Mary MunsonFeb 12, 2023
Sheril Kirshenbaum

There are so many women in #STEAM & #history who weren't widely acknowledged or remembered for their contributions.

I've enjoyed the opportunity to highlight several & plan to continue. Here are a few favorites:

Henrietta Swan Leavitt https://mastodon.social/@Sheril/109379733057460401

Cecilia Payne https://mastodon.social/@Sheril/109457566368555562

Elizabeth Magie https://mastodon.social/@Sheril/109466460231965655

Rosalind Franklin https://mastodon.social/@Sheril/109528549109082379

Lise Meitner https://mastodon.social/@Sheril/109579693193492485

Marianne North https://mastodon.social/@Sheril/109721261779172100

Marie Tharp https://mastodon.social/@Sheril/109771931887156936

Feb 12, 2023 at 1:34amWeb
Show threadMichael Katzmann🐈Feb 12, 2023
@Sheril + the ENIAC six
https://eniacprogrammers.org/
ENIAC Programmers Project

In 1946 six brilliant young women programmed ENIAC, the first digital computer, a secret WWII US Army project. Yet when the ENIAC was unveiled to the public, the women were never introduced and remained invisible to history. Kathy Kleiman produced the documentary The Computers to tell their story.

ENIAC Programmers Project
Show threadSudhirFeb 12, 2023
@Sheril. Interesting Sheril👍🏼😊🌹🙏.
Please continue to share the achievements of great women in our society. I read with interest but feel sad that many of them were not given due credit for their contributions. 🤔 Sad 😡
Show threadCherylBlueWaveFeb 12, 2023

@SKV @Sheril

Sheril's posts are very enlightening.

It's good to see you, Sudhir.

Show threadSudhirFeb 12, 2023
@CherylBlueWave @Sheril. Thanks, Cheryl. 👍🏼🌹🙏. I can't think of any intelligent person who will like to miss what @Sheril posts! She is so educated, so learned and so meticulous as seen from her Posts & Blogs! Wish her all the best. With regards.❤️🌹🙏
Show threadSudhirFeb 12, 2023
@CherylBlueWave @Sheril Thanks, Cheryl.😊👍🏼🌹🙏
Show threadSomersetWhovian 🇺🇦💙Feb 12, 2023

@Sheril
I'm finding this series both enlightening and engaging. Thank you for sharing these stories; the fact that so many of them are new to me speaks volumes about the way women's contributions have been suppressed.

Edit: I actually meant to say "enlightening and enraging," but it is engaging too!

Show threadStarkRGFeb 12, 2023
@Sheril I imagine most people are aware of Ada Lovelace, a pioneer in computer programming, but I don't think too many people are aware of the contributions of Bertha Benz without whom the development of the automobile would have been drastically delayed (her husband saw the device as little more than a toy, she saw it for the world-changing tool it turned out to be). She undertook the first "long-distance" journey in an automobile, a bit more than 200km, and had to invent several things along the way including brake linings. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bertha_Benz
Bertha Benz - Wikipedia

Show threadStefan UrbatFeb 12, 2023
@Sheril Caroline Herschel?
Show threadSunnJax 🌷🏳️‍🌈 Feb 12, 2023
@Sheril Thank you — these are great women. May I suggest Mary Anning?