Cecilia Berdichevsky using "Clementina" 1st Ferranti Mercury computer

Cecilia Berdichevsky #Polish #Argentinian computer scientist. 1961 began using "Clementina" 1st Ferranti Mercury computer in country. Post 1966 coup, she combined accountancy knowledge with computing to run bank computers. b. #OTD 30 Mar 1925 in #Vilnius en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cecilia... #WHM25 #WHM

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There's just a few days left to snap up something from our #WHM25 sale 😱 💜

Whether you've had your eye on one of our new non-fiction books, or you're after the latest research in Women's History, there's something for you on the list: tinyurl.com/3w4z44v8

Get 40% off with WHM40 at checkout 🛒

Happy to be highlighted in @manchesterup.bsky.social’s #WHM25 list of best-selling titles in the Gender in History series. A fabulous, rich series all-round, whose titles I draw from regularly.

Before #WHM25 comes to a close, it's time for a series spotlight 🚨⬇️

Gender in History is one of our acclaimed Modern History series - edited by:

@lynncabrams.bsky.social
@cordeliabeattie.bsky.social
@migrationhistorian.bsky.social
@juliehardwick.bsky.social

A dream team of Women's History! 💜

Thank you to everyone who took the time to attend our Women's History Month Free Films over the last couple weeks.

We received some incredible feedback, including the following:

If you have any feedback in regards to our WHM Films, please send us a DM.

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Myrlie Evers Williams

3/17/1933 — b. Myrlie Evers-Williams, American public/gov official, journalist, author, civil rights activist. Chair of the NAACP; sought justice for the murder of her husband/civil rights icon, Medgar Evers. Wrote books on #civilrights and her husband’s legacy #WomensHistoryMonth #OTD #WHM25

3/11/1869 — b. Beatrice Winser, American librarian, educator, museum director. Pioneer leader in education and the visual arts. President, NJ Library Assn; 2nd vice-pres, American #Library Assn; director, Newark Public Library (1929); director, Newark Museum (1929-47) #WomensHistoryMonth #WHM25 #OTD

Mrs Ying Hsi Yuan in 1944 photo

Mrs Ying Hsi Yuan #Chinese #CivilEngineer 1930s trained #Peiping (Beijing) worked in bridge design in China b4 postgrad degree @liverpooluni.bsky.social 1940s. Attended UK Womens Engineering Soc's 1944 conference & joined organisation. Later worked in #architecture in #HongKong #WHM25 #WomenInSTEM

Louise Bazalgette in very early car

Louise Bazalgette early UK motorist. Present at1896 Emancipation Run when car owners celebrated being able to exceed 4 mph. Widely reported as woman who was making long trips in car. Only woman to enter 1900 3 week long Thousand Mile Trial. d. #OTD 9 Mar 1918 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louise_... #WHM25

Susan Mary Christie in B&W photo cropped from a group shot

Susan Mary Auld 1st woman to graduate as #navalarchitect from @durhamuniversity.bsky.social Worked @ Swan Hunter shipyards in 1930/40s designing warships & landing craft for Allied troops on D-Day in France in 1944 & later on passenger ships d #OTD 9 Mar 2002 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susan_M... #WHM25

Female Symbols artwork by 'Alpha Kitty' for 2025 International Women's Day | ©2021 Alpha Kitty, Ltd.

3/19/1911 • The first #InternationalWomensDay is launched by German labor activist Clara Zetkin

3/8/1913 • International Women’s Day is transferred to March 8th, and has remained the official global date to celebrate IWD since that year #WomensHistoryMonth #womenshistory #IWD2025 #WHM25 #HERstory

Female Symbol artwork by 'Alpha Kitty' for 2025 International Women's Day | ©2021 Alpha Kitty, Ltd.

The Correct Historical Timeline of #IWD25

#InternationalWomensDay is first observed and launched on March 19, 1911, NOT March 8, 1911 • Official day changed to Mar 8 in 1913

2/28/1909 • National Woman’s Day is first observed in the US in accordance w/ Socialist Party of America declaration #WHM25

Ira Rischowski in middle age, B&W photo,

Ira Rischowski 1919 1st woman #electricalengineering student at #TUDarmstadt #Germany. 1936 #refugee to UK via #Prague to escape persecution after Nazi arrest, did domestic work b4 returning to engineering. 1939 joined Women's Eng Soc. Interned @ #Rushen camp #WWII #WHM25 bit.ly/2V5w4pE #WomenInSTEM

RedHawk honors, supports and sends our thanks to all of the women who work so very hard to make society better, for all of us.

#WomensHistoryMonth #WHM25 #WHM #March #Chicago #USA #RedHawk

Fances Spence in 1980s

Frances V. Spence (née Bilas) 1 of original women 'Computers' or programmers for #ENIAC the 1st electronic digital computer. Its computational development was led by team of 6 women. She is considered 1 of 1st computer programmers in world b. #OTD Mar 2 1922 #WHM25 bit.ly/37PgCnS #WomenInSTEM