Women in STEM

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