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Ruth Gordon Schnapp, California’s First Woman Structural Engineer

Dale DeBakcsyAugust 14, 2019

In the year 1933, the Long Beach Earthquake bore down on Southern California with the fury of revelation. At 6.4, it was not the largest earthquake to ev...

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Dr. Frances Kelsey, The Woman Who Saved The US From The Worst Pharmaceutical Disaster In History

Guest ContributorAugust 1, 2019

By James Essinger - Most people in the United States today have never heard of the drug thalidomide, but they ought to know the danger they escaped. I...

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Girl Scouts Launches 42 New STEM And Outdoor Adventure Badges… That We Want To Earn As Adults

wyskJuly 16, 2019

Girl Scouts of the USA (GSUSA) have just revealed 42 new STEM and Outdoor High Adventure badges exclusively for girls in grades K–12. The badges, which offer g...

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Nobel Prize Laureate Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard And The Mysteries Of Embryo Development

Dale DeBakcsyJune 26, 2019

How is it that, starting from a single fertilized egg, employing only mechanical processes, you can form a kangaroo, a housefly, or a human? It is one of the m...

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Young Female Rocket Scientist Launches Nation’s First Print Magazine For Girls In STEM

Guest ContributorJune 26, 2019

By Natalie Hahn - Reinvented Inc., a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, this month announced the launch of their magazine’s first issue. Reinvented Magazin...

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The Women’s Space Program That Wasn’t: The Story Of The Mercury 13

Dale DeBakcsyJune 12, 2019

The story of the Mercury 13, as it is usually told, features 13 heroes, 2 villains, and a throng of supportive roles stretched between them in the grey. ...

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Mary Sherman Morgan, The World’s First Woman Rocket Scientist

Dale DeBakcsyMay 29, 2019

On October 4, 1957, the United States received the greatest single blow to its prestige since the burning of the White House in 1814 with the announcement that...

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Dr. Carolynn L. Smith And The Astounding Richness Of Animal Communication

Dale DeBakcsyMay 15, 2019

You’re a rooster who’s down on his luck. Your comb is a bit shabby, your fighting skills aren’t up to snuff, and we’re not even going to mention the state of y...

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Marissa Zappas Aims To Disrupt The Fragrance Industry By Using Scent To Connect Women Of The Past To Women Today

wyskMay 10, 2019

Marissa Zappas is an anthropologist turned perfumer who has combined her two passions into an artisan fragrance collection called Redamance. It’s a historical ...

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