Ceryl
@politicdormouse.bsky.social
Historian Curator Wikimedian 🤓🏴🇪🇺 🗃️ Hic Sunt Dracones 🐑🍬 “Wiki Medium” ☠️ (you need to be dead before I write about you). History of #WomenInSTEM & other things that catch my interest. Every month is #WomensHistoryMonth here
On rainy day in #Vienna Slawa Dulig complained "Can't they invent a small folding umbrella to be easily carried in a bag?" then invented it herself. Patent issued 1929️, had telescopic handle & folding metal ribs, called ‘Flirt’ 10k sold in 1st yr. b. #OTD 28 Nov 1901 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slawa_D...
November 28, 2025 at 9:40 AM
On rainy day in #Vienna Slawa Dulig complained "Can't they invent a small folding umbrella to be easily carried in a bag?" then invented it herself. Patent issued 1929️, had telescopic handle & folding metal ribs, called ‘Flirt’ 10k sold in 1st yr. b. #OTD 28 Nov 1901 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slawa_D...
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Laura Irasuegi Otal #Basque 'Niños de Rusia' child refugee, 1937 evacuated in #Spanish Civil War from Spain to Soviet Russia. Survived #WWII Siege of Leningrad, trained as civil engineer in Moscow, 1956 returned & settled in #Spain as adult. b. #OTD 26 Nov 1923 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laura_I...
November 26, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Francisca Fernández-Hall #Guatemalan engineer. 1st woman in Central America to earn engineering degree (@ Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala) & 1st to attend Instituto Militar de Engenharia of Brazil. 1st female ambassador for Guatemala. d. #OTD 27 Nov 2001 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis...
November 27, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Francisca Fernández-Hall #Guatemalan engineer. 1st woman in Central America to earn engineering degree (@ Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala) & 1st to attend Instituto Militar de Engenharia of Brazil. 1st female ambassador for Guatemala. d. #OTD 27 Nov 2001 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis...
Hanna Hammarström 1st person in Sweden to produce phone wires commercially. Worked out how to make phone wires after making wire ornaments. Started factory making wires for Swedish phone company. Held monopoly 1880/90s. Employed only women. d. #OTD 27 Nov 1914 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanna_H...
November 27, 2025 at 8:31 AM
Hanna Hammarström 1st person in Sweden to produce phone wires commercially. Worked out how to make phone wires after making wire ornaments. Started factory making wires for Swedish phone company. Held monopoly 1880/90s. Employed only women. d. #OTD 27 Nov 1914 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanna_H...
Hilda Hudson mathematician grad @newnhamcollege.bsky.social 1903 ad eundem degrees @tcddublin.bsky.social 1906 & 13. 1917 @ Air Ministry 4 aeronautical engineering research, applying mathematical modelling to aircraft design Cremona transformation d #OTD 26 Nov 1965 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hilda_P...
November 26, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Hilda Hudson mathematician grad @newnhamcollege.bsky.social 1903 ad eundem degrees @tcddublin.bsky.social 1906 & 13. 1917 @ Air Ministry 4 aeronautical engineering research, applying mathematical modelling to aircraft design Cremona transformation d #OTD 26 Nov 1965 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hilda_P...
Winifred Brown, pilot, aviation pioneer author, adventurer. 1st (& for 50 years) only woman to win King’s Cup Air Race, entering against support of her aero club. Then explored Amazon by ship & canoe, followed by exploring Norwegian coast by boat. b. #OTD 26 Nov 1899 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winifre...
November 26, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Winifred Brown, pilot, aviation pioneer author, adventurer. 1st (& for 50 years) only woman to win King’s Cup Air Race, entering against support of her aero club. Then explored Amazon by ship & canoe, followed by exploring Norwegian coast by boat. b. #OTD 26 Nov 1899 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winifre...
