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[After Johns Hopkins medical school had been founded as a co-educational institution,] resistance to coeducation had dissipated, and varying numbers of women entered succeeding classes. However, an undercurrent of displease with women in medicine persisted. Most thought women did not have the physical ability to tolerate the grind. There were comments about the loss of femininity and sexuality necessary for them to succeed, and even [William] Osler [,a prominent figure at Johns Hopkins,] was said to have commented on the three classes of humanity: men, women and women physicians.
On early medical co-education, from Genius on the Edge.
Ah, the satisfaction of activism!
(Speaking in the first person, here!) I, the editor of cuSTEMized’s Tumblr, actually made this page in our children’s book aimed to encouraged girls to pursue STEM, and now children all over the world are seeing it! How gratifying!
Consider getting involved in some activism yourself -- hey, maybe even check out our website for volunteer opportunities!
Yours truly ~
philosonista
The badges will be rolled out in September 2018.
Colby College Professor Lyn Mikel Brown Colby talks about how to empower young female activists.
Harvard University's "EdCast" podcast sits down with author of "Powered by Girl: A Field Guide for Supporting Youth Activists" to discuss how we should understand and pursue youth-led feminist activism. Check it out!
Later this month, 50 years after making history, the first woman to run the Boston Marathon will run it again.
Today marks the 50th anniversary of a landmark for female representation, albeit in a different area than STEM! In 1967, Katherine Switzer snuck into the hitherto male-only Boston marathon and finished the race, narrowly escaping an official who tried to stop her.
Switzer writes, “What was a dramatic incident 50 years ago when angry race co-director Jock Semple tried to throw me off the course for being a girl, became instead a defining moment for me and women runners throughout the world. The result is nothing less than a social revolution; there are now more women runners in the United States than men.”
Here's to hoping the STEM community can take a cue from the running community!
The astrophysicist's groundbreaking research on spiral galaxies provided evidence of invisible dark matter. She was a pioneer in an era when women were excluded from many astronomy programs.
"I live and work with three basic assumptions," Rubin once wrote:
"1) There is no problem in science that can be solved by a man that cannot be solved by a woman.
"2) Worldwide, half of all brains are in women.
"3) We all need permission to do science, but, for reasons that are deeply ingrained in history, this permission is more often given to men than to women."
Coding is a superpower! Here are some videos that show you just how so. And who knows? After these videos, maybe you'll make it YOUR superpower :)
Happy Computer Science Week!
Karlie Kloss is unusual in the fashion world! She scaled down her top modeling career for the time being to get a degree in computer science. Now she's taking part in Computer Science Week to encourage kids to pursue the field. Check out this playlist of YouTube videos she put together for kids and show it to a child in your life!