No new episode of STEM Fatale this month! Instead we encourage you to check out Season 2 of a different women in science history podcast, the Lost Women of Science. Listen to this bonus ep to hear the trailer! More about the Lost Women of Science Podcast: https://lostwomenofscience.org/ Learn about us and other women in STEM on our website https://www.stemfatalepodcast.com/
Emma tells Emlyn about the American Biochemist, Dr. Marie Maynard Daly. Learn about us and other women in STEM on our website https://www.stemfatalepodcast.com/ Sources Main Story - Marie Maynard Daly Debakcsy, Dale. Marie Maynard Daly (1921-2003), America's First Black Woman Chemist . Women You Should Know. 2018. Kessler, James H., et al. Distinguished African American Scientists of the 20th Century. United States, Oryx Press, 1996. https://books.google.com/books?id=-ydHVdMUqdEC&pg=PA57#v=o...
Emlyn tells Emma about public health advocate Annie Dodge Wauneka. Learn about us and other women in STEM on our website https://www.stemfatalepodcast.com/ Sources Main Story - Annie Dodge Wauneka Niethammer, Carolyn. I’ll Go and Do More: Annie Dodge Wauneka, Navajo Leader and Activist. Nebraska Press, Lincoln, NE. 2001. Women who Work Here's why whales don't drown when they gulp down food underwater Anatomical mechanism for protecting the airway in the largest animals on earth: Current Biology ...
Come play with us! Emma and Emlyn quiz each other about the 24 women of STEMmas we have covered in our podcast so far! How many questions can you answer?? Cheat sheet --> https://twitter.com/STEMFatalePod/status/1474052626589585409?s=20 Sources Music “Mary Anning” by Artichoke “No Copyright Music: Christmas Instrumentals” by Heroboard: Music for Creators https://youtu.be/dYyPTy6425U
Episode Summary Emlyn tells Emma about public health advocate Annie Dodge Wauneka. Learn about us and other women in STEM on our website https://www.stemfatalepodcast.com/ Sources Main Story - Annie Dodge Wauneka Niethammer, Carolyn. I’ll Go and Do More: Annie Dodge Wauneka, Navajo Leader and Activist. Nebraska Press, Lincoln, NE. 2001. Women who Work https://lostwomenofscience.org/ Music “Mary Anning” by Artichoke “Work” by Rihanna Cover Image http://www.schools.utah.gov/curr/indianed/teacher/l...
Emma tells Emlyn about Deborah S. Jin, an atomic physicist that engineered TWO new forms of ultracold matter. Learn about us and other women in STEM on our website https://www.stemfatalepodcast.com/ Sources Main Story - Dr. Deborah S. Jin Weil, Martin Deborah Jin, government physicist who won MacArthur ‘genius’ grant, dies at 47 . Washington Post. 2016. Deborah Jin Fellowship | Department of Physics | The University of Chicago Bolometer - Wikipedia Padavic-Callaghan, Karmela. Deborah Jin enginee...
Emlyn tells Emma about Bessie Blount Griffin, an inventor, physical therapist, and forensic scientist. Learn about us and other women in STEM on our website https://www.stemfatalepodcast.com/ Sources Main Story - Bessie Blount Griffin Amisha Padnani. Overlooked No More: Bessie Blount, Nurse, Wartime Inventor and Handwriting Expert. New York Times. March 27, 2019. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/27/obituaries/bessie-blount-overlooked.html Elena Ferrarin. Bessie Blount Griffin: A Black Woman's Jou...
We'll be taking a summer break but will be back in September to talk about more awesome STEMinists!
Emma tells Emlyn all about Edna Paisano, the woman who combined her skills in mathematics and sociology to make the US Census more inclusive! Learn about us and other women in STEM on our website https://www.stemfatalepodcast.com/ Sources Main Story - Edna Lee Paisano Edna L. Paisano | Obituaries | lmtribune.com Sterrett, Andrew. 101 Careers in Mathematics. 1996. https://archive.org/details/101careersinmath0000unse/page/136/mode/2up?q=paisano U.S. Census Bureau. We, the First Americans. 1993. ht...
Episode Summary Emlyn tells Emma all about herpetologist and anatomist Inez Whipple Wilder! Learn about us and other women in STEM on our website https://www.stemfatalepodcast.com/ Sources Main Story - Inez Whipple Wilder Houck, Max M. (2016). Forensic Fingerprints . Elsevier Science. pp. 63–64. ISBN 978-0-12-800672-6 . The Morphology of Amphibian Metamorphosis, Smith College, 1925 Wilder, Inez W. 1913 The life history of Desmognathus fusca. The Biological Bulletin. https://www.journals.uchicago...
Alternate Title: Overcome with Emulsion Emma tells Emlyn all about Marietta Blau, the physicist that developed photographic emulsion technology in order to discover and describe subatomic particles and their behavior! Learn about us and other women in STEM on our website https://www.stemfatalepodcast.com/ Sources Main Story - Marietta Blau Perlmutter, A.. “Marietta Blau's Work After World War II.” arXiv: History and Philosophy of Physics (2001). https://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0110028 Sime, Ruth L...
