Brilliant European women powered progress, but the credit did not always go to them.

Melitta Bentz invented the coffee filter. History called her a ‘housewife’.
Marthe Gautier found Down Syndrome’s extra chromosome. Her boss took the spotlight.
Maria Anna Mozart composed masterpieces. Wolfgang Amadeus’ name survived, hers vanished.
Janet Sobel pioneered drip painting. Jackson Pollock was the genius.

This International Women’s Day, let’s restore their stories and give the credit they deserve!

@EUCommission Marlow Moss and the double line - who mostly got the credit? Piet Mondrian.
@EUCommission the genocide you facilitate/reward in Palestine disproportionately impact women. Do you think the women you name above would approve of you appropriating their names?
@EUCommission It is a wonder the world has advanced at all with jealous, misogynist and resentful men holding it back at every turn. (p s. I'm a bloke!)
@EUCommission Rosalind Franklin was the true pioneer who laid the ground work for the discovery of DNA , yet she died young of cancerous stomach tumours, unrecognised.

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I still believe that more women in politics worldwide would help implementing a better world. The men has clearly failed big time so far.

#politics #womensday

@perjakobsen @EUCommission Crises like COVID showed the world that female leaders are very, very capable of handling crises indeed. New-Zealand and Finland come to mind.
@EUCommission Melitta Bentz had a great idea. An empty can with a few holes poked in the bottom, a piece of blotter paper and Voila! A coffee filter.

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When I heard the name of the first one, the first I thought of was the German coffee brand. According to Wikipedia it IS named after her, so I'd say she isn't completely forgotten.

But to be clear, she is the exception on the list. And I'm sure there are a ton of other forgotten names that could go on the list too.

(The name Sobel also seems familiar, but I fon't know if that was the same Sobel).

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Bertha Benz? Marie Curie? 🙄🤷‍♂️

@simonzerafa @EUCommission Marie Curie has 2 Nobel Prizes and an EU programme named after her. She's not in the "unrecognised" category.
@EUCommission Florence Nightingale, the "Nurse". In fact: an outstanding statistician, inventor of the Polar Area Chart/Rose Diagram, organizational reformer in health care, a key figure in the development of evidence-based medicine.
@European Commission So you'll never fund a campaign that promotes the oppression of women again? Great.

#^https://www.dw.com/en/eu-funded-hijab-campaign-sparks-outrage/a-59725546
EU-funded hijab campaign sparks outrage

An anti-discrimination campaign to promote acceptance of the hijab has been canceled by the Council of Europe following outrage in France and across Europe. Some are furious it was even made, others that it was pulled.

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@EUCommission Oh, I knew about Melitta. We learned that in school, I think.

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Marietta Blau in particle physics

Rätsel der Wissenschaft: Warum konnte die Physikerin Marietta Blau in Österreich nie Karriere machen? | Inside Science

Webseite der Episode: https://rdw.podigee.io/68-neue-episode

Mediendatei: https://audio.podigee-cdn.net/2263158-m-64cde62e4cf4e160e162309ef00a9690.mp3

Warum konnte die Physikerin Marietta Blau in Österreich nie Karriere machen? | Inside Science

Als 1937 von einem Hochgebirgsobservatorium nahe Innsbruck eine Serie unscheinbarer Fotoplatten zur Auswertung gebracht wird, ahnt noch niemand, dass damit ein neues Kapitel der Physik beginnt. Die Platten zeigen sternförmige Spuren – mehrere Teilchenbahnen, die von einem gemeinsamen Zentrum ausgehen. Es sind die ersten direkten Nachweise sogenannter "Zertrümmerungssterne": Kernreaktionen, ausgelöst durch hochenergetische Teilchen aus dem Weltraum. Das Experiment stammt von der Wiener Physikerin Marietta Blau. Gemeinsam mit ihrer Mitarbeiterin Hertha Wambacher hat sie eine Methode perfektioniert, mit der Kernreaktionen erstmals direkt sichtbar werden. Diese fotografische Technik sollte zu einer Grundlage für die moderne Hochenergie- und Teilchenphysik werden. Doch während das Forschungsfeld regelrecht explodiert und schon wenige Jahre später neue Elementarteilchen entdeckt werden, wird Blau aus der Wissenschaft gedrängt – und weitgehend vergessen. In der ersten Folge von "Inside Science", einer Spezialausgabe des STANDARD-Podcasts "Rätsel der Wissenschaft", beleuchten David Rennert und Tanja Traxler das Leben von Marietta Blau und analysieren mit der Physikerin Francesca Ferlaino die Situation von Frauen in der Physik.

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@EUCommission yes! I’m in! I love the way Sandi Toksvig credits uncredited women on QI. ♥️
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Gentle edit: instead of "did not always" should be "never" or maybe "rarely".
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This also leaves out the person or organizations who erased the womens' names. Sometimes childbirth, disease, or early death is the cause. Usually, it has been a male collaborater (or husband) who takes credit himself for profit. Sometimes, the entire organization made rules that didn't allow for womens' credit