Click here to view original web page at www.chicagotribune.com NASA engineer Dawn Schaible, left, works during the flight test of the Max Launch Abort System on July 8, 2009, at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility on the Eastern Shore of Virginia. (Dawn Schaible) Women’s History Month could conclude this week with its own bit of history, […]
Paying Tribute to Women in Railroading
Click here to view original web page at www.pahomepage.com SCRANTON, LACKAWANNA COUNTY – (WBRE/WYOU) March is women’s history month, and Scranton is paying tribute to all of the hardworking women who made a difference in our society. This weekend, Steamtown National Historic Site is putting on a special program to highlight many of their accomplishments. […]
PEN America to Honor Imprisoned Saudi Writer-Activists and Women’s Rights Champions Nouf Abdulaziz, Loujain Al-Hathloul, and Eman Al-Nafjan with the PEN/Barbey Freedom to Write Award at 2019 Literary Gala
Click here to view original web page at pen.org NEW YORK— PEN America announced today that it will award the 2019 PEN/Barbey Freedom to Write Award to journalist, blogger, and activist Nouf Abdulaziz , activist and social media commentator Loujain Al-Hathloul , and blogger, columnist, and activist Eman Al-Nafjan —three Saudi women imprisoned for challenging, […]
AtariWomen wants you to meet the female engineers behind Centipede and Space Invaders
Click here to view original web page at www.geekwire.com Pernille Bjorn (left), a University of Copenhagen professor visiting the University of Washington, and Daniela Rosner, an assistant professor with the UW’s Human Centered Design and Engineering program, have created AtariWomen to celebrate women in technology. (GeekWire Photo / Lisa Stiffler) Wocka wocka wocka wocka. Even […]
International Women’s Leadership Conference Discusses Ways to Fight Radicalism
Click here to view original web page at www.moroccoworldnews.com The Women’s Leadership for Peace Conference in Rabat encourages discussion of women’s role in countering radicalism and promoting peace. Women’s Leadership for Peace Conference Rabat – The Women’s Leadership for Peace Conference opened in Rabat yesterday. The two-day conference brought together scholars, ambassadors, security experts, and […]
Pioneer women astronomers live again on stage in 4th Wall’s ‘Women Who Mapped the Stars’
Click here to view original web page at www.telegram.com Explore Recipes and Stories WORCESTER — “The Women Who Mapped the Stars” is a play about five women astronomers at the Harvard College Observatory beginning in the late 1800s who pioneered modern astrophysics and created the celestial roadmap we use today but were largely ignored by […]