Mary Phelps Jacob standing with dog

4/20/1891 — b. Mary Phelps Jacob, American inventor, author, poet, publisher,arts patron, philanthropist. She was awarded the first patent for what is now considered the modern bra, she did not invent the first brassiere #womenshistory #WomenInSTEM #InventorSky #SciSky #HistSci #IP #fashion #patents

Meet the Women in STEM Taking Top Roles in NASA’s Artemis Moon Missions A new generation of Black women scientists, engineers, and leaders is playing a defining role in NASA Artemis Program, the United States’… The post Meet the Women in STEM Taking Top Roles in NASA’s Artemis Moon Missions appeared first on Shine My Crown.

Meet the Women in STEM Taking Top Roles in NASA’s Artemis Moon Missions: A new generation of Black women scientists, engineers, and leaders is playing a defining role in NASA Artemis Program, the United States’…


The post Meet… #WomenInSTEM #NASA #ArtemisProgram #BlackWomenInSTEM #WomenInLeadership

Jerrie Mock standing in front of her "Spirit of Columbus" Cessna 180 plane that she used to fly solo around the world

4/17/1964 — Jerrie Mock, American aviator, becomes the first woman to fly solo around the world. At age 38, she flew a single engine Cessna 180 which she named “Spirit of Columbus”; the 23k mile, 29 day flight started and ended in Columbus, #Ohio. #womenshistory #WomenInSTEM #aviation #AvGeeks #OTD

Mary Eliza Mahoney

4/16/1845 — b. Mary Eliza Mahoney, American nurse, civil rights activist, African-American medical pioneer. The first Af-Am registered/professional nurse; active organizer among blk nurses. Co-founder, Natl Assn of Colored Graduate Nurses(1908) #womenshistory #WomenInSTEM #NurseSky #HistNursing #woc

Las Mujeres Hackers que Reescribieron el Código de la Historia Olvida el cliché del hacker encapuchado. Descubre la historia de 10 mujeres hackers que moldearon la ciberseguridad y el mundo digital.

10 mujeres hackers que reescribieron el código de la historia esgeeks.com/mujeres-hack... vía @eztabai.bsky.social

#WomenInSTEM

Projet architectural de Stéphen Sauvestre. The drawing includes: The central elevation of the tower (300 metres tall) Notre-Dame de Paris drawn to scale on the left for height comparison The Arc de Triomphe on the right, also to scale A table on the left listing the heights of famous monuments compared to the proposed tower Notes on the right listing the tower's intended uses — meteorological observatory, aeronautical observation, strategic communications, optical telegraph, electric lighthouse, and public access at 300m https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tour_Eiffel#/media/Fichier:Projet_Sauvestre_Eiffel.jpg

Eiffel Tower to gain symmetry with addition of women’s names

by Toni Feder

physicstoday.aip.org/news/eiffel-...

A brochure with information about each of the women scientists is available here:
www.femmesetsciences.fr/_files/ugd/1...

#womeninstem

Mina Benson Hubbard seated on a log in the woods | 1905

4/15/1870 — b. Mina Benson Hubbard, Canadian explorer, cartographer, surveyor, nurse, teacher, author. The first white woman to travel+ex­plore the back-coun­try of Labrador; the first the accurately map the Naskaupi & George Rivers (1905) #womenshistory #WomenInSTEM #SciSky #HistSci #NurseSky #maps

The air is full of DNA — here’s what scientists are using it for Airborne genetic material can be used to paint a picture of ecosystem health, watch for invasive species and even identify humans.

I had not heard heard about this article until it appeared last night. Cool. www.nature.com/articles/d41... #eDNA #environmentalDNA #WomeninStem #academicsky 🧪

Photo of Cynthia Irwin-Williams standing and leaning on a tree by Catherine Cameron

4/14/1936 — b. Cynthia Irwin-Williams, American archeologist, author, professor, lecturer. Significant contributor to American #archeology; principle investigator, Peabody/Harvard excavations(1962-66). President, Society for American Archaeology (1977-79) #womenshistory #WomenInSTEM #SciSky #HistSci

Here's EXACTLY What It's Like to Train for Space Travel Including must-know info about getting your period while among the stars.

Can't not re-share this article I wrote for @teenvogue.com back in 2017, when Christina Koch had only been an astronaut for about two years. Spoiler: she's always been incredibly cool and inspiring, what a joy of a human!

#ArtemisII #ChristinaKoch #womeninSTEM #spacestuff

The Iran war disrupts global helium supply and artificial intelligence chipmakers The closure of the Strait of Hormuz has trapped a third of the world’s commercial helium, threatening the irreplaceable coolant that makes MRI scanners and advanced microchips possible

The closure of the Strait of Hormuz has trapped a third of the world’s commercial helium, threatening the irreplaceable coolant that makes MRI scanners and advanced microchips possible

Vesta Stoudt

4/13/1891 — b. Vesta Stoudt, American inventor. Inventor of duct tape. Sent FDR a ltr (1943), identified a problem + offered her tested idea as a solution to seal boxes w/ a tearable waterproof cloth tape. The #War Production Board approved her idea #womenshistory #WomenInSTEM #InventorSky #gov #IP

She Signed Her Name to the Stars The Astronomer History Kept Calling His Wife

She didn’t just publish his work. She expanded it. Her name is on the book. #elisabethahevelius #womeninstem #astronomy open.substack.com/pub/authenti...

