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The Women In Science Archive @wisarchive.bsky.social · 13h

Dr. Amy Dhunjibhoy Engineer was born 110 years ago today - she was the head of the Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology at Queen Mary's Hospital for 23 years, expanding the availability of women's care, particularly to the poor community. She passed away in 1989.

#WomenInSTEM #MedSky ⚕️

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damesnet.bsky.social @damesnet.bsky.social · 17h

Dames congratulate Maria Corina Machado: she deserved it @womeninpoliticsss.bsky.social @jwomenshistory.bsky.social @womenlead.bsky.social @nobelprize.bsky.social @supertanskiiii.bsky.social @susannahwalker.bsky.social @carolemason.bsky.social @womenwarriors.com

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Nobel peace prize 2025 live: María Corina Machado wins for work promoting democratic rights in Venezuela

US president had been conducting campaign to influence prize committee

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damesnet.bsky.social @damesnet.bsky.social · 1d

Remember Ithell Colquhoun #BOTD 1906: surrealist painter, occultist, poet, author. Part of the British Surrealist Group before being expelled because refused to renounce her association with occult groups @womensartbluesky.bsky.social @jwomenshistory.bsky.social @surrealistship.bsky.social

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The Women In Science Archive @wisarchive.bsky.social · 1d

Wishing a happy 76th birthday to mathematician Fan Chung, whose work on Graph Theory Combinatorics gave us startling insights into the fate of massively interconnected systems like the Internet.

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#WomenInSTEM #MathSky 🧮

The Billion Roads from Here to There: The Graph Theory Combinatorics of Fan Chung

‘Well, some go this way, some go that way. But as for me, myself, personally, I prefer the short-cut.’ – The Cheshire Cat Every morning we wake to a deafening barrage of choice, decisions that crackle...

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Carve Her Name @carvehername.bsky.social · 3d

If you're in the UK, this weekend might be a great time to try buying a book from our bookshop on the UK bookshop dot org.

Buying through bookshop dot org supports indie bookshops and our affiliate links also may pay us a little sometimes. Win/win.

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The Women In Science Archive @wisarchive.bsky.social · 3d

Indian cancer researcher Satyavati Sirsat was born 100 years ago today. She founded the nation's first electron microscopy lab devoted to cancer research, specializing in the oral cancers caused by paan and tobacco chewing, publishing extensively in her half century career.

#WomenInSTEM #BioSky 🧪

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The Women In Science Archive @wisarchive.bsky.social · 10d

Polymath Elise Otté was born 207 years ago today. She began her career as a linguist specializing in Icelandic and Old English before switching to science, where she became known for her translations of the work of Alexander von Humboldt into English.

#WomenInSTEM #Linguistics #Nature

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damesnet.bsky.social @damesnet.bsky.social · 10d

Birthday greetings to Grammy-nominated classical and #jazz pianist, singer/songwriter, composer & #music director Patrice Rushen (a.k.a. 'Babyfingers' on account of her small hands) @ronniescott.bsky.social @berklee.bsky.social @meninblack.bsky.social #ListentoBlackvoices

Colour photo of Patrice Rushen singing at her keyboard

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damesnet.bsky.social @damesnet.bsky.social · 22d

'To dance is to be out of yourself. Larger, more beautiful, more powerful' - award-winning #dancer & #choreographer Agnes de Mille, #BOTD 1905. Her 1939 ballet Black Ritual changed perceptions about black ballet dancers @danceronfilm.bsky.social @royalballetschool.bsky.social @nycballet.bsky.social

Black and white portrait of Agnes de Mille seated

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WomenWarriors @womenwarriors.com · 24d

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damesnet.bsky.social @damesnet.bsky.social · 24d

Happy birthday to wonderful Julia Donaldson! Writer and playwright, and the 2011-2013 Children's Laureate. Her stories have enchanted children and adults @womenwritersnet.bsky.social @pwkidsbookshelf.bsky.social @carvehername.bsky.social @carolemason.bsky.social @susannahwalker.bsky.social

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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 26d

Paula Mela, Finnish illustrator known for her fairytale-like works #WomensArt

Illustration of a fox facing right looking forward in a woodland with tall dark trees

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The Women In Science Archive @wisarchive.bsky.social · 29d

Wishing a happy 81st birthday to Hiriyakkanavar Ila, who for years was a trailblazer in the creation of new organosulfur synthons to use in reaction and structure analysis, and in the study of small molecule heterocycles. Hoping it is a day of celebration and science!

