Marie Charpentier French mathematician. 1st woman to earn doctorate in pure maths in France, 2nd woman, after Marie-Louise Dubreil-Jacotin, to get faculty position in mathematics at university in France. b. #OTD 30 Oct 1903 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie_C...
October 30, 2026 at 11:25 PM
Marie Charpentier French mathematician. 1st woman to earn doctorate in pure maths in France, 2nd woman, after Marie-Louise Dubreil-Jacotin, to get faculty position in mathematics at university in France. b. #OTD 30 Oct 1903 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie_C...
Marion McQuillan #WWII worked @ Royal Aircraft Establishment #Farnborough, 1956 published seminal book “Titanium”. 1960s reg'd 8 titanium alloy patents. 1st woman MD @ Imperial Metal Industries. Won Rosenhain Medal 1965 VP Institute of Metals 1967 b. #OTD 30 Oct 1921 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marion_...
October 30, 2026 at 10:57 PM
Marion McQuillan #WWII worked @ Royal Aircraft Establishment #Farnborough, 1956 published seminal book “Titanium”. 1960s reg'd 8 titanium alloy patents. 1st woman MD @ Imperial Metal Industries. Won Rosenhain Medal 1965 VP Institute of Metals 1967 b. #OTD 30 Oct 1921 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marion_...
Gabrielle Patterson, 1930s UK's 1st woman flying instructor, taught husband to fly. B licence, commercial pilot, worked 4 Miles Aircraft Company. 1934 flew in King's Cup Air Race. #WWII 1940 1 of "first eight" Air Transport Auxiliary female #pilots d #OTD 31 Oct 1968 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gabriel...
October 31, 2026 at 10:46 PM
Gabrielle Patterson, 1930s UK's 1st woman flying instructor, taught husband to fly. B licence, commercial pilot, worked 4 Miles Aircraft Company. 1934 flew in King's Cup Air Race. #WWII 1940 1 of "first eight" Air Transport Auxiliary female #pilots d #OTD 31 Oct 1968 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gabriel...
Edith Clarke, 1st woman MS in electrical engineering @ MIT, 1st professional female electrical engineer in US. Worked in #Turkey. 1st woman professor of electrical engineering @ Uni of Texas #Austin. Specialised in electrical power system analysis. d. 29 Oct 1959 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edith_C...
October 29, 2026 at 9:22 AM
Edith Clarke, 1st woman MS in electrical engineering @ MIT, 1st professional female electrical engineer in US. Worked in #Turkey. 1st woman professor of electrical engineering @ Uni of Texas #Austin. Specialised in electrical power system analysis. d. 29 Oct 1959 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edith_C...
Lotfia Elnadi #Egyptian aviator. 1933 1st Egyptian woman & 1st woman from Arab world to earn pilot's license. Read about flying school in #Cairo, asked director of EgyptAir for help & worked as secretary for school in exchange for tuition. b. #OTD 29 Oct 1907 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lotfia_...
October 29, 2026 at 11:17 PM
Lotfia Elnadi #Egyptian aviator. 1933 1st Egyptian woman & 1st woman from Arab world to earn pilot's license. Read about flying school in #Cairo, asked director of EgyptAir for help & worked as secretary for school in exchange for tuition. b. #OTD 29 Oct 1907 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lotfia_...
Cicely Popplewell British software engineer who worked with Alan Turing on Manchester Mark 1 computer, they designed the programming language for Ferranti Mark 1 together. Joined @wes1919.bsky.social 1943 while technical assistant at Rolls Royce. b. #OTD 29 Oct 1920 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cicely_...
October 29, 2026 at 10:57 PM
Cicely Popplewell British software engineer who worked with Alan Turing on Manchester Mark 1 computer, they designed the programming language for Ferranti Mark 1 together. Joined @wes1919.bsky.social 1943 while technical assistant at Rolls Royce. b. #OTD 29 Oct 1920 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cicely_...
Honor Salmon (née Pitman of shorthand family). Learned to fly @ 14, 1936 joined First Aid Nursing Yeomanry. #WWII 1941 First Officer pilot in UK Air Transport Auxiliary. Crashed 1943 1 of 15 women pilots who lost their lives whilst flying for #ATA b. #OTD 30 Oct 1912 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honor_S...
October 30, 2026 at 1:29 PM
Honor Salmon (née Pitman of shorthand family). Learned to fly @ 14, 1936 joined First Aid Nursing Yeomanry. #WWII 1941 First Officer pilot in UK Air Transport Auxiliary. Crashed 1943 1 of 15 women pilots who lost their lives whilst flying for #ATA b. #OTD 30 Oct 1912 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honor_S...
