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January 31, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Look through our lens and you will see how much women have been erased from the picture.
Trota authored medical texts on women’s medicine that were used for centuries after they were published.
Over that time, her name was erased from the text, as author, by each generation of male editors.
Trota authored medical texts on women’s medicine that were used for centuries after they were published.
Over that time, her name was erased from the text, as author, by each generation of male editors.
January 31, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Look through our lens and you will see how much women have been erased from the picture.
Trota authored medical texts on women’s medicine that were used for centuries after they were published.
Over that time, her name was erased from the text, as author, by each generation of male editors.
Trota authored medical texts on women’s medicine that were used for centuries after they were published.
Over that time, her name was erased from the text, as author, by each generation of male editors.
Bessie stood strong against white supremacy and refused to fly any event that did not allow African americans entry. In an era where racist mobs violently threatened lives, she continuously advocated for education and inclusion.
January 26, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Bessie stood strong against white supremacy and refused to fly any event that did not allow African americans entry. In an era where racist mobs violently threatened lives, she continuously advocated for education and inclusion.
She toured Europe and the US, returning to Chicago in 1922 as "Queen Bess; Daredevil Aviatrix". She began inspiring women and girls around the world with her notoriously dangerous air shows as a stunt pilot.
January 26, 2025 at 1:30 PM
She toured Europe and the US, returning to Chicago in 1922 as "Queen Bess; Daredevil Aviatrix". She began inspiring women and girls around the world with her notoriously dangerous air shows as a stunt pilot.
1920 aged 27, undeterred by rejection from aviation schools in america due to her race/gender, she learnt french and was accepted into Caudron Brothers School of Aviation in Le Crotoy, France.
1921 Bessie Coleman was the first american of any race/gender to get an international pilot’s license.
1921 Bessie Coleman was the first american of any race/gender to get an international pilot’s license.
January 26, 2025 at 1:29 PM
1920 aged 27, undeterred by rejection from aviation schools in america due to her race/gender, she learnt french and was accepted into Caudron Brothers School of Aviation in Le Crotoy, France.
1921 Bessie Coleman was the first american of any race/gender to get an international pilot’s license.
1921 Bessie Coleman was the first american of any race/gender to get an international pilot’s license.
She created a new (more intelligent) approach to developing drugs.
She developed treatments for childhood leukaemia, Epstein-Barr, chickenpox and shingles. Organ transplants became possible thanks to her.
It was a new era of antiviral therapies; led by this absolute Queen.
She developed treatments for childhood leukaemia, Epstein-Barr, chickenpox and shingles. Organ transplants became possible thanks to her.
It was a new era of antiviral therapies; led by this absolute Queen.
January 23, 2025 at 10:25 AM
She created a new (more intelligent) approach to developing drugs.
She developed treatments for childhood leukaemia, Epstein-Barr, chickenpox and shingles. Organ transplants became possible thanks to her.
It was a new era of antiviral therapies; led by this absolute Queen.
She developed treatments for childhood leukaemia, Epstein-Barr, chickenpox and shingles. Organ transplants became possible thanks to her.
It was a new era of antiviral therapies; led by this absolute Queen.
Gertrude Elion receives her Nobel Prize, 1988.
“What we were aiming at was getting people well, and the satisfaction of that is much greater than any prize you can get”.
Get your flowers Gertrude. 👏
“What we were aiming at was getting people well, and the satisfaction of that is much greater than any prize you can get”.
Get your flowers Gertrude. 👏
January 23, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Gertrude Elion receives her Nobel Prize, 1988.
“What we were aiming at was getting people well, and the satisfaction of that is much greater than any prize you can get”.
Get your flowers Gertrude. 👏
“What we were aiming at was getting people well, and the satisfaction of that is much greater than any prize you can get”.
Get your flowers Gertrude. 👏
#onthisday
Biochemist & Pharmacologist Gertrude Elion was born.
“In my day I was told women didn’t go into chemistry. I saw no reason why we couldn’t”.
In 1988 she won a Nobel Prize for development of the first chemotherapy for childhood leukemia.
Biochemist & Pharmacologist Gertrude Elion was born.
“In my day I was told women didn’t go into chemistry. I saw no reason why we couldn’t”.
In 1988 she won a Nobel Prize for development of the first chemotherapy for childhood leukemia.
January 23, 2025 at 10:08 AM
#onthisday
Biochemist & Pharmacologist Gertrude Elion was born.
“In my day I was told women didn’t go into chemistry. I saw no reason why we couldn’t”.
In 1988 she won a Nobel Prize for development of the first chemotherapy for childhood leukemia.
Biochemist & Pharmacologist Gertrude Elion was born.
“In my day I was told women didn’t go into chemistry. I saw no reason why we couldn’t”.
In 1988 she won a Nobel Prize for development of the first chemotherapy for childhood leukemia.
Some yap guy was big resentful of her reputation as a wise genius and launched a smear campaign.
This resulted in a group of men dragging her to a church, where they stripped and brutally murdered her with roof tiles, before pieces of her were dragged through the town and set on fire.
unhinged.
This resulted in a group of men dragging her to a church, where they stripped and brutally murdered her with roof tiles, before pieces of her were dragged through the town and set on fire.
unhinged.
January 17, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Some yap guy was big resentful of her reputation as a wise genius and launched a smear campaign.
This resulted in a group of men dragging her to a church, where they stripped and brutally murdered her with roof tiles, before pieces of her were dragged through the town and set on fire.
unhinged.
This resulted in a group of men dragging her to a church, where they stripped and brutally murdered her with roof tiles, before pieces of her were dragged through the town and set on fire.
unhinged.
Hypatia, the Alexandrian Painting
By Maria Kalatzi
Greece
By Maria Kalatzi
Greece
January 16, 2025 at 5:20 AM
Hypatia, the Alexandrian Painting
By Maria Kalatzi
Greece
By Maria Kalatzi
Greece
Hypatia
355 CE - 415 CE
Ancient Alexandria’s Greatest Female Scholar
In her time, the world’s leading Mathematician & Astronomer and a powerful symbol for intellectual endeavour in the face of ignorance.
Her public lectures drew crowds and she invented a new version of the hydrometer.
355 CE - 415 CE
Ancient Alexandria’s Greatest Female Scholar
In her time, the world’s leading Mathematician & Astronomer and a powerful symbol for intellectual endeavour in the face of ignorance.
Her public lectures drew crowds and she invented a new version of the hydrometer.
January 15, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Hypatia
355 CE - 415 CE
Ancient Alexandria’s Greatest Female Scholar
In her time, the world’s leading Mathematician & Astronomer and a powerful symbol for intellectual endeavour in the face of ignorance.
Her public lectures drew crowds and she invented a new version of the hydrometer.
355 CE - 415 CE
Ancient Alexandria’s Greatest Female Scholar
In her time, the world’s leading Mathematician & Astronomer and a powerful symbol for intellectual endeavour in the face of ignorance.
Her public lectures drew crowds and she invented a new version of the hydrometer.