#womeninstem
This year's gingerbread is the Vera Rubin Observatory! @vrubinobs.bsky.social
December 25, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Vera Sandberg #Swedish #engineer. 1914 only woman among 500 male students at Chalmers University of Technology, graduating 1917 as #Sweden's 1st female engineer. Statue erected 2019, 2 streets & hot air balloon named after her. d. #OTD 24 Dec 1979 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vera_Sa... #WomenInSTEM
December 24, 2025 at 9:22 PM
12/23/1912 — b. Anna Jane Harrison, American organic chemist, chemical education leader. The first female president,American Chemical Society(1978); member, Natl Science Board (1972-78); president,American Assn for the Advancement of Science('83) #womenshistory #WomenInSTEM #ChemSky #SciSky #HistSci
December 23, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Elze van den Ban #Dutch urban planner chief engineer of Rijkswaterstaat (Dept of Public Works) @ Zuiderzee Works. Introduced curvatures rather than straight lines into urban planning process. 1st woman from Netherlands to graduate as civil engineer in Delft. d. #OTD 25 Dec 1973 bit.ly/3WYS1Vu
December 25, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Muriel Barker (Mrs Glauert) #mathematician & #aerodynamicist @ Royal Aircraft Establishment #Farnborough. Studied @newnhamcollege.bsky.social then worked on velocity, made significant contributions to early advances in #aerodynamics #WomenInSTEM d. #OTD 23 Dec 1949 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muriel_...
December 23, 2025 at 11:46 PM
The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope. This video was created by NASA Goddard's Scientific Visualization Studio giving an almost 360-degree view of the telescope in space. #WomenInSTEM #astronomy
December 25, 2025 at 9:13 PM
#TalDíaComoHoy en 1919, la inventora Alice H. Parker patenta una nueva y eficiente caldera que proporciona calefacción central para casas y edificios enteros.

#WomenInSTEM
December 23, 2025 at 7:03 AM
#Christmas edition: Xmas love letters, Mary Stopes, and the discovery of the oldest flowers.
#histsci #womeninstem
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December 24, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Dr. Nancy Roman 𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 NASA's space #astronomy program.

NASA's first Chief of Astronomy, she established the program from scratch, bringing together scientists/engineers to realize the potential of orbiting telescopes & influencing decades of #astrophysics. She died #OTD in 2018. #WomenInSTEM
December 25, 2025 at 5:27 PM
after 2+ years of working on it, cannot describe how happy i am after submitting my first ever paper today! 🤩

happy holidays to everyone ✨

#science #astrobiology #happyholidays
December 22, 2025 at 12:29 AM
26. Mary Everest Boole - mother of my current obsession, Alicia Boole Stott, who was a pioneer of polytopes.
🧪 #WomenInSTEM #TabClosed2026
Mary Everest Boole - Biography
Mary Everest Boole was an English mathematician who was married to George Boole. She wrote a number of books on mathematical education.
mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk
December 26, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Holly Ridings was born #OTD in 1973.

She was NASA's first female Chief Flight Director (2018-2022). In that role, she was responsible for leading the elite group that directs all human spaceflight missions from the Mission Control Center at the Johnson Space Center in Houston. #WomenInSTEM
December 25, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Organic chemist Anna Jane Harrison was born #OTD in 1912.

She was the first female president of the American Chemical Society. A professor of #chemistry at Mount Holyoke College for nearly 40 years, she was active nationally and internationally as a supporter of #WomenInScience. #WomenInSTEM 🧪
December 23, 2025 at 6:21 PM
An original #WomanAstro, for sure! 🔭

#WomeninSTEM
#WomeninScience
Dr. Nancy Roman 𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 NASA's space #astronomy program.

NASA's first Chief of Astronomy, she established the program from scratch, bringing together scientists/engineers to realize the potential of orbiting telescopes & influencing decades of #astrophysics. She died #OTD in 2018. #WomenInSTEM
December 25, 2025 at 6:54 PM
106 yrs ago Women's Engineering Society @wes1919.bsky.social becama fully incorporated organisation #OTD 24 Dec 1919. Founders Eleanor Shelley-Rolls; Rachel Parsons; Katharine Parsons Janetta Mary Ornsby; Margaret D Rowbotham; Margaret Moir & Laura Annie Willson en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women%2...
December 24, 2025 at 8:04 AM
This woman is a great professor. She's on here as well. I'm reading one of her books. It's fun.

#STEM #WomeninSTEM #robotics #inclusion #education #professor
December 23, 2025 at 2:38 AM
🎄Got to take a festive pause on that #PhD in Medical Science to dedicate my time to building Marie Curie’s lab 👩🏼‍🔬🧪 ….and some DNA 🧬🔬🤓
#WomenInSTEM #LEGO
#MerryChristmas 🥰
December 25, 2025 at 11:13 AM