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Hedwig Kohn German Jewish physicist 1907 @ Universität Breslau, 2nd woman in physics dept. PhD 1913. Habilitation 1931 1 of only 3 women to earn it in physics in Germany b4 #WWII. Forced out of country by Nazi regime, cont academic career in US. d. #OTD 26 Nov 1964 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hedwig_...
November 26, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Hedwig Kohn German Jewish physicist 1907 @ Universität Breslau, 2nd woman in physics dept. PhD 1913. Habilitation 1931 1 of only 3 women to earn it in physics in Germany b4 #WWII. Forced out of country by Nazi regime, cont academic career in US. d. #OTD 26 Nov 1964 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hedwig_...
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Gallica has a nice photo of her here, together with some other aviatrices: gallica.bnf.fr/accueil/fr/h...
November 26, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Gallica has a nice photo of her here, together with some other aviatrices: gallica.bnf.fr/accueil/fr/h...
Hedwig Kohn German Jewish physicist 1907 @ Universität Breslau, 2nd woman in physics dept. PhD 1913. Habilitation 1931 1 of only 3 women to earn it in physics in Germany b4 #WWII. Forced out of country by Nazi regime, cont academic career in US. d. #OTD 26 Nov 1964 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hedwig_...
November 26, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Hedwig Kohn German Jewish physicist 1907 @ Universität Breslau, 2nd woman in physics dept. PhD 1913. Habilitation 1931 1 of only 3 women to earn it in physics in Germany b4 #WWII. Forced out of country by Nazi regime, cont academic career in US. d. #OTD 26 Nov 1964 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hedwig_...
Rather taken by these blueprints and engineering drawings in @themerl.bsky.social shop - any of them drawn by or for women? Which should make it impossible to resist!
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MERL Shop Blueprints and engineering drawings gifts
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November 26, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Rather taken by these blueprints and engineering drawings in @themerl.bsky.social shop - any of them drawn by or for women? Which should make it impossible to resist!
merl-shop.co.uk/shop/bluepri...
merl-shop.co.uk/shop/bluepri...
Laura Irasuegi Otal #Basque 'Niños de Rusia' child refugee, 1937 evacuated in #Spanish Civil War from Spain to Soviet Russia. Survived #WWII Siege of Leningrad, trained as civil engineer in Moscow, 1956 returned & settled in #Spain as adult. b. #OTD 26 Nov 1923 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laura_I...
November 26, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Elisa Leonida Zamfirescu #Romanian engineer, 1912 1 of 1st women to earn degree in #engineering, @ Technische Universität #Berlin. Led #geology labs, studied Romanian mineral resources. #WWI #RedCross managed hospital. Street in Bucharest named for her d. 25 Nov 1973 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elisa_L...
November 25, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Elisa Leonida Zamfirescu #Romanian engineer, 1912 1 of 1st women to earn degree in #engineering, @ Technische Universität #Berlin. Led #geology labs, studied Romanian mineral resources. #WWI #RedCross managed hospital. Street in Bucharest named for her d. 25 Nov 1973 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elisa_L...
Elizabeth Laverick OBE #engineer Technical Director of Elliott Automation #Radar Systems. 1st female deputy secretary of Institution of Engineering & Technology. 1st woman to earn PhD in scientific curriculum @durham.ac.uk President of @wes1919.bsky.social 1967-9. b. #OTD 25 Nov 1925 bit.ly/2u2duRw
November 25, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Elizabeth Laverick OBE #engineer Technical Director of Elliott Automation #Radar Systems. 1st female deputy secretary of Institution of Engineering & Technology. 1st woman to earn PhD in scientific curriculum @durham.ac.uk President of @wes1919.bsky.social 1967-9. b. #OTD 25 Nov 1925 bit.ly/2u2duRw
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#Perth people - join us this Saturday 29 November for our #Wikipedia Editing Club at Bramblers Café, St John Street from 10-12. All levels of experience welcome. Don't forget your laptop!
