Dr Margaret Agerholm was a key figure in disability rights campaigning. An expert in her field, she worked closely with parliamentarians to influence change, which is how #HistParl's @EmmeLedgerwood came across Agerholm's name... Find out👇 #IDWGIS http://ow.ly/7kc450LWnlR

#DisabilityHistory #InternationalDayForWomenAndGirlsInScience

Today is #InternationalDayForWomenAndGirlsInScience #WomeninSTEM #WomenInScience, and I'd like to take the opportunity to introduce you to a couple you may not know.

Dr @eltwilliams is a Senior Lecturer at #ANU's School of #Cybernetics, and originally trained in #nuclear #physics, and now works in #systems and #ComplexSystems
(full disclosure: Liz is my PhD Supervisor)

Dr @ZenaAssaad is a Senior #Research Fellow at #ANU's School of #Engineering and originally trained in #aeronautics, and does a lot of work in #safety and #SafetySystems

Dr @DrKyburz is a video games #researcher and #developer at #ANU's School of #Computing

Professor @profElanor is previously the Dean of the College of Computing, Engineering and Cybernetics at #ANU and is now an executive at #CSIRO - she originally trained in #quantum #physics

@saera works in the #GLAM space, and originally trained in #InformationSystems and #ComputerScience, and now works with #library #technologies

And if you want to learn more about this topic, see:

https://womeninstem.org.au/

https://www.un.org/en/observances/women-and-girls-in-science-day/