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Hiddenherstory @hiddenherstory.bsky.social · 6h

🕊️ Jane Addams (1860–1935), social reformer, feminist, pacifist. She co-founded Hull House in Chicago, advancing education, health, & women’s rights. A leader in peace activism, she became the first American woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize (1931). #WomenInHistory #WomenInSTEM
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Who Was Jane Addams? The First Female Nobel Peace Prize Winner | TheCollector

Jane Addams was a philosopher, sociologist, and activist; she is the first American woman to win a Nobel Peace Prize. We explore her work and thought.

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Hiddenherstory @hiddenherstory.bsky.social · 1d

Maxine Clark founded Build-A-Bear Workshop, turning a simple idea into a global experience for kids & families. Her creativity reshaped retail. While at May stores, She filled in for an ill mgr prompting her to leave law school, that step led her into retail full time. #WomenInHistory #WomenWhoLead

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Hiddenherstory @hiddenherstory.bsky.social · 1d

📅Oct 7 2020, Jennifer Douda & Emmanuelle Marie Charpentier were jointly awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the development of CRISPR-Cas9, a method for genome editing with wide-ranging applications in various field of science and medicine.
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Hiddenherstory @hiddenherstory.bsky.social · 2d

📅 Oct 6, 2008: Francoise Barre-Sinoussi & Luc Montagnier were recognized for their discovery of the (HIV) virus. Working with limited resources she personally borrowed centrifuge rotors from nearby labs & even used her own kitchen blender to prepare virus samples.
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Hiddenherstory @hiddenherstory.bsky.social · 6d

📅Oct 2 2018: Donna Strickland, a Canadian physicist, was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics for her groundbreaking work with pulsed lasers & pulse amplification.
#WomenInSTEM #WomenWhoLead
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Hiddenherstory @hiddenherstory.bsky.social · 7d

📅 Oct. 1 1918, pro‑suffrage U.S. senators delivered impassioned speeches "This defeat is only temporary. The🗳️ vote of the Senate, we are convinced, will be reversed before this session of Congress ends" pushing for the Susan B. Anthony Amendment though it fell short by just a few votes.
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Hiddenherstory @hiddenherstory.bsky.social · 7d

📅🍂Oct 1st 1887: Ida Gray passed the entrance exam for the Univ. of Michigan School of Dentistry & graduated in June 1890, becoming the 1st African-American woman dentist in the U.S. She worked in a dress shop, with a Dentist practice upstairs. That drew her to the profession.
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Hiddenherstory @hiddenherstory.bsky.social · 8d

Henrietta Swan Leavitt mapped the universe’s yardstick: her Cepheid period-luminosity law let 🔭astronomers measure cosmic🌌 distances, paving the way for Hubble’s expansion. Which overlooked woman in science should we spotlight next? #WomenInHistory #WomenInSTEM
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Henrietta Swan Leavitt: Creating a New Yardstick to the Stars — Ford's Theatre

<p>Henrietta Swan Leavitt made a discovery that forever changed how astronomers understand the universe. Learn about Leavitt’s journey to solving one of the biggest questions in astronomical history a...

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Hiddenherstory @hiddenherstory.bsky.social · 8d

Fun Fact: She also personally used her invention on framed holiday photographs, so her family’s portraits wouldn’t catch glare from Christmas tree lights.

Where Daffodils Grow @daffodilsgrow.bsky.social · 8d

KATHARINE BLODGETT (1898 – 1979) was the 1st woman to receive a PhD in physics from Cambridge University. Best known for inventing non-reflective glass, was issued 8 U.S. patents during her career. In 2007, she was inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame. #History #Herstory 1/2

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Hiddenherstory @hiddenherstory.bsky.social · 8d

On this day in Her Story: Sept 30, 1990 Ruth Cheney Streeter passed away. She was the first director of the 🪖US Marine Corps Women’s Reserve and the first woman to reach Major rank in the Marines. What’s a barrier you want to see women break next?
#HerStory #WomenInHistory #WomenInSTEM

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Hiddenherstory @hiddenherstory.bsky.social · 9d

Belle da Costa Greene (1879–1950) rose to become the first director of the Morgan Library, shaping it into a world-class institution while concealing her heritage to break barriers. What hidden struggles do you think trailblazers face today? #WomenInHistory #WomenInSTEM
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The Trailblazing Black Librarian Who Rewrote the Rules of Power, Gender and Racial Passing

Belle da Costa Greene, the first director of the Morgan Library, was a Black woman who passed as white in the early 20th century

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Hiddenherstory @hiddenherstory.bsky.social · 9d

📅Sep 29 2002: Judit Polgar, defeated Garry Kasparov in the Russia vs. the rest of the world match. Becoming the 1st woman to defeat a world's #1 Player. She didn’t just play against the world’s best, she beat them. #WomenInSTEM #WomenWhoLead
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Hiddenherstory @hiddenherstory.bsky.social · 13d

