Women in STEM
Women in STEM: Caroline Herschel
Newsroom Back to List of Articles The KC Tech Council, in partnership with Linda Hall Library, is proud to bring to you a series highlighting women in STEM throughout history. Caroline Herschel (1750-1848) As contributed by Lisa M. Browar, President, Linda Hall Library Caroline Herschel was a German-born musician who later worked with her elder…
Read MoreWomen in STEM: Dr. Myriam Sarachik
Newsroom Back to List of Articles The KC Tech Council, in partnership with Linda Hall Library, is proud to bring to you a series highlighting women in STEM throughout history. Photo Credits: Calla Kessler for The New York Times Dr. Myriam Sarachik (1933 – 2021) Dr. Myriam Sarachik, an experimental physicist who provided the first…
Read MoreWomen in STEM: Shirley McBay
Newsroom Back to List of Articles The KC Tech Council, in partnership with Linda Hall Library, is proud to bring to you a series highlighting women in STEM throughout history. Photo Credits: Spelman College Archival Collection Shirley McBay (1935 – 2021) Pioneering mathematician Shirley McBay was the first Black student to receive a doctorate from…
Read MoreWomen in STEM: Vera Rubin
Newsroom Back to List of Articles The KC Tech Council, in partnership with Linda Hall Library, is proud to bring to you a series highlighting women in STEM throughout history. Photo Credit: Archives & Special Collections, Vassar College Library Vera Rubin (1928 – 2016) Vera Rubin was an American astronomer whose pioneering work provided some…
Read MoreWomen In STEM: Eunice Newton Foote
Newsroom Back to List of Articles The KC Tech Council, in partnership with Linda Hall Library, is proud to bring to you a series highlighting women in STEM throughout history. Eunice Newton Foote, 1819-1888 Eunice Newton Foote discovered carbon dioxide’s ability to absorb heat and theorized that if the Earth’s air filled with more CO2,…
Read MoreWomen In STEM: Rosalind Franklin & Ada Lovelace
Newsroom Back to List of Articles The KC Tech Council, in partnership with Linda Hall Library, is proud to release a brand new series highlighting women in STEM throughout history. Ada Lovelace, 1815-1852 The only child of poet Lord Byron and Lady Byron, Augusta Ada King, Countess of Lovelace was a mathematician and writer, chiefly…
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