So here we are — today bloggers are celebrating the heritage of Ada Byron Lovelace and other “techie” women in science, technology, engineering, and medicine. I picked women I admire and whose excellence inspired me through the years. Marie Curie Maria Skłodowska Curie, the Polish-born physicist and chemist who pioneered research in radioactivity with her [...]
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Ada Lovelace Day
Posted in current events, science, technology, tagged activism, ALD09, ALD09post, excellence, Personal, science, women on 24 March, 2009 | 5 Comments »
Women in science and technology, Part 4
Posted in Personal, science, technology, tagged activism, ALD09, Career, engineering, excellence, science, women, workplace on 17 March, 2009 | 4 Comments »
(Continuing the discussion of women in science and technology from Part 3 last week, and leading up to Ada Lovelace Day.) What’s so great about it? Today I want to talk about some of the reasons science and technology are particularly interesting for women, despite any obstacles. Let’s face it: at any job that requires [...]
Women in science and technology, Part 3
Posted in current events, Personal, science, technology, tagged activism, ALD09, Career, engineering, Personal, science, women on 10 March, 2009 | 2 Comments »
(Continuing from Part 2 of the discussion of women in science and technology from last week and leading up to Ada Lovelace Day.) Boyz in our ‘hood Today I want to talk about the way women who study, work, or play in the world of science and technology are often discouraged by men’s actions and [...]
Women in science and technology, Part 2
Posted in current events, Personal, science, technology, tagged activism, ALD09, Career, engineering, excellence, science, women on 3 March, 2009 | 3 Comments »
(Continuing the discussion started last week in Part 1 and leading up to Ada Lovelace Day.) My techie friends Naturally, being a woman first studying and later working in technology and science for the last three decades, with nerdly hobbies and geeky interests, I know a lot of women in technical fields of expertise. Techie [...]
Women in science and technology, Part 1
Posted in current events, Personal, science, technology, tagged activism, ALD09, excellence, Personal, science, women on 24 February, 2009 | 4 Comments »
A month from today, we will be celebrating Ada Lovelace Day, and as promised I am now starting a series of posts to discuss the perception (and my reality) of women in science and technology. These posts will run every Tuesday until March 24, so if you dislike the topic, skip this blog on Tuesdays [...]
Calling bloggers — Ada Lovelace Day needs YOU!
Posted in current events, science, technology, tagged activism, ALD09, excellence, Personal, women on 10 January, 2009 | 5 Comments »
(From Boingboing.) Ada Lovelace Day is an international day of blogging to draw attention to women excelling in technology. Over 300 people have already signed a pledge to publish a blog post, video blog or podcast episode about a woman they admire on 24th March 2009. We need 700 more people for the pledge to [...]
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