Mary Jean Harrold was a prolific software engineering researcher that promoted diversity in computer science fields, acting as a teacher and mentor to many.
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Margaret Oakley Dayhoff has been called the “mother and father of bioinformatics” as she was a pioneer of applying mathematics and computational methods to biochemistry.
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March 9th is the anniversary of the announcement of the first discovery of extraterrestrial volcanic activity by astronomer Linda Morabito.
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Dr. Sylvia Wiegand has expanded a successful career in mathematics to also help promote other women working in math and academia.
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Michele Buchanan is hoping to change the world through her research into energy, and her work at Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
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Lynn Margulis’ first paper was rejected 15 times before it was finally published, but her theories of symbiogenesis made a huge impact.
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Kitty O’Brien was the first female engineer hired by NACA, the predecessor of NASA.
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Margaret Knight nearly didn’t get credit for an invention that changed the world: the first machine made to create flat bottomed paper bags.
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March 1st is the anniversary of the founding of Yellowstone, the world’s first national park. And its first female ranger was Isabel Bassett Wasson.
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February 29th is Rare Disease Day, and today we’re featuring a scientist with a rare perspective on a rare disease: Dr. Laura Manuelidis.
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