#WomenInSTEM #ChemSky 🧪⚛️

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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 29d

Polish artist NeSpoon from Warsaw, known for her street art featuring traditional lace pattern imagery #womensart

Photo of an artist on a raised platform creating a mural of a lace pattern on a building with windows

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damesnet.bsky.social @damesnet.bsky.social · Sep 10

1st woman Chief of the Seminole Tribe 1922-1935, educator, rancher, postmistress, interpreter, unofficial tribal spokesperson of her community, Alice Brown Davis #BOTD 1852 @oklahomawatch.bsky.social @jwomenshistory.bsky.social @carvehername.bsky.social @carolemason.bsky.social @womenwarriors.com

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damesnet.bsky.social @damesnet.bsky.social · Sep 5

@emwandsworthmerton.bsky.social @carvehername.bsky.social @carolemason.bsky.social @supertanskiiii.bsky.social @womenknowhistory.bsky.social @susannahwalker.bsky.social @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social @wisarchive.bsky.social @womeninlawscotland.bsky.social
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Open Letter: Keep the UK in the ECHR

Sign the European Movement UK's open letter now if you agree that the UK must remain in the ECHR.

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WomenWarriors @womenwarriors.com · Sep 2

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damesnet.bsky.social @damesnet.bsky.social · Sep 2

Dames ask you to sign @susannahwalker.bsky.social @carolemason.bsky.social @womenwarriors.com @helenlewis.bsky.social @womenknowhistory.bsky.social @emwandsworthmerton.bsky.social @carolecadwalla.bsky.social @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social
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Sign the open letter: Women against the far right

The far right is using women's safety as a weapon to spread racism and division. They are not defenders of women—they exploit violence against women and children to push hate. Together we can stand wi...

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damesnet.bsky.social @damesnet.bsky.social · Sep 2

Dame Barbara Clayton #BOTD 1922: pathologist who made a significant contribution to clinical medicine, medical research and public service. Latterly Professor of Clinical Pathology. Great Ormond Street Hospital @wisarchive.bsky.social @womeninstem.bsky.social @womeninmedicine.bsky.social

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The Women In Science Archive @wisarchive.bsky.social · Sep 1

Molecular spectroscopist Hertha Sponer was born 130 years ago today. From the 1920s through the 1960s she was a leading force in the use of molecular absorption spectra to probe molecular structure.

tinyurl.com/mshhpt45

#WomenInSTEM #Physics #Chemistry 🧪⚛️

Spectral Lines from a Dying Nation: The Molecular Spectrometry of Hertha Sponer.

It is hard to imagine a time and place outside of Charles Dickens’s Revolutionary France that more embodies the spirit of the Best of Times and Worst of Times than early 20th century Göttingen. At it...

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The Women In Science Archive @wisarchive.bsky.social · Aug 29

Biochemist Gladys Royal was born 99 years ago today. In the 1950s she and her husband carried out research into the use of bone marrow transplants to treat the radiation overdoses that arose from the heavy radiation used to treat cancer at the time.

#WomenInSTEM #BioSky #HistSci 🧪

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damesnet.bsky.social @damesnet.bsky.social · Aug 29

One of the 1st five women to be elected to Royal Society of Edinburgh: Dr Christina Cruikshank Miller #BOTD 1899 made crucial discoveries in analytical chemistry. @wisarchive.bsky.social @royalsoced.bsky.social @scifri.bsky.social @science.org @standupforscience.bsky.social

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damesnet.bsky.social @damesnet.bsky.social · Aug 27

Wow! Chapeau bas to this amazing woman. A real inspiration! Go Grace! @womensportfeminism.bsky.social @womeninsports.bsky.social @womensports.bsky.social

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‘Every week I look forward to it’: Belfast woman, 97, completes 250 parkruns

Grace Chambers, whose daughter dared her to join nine years ago, hopes to be first centenarian at her local event

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damesnet.bsky.social @damesnet.bsky.social · Aug 26

Did you go to #Carnival this weekend? Read about the amazing dame who co-organized 1st carnival celebration in London 1959 to showcase West Indian culture: damesnet.com?p=11038 #blacklivesmatter @womenwarriors.com @rockmysistahs.bsky.social @carolemason.bsky.social @susannahwalker.bsky.social

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damesnet.bsky.social @damesnet.bsky.social · Aug 20

'I’m not in danger alone in the forest, but I am when I’m in the presence of men.’ Read our blog about Marie Albert's campaign to open up solo walking for women damesnet.com?p=11050 @womenwritersnet.bsky.social @susannahwalker.bsky.social @womenwarriors.com @carolemason.bsky.social

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