Alternate Title: The Sweet Smell of Success Emlyn tells Emma about the Indian cytologist and plant breeder, Dr. Janaki Ammal! Learn about us and other women in STEM on our website https://www.stemfatalepodcast.com/ Sources Main Story - Dr. Janaki Ammal “Pioneering Female Botanist Who Sweetened a Nation and Saved a Valley” by Leila McNeill, Smithsonian Magazine. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/pioneering-female-botanist-who-sweetened-nation-and-saved-valley-180972765/ Follow Leila M...
Alternate Title: The Oceanographer Emma tells a short story about Spain's first oceanographer, Jimena Quirós. Learn about us and other women in STEM on our website https://www.stemfatalepodcast.com/ Sources Lozano, Pablo. "Jimena Quirós: the Civil War cut short the career of the first oceanographer in the history of Spain." Oceánicas. 2018. Translated by Google Translate. https://oceanicas.ieo.es/jimena-quiros-la-primera-oceanografa-en-la-historia-de-espana-cuya-carrera-trunco-la-guerra/ Music “...
Alternate Title: The Facilitator Emma tells a short story about Dr. Geraldine Pittman Woods, the neuroembryologist turned science administrator and advocate for minorities in STEM. Learn about us and other women in STEM on our website https://www.stemfatalepodcast.com/ Sources 1. Warren, Wini. Black women scientists in the United States. Bloomington, Indiana University Press, 1999. https://archive.org/details/blackwomenscient00warr/page/269/mode/1up 2. Woo, Elaine. "Geraldine Woods; Scientist He...
Alternate Title: The Duchess of Duck Disease Emlyn tells Emma about the bacteriologist and duck disease expert, Dr. Jessie Isabelle Price! Learn about us and other women in STEM on our website https://www.stemfatalepodcast.com/ Sources Main Story - Jessie Price Wikipedia, “Jessie Isabelle Price”. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jessie_Isabelle_Price "Doctor to Long Island Ducks". Ebony. September 1964. Find a Grave, “Dr. Dorsey William Bruner.” Dr Dorsey William Bruner (1906-1996) Gillmer, S. (201...
Alternate Title: Bravo, Helia! Emma tells Emlyn about the famous botanist and Queen of Cacti, Helia Bravo Hollis! Learn about us and other women in STEM on our website https://www.stemfatalepodcast.com/ Sources Main Story - Helia Bravo Hollis Aguilar-Rocha, M. A lifetime among Cacti: Helia Bravo-Hollis – Biodiversity Heritage Library . Natural History Museum. Bravo Hollis, Helia (1901-2001) on JSTOR . Britannica, The Editors of Encyclopaedia. "Mexican Revolution". Encyclopedia Britannica, 13 May...
Alternate Title: Fans of Ayrton Emlyn tells Emma about the genius engineer, mathematician, physicist, inventor, and suffragette, Hertha Aryton. Check out our merch! www.stemfatalepodcast.com/merch Sources Main Story - Hertha Ayrton “The Life and material culture of Hertha Marks Ayrton (1854-1923): suffragette, physicist, mathematician, and inventor” by Elizabeth Bruton. Science Museum Group Journal. Autumn 2018, Issue 10. http://dx.doi.org/10.15180/181002 “Meet Hertha Ayrton, the mathematician w...
Come play with us! Emma and Emlyn quiz each other about the 24 women of STEMmas we have covered in our podcast so far! How many questions can you answer?? Sources Music “Mary Anning” by Artichoke “No Copyright Music: Christmas Instrumentals” by Heroboard: Music for Creators https://youtu.be/dYyPTy6425U
Alternate Title: Sex Cells Emma tells Emlyn about the geneticist Dr. Nettie Maria Stevens, who was one of the first scientists to discover sex determination by chromosomes. Check out our holiday merch! www.stemfatalepodcast.com/merch Sources Main Story - Nettie Maria Stevens Brush, S. (1978). Nettie M. Stevens and the Discovery of Sex Determination by Chromosomes. Isis, 69(2), 163-172. Retrieved November 23, 2020, from http://www.jstor.org/stable/230427 Ogilvie, M., & Choquette, C. (1981). N...
Alternate Title: La Flesche and Blood Emlyn tells Emma about Dr. Susan La Flesche Picotte, the first Native American physician, who used her training and expertise to campaign for social reform and health care in her Omaha community. Learn more about us and other women in science at our website www.stemfatalepodcast.com And order some holiday merch here! https://www.stemfatalepodcast.com/merch Sources Main Story - Dr. Susan La Flesche Picotte “The Incredible Legacy of Susan La Flesche, The First...
