This is a very big deal! #ClimateHistory #histSTEM
August 28, 2026 at 5:02 PM
This is a very big deal! #ClimateHistory #histSTEM
Patricia Brown 1st woman chemical engineer graduate @ Southwestern Louisiana Institute @ullafayette.bsky.social 1 of 2 female chemical engineers @ Stephan Company in 1993. Worked as technical writer. 7th president @ Soc of Women Engineers 1961-3. b. #OTD 1 Oct 1928 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrici...
October 1, 2026 at 10:19 PM
Patricia Brown 1st woman chemical engineer graduate @ Southwestern Louisiana Institute @ullafayette.bsky.social 1 of 2 female chemical engineers @ Stephan Company in 1993. Worked as technical writer. 7th president @ Soc of Women Engineers 1961-3. b. #OTD 1 Oct 1928 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrici...
Elmina Wilson structural #engineer 1st US woman to earn 4 yr #civilengineering degree, 1st master's degree in field & 1st woman professor of Engineering @ Iowa State University. Moved to #New York & helped design Flatiron Building & Met Life Tower b. #OTD 29 Sep 1870 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elmina_...
September 29, 2026 at 10:23 PM
Elmina Wilson structural #engineer 1st US woman to earn 4 yr #civilengineering degree, 1st master's degree in field & 1st woman professor of Engineering @ Iowa State University. Moved to #New York & helped design Flatiron Building & Met Life Tower b. #OTD 29 Sep 1870 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elmina_...
Dr Emma Strada 1908 1st woman in #Italy to graduate in #engineering (@ Uni of Turin). Committee dithered over ingegnere or ingegneressa. Had electric light installed in home to celebrate. 1st President of Italian Assoc of Engineering & Architects d. #OTD 26 Sep 1970 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emma_St...
September 26, 2026 at 10:03 PM
Dr Emma Strada 1908 1st woman in #Italy to graduate in #engineering (@ Uni of Turin). Committee dithered over ingegnere or ingegneressa. Had electric light installed in home to celebrate. 1st President of Italian Assoc of Engineering & Architects d. #OTD 26 Sep 1970 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emma_St...
Martha Schneider-Bürger 1st #German female civil engineer, 1927 graduated TU Muenchen. Played significant role in standardisation of steel construction issues & her tables of steel sections ran to 23 editions. b. #OTD 21 Oct 1903. Platz named after her on Oberhausen en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martha_...
September 25, 2026 at 10:24 PM
Martha Schneider-Bürger 1st #German female civil engineer, 1927 graduated TU Muenchen. Played significant role in standardisation of steel construction issues & her tables of steel sections ran to 23 editions. b. #OTD 21 Oct 1903. Platz named after her on Oberhausen en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martha_...
Dorothy Vaughan US mathematician & human computer worked for NACA & NASA @ Langley Research Center. 1949 acting supervisor of West Area Computers, 1st African-American woman to be promoted & supervise staff there. Taught self & staff Fortran. b. #OTD 20 Sep 1910 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorothy...
September 20, 2026 at 9:38 PM
Dorothy Vaughan US mathematician & human computer worked for NACA & NASA @ Langley Research Center. 1949 acting supervisor of West Area Computers, 1st African-American woman to be promoted & supervise staff there. Taught self & staff Fortran. b. #OTD 20 Sep 1910 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorothy...
Nora Stanton Barney UK-born #US civil engineer, architect, suffragist. 1 of 1st US women engineering graduates. Given ultimatum of "be wife or practice engineering", chose engineering. Granddaughter of Elizabeth Cady Stanton US suffragist. b. #OTD 30 Sep 1883 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nora_St...
September 30, 2026 at 8:25 AM
Nora Stanton Barney UK-born #US civil engineer, architect, suffragist. 1 of 1st US women engineering graduates. Given ultimatum of "be wife or practice engineering", chose engineering. Granddaughter of Elizabeth Cady Stanton US suffragist. b. #OTD 30 Sep 1883 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nora_St...
