Hedy Lamarr was an Austrian-American inventor and actress. Hedy pioneered the technology that formed the basis for WiFi, GPS, and Bluetooth communication systems. Hedy was born in Vienna into a…
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#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…
#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…
#TBT with Margaret Knight (1838-1914)🛠
Margaret Knight was an American inventor. To help support her family, Margaret worked in the mills. It was in the mills that Margaret witnessed a horrible accident and began to work…
#TBT with Ruth Ella Moore (1903-1994)
Ruth Ella Moore was the first African American woman in the United States to earn a Ph.D. in the natural sciences. Ruth earned her B.S. and M.S. from Ohio State…
#TBT with Tabitha Babbitt (1779-1853)
Tabitha Babbitt was an American Shaker inventor. Tabitha invented the circular saw after seeing how hard it was to use a pit saw, which only cut one way. Tabitha was a…
#TBT with Josephine Cochran, the inventor of the first workable dish washing machine.
Josephine Cochran is the inventor of the dishwasher. However, she was not the first one to patent it. In 1850, a man patented a wooden machine with a hand-turned wheel…
#TBT with Edith “Edie” Windsor
June is Pride month, and an opportunity to highlight the LGBTQ+ members of the STEM community.⠀ 🏳️🌈💻 Edith Windsor grew up in a Russian Jewish immigrant family in Pennsylvania. Edie’s…
#TBT with Sally Ride (1951-2012)
June is Pride month, and an opportunity to highlight the LGBTQ+ members of the STEM community. 🏳️🌈👩🚀🚀 Dr. Sally Ride was the first American woman in space, aboard the space…
#TBT with Ellen Swallow Richards (1842-1911)
🔬Ellen Swallow Richards was an American chemist and the founder of the home economics movement in the United States. Ellen earned her A.B. from Vassar College in 1870 before becoming…
#TBT honoring Claudia Alexander (1959-2015)
🔬Claudia Alexander was a geophysicist and planetary science research scientist. Claudia worked for the United States Geological Survey and NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, and served as the final project manager…
#tbt honoring Wangari Maathai (1940 – 2011)
#tbt honoring Wangari Maathai (1940 – 2011) ♻️🌍🌏🌎🌱 Wangari Maathai became the first woman in either East or Central Africa to earn a doctorate in 1971, and won the Nobel Peace…