Meet Dr. Maryam Mirzakhani (1977-2017), the first woman, as well as first Iranian, to win the Fields Medal, Math’s highest honor. In 2014, Maryam was recognized for her contributions to…
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#MathMonday with Dr. Maryam Mirzakhani (1977-2017)
#MathMonday with Dr. Maryam Mirzakhani (1977-2017) 🛠 Maryam Mirzakhani was the first woman, as well as first Iranian, to win the Fields Medal, Math’s highest honor. In 2014, Maryam was recognized…
#MedicineMonday honoring Susan La Flesche Picotte (1865 – 1915)
#MedicineMonday honoring Susan La Flesche Picotte (1865 – 1915) 🏥🔬 Susan La Flesche Picotte was the first Native American woman to become a doctor in the United States. Susan was born…
#MathMonday honoring Annie Easley (1933-2011)
#MathMonday honoring Annie Easley (1933-2011) 🔬 Annie Easley worked as a computer for NACA until it was abolished in 1958, becoming NASA, where Easley would develop the software for the Centaur…
#MathMonday with Dr. Vivienne Malone-Mayes (1932-1995)
#MathMonday with Dr. Vivienne Malone-Mayes (1932-1995) 🔬👩🏾🏫 Dr. Vivienne Malone-Mayes was a mathematician and professor. After taking courses taught by Dr. Evelyn Boyd Granville, one of the first African-American women to…
#MathMonday with Emilie du Chatelet (1706-1749)
#MathMonday with Emilie du Chatelet (1706-1749) 🔬 Emilie du Chatelet grew up in France in a time when it took much convincing to prove to her father her place was in…
#MedMondays
#medmondays – Only 34% of professionally active physicians in the United States are women. 👩⚕️👩🏻⚕️👩🏼⚕️👩🏽⚕️👩🏾⚕️👩🏿⚕️🔬 source: https://www.kff.org/…/state-indicator/physicians-by-gender/… 👩⚕️👩🏻⚕️👩🏼⚕️👩🏽⚕️👩🏾⚕️👩🏿⚕️🔬
#MathMondays with Evelyn Boyd Granville
#MathMondays with Evelyn Boyd Granville 🔬 Evelyn Boyd Granville is the second black woman to earn a Ph.D. in mathematics and later went on to work for NASA on space…
#MakersMonday with Ayanna Howard
#MakersMonday with Ayanna Howard 🤖🛠 Ayanna Howard is an electrical engineer and roboticist. Ayanna has worked at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory until starting her own lab and becoming an associate professor…
#MathMonday with Emmy Noether (1882-1935)
#MathMonday with Emmy Noether (1882-1935) 🔬 Emmy Noether was a mathematician who devised a mathematical principle, Noether’s theorem, that became a foundation for quantum physics. Emmy’s calculations were used by Albert…
#MathMonday with Jean Bartik (1924-2011)
#MathMonday with Jean Bartik (1924-2011) 🔬 Jean Bartik was an American computer software pioneer who was one of the first programmers of the ENIAC and UNIVAC I computers. When Jean graduated…