Letitia Chitty structural analytical #engineer analysing stresses of airframes, ships & civil engineering structures. 1st Aero Soc female Fellow Recipient ICE Engineers Telford Medal @wes1919.bsky.social memb, worked @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social d #OTD 29 Sep 1982 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Letitia...
September 29, 2026 at 8:36 AM
Letitia Chitty structural analytical #engineer analysing stresses of airframes, ships & civil engineering structures. 1st Aero Soc female Fellow Recipient ICE Engineers Telford Medal @wes1919.bsky.social memb, worked @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social d #OTD 29 Sep 1982 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Letitia...
Florence McKenzie "Mrs Mac" #Australia's 1st female #electrical #engineer founder Women's Emergency Signalling Corps & promoter of technical education for women campaigned successfully 4 women trainees accepted into all-male Navy. b. #OTD 28 Sep 1890/92 #WomenInSTEM en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florenc...
September 28, 2026 at 9:51 PM
Florence McKenzie "Mrs Mac" #Australia's 1st female #electrical #engineer founder Women's Emergency Signalling Corps & promoter of technical education for women campaigned successfully 4 women trainees accepted into all-male Navy. b. #OTD 28 Sep 1890/92 #WomenInSTEM en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florenc...
Huge thank you to AIP (@aip.bsky.social) History and Rebecca Charbonneau (@rebeccacharbon.bsky.social) for spotlighting my latest article! 🤩 #ligo #physics #history #histstem
In this week's history newsletter from AIP, @rebeccacharbon.bsky.social spotlights the new article by @tiffanynichols.bsky.social in Isis, digging into the rise and fall of an early proposal to site a @ligo.org detector in Maine's Blueberry Barrens.
Article spotlight: When LIGO might have been in Maine
AIP History Weekly Edition: August 22, 2025
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August 22, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Huge thank you to AIP (@aip.bsky.social) History and Rebecca Charbonneau (@rebeccacharbon.bsky.social) for spotlighting my latest article! 🤩 #ligo #physics #history #histstem
Frances Hugle US engineer in semiconductors & integrated circuitry. Invented techniques/equipment 4 fabricating microscopic circuitry, integrated circuits & microprocessors still in use. 1962 co-founded Siliconix semiconductor house. b. #OTD 13 Aug 1927 #WomenInSTEM en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frances...
August 13, 2026 at 10:42 PM
Frances Hugle US engineer in semiconductors & integrated circuitry. Invented techniques/equipment 4 fabricating microscopic circuitry, integrated circuits & microprocessors still in use. 1962 co-founded Siliconix semiconductor house. b. #OTD 13 Aug 1927 #WomenInSTEM en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frances...
Lucyna Wlazło #Polish glider #pilot & instructor. 1947 learned to fly glider thru Polish Scouting & Guiding Association. 1951 appeared in film teaching glider pilots to loop de loop. Set 6 world records & 11 national records in 1950/60s. b. #OTD 1 Oct 1928 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucyna_...
October 1, 2026 at 9:52 PM
Lucyna Wlazło #Polish glider #pilot & instructor. 1947 learned to fly glider thru Polish Scouting & Guiding Association. 1951 appeared in film teaching glider pilots to loop de loop. Set 6 world records & 11 national records in 1950/60s. b. #OTD 1 Oct 1928 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucyna_...
Beverley Bolin 1st woman registered #architect in South #Australia in 1949. @wes1919.bsky.social journal reported 1948 arrival in #London where she continued to practice #architecture. 1988 President of Women’s Architectural League in LA d. #OTD 19 Sep 2014 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beverle...
September 19, 2026 at 10:20 PM
Beverley Bolin 1st woman registered #architect in South #Australia in 1949. @wes1919.bsky.social journal reported 1948 arrival in #London where she continued to practice #architecture. 1988 President of Women’s Architectural League in LA d. #OTD 19 Sep 2014 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beverle...
