Women in STEM

Women in STEM

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Women in STEM episodes

  • Isabel Bassett Wasson
    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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    3 min
  • Laura Manuelidis
    February 29th is Rare Disease Day, and today we’re featuring a scientist with a rare perspective on a rare disease: Dr. Laura Manuelidis.
    Image Courtesy of Yale School of Medicine.
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    3 min
  • Katharine Burr Blodgett
    Many of the films honored with Oscars throughout the years owe the beauty of their moving images to research scientist Katharine Burr Blodgett.
    Image: Smithsonian Institution
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    3 min
  • Kimberlee Beckmen
    Dr. Kimberlee Beckmen has her dream job as a wildlife veterinarian for the Alaska Department of Fish and Game.
    Image: Wikimedia
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    3 min
  • Pauline Mead Patraw
    The first female ranger-naturalist at the Grand Canyon, Pauline Mead Patraw, fell in love with the Canyon on a school trip when she was studying botany.
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    3 min
  • Ida Tacke Noddack
    Chemist Ida Tacke Noddack was the first woman in Germany to hold a professional position as a chemist, and helped discover the element rhenium.
    Image: She Thought It
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    3 min
  • Catherine Cesarsky
    The first female president of the International Astronomical Union, Catherine Cesarsky, earned this position with a distinguished career in several areas of modern physics.
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    3 min
  • Barbara Cohen
    When the first women-only team led the Mars Exploration Rovers for a day, Dr. Barbara Cohen was the leader of that team.
    Image: Wikimedia
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    3 min
  • Gloria Gordon Bolotsky
    The history of the ENIAC is filled with the contributions of the earliest women programmers, including Gloria Gordon Bolotsky.
    Image: U.S. Army
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    3 min
  • Adele Goldstine
    When the ENIAC was created, someone had to write the world’s first computer’s operating manual. Adele Goldstine was up to the task.
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    3 min