In 1934, the noted astronomer Annie Jump Cannon returned to her alma mater, Wellesley College, to speak to her 50th class reunion.
Articles with Women in STEM
Annie Jump Cannon at her desk • Smithsonian Institution Archives (Public Domain)
Rita Levi-Montalcini in 2008 • Photo by audrey_sel (CC BY-SA 2.0)
Breaking barriers
Among the barriers to equality faced by women in science is the deeply entrenched notion that women are subjective, personal, and emotional, whereas men — like science — are objective, impersonal, and rational.
Marie Curie was lone woman at 1927 congress on physics in Brussels (Public Domain)
Women in science: against all odds
Here’s a quiz for you: Name all the women you can think of who made an important contribution to science before the year 1910.