I want to spell this out in case the implications aren't clear:
This means all public tools/webapps of GISAID data (all the ones you've been used to seeing thru the pandemic, as far as we can tell) are prohibited.
The file allowed this. Cut that - cut off all tools the public & others were using.
This means all public tools/webapps of GISAID data (all the ones you've been used to seeing thru the pandemic, as far as we can tell) are prohibited.
The file allowed this. Cut that - cut off all tools the public & others were using.
On Oct 1, 2025, GISAID informed us that they had ended updates to the flat file of SARS-CoV-2 genomic sequences and associated metadata that we had used to update Nextstrain analyses since Feb 2020. GISAID's stated rationale was that their "resources are limited". 1/5
November 8, 2025 at 7:32 AM
Rosemary Rees, 1 of "1st 8" UK Air Transport Auxiliary women pilots, chose flying over dancing as career. 2nd in command to Margot Gore @ Hamble all-women #ATA ferry pool. Flew 91 different aircraft types. 1946 started Sky Taxi charter company. b. #OTD 23 Sep 1901 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosemar...
September 23, 2026 at 8:26 AM
Rosemary Rees, 1 of "1st 8" UK Air Transport Auxiliary women pilots, chose flying over dancing as career. 2nd in command to Margot Gore @ Hamble all-women #ATA ferry pool. Flew 91 different aircraft types. 1946 started Sky Taxi charter company. b. #OTD 23 Sep 1901 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosemar...
Marie-Louise Compernolle 1st #Flemish woman chemical engineer in #Belgium 1932 grad Uni of Ghent. Succeeded in getting assistant jobs, subjected to sexism from colleagues who didn't approve of women in workplace. 4 daughters all had STEM careers. b. #OTD 17 Sep 1909 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie_L...
September 17, 2026 at 7:46 AM
Marie-Louise Compernolle 1st #Flemish woman chemical engineer in #Belgium 1932 grad Uni of Ghent. Succeeded in getting assistant jobs, subjected to sexism from colleagues who didn't approve of women in workplace. 4 daughters all had STEM careers. b. #OTD 17 Sep 1909 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie_L...
Dr Frances Heywood #metallurgist Proudly part of history of women in metal trades in 1947 rebuffed query about #engineering being new for women by quoting 469 female blacksmiths & 322 smelters in 1840 census. @wes1919.bsky.social president 1948. d. #OTD 18 Sep 1994 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frances...
September 18, 2026 at 9:20 PM
Dr Frances Heywood #metallurgist Proudly part of history of women in metal trades in 1947 rebuffed query about #engineering being new for women by quoting 469 female blacksmiths & 322 smelters in 1840 census. @wes1919.bsky.social president 1948. d. #OTD 18 Sep 1994 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frances...
Call for Proposals: Elkana Forum Workshops: Rethinking Scientific Problems Through Dialogue with Historical & Philosophical Perspectives #hps #philsci #histSTEM
(@odedrechavi.bsky.social @eranto.bsky.social @liadmudrik.bsky.social maybe of interest to you)
(@odedrechavi.bsky.social @eranto.bsky.social @liadmudrik.bsky.social maybe of interest to you)
August 5, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Call for Proposals: Elkana Forum Workshops: Rethinking Scientific Problems Through Dialogue with Historical & Philosophical Perspectives #hps #philsci #histSTEM
(@odedrechavi.bsky.social @eranto.bsky.social @liadmudrik.bsky.social maybe of interest to you)
(@odedrechavi.bsky.social @eranto.bsky.social @liadmudrik.bsky.social maybe of interest to you)
Elfriede Tungl #Austrian civil engineer. 1950 1st Austrian woman to earn PhD in civil engineering. Worked on rail bridges @ Austrian Federal Railways, 1960 taught in US. 1973 1st woman associate professor @tuwien.at Vienna University of Technology d. #OTD 25 Aug 1981 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elfried...