The Linoleum Engineer My mother didn’t have a high school degree. She had something better.

My mother didn't have a high school degree. She had something better.

She ran out of a group home at sixteen. Never married. Raised twelve children. And she taught me more about engineering than any university lecture ever did.

#Engineering #LeanManagement #WomenInSTEM #Leadership #Resilience

Ahead of ZSL's 200th Birthday on 29th April, this virtual issue celebrates the scientific work of Joan Procter (1897-1931): Herpetologist, Artist, Designer and ZSL’s Curator of Reptiles and Amphibians - FREE to read jzoblog.wordpress.com/2026/04/10/j... #ZSL200 #womeninSTEM @zslofficial.bsky.social

American Union Army nurse Lucy Higgs Nichols standing among fellow Union Army members

4/10/1838 — b. Lucy Higgs Nichols, American nurse, escaped slave. AKA “Aunt Lucy”; Af-Am #CivilWar nurse for the Union Army. Only wmn to serve w/ 23rd Indiana Regiment during the war; honorary member,Grand Army of the Republic #womenshistory #WomenInSTEM #military #MedSky #NurseSky #HistNursing #woc

Cover page of "A Dictionary of Chemical Solubilities" by Dorothy Hahn and Arthur Comey | 1921

4/9/1876 — b. Dorothy Hahn, American organic chemist, author. Prof of biology, Penn Coll forWmn(1899-06); organic chem prof, MountHolyoke Coll 1908-41). Many publications; co-author, "A Dictionary of Chemical Solubilities: Inorganic(1921) #womenshistory #WomenInSTEM #ChemSky #BioSky #SciSky #HistSci

We're happy that our film, The ethical science of Kathleen Lonsdale, has been nominated for a Webby Award. The film features Dame Maggie Aderin-Pocock and Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell FRS as they explore Lonsdale's life and legacy. Vote for our film now. #WomenInSTEM https://bit.ly/4sWuSCJ

Erna Diez

4/8/1913 — b. Erna Diez, Austrian archeologist, professor, lecturer. Researcher of provincial Roman art in Noricum; head of the Institute of Classical #Archaeology, Univ of Graz(1945); member of the Historical National Commission for Styria (1967) #womenshistory #WomenInSTEM #SciSky #HistSci #EduSky

Vilma Espín in uniform

4/7/1930 — b. Vilma Espín, Cuban chemical engineer, revolutionary fighter, feminist, champion of #womensrights. The most powerful female politician in Cuba; founder, pres, Federation of Cuban Women which promoted wmn’s edu + participation in #gov. #womenshistory #WomenInSTEM #ChemSky #PolSky #EduSky

April = Earth Month + Neurodiversity Month. Both remind us: the world needs every kind of mind to solve what's ahead. 🌍🔬

Girls who see women lead in STEAM don't just dream of a better world — they build one. 💪🏽

#GLAMReadyToLead #GirlsEmpowerment #WomeninSTEM #EarthMonth #NeurodiversityMonth

Microscopic view of dividing cancer cells with text highlighting April as Cancer Control Month and Nancy Brinker’s 2005 Lasker Award for breast cancer awareness.

Lasker Laureate Nancy G. Brinker dramatically increased public awareness of breast cancer. She founded the Susan G. Komen Foundation, which supports research, education, screening, and treatment. #CancerControlMonth #WomeninSTEM

❤️‍🩹🧪Read more: http://ow.ly/zb9r50OrafR

I want to revisit this post as I shine a light on another way there may be a gender-bias and #ageism built into #AI or #LLM s

#WomenInSTEM #WomenWhoCode #WomenInTech

youtu.be/hWdaFQsArAM

Image of a book cover written by Margory Stoneman Douglas, featuring a tree and birds

Margory Stoneman Douglas, conservationist. She is known for her defense of the Everglades against efforts to drain it. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marjory_Stoneman_Douglas #womenInSTEM

Elisabeth Rehn

4/6/1935 — b. Elisabeth Rehn, Finnish economist, #gov official, diplomat. Defense minister of Finland(1990-95), Under-Secretary-General of the UN(1998). Member, Finnish Parliament; parliamentary leader,Swedish Pple’s Party of Finland(1987); member,Euro Parliament #womenshistory #WomenInSTEM #EconSky

Williamina Fleming: Early life and introduction to Edward Pickering

A brief article on Williamina Fleming, co-written by one of the former Harvard research professionals who helped me with my novel about the Scottish-American maid who became an astronomer
www.aip.org/history/will... #WomenInSTEM #Astronomy #astrohistory

Almost 90% of astronauts have been men. But the future of space may be female Women are in many ways ideal astronauts, but the world of space has been designed for men.

Christina Koch is one woman in a crew of four. Only 13% at most of space crew have been women. Women's participation in space industry is on average 20% globally. Why? Patriarchy and misogyny.
#ArtemisII #WomenInSTEM 🧪

Careers don’t appear overnight. This book tells the history of 69 international women who built careers in technical communication. a.co/d/0gDZKOhN

Did you work in engineering when the first "portable" computers arrived? We want to document the reality of being a woman in the lab or the field during those early shifts. Submit your story to Women in Engineering: forms.gle/dnYc1zPex8Gf...

🚨 Christina Koch has officially become the farthest any woman has ever traveled from Earth