Olga Kevelos, UK metallurgist. #WWII worked in Mills bomb labs & Royal Observatory. 1943-5 one of "Idle Women" working narrowboats on Grand Union Canal working 18 hours a day. 1950 motorcycle trial rider won Gold medal @ International 6-Day Trial. d. #OTD 28 Oct 2009 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olga_Ke...
October 28, 2026 at 11:31 PM
Olga Kevelos, UK metallurgist. #WWII worked in Mills bomb labs & Royal Observatory. 1943-5 one of "Idle Women" working narrowboats on Grand Union Canal working 18 hours a day. 1950 motorcycle trial rider won Gold medal @ International 6-Day Trial. d. #OTD 28 Oct 2009 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olga_Ke...
Maria Flytzani-Stephanopoulos Greek born US chemical engineer. Published >160 scientific articles on catalysis, surface chemistry & single-atom catalysts. Professor @ Tufts Uni. Fellow of American Institute of Chemical Engineers. d. #OTD 28 Oct 2019 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_F...
October 28, 2026 at 11:08 AM
Maria Flytzani-Stephanopoulos Greek born US chemical engineer. Published >160 scientific articles on catalysis, surface chemistry & single-atom catalysts. Professor @ Tufts Uni. Fellow of American Institute of Chemical Engineers. d. #OTD 28 Oct 2019 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_F...
Margaret Partridge electrical #engineer & contractor wrote "for sheer exciting experience give me a town to light". @wes1919.bsky.social founder Supported female #apprentices incl Beatrice Shilling. Changed international law on night work for women d #OTD 27 Oct 1967 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margare...
October 27, 2026 at 6:54 PM
Margaret Partridge electrical #engineer & contractor wrote "for sheer exciting experience give me a town to light". @wes1919.bsky.social founder Supported female #apprentices incl Beatrice Shilling. Changed international law on night work for women d #OTD 27 Oct 1967 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margare...
Élisabeth Jérémine, Russian/French geologist & petrographer. 1904 grad Bestuzhev Courses, Russia. PhD @ Uni of Lausanne. Worked @ Muséum national d'histoire naturelle, Paris. 100+ publications. Arête Jérémine on Kerguelen Islands named after her. b. #OTD 28 Oct 1879 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89l...
October 28, 2026 at 11:41 PM
Élisabeth Jérémine, Russian/French geologist & petrographer. 1904 grad Bestuzhev Courses, Russia. PhD @ Uni of Lausanne. Worked @ Muséum national d'histoire naturelle, Paris. 100+ publications. Arête Jérémine on Kerguelen Islands named after her. b. #OTD 28 Oct 1879 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89l...
Courtesy of author Simone Kern a few years ago on that place that shall remain namelessly near the end of the alphabet #WomenInSTEM #WomensHistory #HistSTM #HistSTEM
October 31, 2026 at 11:03 PM
Courtesy of author Simone Kern a few years ago on that place that shall remain namelessly near the end of the alphabet #WomenInSTEM #WomensHistory #HistSTM #HistSTEM
(Atelier) Sommeil et sciences sociales histoiresante.blogspot.com/2026/11/somm... #histSTM
October 30, 2026 at 12:15 PM
(Atelier) Sommeil et sciences sociales histoiresante.blogspot.com/2026/11/somm... #histSTM
Margaret Hutchinson Rousseau chemical #engineer designed 1st commercial penicillin production plant. 1937 1st woman to earn PhD in chemical engineering @ MIT Later 1st woman member of American Institute of Chemical Engineers. b. #OTD Oct 27 1910 #WomenInSTEM en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margare...
October 27, 2026 at 11:08 PM
Margaret Hutchinson Rousseau chemical #engineer designed 1st commercial penicillin production plant. 1937 1st woman to earn PhD in chemical engineering @ MIT Later 1st woman member of American Institute of Chemical Engineers. b. #OTD Oct 27 1910 #WomenInSTEM en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margare...
Step on up for an exciting #EnvHist #histSTM opportunity! After more than 25 years, NiCHE is offering membership! Come join the best organisation for engaged, emergent scholarship and dissemination for all things environmental history.
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October 28, 2026 at 4:50 PM
Ivy Cummings claimed that in 1913 age 11 she was youngest person to lap @ Brooklands in her dad's car when he wasn't looking. Grew up to be successful racing driver, ran garage in 1920s on #Putney Bridge Road where repaired & sold cars. b. #OTD 27 Oct 1901 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivy_Cum...
October 28, 2026 at 12:04 AM
Ivy Cummings claimed that in 1913 age 11 she was youngest person to lap @ Brooklands in her dad's car when he wasn't looking. Grew up to be successful racing driver, ran garage in 1920s on #Putney Bridge Road where repaired & sold cars. b. #OTD 27 Oct 1901 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivy_Cum...
