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Caged By War: The Abbreviated Life Of Aeronautical Engineer And Test Pilot Countess Melitta von Stauffenberg

Dale DeBakcsyMay 20, 2020

Of Loss And Hope: High School Senior Eliza Stoehrer Writes-Performs Moving Song For Class Of 2020 Students Everywhere

wyskMay 7, 2020

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Women In Science Puppet Theater Series, Episode 2: The Tale Of Cosmetic Chemist, Hazel Bishop

wyskMay 5, 2020

In this week's episode of our Women In Science Puppet Theater video series (click image above to watch), kids get to know cosmetic chemist, Hazel Bishop (1906-...

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Pandemic Perspective: Tatenda Mafodya On Challenges Of Distance Teaching When Internet Access Is A Luxury

Guest ContributorApril 30, 2020

By Nathan Martin - Tatenda Mafodya was struggling to remember when lockdown began in South Africa. "It’s been 21, no wait, 27 days."An understandable slip....

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From Nebraska’s Fields To The Ocean’s Floor: The Long Road Of Evolutionary Biologist Elma González

Dale DeBakcsyApril 29, 2020

There is a theory that curiosity originates in leisure, that only after one has taken care of the big important things like food and shelter can one spare the ...

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13-Year-Old Artist Creates Hero Award For All To Share With Healthcare Workers On COVID-19 Frontline

wyskApril 28, 2020

Hero Award: Thank you heroes on the frontline…for saving our lives while putting yours on the lineIn a creative show of appreciation for medical profession...

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“The Legend of Joan of Arc” Puppet Film Is A Stay-At-Home Must Watch

wyskApril 28, 2020

"King of England, if you do not do these things, I am the commander of the military; and in whatever place I shall find your men in France, I will make them fl...

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Beneficial Mutation: Popular Women In Science Column Transforms Into ‘Puppet Special’ Video Series For Kids Learning At Home

wyskApril 24, 2020

The new pandemic world order, which is keeping us all at home, and kids learning at a distance, has inspired a beneficial mutation of one of our most popular W...

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Essential Risk: NYC Plumber Judaline Cassidy On Working In Building Trades During COVID-19 Crisis

wyskApril 16, 2020

Judaline Cassidy has been a plumber in NYC for more than two decades. She is a master of her craft, and a champion of equality in the still male-dominated cons...

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Killer of Cancer, Slayer of Viruses: The Many Medicines Of Nobel Prize Laureate Gertrude Elion

Dale DeBakcsyApril 15, 2020

Generally, our experience of a particular medicine is as a great faceless thing the name of which we don't know until we desperately need it, and the creation ...

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Working Out At Home With RBG… As Played By Kate McKinnon

wyskApril 13, 2020

RBG, or more officially Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg (as brilliantly played by SNL's Kate McKinnon), invites people to join her workout at home. W...

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Girls

Rosie’s Girls: Super Cool Summer Camp Where Power Tools, Dirty Hands, And Endless Possibilities Redefine “Girly”

wyskJuly 31, 2014

Taking its name from Rosie The Riveter, this day camp helps build strong girls through hands-on exploration of STEM activities and skilled trades....

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Introducing Marvel’s Newest Superhero: Moon Girl

wyskAugust 14, 2015

"It’s really important that the mainstream throws up new references like these."...

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Michonne Of Walking Dead Joins This Family’s Female Action Figure Collection

Guest ContributorSeptember 23, 2014

You probably know how rare it is to find a female action figure… Let’s just say she’s far rarer than the unicorn in fantasy figure world....

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Entertainment

From The Internet Archive: The Delightful “Diary Of A Little Girl In Old New York”

wyskJanuary 14, 2015

Through Catherine’s stories of family, friends, school and play, we are given a unique peek into what daily life for a young girl in mid-century New York was like....

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Modern Art: Mobile Devices Added To Classic Paintings Of Women

wyskJanuary 14, 2014

We LOVE the creative mashup-etry of Mike Licht that resulted in fun images like "Whister's Mommy-Blogger" and so many more....

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Tech Tuesday: AppSolutely Fun… Paper Camera Makes Your World A Cartoon

wyskJuly 23, 2013

Gives you real time cartoon and painting effects for photos and videos, so you can see your world in cartoon form....

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Women In Science

Speaking Culture to Psychoanalysis: The Karen Horney Gender Revolution

Dale DeBakcsyNovember 21, 2018

How much of womanhood is a matter of biology, and how much one of culture? Prior to 1929, Freudian psychoanalysis had closed rank determine...

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Sex, Cards, and Calculus: A Day with Badass Mathematician Émilie du Châtelet (1706-1749)

Dale DeBakcsyDecember 21, 2016

Starting from virtual scratch at the age of 28, Émilie du Châtelet made of herself one of the leading European mathematicians......

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An Exclusive Look… ‘The Illustrated Women in Science: Year Three’ A Collection Of Biographies And Comics

Dale DeBakcsyNovember 8, 2017

Hello there WYSKers the world over! My name is Dale and I’ve been writing the Women in Science Wednesday articles here for the last year or ...

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