The Silenced Women of STEM

Disha and Eva

You've heard of Marie Curie, Rosalind Franklin, and maybe even Katherine Johnson...but what about all the other female scientists whose discoveries and contributions have been lost to history? Welcome to The Silenced Women of STEM, where we bring you stories about the forgotten, original Women in STEM.

  1. Episode 37: Maria Manasseina - Nap Time!!

    Mar 19

    Episode 37: Maria Manasseina - Nap Time!!

    So we’ve all pulled an all nighter before, or stayed up a little too late before having to wake up early. I am currently suffering the consequences of that action. But how important is sleep really, and how does losing it affect how we function? Today we are talking about Maria Manasseina- also known as Marie von manassein, and Marie de Manaceine -, a Russian doctor who was a pioneer in biochemistry and experimental somnology in the second half of the nineteenth century. Sources: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20183211/ https://wineurope.eu/manasseina-2/ https://sruk.org.uk/lack-of-sleep-alcoholic-fermentation-and-other-untold-discoveries-by-maria-manasseina/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Manaseina https://lab.gilest.ro/reviews-articles-and-books-etc/some-experimental-observations-on-the-effect-of-total-insomnia/

    18 min
  2. Episode 36: The Women Behind the ENIAC

    Mar 11

    Episode 36: The Women Behind the ENIAC

    Computers originally actually referred to a person, a computator…a person who does computations… a computer. Today, we will be talking about the female human computers who programmed the world’s first digital computer. Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ENIAC https://www.computer.org/volunteering/awards/pioneer/about-women-of-eniac https://courses.cs.washington.edu/courses/csep590a/06au/readings/00511940-frist.pdf

    19 min
  3. 35: Dora Richardson - The Woman behind the Man of Breast Cancer

    Mar 4

    35: Dora Richardson - The Woman behind the Man of Breast Cancer

    Today’s episode speaks of a woman who created a brand new drug that went through clinical testing almost entirely in secret in order to become one of today’s very popular treatments of breast cancer. Oh, and the worst part is...a man took all her research and never credited her. Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dora_Richardson https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/dora-richardson-took-her-research-underground-to-develop-lifesaving/ https://awis.org/historical-women/dora-richardson-phd/ https://oncodaily.com/insight/dora-richardson-197423 https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/treatments/9785-tamoxifen

    18 min
  4. 34: Clara Barton - Angel of the Battlefield

    Mar 4

    34: Clara Barton - Angel of the Battlefield

    Today we're talking about an angel of life, actually an angel of the battlefield to be specific, a one Miss Clara Barton, founder of the American Red Cross. Sources: https://www.thenmusa.org/biographies/clara-barton/ https://www.womenshistory.org/education-resources/biographies/clara-barton https://www.redcross.org/content/dam/redcross/enterprise-assets/about-us/history/history-clara-barton-v5-4-19-23.pdf https://clarabartonmuseum.org/bio/ https://www.clarabartonbirthplace.org/claras-life/ https://www.britannica.com/topic/phrenology

    18 min
  5. Episode 33: Gisella Perl - The Gynecologist of Auschwitz

    Feb 19

    Episode 33: Gisella Perl - The Gynecologist of Auschwitz

    Giselle Perl, a Hungarian Jewish gynecologist who was imprisoned in Auschwitz and forced to be a doctor there while simultaneously being a prisoner. This is her story. Sources: https://mjhnyc.org/events/a-jewish-doctor-in-auschwitz-gisella-perl/ https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20200526-dr-gisella-perl-the-auschwitz-doctor-who-saved-lives https://www.jewishbookcouncil.org/pb-daily/gisella-perl-and-our-haunted-present https://www.whisc.center/Gisella-Perl https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6115479/ https://www.auschwitz.org/en/history/auschwitz-iii/ig-farben https://www.theholocaustexplained.org/the-camps/case-study-auschwitz-birkenau/

    31 min
  6. Episode 32: Debi Thomas - A girl can do both!

    Feb 15

    Episode 32: Debi Thomas - A girl can do both!

    I have been seeing videos of people whose parents sold everything they had to send their child to the olympics, and even with full adult olympians how they work 6+ jobs to afford their sport or struggle to make rent. So today we are discussing Debi Thomas, a story of dedication, hard work, a fall from grace, and now hopefully a comeback story…and if you thought we forgot the STEM part…don’t worry, we didn’t. Sources: https://www.olympics.com/en/athletes/debra-thomas https://aaregistry.org/story/debi-thomas-olympic-skater-and-surgeon/ https://www.encyclopedia.com/education/news-wires-white-papers-and-books/thomas-debi-1967 https://www.theroot.com/the-heartbreaking-fall-of-debi-thomas-from-olympic-sta-2000088488/slides/3 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Debi_Thomas

    23 min
  7. Episode 31: Sophie Scholl - Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere

    Feb 4

    Episode 31: Sophie Scholl - Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere

    What would you do if you lived in Nazi Germany and knew what the government stood for, but speaking out could cost you your life? Would you stay silent, or would you dare to resist? Most people chose survival. Sophie Scholl did not. As a young university student, Sophie openly opposed the Nazi regime through her involvement in the White Rose resistance movement, using words and ideas as weapons against oppression. Her story forces us to confront an uncomfortable question: when faced with injustice, how much courage are we truly willing to show? Sources: https://whiteroseinternational.com/sophie-scholl-and-the-white-rose/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sophie_Scholl https://mjhnyc.org/blog/remembering-resistance-sophie-scholl-and-the-white-rose/

    29 min
  8. Episode 30: Louise Bourgeois Boursier - Why have a car when you can have a car factory...this is not about cars

    Jan 18

    Episode 30: Louise Bourgeois Boursier - Why have a car when you can have a car factory...this is not about cars

    Today's epidsode is about Louise Bourgeois Boursier! A royal midwife and the first woman to write an obstetrics textbook! Sources: https://www.ebsco.com/research-starters/history/louyse-bourgeois https://fn.bmj.com/content/89/2/F185 https://becker.wustl.edu/news/louise-bourgeois-and-the-first-obstetrics-book-published-by-a-woman/ https://hekint.org/2020/01/28/the-barber-surgeons-their-history-over-the-centuries/ https://www.sciencefocus.com/science/why-was-the-chainsaw-invented https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/12345-umbilical-cord-prolapse https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/0091218281901415 https://barbersurgeonsguild.com/magazine/history-barber-surgeon/

    22 min
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You've heard of Marie Curie, Rosalind Franklin, and maybe even Katherine Johnson...but what about all the other female scientists whose discoveries and contributions have been lost to history? Welcome to The Silenced Women of STEM, where we bring you stories about the forgotten, original Women in STEM.

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