Introductions Necessary

March 1st is the anniversary of the founding of Yellowstone, the world’s first national park. And its first female ranger was Isabel Bassett Wasson. Join us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ninehourfilms

February 29th is Rare Disease Day, and today we’re featuring a scientist with a rare perspective on a rare disease: Dr. Laura Manuelidis. Image Courtesy of Yale School of Medicine. Join us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ninehourfilms

Many of the films honored with Oscars throughout the years owe the beauty of their moving images to research scientist Katharine Burr Blodgett. Image: Smithsonian Institution Join us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ninehourfilms

Dr. Kimberlee Beckmen has her dream job as a wildlife veterinarian for the Alaska Department of Fish and Game. Image: Wikimedia Join us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ninehourfilms

The first female ranger-naturalist at the Grand Canyon, Pauline Mead Patraw, fell in love with the Canyon on a school trip when she was studying botany. Image: Wikimedia (CC BY-SA 2.0 DEED) Join us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ninehourfilms

Chemist Ida Tacke Noddack was the first woman in Germany to hold a professional position as a chemist, and helped discover the element rhenium. Image: She Thought It Join us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ninehourfilms

The first female president of the International Astronomical Union, Catherine Cesarsky, earned this position with a distinguished career in several areas of modern physics. Image: Wikimedia (CC BY-SA 2.0 DEED) Join us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ninehourfilms

When the first women-only team led the Mars Exploration Rovers for a day, Dr. Barbara Cohen was the leader of that team. Image: Wikimedia Join us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ninehourfilms

The history of the ENIAC is filled with the contributions of the earliest women programmers, including Gloria Gordon Bolotsky. Image: U.S. Army Join us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ninehourfilms

When the ENIAC was created, someone had to write the world’s first computer’s operating manual. Adele Goldstine was up to the task. Image: Wikimedia Join us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ninehourfilms

Ruth Teitelbaum not only was one of the first computer programmers, but also one of the first programming teachers, passing on her knowledge to another generation. Image: Wikimedia Join us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ninehourfilms

Frances Spence had already started a teaching career when she started to work for the Army as a “computer,” and then she made history as an ENIAC programmer. Image: Wikimedia Join us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ninehourfilms

Marlyn Wescoff Meltzer was one of the women who helped invent computer programming through their work on the ENIAC. Image: Wikimedia Join us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ninehourfilms

Betty Holberton studied journalism, but during WWII she became one of the first computer programmers, working on the ENIAC. Image: Wikimedia Join us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ninehourfilms

This week we’re honoring the women who created computer programming, and today’s episode features Jean Jennings Bartik. Image: Wikimedia Join us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ninehourfilms

On February 15, 1946 the ENIAC was formally dedicated. This week we honor the women who programmed the first electronic computer, starting with Kathleen Antonelli. Image: Wikimedia Join us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ninehourfilms

February 14 is Valentine’s Day: a day associated with tending the heart. Today, we’ll look at a woman who has studied many factors impacting the human heart: Marie Maynard Daly. Image: Wikimedia. Join us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ninehourfilms

Meet the spokesperson for LIGO, the organization that just announced they have detected gravitational waves, Gabriela Gonzalez. Image: Wikimedia (CC BY-SA 2.0 DEED) Join us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ninehourfilms

It’s International Darwin Day, and today we learn about Dr. Linda Cayot, who worked on conservation in the Galapagos. Image: A. Davey (CC BY 2.0 DEED) Join us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ninehourfilms

Today is the birthday of Beulah Louise Henry, or “Lady Edison,” a woman who earned 49 patents for a wide variety of inventions. Image: Wikimedia. Join us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ninehourfilms

Today, we’d like you to meet Edith Clarke, the first woman to be hired as an electrical engineer in the U.S. Image: Wikimedia. Join us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ninehourfilms

Peggy Whitson always wanted to be an astronaut and she achieved her dream, becoming the first woman to command the ISS. Image: NASA. Join us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ninehourfilms

Meet Dr. Katherine Freese, an astrophysicist studying dark matter and dark energy. Image: TEDxVienna (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 DEED) Join us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ninehourfilms

There’s plenty of science on display at the Super Bowl, and Ainissa Ramirez is able to tell you all about it. Image: TED (CC BY-NC 2.0 DEED) Join Us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ninehourfilms

Jedidah Isler wanted to study the stars since she was first gifted a telescope at age 12, now she’s an astrophysicist. Image: NASA (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 Deed ) Join us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ninehourfilms