August 25, 2026 at 8:28 AM
Elfriede Tungl #Austrian civil engineer. 1950 1st Austrian woman to earn PhD in civil engineering. Worked on rail bridges @ Austrian Federal Railways, 1960 taught in US. 1973 1st woman associate professor @tuwien.at Vienna University of Technology d. #OTD 25 Aug 1981 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elfried...
📚 The shortlist for the 2026 BSHS Pickstone Prize is out!
Awarded biennially, the prize recognises outstanding scholarly books in HistSTEM. This year’s shortlist highlights topics including climate, race, extinction, capitalism, medicine, and animal experimentation.
🔗 bshs.org.uk/pickstone-pr...
Awarded biennially, the prize recognises outstanding scholarly books in HistSTEM. This year’s shortlist highlights topics including climate, race, extinction, capitalism, medicine, and animal experimentation.
🔗 bshs.org.uk/pickstone-pr...
May 6, 2026 at 12:57 PM
📚 The shortlist for the 2026 BSHS Pickstone Prize is out!
Awarded biennially, the prize recognises outstanding scholarly books in HistSTEM. This year’s shortlist highlights topics including climate, race, extinction, capitalism, medicine, and animal experimentation.
🔗 bshs.org.uk/pickstone-pr...
Awarded biennially, the prize recognises outstanding scholarly books in HistSTEM. This year’s shortlist highlights topics including climate, race, extinction, capitalism, medicine, and animal experimentation.
🔗 bshs.org.uk/pickstone-pr...
Marguerite Massart 1st woman #engineering graduate in #Belgium. Set up foundry business in #Ghent & introduced #desalinisation project & early #solar panels in 1st hotel on Sal Island #CapeVerde @wes1919.bsky.social member. b.#OTD 19 Sept 1900 #WomenInSTEM en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marguer...
September 19, 2026 at 11:02 PM
Marguerite Massart 1st woman #engineering graduate in #Belgium. Set up foundry business in #Ghent & introduced #desalinisation project & early #solar panels in 1st hotel on Sal Island #CapeVerde @wes1919.bsky.social member. b.#OTD 19 Sept 1900 #WomenInSTEM en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marguer...
Eveline Gottzein E German aerospace engineer. 1957 escaped to W Germany, Specialised in orbital control of satellites. Scientific advisor to Airbus. Multiple patents. 1993 only woman awarded Werner-von-Siemens-Ring 4 technical sciences in Germany. b. #OTD 30 Sep 1931 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eveline...
September 30, 2026 at 10:03 PM
Eveline Gottzein E German aerospace engineer. 1957 escaped to W Germany, Specialised in orbital control of satellites. Scientific advisor to Airbus. Multiple patents. 1993 only woman awarded Werner-von-Siemens-Ring 4 technical sciences in Germany. b. #OTD 30 Sep 1931 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eveline...
Bertha Benz drove 66 miles in 1st long distance car journey #OTD 5 Aug 1888, driving w' 2 sons from Mannheim to Pforzheim. Had tired of husband tinkering with his prototype so took it on the road without him, fixed technical issues en route & raised lots of publicity en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bertha_...
August 5, 2026 at 9:48 PM
Bertha Benz drove 66 miles in 1st long distance car journey #OTD 5 Aug 1888, driving w' 2 sons from Mannheim to Pforzheim. Had tired of husband tinkering with his prototype so took it on the road without him, fixed technical issues en route & raised lots of publicity en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bertha_...
1934 Jeanie Dicks undertook 1st permanent electrification of Winchester Cathedral. Electrifying nave meant removing & reburying coffins except Jane Austen’s (moved gently to side). International press called her the "girl engineer" - she was 40! b. #OTD 25 Sept 1893 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeanie_...
September 25, 2026 at 8:22 AM
1934 Jeanie Dicks undertook 1st permanent electrification of Winchester Cathedral. Electrifying nave meant removing & reburying coffins except Jane Austen’s (moved gently to side). International press called her the "girl engineer" - she was 40! b. #OTD 25 Sept 1893 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeanie_...