Women In Science New Book Release Roundup 2021
There was a time when those of us in the Women In Science (WIS) book-verse considered it a banner year when TWO new major releases featuring a prominent woman ...
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Trailblazers Jennifer Pharr Davis And Haley Blevins Teach Kids How To Explore The Outdoors In New Interactive Book
What happens when two great friends - Jennifer Pharr Davis, a record-setting hiker who has covered over 14,000 miles of long distance trails on six different c...
Book Review: Volcanologist Jess Phoenix’s ‘Ms. Adventure: My Wild Explorations in Science, Lava, and Life’
Science communication is all too often a matter of reporting end states. Scientist X has discovered Thing Y, and we should be happy/anxious/enraged about...
Women Making Bold Moves: Take Your Seat At Our Table For A Night Of Learning, Empowerment, And Fun
In an empowering close to Women’s History Month 2021, Women You Should Know and Poker Divas are inviting women everywhere to take their seats at our table for ...
Lexie Phillips Makes History As Jack Daniel’s First Woman Assistant Distiller
Jack Daniel's, the first registered distillery in the United States (circa 1866), has named Lexie Phillips Assistant Distiller, making her the first woman to s...
Artist Cynthia Young Paints Courageous “Women Who Have Guided Us On Our Path” In New Series
Cynthia Young is a New Mexico based oil painter. In her latest, oh-so-WYSKy series - "Women Who Have Guided Us On Our Path" - she honors inspiring women who ha...
How Kalinga Institute Of Social Sciences Inspired My Political Feminism
By Jamuna Madi - I remember that horrific night before Ganesh Puja in 2008–it was one of the longest nights of my life. The September Hindu festival celebrates...
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...
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...