This 1849 poem👇 by Sarah Hall was published the year prior to the first female members of the American Association for the Advancement of Science - astronomer Maria Mitchell, entomologist Margaretta Morris, and science educator Almira Hart Lincoln Phelps - being accepted. 🧪 #womeninSTEM #HistSci

Three of my favorite things.🔭🚀🐈‍⬛
#WomanAstro
#WomeninSTEM
#WomeninScience

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

Scientists have just mapped all the nerves of the clitoris for the first time | BBC Science Focus Magazine Researchers hope their new study will act as the “starting point of clitoris science” and help us better understand female sexual organs.

Puzzled men ask - "what's a clitoris?"

#science #WomenInSTEM #Women

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Announcement of Breaking Barriers in Stem conference for women in stem

Reminding #WomenInStem of all career stages of this conference at UCLA this weekend 🧪

I wanted to create this project because these stories deserved to be told. I think you'll agree. a.co/d/0gDZKOhN #TechComm #WomenInSTEM #WomensHistory

Sollte es uns nicht zu denken geben, wenn man ausgerechnet in der Wissenschaft nicht offen über Ausstieg sprechen kann? Wen schützt dieses Schweigen? Fakten: Über 80 % sind befristet. #FirstGen #WomenInSTEM #LGBTQ kämpfen zusätzlich. Es gibt zu wenig Stellen, Politik sparen Unis kaputt. #IchBinHanna

Call for Applications: FemFirst Lab | IT for Change IT for Change, with support from the International Development Research Centre and the Center for Global Digital Justice, invites applications f

What you'll get: funding, 12 months of mentorship on feminist ethics, and an opportunity for peer networking and wider engagement.

Application deadline: 15 May 2026

For more information on how to apply, head to lnk.itforchange.net/femfirstlab

#WomeninAI #WomeninSTEM #Grants
#Incubator #startups

How Science Policy Shapes Women’s Science Careers • April 23 at 1 p.m. ET • Dr. Julia Omotade • Explore how science policy can be used as an intervention to improve the representation of women in scientific disciplines.

Join Dr. Julia Omotade on April 23 at 1 p.m. ET to examine how broader policy shifts connect to everyday professional realities and discuss why policy literacy matters for scientists at every career stage. awis.org/how-policy-decisions-sha... #WomenInSTEM

Congratulations, #WomanAstro! 🔭🎉
#WomeninSTEM
#WomeninScience

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 Burn List: A Memoir of Abuse from Home to Higher Education A professor's hand around her throat, and his words, "one way or another, I'll find you," kept her silent. Shackled with student debt and fleeing her abusive family, Julie Cruse had no defense against a hunter. So she fled ... her degree first, then her career, then the long, airless years after. Decades later, tired of running, Cruse has one option left; to put her records in public view: The Burn List: A Memoir of Abuse from Home to Higher Education. --- The Burn List follows Julie Cruse from an abusive childhood into two decades of escalating academic exploitation, where her vulnerability made her a target. Across seven universities, male faculty groomed, harassed, and ultimately retaliated against her, beginning in undergrad and ending with her forced exit from a PhD program-and her career. Based on documented communications, The Burn List reveals how unchecked power in academia can enable abuse and create conditions that resemble human trafficking. The Burn List is not just one story. It's a lightning rod, and it arrives at a pivotal cultural moment, as Title VII and Title IX failures dominate headlines. In a time when survivors demand accountability, The Burn List sets fire to silence-and hands readers the match. Visit AcademicAbuse.com, where Cruse extends this survivor-led movement and tracks misconduct in higher education.

If you were intrigued by what you heard, here's where you can get the full story:

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🪜 🎓 📜 🍎 ♀️ #PhDSky #Blackademia #AcademicChatter #AcademicSky #MeToo #HigherEd #PhDChat #WomenInStem

THE BURN LIST: THE CONSEQUENCES OF PRIORITIZING POWER OVER PEOPLE and THE MIDWEST INNOCENCE PROJECT (MIP) IS MARKING A SIGNIFICANT MILESTONE Host Terri Wilke will speak with Julie Cruse, a writer, advocate, and former academic working to expose and dismantle abuse in higher education. Cruse has become a leading voice for survivors navigating academic systems that too often protect institutions over people. She is the founder of AcademicAbuse.com, a survivor-led platform that documents abuse of power in universities and provides resources for both faculty and students navigating trauma and seeking justice. Cruse’s advocacy is grounded in the belief that academic abuse is a systemic problem tied to unchecked authority and weak enforcement of Title VII and Title IX protections. Through her work, she connects individual stories to broader labor and social justice issues, showing how abuse is allowed to persist inside institutions tasked with advancing the public good and teaching the next generation. Her book, The Burn List, A Memoir of Abuse from Home to Higher Education is based on the testimonies of survivors. It traces how academic exploitation unfolds over time and why existing reporting mechanisms so often fail.

Thanks KKFI 90.1 FM for the interview! We talked about #AcademicAbuse and my debut book, The Burn List: A Memoir of Abuse from Home to Higher Education.

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🪜 🎓 📜 🍎 ♀️ #PhDSky #Blackademia #AcademicChatter #AcademicSky #MeToo #HigherEd #PhDChat #WomenInStem

A vibrant color studio portrait of Carolyn Widney Greider, the American molecular biologist and Nobel laureate who discovered the enzyme telomerase and shared the 2009 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for revealing how chromosomes are protected from shortening during cell division. In this warm, professional head-and-shoulders photograph, she faces the camera directly with a bright, genuine smile that reveals her teeth and lights up her eyes, conveying warmth, intelligence, and quiet confidence. Her shoulder-length, wavy blonde hair frames her face softly. She wears a bright turquoise ribbed knit cardigan with a draped collar over a black top, accented by small blue stud earrings. The background is a soft, out-of-focus gradient of blues and greens that keeps the focus entirely on her approachable presence. The overall composition is clean and intimate. The mood is one of joyful accomplishment and scientific dedication, powerfully symbolizing Greider’s groundbreaking contributions to molecular biology, our understanding of aging, cancer, and cellular immortality, and her role as a trailblazing woman in STEM.

