyder Holberton
18 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Betty Holberton studied journalism, but during WWII she became one of the first computer programmers, working on the ENIAC. Image: Wikimedia Join us...
Jean Jennings Bartik
17 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This week we’re honoring the women who created computer programming, and today’s episode features Jean Jennings Bartik. Image: Wikimedia Join us...
Kathleen McNulty Antonelli
16 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On February 15, 1946 the ENIAC was formally dedicated. This week we honor the women who programmed the first electronic computer, starting with Kathle...
Marie Maynard Daly
15 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
February 14 is Valentine’s Day: a day associated with tending the heart. Today, we’ll look at a woman who has studied many factors impacting the h...
Gabriela González
14 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Meet the spokesperson for LIGO, the organization that just announced they have detected gravitational waves, Gabriela Gonzalez. Image: Wikimedia (CC ...
Linda Cayot
13 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
It’s International Darwin Day, and today we learn about Dr. Linda Cayot, who worked on conservation in the Galapagos. Image: A. Davey (CC BY 2.0 DE...
Beulah Louise Henry
12 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Today is the birthday of Beulah Louise Henry, or “Lady Edison,” a woman who earned 49 patents for a wide variety of inventions. Image: Wikimedia....
Edith Clarke
11 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Today, we’d like you to meet Edith Clarke, the first woman to be hired as an electrical engineer in the U.S. Image: Wikimedia. Join us on Patreon:...
Peggy Whitson
10 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Peggy Whitson always wanted to be an astronaut and she achieved her dream, becoming the first woman to command the ISS. Image: NASA. Join us on Patr...
Katherine Freese
09 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Meet Dr. Katherine Freese, an astrophysicist studying dark matter and dark energy. Image: TEDxVienna (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 DEED) Join us on Patreon: http...
Ainissa Ramirez
07 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
There’s plenty of science on display at the Super Bowl, and Ainissa Ramirez is able to tell you all about it. Image: TED (CC BY-NC 2.0 DEED) Join ...
Jedidah Isler
07 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Jedidah Isler wanted to study the stars since she was first gifted a telescope at age 12, now she’s an astrophysicist. Image: NASA (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0...
C. Noel Bairey Merz
06 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
It’s Wear Red Day, a day to raise awareness of women’s risks for heart disease. In honor of the day, meet Dr. C. Noel Bairey Merz, a cardiologist...
Hadiyah-Nicole Green
04 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Hadiyah-Nicole Green is pioneering the use of lasers and nanoparticles to fight cancer. Image Courtesy of the Ora Lee Smith Cancer Research Found...
Aprille Ericsson
03 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Aprille Ericsson-Jackson is an aerospace engineer at NASA, and was the first African-American woman to get a PhD in engineering at Howard University. ...
Wanda Austin
03 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Wanda M. Austin started at The Aerospace Corporation as an entry level engineer rising all the way to CEO and President. Image: NASA. Join us on...
Laurel Clark
02 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Laurel Clark was a decorated Navy medic before she became an astronaut aboard the Space Shuttle Columbia. Image: NASA. Don't forget to check out...
Dawn Shaughnessy
31 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Four new elements are joining the periodic table. Three of them thanks to a team led by Dawn Shaughnessy. Image: Wikimedia. Join us on Patreon: htt...
Andrea Mueller
31 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Andrea Mueller has always loved racing, and now she’s a lead race engineer in NASCAR helping lead Team Penske to victory. Image: Wikimedia. Join u...
Alice Evans
30 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Thanks to the work of Alice Evans, we can drink milk knowing that it’s been pasteurized to remove harmful bacteria. Image: Wikimedia. Join us on P...
Judith Resnik
29 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Today marks the thirtieth anniversary of the tragic explosion of the Space Shuttle Challenger which killed its seven crew members including mission sp...
Lilli Hornig
28 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Lilli Hornig was a member of the Manhattan Project, and witnessed the first atomic bomb tests. Image: Wikimedia / Los Alamos National Laboratory.
Esther Lederberg
27 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Meet Esther Lederberg, a microbiologist who made many influential discoveries. Image: Wikimedia.
