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Book Review: Letter To A Young Female Physician by Suzanne Koven

Dale DeBakcsyOctober 14, 2021

Global Warming And Nuclear Fallout: The Foundational Geochemistry Of Saruhashi Katsuko

Dale DeBakcsyOctober 6, 2021

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Impossible Creatures, And How To Make Them: The Topological Legacy of Mathematician Mary Ellen Rudin

Dale DeBakcsySeptember 23, 2021

There’s a lot to like about plain old, everyday space. No matter where you are, there’s always a way to get to where you need to go, and you can always f...

HistorySTEMTrailblazersWomen in Science0 Comments15 min read

48 Years Ago Today: Billie Jean King Defeated Bobby Riggs In Battle Of The Sexes

wyskSeptember 20, 2021

More than 50 million Americans tuned in to watch, making it the most viewed U.S. tennis match of all time. More importantly, King's victory made it a game-changer for women’s tennis....

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Sarah Stewart Johnson, Mars, And The Search For Life As We Don’t Know It

Dale DeBakcsySeptember 15, 2021

The Red Planet has not always been kind to those who have given their lives to its study. Before the rise of rover-based observation, Mars had a particul...

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How A Culture Is Born: The Groundbreaking Anthropology Of Ruth Benedict

Dale DeBakcsySeptember 1, 2021

Cultures are strange creatures. What you can do and say, who you can love and when, who you may kill and how, are all subject to the accretion over the c...

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SMART Decision: International Association of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail and Transportation Workers Helps Fund Pioneering Nonprofit’s Construction Camp For Girls

wyskJuly 29, 2021

Union’s Peer-To-Peer Fundraiser Benefit Tools & Tiaras Inc., A Tradeswoman-Founded Nonprofit On A Mission To Show Girls That "Jobs Don't Have Genders"I...

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Leadership Accelerator For Women Of Color Accelerates To Launch With Groundswell Of $50,000 In Crowdfunded Support

wyskJuly 14, 2021

First Of Its Kind Program To Serve 40 Women Of Color,Aims To Close Leadership Gap Across IndustriesCynthia Pong, JD, is building a future in which women of...

Brewers Of ChangeCareerEmpowermentEntrepreneurshipWYSKy Business0 Comments5 min read

Studies In Expectation: The Life Of Astronomer Jocelyn Bell Burnell

Dale DeBakcsyJune 16, 2021

Sometimes the hardest thing about living in the universe is knowing about it. There is real and true terror to be faced in the indifferent march of the u...

Brewers Of ChangeCareerSTEMTrailblazersWomen in Science0 Comments18 min read

Paramedic/Artist Kate Bergen Nominated As ‘Paramedic Of The Year’ For Her ‘Modern Day Rosies’ Paintings Celebrating Women First Responders Of COVID

wyskJune 10, 2021

Kate Bergen is a paramedic and artist from New Jersey. When COVID first hit, shift after shift put her directly on the front line of defense against the novel ...

9/11ArtCareerInspirationNews0 Comments7 min read

Varieties: The Life And Mathematics Of Hanna Neumann

Dale DeBakcsyJune 9, 2021

Of all the realms of mathematics, there are few where more people feel more at home than in the safe harbors of algebra. Since the age of eight, we have ...

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Girls

This Is What Ladylike Looks Like

wyskSeptember 26, 2014

"Because being a woman, a girl or a lady is associated with many expected and unexpected attributes, actions and qualities."...

GenderGirlsGood Causes0 Comments2 min read

This “Trekkie Raising A Marvel Obsessed Mighty Girl” Is Making Her Own Superhero Dolls, Because #GirlsLikeMarvelToo

wyskJuly 17, 2015

"Take note, toy companies: girls, and even Aussie girls, like superheroes and Marvel too. You suck."...

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Strong Girl Anthem, #Strengthie Photos Aim To Crush Extreme Poverty With Girl Power

wyskMay 18, 2015

It's a battle cry for global citizens to demand a more equal world for girls and women everywhere, and a wakeup call for world leaders to act now and help....

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Entertainment

“Birthright: A War Story” Documentary Explores The Accelerating Gains Of The Crusade To Control Pregnant Women

wyskJuly 7, 2017

The power and impact of the trailer for Birthright: A War Story film has left us enraged and speechless, so we will let it speak for itself....

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WYSK Angela Dee Named 2014 Agent Of Change By Huff Post Women

wyskOctober 16, 2014

Journalist Greg Archer calls her one of "5 Inspiring Women Worthy Of Your Attention Right Now," a fact we already knew....

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A New Society: How 300 Social Experts Are Addressing Gender Inequality

Guest ContributorApril 25, 2019

By Mously Lo - “If you ask me whether I am an academic or an activist, I would have to say both. I cannot imagine one without the other,” m...

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Women In Science

Biplanes, Airships, Submarines: My Talk With Dr. Nina Baker About The Engineering Legacy Of Hilda Lyon

Dale DeBakcsyJanuary 27, 2021

One of the great things about writing this column is the fact that, from time to time, I get to talk with remarkable people about other rem...

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The Algebraist of Baghdad: Sutayta Al-Mahamali’s Medieval Mathematics

Dale DeBakcsyNovember 1, 2017

It is a thousand years ago. Europe is a stumbling, superstition-addled giant, depleting its energies on visions of holy violence and shudder...

Women in Science0 Comments8 min read

Emma Darwin And The Invisible Heroism Of The Scientific Caretaker

Dale DeBakcsyJune 10, 2020

The road leading to the creation and publication of The Origin of the Species was one of the most tortuous and personally costly in the his...

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