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The Last Woman Who Knew Everything: The Omnivorous Mind Of Clémence Royer

Dale DeBakcsyAugust 5, 2020

A Scientist Takes The Helm: The Story of German Chancellor Angela Merkel

Dale DeBakcsyJuly 29, 2020

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Command And Control: Meet The All-Women Satellite Ops Crew Who Just Made U.S. Space Force History

wyskJuly 28, 2020

Schriever AFB in Colorado, a base of the United States Air Force, houses the world's best space command and control teams. On July 23rd, Schriever’s 2nd S...

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The Fourth Castle: The Unfathomable Resiliency Of Pioneering Oceanographer Kathleen Crane

Dale DeBakcsyJuly 22, 2020

Everyone said I was daft to build a castle on a swamp, but I built it all the same, just to show them. It sank into the swamp. So I built a second ...

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An ER Doctor In Space: The Story of Astronaut Rhea Seddon

Dale DeBakcsyJuly 8, 2020

The first astronaut class to include women candidates, announced in 1978 and self-dubbed the TFNG, or Thirty-Five New Guys, brought six women into the variousl...

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“Blackfeet Boxing” Documentary Spotlights Club Where Native American Girls Learn To Fight For Their Lives

wyskJuly 1, 2020

According to the United States Justice Department, Native American women are ten times more likely to be murdered than non-native women. More than one in three...

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From The Underground Railroad In Syracuse To A Historic Practice In Santo Domingo: The Journey Of Dr. Sarah Loguen Fraser

Dale DeBakcsyJune 25, 2020

In 1849, Elizabeth Blackwell became the first American woman to earn a Medical Degree, and within half a century seven thousand American women had followed her...

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‘Secrets Of The Surface’ Documentary Honors The Mathematical Vision of Maryam Mirzakhani (1977-2017)

wyskJune 24, 2020

On February 22, 2017, our Women In Science column featured a profile of mathematician Dr. Maryam Mirzakhani, the first woman and first Iranian to win a prestig...

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Must-Watch: ‘Miss Juneteenth’, Critically Acclaimed Feature Film Debut From Channing Godfrey Peoples

wyskJune 23, 2020

Miss Juneteenth, the feature film debut from director and screenwriter Channing Godfrey Peoples, premiered at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival in January and ha...

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A Healer At The Fringe Of Civilization: The Siberian Odyssey Of Doctor Anna Bek

Dale DeBakcsyJune 18, 2020

It is the early 1870s and we are heading into the mining town of Gornyi Zerentui, located in the mountainous Transbaikal region on the distant Siberian fringe ...

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“Can You Please Call Us Back”… Why I’m Glad I Forced Myself To Do A Mammogram In The Time Of COVID

Guest ContributorJune 17, 2020

By Cheryl Laughlin - 2020 had a certain symmetry built into it. By January 2, 2020, I was fleeing the soul-suck of a demeaning job for a soul-pump of a bright ...

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Teen Activist Jesse Anderson Has A Message For Her Peers: “It’s Time To Get To Work And Fix Our World”

Guest ContributorAugust 15, 2017

By Jesse Anderson - I know that your mind is bursting with brilliance; filled with ideas that could change the world. But, if you keep those...

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10-Year-Old Twins Deliver Brilliant 6 Point Argument To Dad For Getting Their Ears Pierced

wyskNovember 10, 2016

"Dear Daddy, We really want our ears pierced and here's why..."...

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Halloween Costume Idea: “Let them be who THEY want to be.”

Guest ContributorOctober 14, 2014

Hats off to Kathryn Wilkins for illustrating this simple, but important message so elegantly and beautifully....

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These Are Not Your Grandma’s Porcelain Figurines!

wyskMay 19, 2014

Artist Jessica Harrison has reimagined the classic sculptures in a unique and surprising way. ...

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“Color Her” Offers A New Twist On The Coloring Book Craze

wyskNovember 6, 2015

This is girl-power creativity for all ages....

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Our Fave Feminist Baby Is Back In New Book… She’s Found Her Voice And Will Be Heard

wyskMay 18, 2018

Last April, Loryn Brantz, author, illustrator, and two-time Emmy Award-winning force of extraordinary creative talent, delivered a new femin...

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Making All Nurses Equal: The Many Battles of Estelle Massey Osborne (1901-1981)

Dale DeBakcsyFebruary 1, 2017

While president of National Association of Colored Graduate Nurses, Estelle Massey provided the blueprint for overcoming the worst of the profession's inequalities....

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Julia Robinson And The Cracking Of Hilbert’s 10th Problem

Dale DeBakcsyFebruary 20, 2019

For mathematicians, the only thing more exciting than proving a theorem is proving that it can never be proven. These anti-proofs, if...

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Lymph, There It Is: Florence Sabin, Pioneer Woman of Medical Research

Dale DeBakcsyAugust 22, 2018

For women in science, posterity has three fates in store. Some, like Marie Curie or Rosalyn Yalow, are recognized in their time and remain ...

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