Women of Science & Music: 30 celebrations

www.electricvoicetheatre.co.uk/"Songs for a Statue” is Episode 24 of the Podcast Series "Women of Science & Music: 30 Celebrations" www.electricvoicetheatre.co.uk/podcasts/It was released on 21st May 2023 to celebrate Mary Anning’s 224th Birthday!More details here www.electricvoicetheatre.co.uk/songs-for…-podcast/SPEAKERS:Anya Pearson – Chair, Mary Anning RocksDenise Dutton – SculptorEmma Bernard – Palaeontologist, Curator of Fossil Fish, Natural History MuseumTom Sharpe – Biographer of M...

www.electricvoicetheatre.co.uk/Eliza Flower (1803-1846)This is a birthday celebration podcast for this unsung composer who was born on April 19th, 1803. Its a snippet of a much longer conversation between our ELECTRIC VOICE THEATRE artistic director, Frances M Lynch and music historian, Oskar Jensen – NUAcT Fellow in Music at Newcastle University and BBC New Generation Thinker for 2022.We met in the libary at Conway Hall,Red Lion Square, London, where we were overlooked by the beautiful image...

www.electricvoicetheatre.co.uk/The Misfolding Project, based at the University of Sussex, has commissioned a series of 5 audiovisual works from a diverse range of artists which together form an exploration of the science of Alzheimer’s disease. The podcast gives you a flavour of the music with a comprehensive exposition of the science – in laymans’ terms. The full works are available online. www.electricvoicetheatre.co.uk/misfolding/SPEAKERS: (University of Sussex)Professor Louise Serpel...

https://www.electricvoicetheatre.co.uk/Miriam Rothschild (1908-2005)Fleas can jump much further than any human athlete – up to ten times their own body length. That’s just one of the many intriguing facts related by Miriam Rothschild, an extraordinary scientist who started collecting butterflies and ladybirds when she was four and grew up to become one of the world’s leading entomologists. Insects often seem small and annoying, but they are crucial contributors to ecological diversity – and M...

https://www.electricvoicetheatre.co.uk/Beatrix Potter (1866 - 1943) Mycologist and AuthorWe all love Peter Rabbit, Squirrel Nutkin and others - but author and illustrator, Beatrix Potter, was also a scientist who made important discoveries. In her early years, she was passionately interested in mycology, studying fungi (mushrooms) and ferns with the help of a Scottish Postman!!! She was not treated well by some men scientists so she stopped her studies - a loss to mycology but a gain for chil...

https://www.electricvoicetheatre.co.uk/From humble beginnings in Keith, Moray, Scotland, Dr Isabella Gordon (1901-1988) working at the British Museum (Natural History) had become one of the world’s most respected scientists in carcinology, the study of crustaceans.In 1961, Japanese scientists wanted to celebrate the 60th birthday of Emperor Hirohito, an enthusiastic marine biologist. They invited Dr Gordon to be an honoured guest for the occasion. In both countries, memories of war were still...

https://www.electricvoicetheatre.co.uk/Maria Ogilvie Gordon, DBE (1864 – 1939) set out to become a concert pianist but soon found herself trekking among the Dolomites, claiming her place as a highly respected geologist and taking part in negotiations at the Council for the Representation of Women in the League of Nations after WW1. https://minervascientifica.co.uk/maria-ogilvie-gordon/SPEAKERS:Catherine Booth – Science Historian and retired Science Curator, National Library of ScotlandDr Emil...

https://www.electricvoicetheatre.co.uk/Tramping around every part of Scotland, Evelyn Baxter(1879-1959)and her friend, Leonora Rintoul, are recognised as the foremost Scottish ornithologists of their day. The unique data they noted and collected was supplemented by accounts from others, and published in the two-volume Birds of Scotland (1953). A compelling story, which weaves together scientific and historical detail with warm remembrances of the family’s ‘Aunt Evie’ https://minervascien...

https://www.electricvoicetheatre.co.uk/Caroline Herschel (1750-1848) https://minervascientifica.co.uk/caroline-herschel/ is celebrated for being the first woman to discover a comet, but she is also important for playing a crucial role in the astronomical and musical careers of her brother William.SPEAKERS:Dr Patricia Fara – Science Historian, Emeritus Fellow of Clare College CambridgeDr Sian Prosser – Librarian and Archivist Royal Astronomical SocietyDr Anna Lisa Varri – UKRI Future Leaders F...

https://www.electricvoicetheatre.co.uk/Lilian Bader (1918 – 2015) was a very successful Aircraft Instrument Engineer in the WAAF (land-based Women’s Auxiliary Air Force) rising to Leading Aircraftwoman and finally Acting Corporal, the first woman to achieve her stripes. https://minervascientifica.co.uk/lilian-bader/Science Historian Dr Patricia Fara, Emeritus Fellow of Clare College Cambridge, discusses the life and work of Lilian Bader with Warrant Officer Alison an Aeronautical Engineer fro...