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Joceyln Bell Burnell

Women in STEM ·

2024/07/15

Discovering pulsars, a type of neutron star, Dr. Jocelyn Bell-Burnell, changed the way we understood the death of massive stars. That instead of the supernova explosion scattering all of a dying star’s material into the universe there is a very small core of very dense material left over that gives off regular radio pulses.Image: Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic (CC-BY SA 3.0). Sources and additional reading are available at https://introductionsnecessary.com Join us on Patreon:

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Joanna Haigh

Women in STEM ·

2024/07/11

Since 2014 Dr. Joanna Haigh has been the co-director of the Grantham Institute for Climate Change at Imperial College.Image: Carbon Brief (CC BY-SA 4.0). Sources and additional reading are available at https://introductionsnecessary.com Join us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ninehourfilms

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Florence B. Seibert

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2024/07/10

Stricken by polio at the age of three, Dr. Florence Seibert turned to academics because she couldn’t go out and dance and play like other children. Image: Wikimedia. Sources and additional reading are available at https://introductionsnecessary.com Join us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ninehourfilms

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Mildred Dresselhaus

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2024/07/09

Dr. Mildred Dresselhaus, known as the Queen of Carbon Chemistry, has been a trailblazer since her early days. Image: Pete Souza/US White House Sources and additional reading are available at https://introductionsnecessary.com Join us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ninehourfilms

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Nettie Stevens

Women in STEM ·

2024/07/07

Dr. Nettie Stevens’ career as a geneticist wasn’t very long, lasting only about 11 years, but in that short time she was able to make huge strides in understanding genetic traits.Image: Wikimedia. Sources and additional reading are available at https://introductionsnecessary.com Join us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ninehourfilms

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Ayah Bdeir

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2024/07/06

Engineer, artist, and inventor Ayah Bdeir has focused her career on democratizing hardware to make education and innovation more accessible. Image: Wikimedia (CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED). Sources and additional reading are available at https://introductionsnecessary.com Join us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ninehourfilms

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Cynthia Rosenzweig

Women in STEM ·

2024/06/24

Dr. Cynthia Rosenzweig has used her expertise in climatology to help study the impact of climate change on agriculture and cities.Image: United Nations University in Bonn (CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED). Sources and additional reading are available at https://introductionsnecessary.com Join us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ninehourfilms

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Yvonne Pendleton

Women in STEM ·

2024/06/23

Dr. Yvonne Pendleton has spent her career helping us to understand our place in the universe. Image: NASA. Sources and additional reading are available at https://introductionsnecessary.com Join us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ninehourfilms

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Grace Olive Wiley

Women in STEM ·

2024/06/22

Grace Wiley believed that with the right methods even the deadliest snakes could be tamed and by speaking to them and handling them with her bare hands she claimed to have tamed over 300 venomous snakes during her career. Image: Chicago Herpetological Society Sources and additional reading are available at https://introductionsnecessary.com Join us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ninehourfilms

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Mary L. Good

Women in STEM ·

2024/06/21

Mary L. Good was an inorganic chemist who led the American Chemical Society and chaired the board of the National Science Foundation. Image: Science History Institute (CC BY-SA 3.0 DEED) Sources and additional reading are available at https://introductionsnecessary.com Join us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ninehourfilms

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Pearl I. Young

Women in STEM ·

2024/06/20

Physicist Pearl I. Young was the first woman hired for a technical position at the NACA. Image: NASA. Sources and additional reading are available at https://introductionsnecessary.com Join us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ninehourfilms

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Sally Ride

Women in STEM ·

2024/06/19

On June 18th, 1983 Sally Ride became the first American woman in space when she launched on the Space Shuttle Challenger.Image: NASA. Sources and additional reading are available at https://introductionsnecessary.com Join us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ninehourfilms

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Padmasree Warrior

Women in STEM ·

2024/06/17

Padmasree Warrior has been hailed by Fortune magazine as “the New Queen of the Electric Car Biz” Image: TechCrunch (CC BY 2.0 DEED) Sources and additional reading are available at https://introductionsnecessary.com Join us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ninehourfilms

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Valentina Tereshkova

Women in STEM ·

2024/06/16

On June 16, 1963, Valentina Tereshkova became the first woman in space. Image: Wikimedia. Sources and additional reading are available at https://introductionsnecessary.com Join us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ninehourfilms

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Dorothy “Dottie” Lee

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2024/06/12

Dorothy “Dottie” Lee made her way in a male dominated field to build a celebrated career at NASA. Image: NASA/JPL. Sources and additional reading are available at https://introductionsnecessary.com Join us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ninehourfilms

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Gilda Barabino

Women in STEM ·

2024/06/11

While working on her doctorate, Dr. Gilda Barabino wanted a career that allowed her to use her education and knowledge to help people but didn’t want to go the clinical medicine route. Image: U.S. Dept. of Defense ( CC BY 2.0 DEED). Sources and additional reading are available at https://introductionsnecessary.com Join us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ninehourfilms

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Giuliana Tesoro

Women in STEM ·

2024/06/05

Dr. Giuliana Tesoro wore many hats during her career including organic chemist, inventor, polymer chemist and professor. Image Courtesy of Yale University. Sources and additional reading are available at https://introductionsnecessary.com Join us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ninehourfilms

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Chien Shiung Wu

Women in STEM ·

2024/06/01

Thought to be the only person from China to work on the Manhattan Project, Dr. Chien-Shiung Wu has been referred to as the “Queen of Nuclear Research.”Image: Wikimedia. Sources and additional reading are available at https://introductionsnecessary.com Join us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ninehourfilms

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Stephanie Schawbe

Women in STEM ·

2024/05/31

Considered one of the 40 best divers in the world, Dr. Stephanie Schwabe has been diving for over thirty years both in underground caves and open waters. Image Courtesy of Blue Holes Foundation. Sources and additional reading are available at https://introductionsnecessary.com Join us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ninehourfilms

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Charlotte Friend

Women in STEM ·

2024/05/29

Dr. Charlotte Friend was a virologist and cancer researcher whose research helped to change the way we think about cancer in humans. Image Courtesy of Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. Sources and additional reading are available at https://introductionsnecessary.com Join us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ninehourfilms

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