Hypatia of Alexandria
As the historian Deakin writes, “The most detailed accounts we have of Hypatia‘s life are the records of her death. We learn more about her death from the primary sources… Read more »
Category: Herstory
Where are all the blue plaques celebrating women?
Blue plaques are found right across Greater London, showing us where important people in history have lived and worked. Over 900 official plaques have been erected across London since the… Read more »
‘Show them what crazy can do’: Serena Williams brilliantly calls out double standards in new ad
The word ‘crazy’ has been given a shakeup In a new Nike ad led by tennis superstar Serena Williams. Source: ‘Show them what crazy can do’: Serena Williams brilliantly calls… Read more »
The deadly truth about a world built for men – from stab vests to car crashes
Crash-test dummies based on the ‘average’ male are just one example of design that forgets about women – and puts lives at risk Source: The deadly truth about a world… Read more »
Women at the Helm
Project Managers Winters, Dodd lead New Horizons and Voyager – Humankind’s Two Most Distant Missions These missions are not only setting records for distant exploration; both have female project managers…. Read more »
The nation-builders we constantly fail to recognise
If it’s late enough in summer that we’ve grown exhausted of complaining about the weather, it must be time to have a few too many beers and start punching We… Read more »
From Chinese spies to award-winning geologists, we’re making women visible on Wikipedia
Just 3,541 Wikipedia editors are considered “very active”, and very few of them are female. But this can change. Source: From Chinese spies to award-winning geologists, we’re making women visible on… Read more »
5 Indigenous women who didn’t get the credit
Natalie Cromb writes for NITV: It is no secret where we —Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women— are placed on the scale of relevance and importance in this country. We… Read more »
Spanish academic gets €1.5m EU grant to rescue ‘women’s writing’
A Spanish academic has embarked on a five-year quest to rescue the works of female writers from the margins of European thought and give them the recognition they have been… Read more »
A Computer of One’s Own
Pioneers of the Computing Age. Source: A Computer of One’s Own – Medium