Alternate Title: In a Nutshell Emma tells Emlyn all about the designer of the Nutshell Studies of Unexplained Death, Captain Frances Glessner Lee, who was incredibly influential in the development of early forensic science in the United States. Learn more about us and other women in science at our website www.stemfatalepodcast.com Sources Main Story - Frances Glessner Lee Melinek, Judy, and Goldfarb, Bruce. 18 Tiny Deaths: The Untold Story of Frances Glessner Lee and the Invention of Modern Fore...
Alternate Title: An Enigmatic Woman Emlyn tells Emma about the cryptanalyst and numismatist Joan Clarke, who worked as a codebreaker for the British army during WWII. Learn more about us and other women in science at our website www.stemfatalepodcast.com Sources Main Story - Joan Clarke “Joan Clarke, woman who cracked Enigma cyphers with Alan Turing” by Joe Miller , BBC News. https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-29840653 “100 years ago: Joan Clarke” by American Mathematical Society. https://www.a...
Alternate Title: Receive One's Compliment Emma tells Emlyn about Xia Peisu, a key founder of China’s electronic computing industry. Learn more about us and other women in science at our website www.stemfatalepodcast.com Sources Main Story - Xia Peisu Benavente, Rocío P. “Xia Peisu, the Chinese mother of computing.” Mujeres con Ciencia. 2020. https://mujeresconciencia.com/2020/05/14/xia-peisu-la-madre-china-de-la-computacion/ McNeil, Leila. “The computer pioneer who built modern China.” BBC Futur...
Alternate Title: Math Pretzel Emlyn tells Emma about the amazing mathematician and Fields Medal Winner, Dr. Maryam Mirzakhani. Learn more about us and other women in science at our website www.stemfatalepodcast.com Sources Main Story - Maryam Mirzakhani “STEM HISTORY - Maryam Mirzakhani” by STEMulus. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YAorhUrYO6c “Meet the First Woman to Win Math's Most Prestigious Prize “ by Erica Klarreich. https://www.wired.com/2014/08/maryam-mirzakhani-fields-medal/ Maryam Mirz...
Alternate Title: A TREE-mendous Life Emma tells Emlyn about Dr. Wangari Muta Maathai, the environmentalist, activist, and Nobel Peace Prize winner who founded the grassroots tree-planting campaign, the Greenbelt Movement. Learn more about us and other women in science at our website www.stemfatalepodcast.com Sources Main Story - Wangari Maathai The Green Belt Movement Maathai, Wangari, Unbowed: a Memoir. William Heinemann, London, 2007. Wangari Maathai – Biographical. NobelPrize.org. Nobel Media...
Alternate Title: Hollywood and Giant Sloths Emlyn tells Emma about the pioneering Abenaki archeologist and anthropologist, Bertha Parker, and Emma tells Emlyn about glaciers on Mars! Learn more about us and other women in science at our website www.stemfatalepodcast.com Sources Main Story - Bertha Parker Marranzino, Ashley. “Bertha Parker, the trailblazing first Indigenous North American archaeologist, taught herself how to excavate a site.” Massive Science. https://massivesci.com/articles/berth...
Alternate Title: COALescence Emma tells Emlyn about Dr. Kono Yasui, an expert plant cytologist and the first woman to receive a doctorate of science in Japan. Learn more about us and other women in science at our website www.stemfatalepodcast.com Sources Main Story - Kono Yasui McNeill, Leila. “How a Pioneering Botanist Broke Down Japan’s Gender Barriers.” Smithsonian Magazine. 2017. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/how-pioneering-botanist-broke-down-japans-gender-barriers-180967595...
Alternate Title: Carpe Diem Emlyn tells Emma about the legendary botanist, Dr. Marie Clark Taylor, the first African American woman to receive a PhD in botany. Dr. Taylor was not only a top researcher in her field of photomorphogenesis, but she spent much of her career training science teachers in innovative teaching methods that involved the use of plants. Learn more about us and other women in science at our website www.stemfatalepodcast.com Sources Main Story - Marie Clark Taylor “Women of Fi...
Alternate Title: Changing Behavior Emma tells Emlyn about Martha Bernal, a clinical child psychologist and pioneer in the study of ethnic minority psychology. Learn more about us and other women in science at our website www.stemfatalepodcast.com Sources Main Story - Martha Bernal George, M. (2012). Profile of Martha Bernal.In A. Rutherford (Ed.), Psychology's Feminist Voices Multimedia Internet Archive. http://www.feministvoices.com/martha-bernal/ O'Connell, Agnes N & Russo, Nancy Felipe, 1...
Alternate Title: Figuring It Out Emlyn tells Emma all about Katherine Johnson, the mathematician whose complex calculations of orbital mechanics were essential for sending astronauts safely into space. Learn more about us and other women in science at our website www.stemfatalepodcast.com Sources Main Story - Katherine Johnson “Katherine Johnson, NASA Mathematician And An Inspiration For 'Hidden Figures,' Dies” by Russell Lewis, NPR: https://www.npr.org/2020/02/24/517784975/katherine-johnson-nas...
