Chief Pamela Smith Is Now The First Black Woman To Lead 230-Year-Old U.S. Park Police
Yesterday, the National Park Service announced Pamela Smith has been named the new Chief of the United States Park Police (USPP), the nation’s oldest federal l...
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History-Making Ophthalmologist Dr. Patricia Bath Could Be First Black Woman Inducted Into National Inventors Hall Of Fame
Dr. Patricia Bath (1942-2019) lived a life without limits. She was the first Black American to complete an Ophthalmology residency at New Y...
The Princess Narrative, Reinvented: 2021 Calendar Features 12 STEM Royals And The Power (Tools) They Wield To Inspire Girls
Girls don’t need to choose between being a scientist and being a princess... because being brilliant in STEM and wearing lipstick are not mutually exclusive. T...
Priya, India’s First Female Superhero, Takes On Covid-19 In Latest Digital Comic Book, Short Animated Film
Priya, India's first female superhero, has been defending and empowering survivors of gender-based violence - sexual violence, acid attacks, and sex traffickin...
What You Should Know About Mary Shelley On Frankenstein Friday
A celebration of the legacy of Frankenstein and an homage to its WYSKy creator, author Mary Shelley....
14-Year-Old Anika Chebrolu Named ‘America’s Top Young Scientist’ For Work On Potential COVID-19 Cure
14-year-old Anika Chebrolu was just named the winner of the 2020 3M Young Scientist Challenge, an annual innovation competition hosted in partnership with...
13-Year-Old Artist Pays Tribute To RBG, Creates Digital Collage Portrait Using Eight Of Her Acrylic Paintings
Today, September 25, 2020, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg (March 15, 1933 - September 18, 2020), a true American hero, lies in state at the U.S...
Apparently It Was So Scary For Men To Supervise Women Workers In 1944, This “How To” Film Was Made
"Women scare me. At least they do in a factory." - 'Joe', Factory Line Supervisor, 1944, speaking of the problems he’s having supervising women workers
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NASA Astronaut Dr. Jeanette Epps Set To Make History As Part Of First Operational Boeing Crew Mission To ISS
NASA has assigned astronaut Dr. Jeanette Epps to NASA’s Boeing Starliner-1 mission, the first operational crewed flight of Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner spacecraf...
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