(Appel à communications) Aux comptoirs de la santé : travail, professions, régulations et transformations de la pharmacie d’officine au regard des sciences humaines et sociales histoiresante.blogspot.com/2026/11/la-p... #histSTM
October 29, 2026 at 12:40 PM
(Appel à communications) Aux comptoirs de la santé : travail, professions, régulations et transformations de la pharmacie d’officine au regard des sciences humaines et sociales histoiresante.blogspot.com/2026/11/la-p... #histSTM
(Roundtable) Decolonizing Medicine: Contours and Complexities histoiresante.blogspot.com/2026/10/la-d... #histSTM #histmed
October 28, 2026 at 12:17 PM
(Roundtable) Decolonizing Medicine: Contours and Complexities histoiresante.blogspot.com/2026/10/la-d... #histSTM #histmed
Maureen Dunlop, Anglo-Argentine pilot #WWII flew in Air Transport Auxiliary. Famous photo on cover of Picture Post leaving Barracuda plane. Post war flying instructor, returned to Argentina, taught pilots, flew for Air Force & commercial airline. b. #OTD 26 Oct 1920 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maureen...
October 26, 2026 at 10:37 PM
Maureen Dunlop, Anglo-Argentine pilot #WWII flew in Air Transport Auxiliary. Famous photo on cover of Picture Post leaving Barracuda plane. Post war flying instructor, returned to Argentina, taught pilots, flew for Air Force & commercial airline. b. #OTD 26 Oct 1920 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maureen...
This cartoon, by Henry De la Beche, shows Lyell “instructing” a field geologist (Darwin was one, BTW) on how—if he would only view things through the lens of Lyell’s uniformitarian glasses—he would come to understand that the “whole face of nature is as blue as indigo.”
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October 29, 2026 at 3:10 PM
Black Winged Parrot
Donovan, E. (Edward). 1823. The Naturalist’s Repository, or, Monthly Miscellany of Exotic Natural History. London
#BHL #HistSci #HistSTM #Birds #Biodiversity
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Donovan, E. (Edward). 1823. The Naturalist’s Repository, or, Monthly Miscellany of Exotic Natural History. London
#BHL #HistSci #HistSTM #Birds #Biodiversity
www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/137896#...
October 27, 2026 at 7:02 PM
Black Winged Parrot
Donovan, E. (Edward). 1823. The Naturalist’s Repository, or, Monthly Miscellany of Exotic Natural History. London
#BHL #HistSci #HistSTM #Birds #Biodiversity
www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/137896#...
Donovan, E. (Edward). 1823. The Naturalist’s Repository, or, Monthly Miscellany of Exotic Natural History. London
#BHL #HistSci #HistSTM #Birds #Biodiversity
www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/137896#...
Come join @larafreidenfelds.bsky.social, @bachynski.bsky.social,
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October 27, 2026 at 11:26 PM
Come join @larafreidenfelds.bsky.social, @bachynski.bsky.social,
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Helen Blanchard US inventor received 28 patents 1873-1915, 22 for sewing machines & tech, & a pencil sharpener. Patent No.141987 introduced buttonhole stitch. Blanchard over-seaming-machine could simultaneously sew & trim knitted fabrics. b. #OTD 25 Oct 1840 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helen_B...
October 25, 2026 at 11:08 PM
Helen Blanchard US inventor received 28 patents 1873-1915, 22 for sewing machines & tech, & a pencil sharpener. Patent No.141987 introduced buttonhole stitch. Blanchard over-seaming-machine could simultaneously sew & trim knitted fabrics. b. #OTD 25 Oct 1840 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helen_B...
On the geological features of the post-Tertiary formation of the city of Albany, and its vicinity. By James Eights. March 4, 1852. Transactions of the Albany Institute.
#HistSTM #HistSci #Geology #NewYork
archive.org/details/mobo...
#HistSTM #HistSci #Geology #NewYork
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October 29, 2026 at 4:31 PM
On the geological features of the post-Tertiary formation of the city of Albany, and its vicinity. By James Eights. March 4, 1852. Transactions of the Albany Institute.
#HistSTM #HistSci #Geology #NewYork
archive.org/details/mobo...
#HistSTM #HistSci #Geology #NewYork
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Pilar Careaga #Spanish Falangist politician industrial engineer. 1929 finished studies to become locomotive engineer. 1st woman mayor of #Bilbao 1969-77. 1979 shot 6 times by ETA, Basque separatist organisation, 1st woman they tried to assassinate b #OTD 26 Oct 1908 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pilar_C...
October 26, 2026 at 2:24 PM
Pilar Careaga #Spanish Falangist politician industrial engineer. 1929 finished studies to become locomotive engineer. 1st woman mayor of #Bilbao 1969-77. 1979 shot 6 times by ETA, Basque separatist organisation, 1st woman they tried to assassinate b #OTD 26 Oct 1908 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pilar_C...