Bertha Lamme was the first American femaile mechanical engineer. Bertha earned her degree in mechanical engineering from the Ohio State University in 1893, as only the second woman in the…
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#SustainabilitySaturday with Greta Thunberg
Greta Thunberg is a Swedish climate activist who led the largest climate strike in history, with around 4 million people across 161 countries last week. Greta spoke at the UN…
Olive Dennis
Olive Dennis (1885 – 1957) was the first woman to become a member of the American Railway Engineering Association. Olive earned her Masters in Civil Engineering from Cornell Engineering but…
#TBT with Elizabeth Garrett Anderson
️Elizabeth Garrett Anderson was the first female doctor in England. After meeting with Elizabeth Blackwell, the first American woman physician, Elizabeth decided to become a doctor. Elizabeth was denied admission…
#MathMonday with Melba Roy Mouton
Melba Roy Mouton was the Assistant Chief of Research Programs at NASA’s Trajectory and Geodynamics Division in the ’60s and headed a group of NASA mathematicians called “computers”. Melba graduated…
Frances Oldham Kelsey
Frances Oldham Kelsey was a scientist responsible for preventing American sales of thalidomide, which was found to have caused birth defects. Frances graduated from McGill University with her Bachelor of…
#TBT with Sally Ride
Dr. Sally Ride was the first American woman in space, aboard the space shuttle Challenger in 1983. Sally beat out 1,000 other applicants for a spot in NASA’s astronaut program…
#MathMondays with Thyrsa Frazier Svager
Thyrsa Frazier Svager earned her Bachelors in Mathematics from Antioch College before getting her Masters and PhD in Mathematics from Ohio State University. Thyrsa was one of the very first…
#SpaceSunday with Karen Nyberg
Karen Nyberg earned her Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from the University of North Dakota before earning her Master of Science in and Doctorate in Mechanical Engineering from the…
Temple Grandin
Temple Grandin is an animal expert and advocate for those with autism. As a child, Temple was diagnosed with autism. Temple graduated with a bachelor’s in psychology from Franklin Pierce…
#TBT with Mary Anning (1799-1847)
Mary Anning was a pioneering paleontologist and described as “the greatest fossilist the world ever knew” for her work. Mary’s home in England was located near the cliffs at Lyme…
#MedMonday with May-Britt Moser
May-Britt Moser is a Norwegian neuroscientist who helped discover grid cells in the brain and won the 2014 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine with her husband, Edvard I. Moser….