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Christy Edwards

Women in STEM ·

2024/09/05

When Christy Edwards was in the fifth grade, she watched an IMAX movie on the space shuttle. Sitting in the theater, she decided that she wanted to be a space explorer.Image Via Christine Edwards on LinkedIn. Sources and additional reading are available at https://introductionsnecessary.com Join us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ninehourfilms

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Megan Smith

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2024/09/04

Before being appointed the Chief Technology Officer of the United States, Megan Smith was trying to make the world a better place through science and invention.Image: Wikimedia (CC BY 2.0). Sources and additional reading are available at https://introductionsnecessary.com Join us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ninehourfilms

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Dawn J. Wright

Women in STEM ·

2024/09/03

Dr. Dawn Wright, known among her peers as Deep Sea Dawn, has traveled to 38 countries and has completed oceanographic fieldwork in geologically active regions including the East Pacific Rise, The Mid-Atlantic Ridge and the Tonga Trench. Oh, and this Chief Scientist at the Environmental Systems Research Institute is a self-professed Lego Maniac.Image Courtesy of ESRI. Sources and additional reading are available at https://introductionsnecessary.com Join us on Patreon:

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Ashanti Johnson

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2024/09/02

The first African American to earn a degree in marine science from Texas A&M, Dr. Ashanti Johnson has loved the ocean since and early age. Continuing her studies at Texas A&M University she became the first and only to date African American to earn a doctorate in chemical oceanography. Image: Wikimedia (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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Molly Stevens

Women in STEM ·

2024/09/01

As a professor of Biomedical Materials and Regenerative Medicine, Dr. Molly Stevens is also the Research Director for Biomedical Material Sciences in the Institute of Biomedical Engineering at Imperial College. Image: James Duncan Davidson (CC BY-NC 2.0). Sources and additional reading are available at https://introductionsnecessary.com Join us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ninehourfilms

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Mary Putnam Jacobi

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2024/08/31

The first woman to earn a degree from the New York College of Pharmacy, Dr. Mary Putnam Jacobi would go on to change the lives of women both as a doctor and educator.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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Sylvia Earle

Women in STEM ·

2024/08/30

Sylvia Earle, dubbed, “Her Deepness” by The New Yorker, has experience as a field research scientist, government official, and director for corporate and nonprofit organizations. But all her work has led her to focus on preserving the world’s oceans. Image: NOAA. Sources and additional reading are available at https://introductionsnecessary.com Join us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ninehourfilms

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Rita Colwell

Women in STEM ·

2024/08/29

To continue her efforts in making the world a safer place Dr. Rita Colwell founded CosmosID, a genomic big data company that is focused on the rapid identification of microorganisms for infectious disease diagnostics, food safety inspections, pharmaceutical discovery, public health surveillance, and microbiome analysis for health and wellness. Image: The National Science Foundation. Sources and additional reading are available at https://introductionsnecessary.com Join us on Patreon:

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Alyson McGregor

Women in STEM ·

2024/08/28

Dr. Alyson McGregor examines how sex and gender differences impact emergency medical care and the overall health of women and she works on communicating these differences to medical professionals and the public. Image Via LinkedIn. Sources and additional reading are available at https://introductionsnecessary.com Join us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ninehourfilms

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Flossie Wong-Staal

Women in STEM ·

2024/08/27

Dr. Flossie Wong-Staal was the first scientist to clone HIV, helping lead to blood tests and better treatments for the virus. She says that her main motivation “is simply the satisfaction of making discoveries, finding things out that no one knew before.” Image: National Cancer Institute. Sources and additional reading are available at https://introductionsnecessary.com Join us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ninehourfilms

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Mona Hanna-Attisha

Women in STEM ·

2024/08/26

Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha was one of the key individuals to expose lead poisoning in Flint, Michigan and bring attention to the contamination in the water supply. Image: Wikimedia (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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Anna Atkins

Women in STEM ·

2024/08/25

In 1843, photographer and botanist Anna Atkins became the first person to publish a book illustrated with photographs. Image: Wikipedia. Sources and additional reading are available at https://introductionsnecessary.com Join us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ninehourfilms

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Chung-Pei Ma

Women in STEM ·

2024/08/24

Dr. Chung-Pei Ma has helped discover two of the largest black holes found to date and is also a classical violinist that played with the Youth Symphony in Taiwan at age 8 and still enjoys playing as a hobby. Image Courtesy of UC Berkeley. Sources and additional reading are available at https://introductionsnecessary.com Join us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ninehourfilms

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Antonia Novello

Women in STEM ·

2024/08/23

Dr. Antonia Novello was appointed Surgeon General of the United States in 1990, becoming the first woman and first Hispanic to serve in that role. 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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Margaret Hamilton

Women in STEM ·

2024/07/21

July 21st marks the anniversary of man first stepping on the moon and the software that made it possible was created by a team led by Margaret Hamilton.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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Frances “Poppy” Northcutt

Women in STEM ·

2024/07/20

Making the decision to major in mathematics in college was two-fold for Frances “Poppy” Montgomery first she had an aptitude for the subject, but she also had an eye on her future employment opportunities. Knowing that mathematics was still considered a man’s job she went into it thinking that it would open careers that would keep her out of what was considered traditionally women’s work. Image: NASA. Sources and additional reading are available at https://introductionsnecessary.com Join us on

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Carolyn Porco

Women in STEM ·

2024/07/19

On July 19, 2013, the Cassini spacecraft turned to take an image of much of our solar system that included Saturn, Mars, Venus, and the Earth. This historic picture of The Day the Earth Smiled was possible thanks to planetary scientist Dr. Carolyn Porco. Image: Cmichel57/Wikimedia (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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Katalin Karikó

Women in STEM ·

2024/07/18

Dr. Kariko spent most of her career working in the much-maligned field of RNA research – which was finally brought into the spotlight when it was used to create two of the COVID-19 vaccines. Image: Wikimedia (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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Maya Warren

Women in STEM ·

2024/07/17

Part of the Amazing Race winning team, the Sweet Scientists, Dr. Maya Warren was honored to represent women in science and to inspire young people to get into the field as well. Image via drmayawarren.com Sources and additional reading are available at https://introductionsnecessary.com Join us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ninehourfilms

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Patricia Bath

Women in STEM ·

2024/07/16

As the first African American woman to be granted a patent for a medical purpose Dr. Patricia Bath has dedicated her career to protecting and improving the eyesight of all people. Image via Black Past. Sources and additional reading are available at https://introductionsnecessary.com Join us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ninehourfilms

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