Ashley Stroupe
26 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Meet the first woman to drive on Mars, NASA’s Ashley Stroupe. Image: NASA/JPL.
Annie Jump Cannon
25 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Astronomer Annie Jump Cannon found star classification systems didn’t fit her needs, so she created a new one that we still use today. Image: Wikime...
Elizabeth Blackwell
24 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Meet Dr. Elizabeth Blackwell, the first woman to earn a medical degree. Image: Wikimedia
Roberta Bondar
22 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Roberta Bondar was both the first neurologist and the first Canadian woman in space. Image: Wikimedia.
Tu Youyou
22 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In the 1970’s Tu Youyou used research into traditional Chinese medicine to discover and synthesize a revolutionary malaria treatment. Image Source:...
Marie-Anne Lavoisier
21 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Restrictions of her time kept Marie-Anne Lavoisier from becoming a chemist herself, but she was integral to her husband’s work and the two changed c...
Yanping Guo
20 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
in 2006, NASA launched the New Horizons probe towards Pluto. Thanks to Yanping Guo, it reached its destination exactly on time. Image Source: NASA
Carolina Cruz-Neira
19 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Meet Carolina Cruz-Neira, a computer engineer who is the co-inventor of the CAVE automatic virtual environment and a pioneer in virtual reality. Image...
Anita Borg
18 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
American Anita Borg was a pioneering programmer and women’s advocate who co-founded the Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing. Image Courte...
Dian Fossey
17 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In December 1966 Dian Fossey arrived in Africa to begin her long term study of the mountain gorilla. Learn more about her work in today’s episode. ...
Katherine Johnson
16 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Meet Katherine Johnson, a mathematician involved in many of America’s greatest achievements during the space race. Image: Wikimedia.
Hedy Lamarr
15 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
During awards season, many people in the U.S. have their eyes towards Hollywood. If you looked up the nominees and winners of the Golden Globes or the...
Susan Helms
13 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Astronaut Susan Helms holds a record for the longest spacewalk at 8 hours and 56 minutes. Learn more about her NASA career in today’s episode. Imag...
Maria Telkes
13 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
A pioneer of the use of solar energy, Maria Telkes, is often referred to as the “Sun Queen” and the ‘Mother of the Solar Home.” Image: Wikimed...
Sophie Germain
12 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The late 18th century was not the best time to devote yourself to a life-long study of mathematics if you were the daughter of a merchant growing up i...
Kathryn S. McKinley
10 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Kathryn S. McKinley is a computer scientist who likes “to focus on practical problems,” and has helped create solutions that have had a major impa...
Gladys Hobby
09 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In 1928, the world of medicine was changed when Alexander Fleming demonstrated the antibacterial properties of penicillin. But the large-scale impac...
Rosaly Lopes
08 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Volcanoes on earth can be beautiful and frightening. But what about volcanoes in space? Today we’d like you to meet Rosaly Lopes, a planetary ge...
Leona Marshall Libby
07 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Leona Marshall Libby first worked with physicist Enrico Fermi at age 23, when she was on the team that built Chicago Pile-1, the world’s first nucle...
Margaret Morse Nice
06 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Margaret Morse Nice is most well known for her work with song sparrows. She spent eight years making observations of various bonded pairs of song sp...
Florence Merriam Bailey
05 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
National Bird Day in the U.S. is observed on January 5th. This is a day that celebrates birdwatching and endeavors to raise awareness of the hardships...
Jennifer Harris Trosper
04 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The extraordinary life span of the Spirit rover was due to the hard work and ingenuity of the many scientists, engineers, and designers who worked on ...
Sophia Yin
03 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Sophia Yin was a veterinarian who studied animal behavior and training. Yin’s philosophy, dubbed Low Stress Handling, looks to positive rei...
Hypatia of Alexandria
02 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
An ancient Greek mathematician, astronomer, and philosopher, Hypatia was also the head of the Neoplatonic school at Alexandria. Image: Wikimedia.
Marie Curie
01 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In 1903 Curie became the first woman to receive a doctoral degree in France and was the first woman to be awarded a Nobel Prize. She was later award...