From the AIP History Weekly Newsletter:

The Observatory Pinafore and the changing place of women in Harvard astronomy

https://www.aip.org/history/observatory-pinafore

#WomenInScience #AIP #History #WomenInSTEM #AIPHistory #Harvard #observatory #HarvardObservatory #science #HistoryOfScience #Astrodon #Astronomy

Elsie MacGill was the first woman in the world to earn a master’s degree in aeronautical engineering (1929).

The "Queen of the Hurricanes" was a pioneering Canadian aircraft designer who led production of the Hawker Hurricane fighter planes during #WWII. She was born #OTD in 1905.

#WomenInSTEM
*Borrowed* via @admirablewomen.bsky.social‬

💁🏻‍♀️ ICYMI: 🦋📱 Scientists are tracking #monarch #butterflies using #solar-powered microchips and a smartphone #app. This crowdsourced project helps researchers map the 3,000 mi (4,800 km) trip to #Mexico in more detail than ever before.

👉 Learn more: https://seethis.tv/post/smartphone-tracking-project-monarch-butterflies-migration-mexico?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=new_content&utm_content=monarch_tracking

#activities #animals #biology #conservation #diy #experiments #howto #insects #maps #migration #nature #science #technology #tech #womeninstem #tksst #video

🎥 Mary Somerville: The first person to be called a scientist

🔗 https://www.youtube.com/shorts/gy2EQ1tmYFw

#Video #History #Histodons #Science #HistSci #STEM #WomenInSTEM

🦋📱 Scientists are tracking #monarch #butterflies using #solar-powered microchips and a smartphone #app. This crowdsourced project helps researchers map the 3,000 mi (4,800 km) trip to #Mexico in more detail than ever before.

👉 Learn more: https://seethis.tv/post/smartphone-tracking-project-monarch-butterflies-migration-mexico?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=new_content&utm_content=monarch_tracking

#activities #animals #biology #conservation #diy #experiments #howto #insects #maps #migration #nature #science #technology #tech #womeninstem #tksst #video