History

In Defense Of The Soil: A Century With Hydrodynamic Mathematician Pelageya Polubarinova-Kochina

Dale DeBakcsyMarch 25, 2020

Water is that great, terrible thing. Its chemical properties make it a magnificent solvent and coolant, which is wonderful if you're trying to build a multice...

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The Experimentalist: The Tale Of Mary Putnam Jacobi Vs. Proper Victorian Medicine

Dale DeBakcsyMarch 18, 2020

The Nineteenth century boasts a rich roster of medical women, any one of whom is the stuff of heroes: the trailblazing Blackwell sisters, the cautious Elizabet...

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From Quaker Crystallographer To World War Pacifist: The Journey Of Kathleen Lonsdale

Dale DeBakcsyMarch 4, 2020

The list of Quaker women who made fundamental contributions to the science of crystallography while in prison is a short one. In fact, it's a list of one, but...

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Marie-Anne Lavoisier And The Birth of Modern Chemistry

Dale DeBakcsyFebruary 26, 2020

It is early August in the year 1794, and jails, choked with the enemies of Maximilien Robespierre and his Committee for Public Safety, are emptying their human...

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Mother-Daughter Duo Spotlight Black Women Who Made History With Powerful Photography Project

wyskFebruary 19, 2020

“Who was the first girl chemist?” When a then 7-year-old Georgia Ross asked this question in 2017, her mother, Shauna Upp, a photographer and homeschooler, sei...

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Raise Us Up Out Of Minstrelsy: Sissieretta Jones And The Elevation of Black Musical Theater

Dale DeBakcsyFebruary 12, 2020

When a young African American born in the 1870s looked at representations of her people on the American stage, what she saw reflected back at her were little m...

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Film Trailer: Rosamund Pike Stars As Marie Sklodowska Curie In Radioactive

wyskFebruary 4, 2020

This Women's History Month, Academy Award nominated director Marjane Satrapi (Best Animated Feature Film of the Year - Persepolis, 2007) brings the story of Ma...

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18 Downloadable Role Models Cards Designed To Spread Love And Inspiration This Valentine’s Day

wyskJanuary 30, 2020

"Being your friend is auto-matically the best," declares Balqees Bani Hani, one of the 18 change-makers celebrated in the just-released 2020 set of downloadabl...

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Ice, Ice Lady: The Seven Expeditions Of Arctic Explorer Louise Arner Boyd

Dale DeBakcsyJanuary 22, 2020

If the story of Louise Arner Boyd (1887-1972) teaches us anything, it is that how you start a journey need not determine how you end it. Her first expedition ...

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