️Dr. Patricia Bath was the first black woman to complete a residency in ophthalmology and the first black woman doctor to receive a patent for a medical invention. Patricia’s patent…
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#TBT with Dorothy Hall Brophy
Dorothy Hall Brophy was the first woman to receive a Bachelor’s Degree in Chemical Engineering at the University of Michigan in 1918. Dorothy went on to earn her PhD in…
#WCW with Jasmine Lawrence
Jasmine Lawrence is an engineer and entrepreneur, currently working as the Technical Program Manager on the Blood Donations Team at Facebook connecting potential blood donors on Facebook. Before Facebook, Jasmine…
#WCW with Camille Hearst
Camille Hearst is the CEO and co-founder of Kit, a social network for products. Camille graduated from Stanford before beginning her career at Apple, where she was one of the…
#TBT with Julia Morgan
Julia Morgan was an American engineer and architect who designed hundreds of buildings in California during her career. Julia earned her degree in civil engineering from UC Berkeley at a…
#TechTuesday with Regina Gwynn
Regina Gwynn is the Co-Founder and CEO of TresseNoire, an on-demand hair styling service for women of color. Regina also co-founded Black Women Talk Tech, which is a collective of…
Nora Stanton Blatch
Nora Stanton Blatch (1883-1971) was an American civil engineer, architect, and suffragist. Nora’s mother and grandmother, Harriet Stanton Blatch and Elizabeth Cady Stanton, were both leaders of the women’s rights…
#TBT with Irene Fischer (1907-2009)
Irene Fischer is a pioneer in geoid studies and goedesy – the science of accurately measuring and understanding the earth’s geometric shape, its orientation in space, and its gravity field….
#WCW with Dr. Sara Iverson
Dr. Sara Iverson is the Scientific Director of the Ocean Tracking Network (OTN) and was chosen by Mattel and National Geographic as the role model for their polar marine biologist…
#PopCultureSTEM with entomologist Barbie
National Geographic and Mattel, who makes Barbie, have teamed up and created a collection of Barbie dolls showing women in science, research, and conservation. Entomologist Barbie shows young girls that…
#TBT with Hedy Lamarr (1914-2000)
Hedy Lamarr was an Austrian-American inventor and actress. Hedy pioneered the technology that formed the basis for WiFi, GPS, and Bluetooth communication systems. Hedy was born in Vienna into a…
#TechTuesday with Cynthia Breazeal
Cynthia Breazeal is an Associate Professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), where she is also the head of the Personal Robots group at the MIT Media Lab. Cynthia’s…