We'll also have a selection of festive cards and stocking fillers from our pals @scotsuffragette.bsky.social
We'll also have a selection of festive cards and stocking fillers from our pals @scotsuffragette.bsky.social
November 23, 2025 at 6:47 PM
#Perth people - join us this Saturday 29 November for our #Wikipedia Editing Club at Bramblers Café, St John Street from 10-12. All levels of experience welcome. Don't forget your laptop!
We'll also have a selection of festive cards and stocking fillers from our pals @scotsuffragette.bsky.social
We'll also have a selection of festive cards and stocking fillers from our pals @scotsuffragette.bsky.social
Élisabeth Boselli French pilot. 1938 pilot licence grounded by #WWII. 1945 Premier corps de pilotes militaires féminins. 1946 1st French Air Force woman fighter pilot 1952 aerobatics in Patrouille d'France. 8 world records distance, altitude, speed #OTD 25 Nov 2005 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89l...
November 25, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Élisabeth Boselli French pilot. 1938 pilot licence grounded by #WWII. 1945 Premier corps de pilotes militaires féminins. 1946 1st French Air Force woman fighter pilot 1952 aerobatics in Patrouille d'France. 8 world records distance, altitude, speed #OTD 25 Nov 2005 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89l...
Adrienne Bolland French aviator. Became pilot to pay her gambling debts. 1st woman to fly over #Andes Chile to Argentina. Women's record for loops in hour. Legion of Honor. Involved in left politics & #WWII French Resistance. On stamp in Argentina b. #OTD 25 Nov 1895 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adrienn...
November 25, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Adrienne Bolland French aviator. Became pilot to pay her gambling debts. 1st woman to fly over #Andes Chile to Argentina. Women's record for loops in hour. Legion of Honor. Involved in left politics & #WWII French Resistance. On stamp in Argentina b. #OTD 25 Nov 1895 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adrienn...
Kate Gleason engineer & businesswoman "Madame Curie of machine tools". 1893 toured Europe to expand company, 1 of 1st times US manufacturer tried to globalize their business. 1st woman elected to full membership American Soc of Mechanical Engineers b #OTD 25 Nov 1865 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kate_Gl...
November 25, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Kate Gleason engineer & businesswoman "Madame Curie of machine tools". 1893 toured Europe to expand company, 1 of 1st times US manufacturer tried to globalize their business. 1st woman elected to full membership American Soc of Mechanical Engineers b #OTD 25 Nov 1865 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kate_Gl...
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Molly Reilly was the first female Canadian pilot to reach the rank of captain, the first to fly in the Arctic and the first to become a Canadian corporate pilot.
In 10,000 hours as a pilot-in-command, she never had a single accident.
This is her story.
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In 10,000 hours as a pilot-in-command, she never had a single accident.
This is her story.
🧵 1/10
November 24, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Molly Reilly was the first female Canadian pilot to reach the rank of captain, the first to fly in the Arctic and the first to become a Canadian corporate pilot.
In 10,000 hours as a pilot-in-command, she never had a single accident.
This is her story.
🧵 1/10
In 10,000 hours as a pilot-in-command, she never had a single accident.
This is her story.
🧵 1/10
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Janet Bonnema US civil engineer. 1970 hired as engineering technician on #EisenhowerTunnel construction but barred from tunnel due to superstition that women brought bad luck. 1972 filed lawsuit for sex discrimination, went into tunnel Nov 1972. b. #OTD 24 Nov 1938 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janet_B...
November 24, 2025 at 8:31 AM
Janet Bonnema US civil engineer. 1970 hired as engineering technician on #EisenhowerTunnel construction but barred from tunnel due to superstition that women brought bad luck. 1972 filed lawsuit for sex discrimination, went into tunnel Nov 1972. b. #OTD 24 Nov 1938 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janet_B...