Molecular biologist Carolyn Greider was born #OTD in 1961.

She shared the 2009 #Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for the discovery of the enzyme telomerase & how chromosomes are protected by telomeres. This has 𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘶𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘭 implications for the fields of #aging and #cancer research. #WomenInSTEM

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 🧪

Good Morning! On this day, (Wednesday) April 15 in 1926 Norma Merrick Sklarek was born. She was the first Black woman to pass her license exam to officially become an architect in both New York and California. She has been called the “Rosa Parks of architecture.” #Herstory #WomeninSTEM 🧪

#authentic #EmpoweredAction #gshcounseling #aging #diversity #hope #gratitude #WomenInSTEM #WomenInTech #thistechlife #mhintech #techwomenstribe #technology #thispetlife @gshcounseling #petlossandgrief #parentingautism #parentingautismhelp

PDF guide mindful scientific writing This free PDF guide will give you a new perspective on scientific writing. It includes tips to set up the right environment, mindset, and schedule, so you can write!

Writing is key to thriving in academia. You need to finish that backlog of papers to secure your postdoc, tenure, or grant—but finding time to write is still so hard. 😱 Get my FREE guide 👇🏼 to write more mindfully! 🥰 buff.ly/lUDxQb0 #AcademicSky #ECRchat #WomeninSTEM #AcWri #Postdoc #NewPI

Elisabeth Hevelius Was Not the Editor My Dearest Wife: The Astronomer They Buried in the Dedication

History called her the dutiful wife. The primary record calls her something else.
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#math #mathchat #problemsolving #mathresource #edresouce #WomeninMath #WomenInSTEM

Agnes Ullman as a woung woman in B&W snapshot #WomenInSTEM

Agnes Ullmann Hungarian-French microbiologist, worked @ National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) & Pasteur Institute. Pioneer in understanding regulation of gene expression in operon systems. 1 of 72 #WomenInSTEM to be added to Eiffel Tower. b. #OTD 14 Apr 1927 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agnes_U...

The #PWHL deserves more positive attention like this.

#PrimeMinisterCarney and Liberals 🍁support:

#WomeninSports
#WomeninStem
#WomeninCabinet

More work to be done to achieve equity, but better than going backwards like #MAGA & #MapleMAGA politicians are attempting.

#WomanAstro 🔭
#WomeninSTEM
#WomeninScience

Happy Girls' Day in The Netherlands! #WomenInSTEM

Space mystery researchers secure £4m funding Northumbria University will study radiation which affects GPS navigation and weather forecasting.

The radiation belt environment has remained "frustratingly unpredictable" despite Nasa missions to understand it, lead researcher Prof Clare Watt said. #womeninstem www.yahoo.com/news/article...

Overlooked Stories, Vital Contributions: Reclaiming Women’s Place in the History of Quantum Physics Patrick Charbonneau, professor of Physics, came across Elizabeth Monroe Boggs by accident.

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#diversity #gshcounseling #gshcounseling #pets #petlossandgrief #parentingautism #parentingautismhelp #WomenInSTEM #WomenInTech

A well‑deserved role. Follow her work and welcome, Dr. @alexalvergne.bsky.social ! 👏 #EHBEA #Evolution #WomenInSTEM #PublicHealth

From Materials to Medical Imaging, Fonseca’s Work Shapes the Future of Innovation Carnegie Mellon Professor Irene Fonseca earned a AAAS fellowship for her work in mathematical sciences.

Professor Irene Fonseca uses abstract math to drive real‑world impact, from advanced materials to computer vision. Her work in mathematics has laid the groundwork for breakthroughs in engineering, physics and beyond. #WomeninSTEM #MathSky
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A two-panel black-and-white photographic montage of Annie Scott Dill Maunder (née Russell; 1868–1947), the pioneering Irish-British astronomer, mathematician, and astrophotographer who became one of the first women hired at the Royal Observatory Greenwich. On the left, she sits formally at a wooden table in a studio setting, wearing a dark, high-necked dress with delicate lace sleeves, a long beaded necklace, and round eyeglasses. Her short light hair frames a calm, intelligent face as she gazes directly at the camera with quiet authority, one hand resting on an open book. On the right is a historical image of the large Dallmeyer photoheliograph solar telescope she used daily — a substantial instrument mounted on a sturdy tripod outdoors against a building. The side-by-side composition pairs the scholar with her groundbreaking scientific tool. The overall mood is one of scholarly dedication, precision, and quiet determination. This image powerfully symbolizes Maunder’s trailblazing contributions to solar astronomy: her thousands of sunspot photographs that revealed their movement across the solar surface, her key role in identifying the Maunder Minimum (a 70-year period of low solar activity), and her election as one of the first female Fellows of the Royal Astronomical Society in 1916.

🔭 Astronomer/astrophotographer Annie Maunder (b. #OTD 1868):

+ 1 of the first women hired at Royal Observatory Greenwich
+ Pioneered solar photography & captured the movement of sunspots across the Sun
+ 1 of the first female Fellows of the Royal Astronomical Society, 1916. #WomenInSTEM #AstroSky