Episode 009 - Louise Pearce | Pathologist

Alternate title: 125 Syphilis Rabbits

Emlyn tells Emma about the queer scientist who helped develop treatments for African Sleeping Sickness and Syphilis, Dr. Louise Pearce, and Emma tells Emlyn about the organizations 500 Women Scientists and 500 Queer Scientists!

Sources

Main Story -  Louise Pearce

1. Chung, K., 1943. (2010). Women pioneers of medical research: Biographies of 25 outstanding scientists. Jefferson, N.C: McFarland.
2. https://greenwichvillagehistory.wordpress.com/tag/heterodoxy/

Further reading: Schwarz, J. (1982). Radical feminists of Heterodoxy : Greenwich Village, 1912-1940. Lebanon, N.H.: New Victoria Publishers.

Women who werk

500 Women Scientists has coordinated a ton of cool projects in the last two years that aim to increase visibility and inclusivity of minorities in STEM. Check out their organization and projects, or find a local chapter here: https://500womenscientists.org/

You can also support this month’s new offshoot campaign, 500 Queer Scientists by sharing it and posting about it on your own social media, and by following their Twitter (@500QueerSci) and Instagram (@500QueerScientists). Or you can submit your own story at: https://www.500queerscientists.com/