Sandy Lerner co-founded Cisco Systems & revolutionized how🖥️ computers connect worldwide! She pioneered local area networks and developed the first commercially successful multi-protocol router technology we still rely on today.
#WomenInHistory #WomenInSTEM #TechPioneers
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Women Who Built The Internet: Sandy Lerner

Part 6 of Women Who Built The Internet is about Sandra Lerner, co-founder of Cisco, She played a vital role in pioneering local area networks and developing the first commercially successful multi-…

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Hiddenherstory @hiddenherstory.bsky.social · 13d

📅Sep 25 1982: The 1st group of women firefighters was sworn into the FDNY. Their hiring came after a contentious law suit, facing hostility & harassment , they entered a traditionally male-dominated profession and rose through the ranks. #WomenInSTEM #WomenWhoLead
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Hiddenherstory @hiddenherstory.bsky.social · 14d

Fun fact: She was a frugal person by nature, reusing coffee grounds daily, and gifting homemade soap during the holidays to friends and family.

The Women In Science Archive @wisarchive.bsky.social · 14d

Astronomer Charlotte Sitterly was born 127 years ago today. Her spectroscopic studies were globally well-regarded and are still referenced, she was the first person to discover technetium from a natural source, and she wrote several books on stellar spectra.

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The Women In Science Archive @wisarchive.bsky.social · 14d

Astronomer Charlotte Sitterly was born 127 years ago today. Her spectroscopic studies were globally well-regarded and are still referenced, she was the first person to discover technetium from a natural source, and she wrote several books on stellar spectra.

#WomenInSTEM #AstroSky 🧪🔭

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Hiddenherstory @hiddenherstory.bsky.social · 14d

Jeanne Dumée (17th c.) French astronomer who published Entretiens sur l’opinion de Copernic touchant la mobilité de la terre, defending Copernican theory of Earth’s motion when women in science were almost unheard of. #WomenInHistory #WomenInSTEM
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Jeanne Dumée Biography | Pantheon

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Hiddenherstory @hiddenherstory.bsky.social · 14d

📅Sep 24 2015: Gaia Vince became the first solo author & female winner of Britain's Royal Society Winton Prize for Science Books. She won the prestigious award for her Book Adventures in the Anthropocene: A journey to the heart of the planet we made"
#WomenInSTEM #WomenInLiterature #HumanitiesInSTEM

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Hiddenherstory @hiddenherstory.bsky.social · 14d

Bette Nesmith Graham, invented Liquid Paper👃 & built it into a $$$-dollar company. When developing it, she originally mixed it in a kitchen blender & bottled it using whatever empty bottles she could find including nail polish bottles, ketchup & mustard bottles. #WomenInSTEM
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"Liquid Paper" for Typists Invented by Secretary - America Comes Alive

The inventor of the correcting fluid called Liquid Paper was a secretary, Bette Nesmith Graham, who built a fortune with the product.

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Hiddenherstory @hiddenherstory.bsky.social · 15d

Lina Eckenstein (1857–1931) was a British polymath who broke barriers in scholarship & women’s rights. She wrote one of the first histories of women in Europe. What role do you think historians play in shaping equality today? #WomenInHistory #WomenInSTEM
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Hiddenherstory @hiddenherstory.bsky.social · 15d

Today in Her Story: On 📅Sept 23, 1863, Mary Church Terrell was born. A trailblazing educator, suffragist, & civil rights activist, she co-founded the National Association of Colored Women & fought tirelessly for racial & gender equality. #HerStory #OnThisDay #HerStoryDaily

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Hiddenherstory @hiddenherstory.bsky.social · 16d

Maki Shige, a widowed samurai’s wife, disguised herself & her son as peasants to survive. In hiding, she learned hands-on fermentation methods & the skills she refined into superior soy sauce that later influenced Kikkoman’s. #WomenInHistory #WomenInSTEM
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The 300 Year Old Female Entrepreneur Story You've Never Heard - Rohit Bhargava

"Started by a woman, in a time when women didn't start companies."

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Hiddenherstory @hiddenherstory.bsky.social · 16d

Alma Woodsey Thomas (1891–1978) Teacher turned 🎨painter, she was the first Black woman with a solo show at the Whitney and the first to be in the permanent White House collection. Her bold colors redefined American art. #HerStory #WomenInHistory #Art

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Hiddenherstory @hiddenherstory.bsky.social · 16d

📅Sep. 22 2011: Switzerland's parliament appointed women to the majority of the cabinet posts in the country's seven-member executive branch for the first time, giving women the majority in the cabinet. #WomenWhoLead #HerStoryDaily

Hiddenherstory @hiddenherstory.bsky.social · 16d

Happy First day of Fall!, back into the swing of things this week after a much needed break. Thanks again to all the followers of this labor of love project. #WomenInSTEM #WomenWhoLead