Innovation - Women You Should Know®

From Where I Stand: “We are trying to build a drone…to dispense medicines in rural areas” – 15-Year-Old Coder, Eno Ekanem, Abuja, Nigeria

wyskApril 25, 2019

By UN Women - Fifteen-year-old Eno Ekanem was among 80 girls from 34 African countries who attended the first Coding Camp in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on 24 August...

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Downloadable STEM Role Models Posters Celebrate Women Innovators As Illustrated By Women Artists

wyskFebruary 11, 2019

Now at the end of its second season, Nevertheless, a truly WYSKy podcast that tells the stories of women who are transforming teaching and learning through tec...

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Mathematician Dr. Gladys West Inducted Into Air Force Pioneers Hall of Fame

wyskJanuary 16, 2019

On December 6, 2018, 87-year-old mathematician Dr. Gladys West was presented with the Air Force Space and Missile Pioneers award for her decades of contributio...

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This Dollmaker, Street Artist, And Yarnbomber Has Us Hooked On Her Handiwork

wyskNovember 26, 2018

We are big fans of 'yarnbombing', a particularly beautiful and cozy form of street art, also known as yarn graffiti, 'yarnstorming' or yarn activism. So when th...

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Laces You Should Know… 5 Styles Designed To Define And Inspire, Meant To (em)POWER

wyskNovember 5, 2018

As proud champions of women’s and girls’ empowerment since 2011, we really wanted a product collection that could take our Women You Should Know mission to the ...

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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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