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In 1914 Beatrice Blore Browne became 1st woman to drive a car (a 10 horse power Singer Ten) up #GreatOrme #Llandudno #NorthWales (with gradient of 1 in 3) She was 6 months pregnant at the time. Her gravestone commemorates the feat. d. #OTD 23 Nov 1921 age only 34. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beatric...
November 23, 2025 at 10:03 PM
In 1914 Beatrice Blore Browne became 1st woman to drive a car (a 10 horse power Singer Ten) up #GreatOrme #Llandudno #NorthWales (with gradient of 1 in 3) She was 6 months pregnant at the time. Her gravestone commemorates the feat. d. #OTD 23 Nov 1921 age only 34. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beatric...
Janet Bonnema US civil engineer. 1970 hired as engineering technician on #EisenhowerTunnel construction but barred from tunnel due to superstition that women brought bad luck. 1972 filed lawsuit for sex discrimination, went into tunnel Nov 1972. b. #OTD 24 Nov 1938 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janet_B...
November 24, 2025 at 8:31 AM
Janet Bonnema US civil engineer. 1970 hired as engineering technician on #EisenhowerTunnel construction but barred from tunnel due to superstition that women brought bad luck. 1972 filed lawsuit for sex discrimination, went into tunnel Nov 1972. b. #OTD 24 Nov 1938 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janet_B...
Anne Burns aeronautical #engineer & glider pilot worked @ RAE Farnborough, world expert in Clear Air Turbulence & its effects on aircraft safety. 2nd woman to read #Engineering Sciences @ Uni of Oxford. Oldest member of Caterpillar Club age 62. b. #OTD 23 Nov 1915 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_Bu...
November 23, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Anne Burns aeronautical #engineer & glider pilot worked @ RAE Farnborough, world expert in Clear Air Turbulence & its effects on aircraft safety. 2nd woman to read #Engineering Sciences @ Uni of Oxford. Oldest member of Caterpillar Club age 62. b. #OTD 23 Nov 1915 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_Bu...
Marjorie Spiller actress who gave up the stage in 1935 to learn to fly. Flew aircraft to Spain for £150 a trip to help rebels in Spanish Civil War in fight against General Franco. In #WWII joined Air Transport Auxiliary #ATA as a pilot b #OTD 23 Nov 1897 solentaviatrix.wordpress.com/marjorie-spi...
November 23, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Marjorie Spiller actress who gave up the stage in 1935 to learn to fly. Flew aircraft to Spain for £150 a trip to help rebels in Spanish Civil War in fight against General Franco. In #WWII joined Air Transport Auxiliary #ATA as a pilot b #OTD 23 Nov 1897 solentaviatrix.wordpress.com/marjorie-spi...
Concepción Mendizábal Mendoza, 1st woman in #Mexico to earn #CivilEngineering degree. Studied @ Palacio de Minería engineering school graduated 1927 passed professional engineers exam 1930. Thesis was unusual as illustrated with photos d #OTD 23 Nov 1985 #WomenInSTEM en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concepc...
November 23, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Concepción Mendizábal Mendoza, 1st woman in #Mexico to earn #CivilEngineering degree. Studied @ Palacio de Minería engineering school graduated 1927 passed professional engineers exam 1930. Thesis was unusual as illustrated with photos d #OTD 23 Nov 1985 #WomenInSTEM en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concepc...
In 1914 Beatrice Blore Browne became 1st woman to drive a car (a 10 horse power Singer Ten) up #GreatOrme #Llandudno #NorthWales (with gradient of 1 in 3) She was 6 months pregnant at the time. Her gravestone commemorates the feat. d. #OTD 23 Nov 1921 age only 34. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beatric...
November 23, 2025 at 10:03 PM
In 1914 Beatrice Blore Browne became 1st woman to drive a car (a 10 horse power Singer Ten) up #GreatOrme #Llandudno #NorthWales (with gradient of 1 in 3) She was 6 months pregnant at the time. Her gravestone commemorates the feat. d. #OTD 23 Nov 1921 age only 34. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beatric...