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Ada Lovelace And The Curious Practice Of Programming For Non-Existent Computers

Dale DeBakcsyNovember 1, 2018

What did Ada Lovelace do? She is one of the most fetishized scientists today - at conventions when I'm taking sketch commissions she ranks just behind Tesla ...

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Mars Needs Young Innovators: Woman-Founded, STEAM And Space Nonprofit Seeks Student Nominees For Annual Awards Program

wyskOctober 25, 2018

The Mars Generation, a non-profit founded in 2015 by then 18-year-old Abigail Harrison (aka Astronaut Abby), has quickly grown to become a global leader in exci...

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Let’s Help Make The Proposed Dr. Jane Goodall LEGO Set A Reality!

wyskSeptember 26, 2018

Over the years, we’ve been excited to see more women represented in the LEGO minifig world. Back in 2013 the company introduced us to Professor C. Bodin, LEGO's...

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Wall Street Trader Turned Founder Is Redefining Personal Fitness, Offering Anywhere, Anytime Streaming Access To Innovative Studio Classes

wyskApril 25, 2018

Lauren Foundos spent a decade working on Wall Street institutionally trading US Treasury Bonds. It was a high stakes, high stress job that she excelled at. But ...

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Technologist Mitra Best On Gender Bias And Striving For Equity In The Workplace

Guest ContributorDecember 14, 2017

By Mitra Best - I am proud to be a female technologist, but the fact I am a woman should be irrelevant. Most of us want to be recognized for our capabilities an...

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Tis The Season To Be Empowered… 3D Printed Angels Put Inspiring Women On Top Of Your Christmas Tree

wyskDecember 6, 2017

Most Christmas trees are crowned with some kind of a decorative topper - a plastic angel, a glitter-covered fairy, a glowing star, etc. But a new dawn is upon u...

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LIBEERATION… When Gloria Steinem Recommends A Beer We Listen

wyskNovember 30, 2017

On Instagram yesterday, Gloria Steinem posted a photo of LIBEERATION, a craft beer brewed for menopausal women. Yep, you read that correctly. A beer specificall...

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New ‘Bombshell’ Documentary Tells Extraordinary Story of Hedy Lamarr… Icon. Immigrant. Inventor.

wyskNovember 9, 2017

Born November 9, 1914 in Vienna, Austria, Hedwig Eva Maria Kiesler starred in her first film (a German project) at age 17, eventually landing in Hollywood, wher...

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See Helen Mirren As Rifle Heiress Sarah Winchester In Haunting Trailer For ‘Winchester: The House That Ghosts Built’

wyskOctober 26, 2017

Up until today, we had never heard of Sarah Lockwood Winchester (c. 1840 – September 5, 1922) nor of the massive and peculiar Victorian mansion she spent 36 yea...

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