Bey-Ling Sha, a professor at San Diego State University, talked with us this week about her experiences with workplace discrimination and her passion for women’s issues. Sha and other esteemed speakers joined us at AAUW’s Equal Pay Day panel in Washington, D.C., Monday to kick off our Equal Pay Day advocacy. Have you ever faced [...]
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Women in History
Posted in Sex Discrimination, Sexism, The AAUW Community, Women and Civil Rights, Women and Work, Women's History, Women's History Month, tagged fission, lise meitner, Nobel Prize, nuclear, otto hahn on March 29, 2011, | Leave a Comment »
Lise Meitner was part of the team that discovered nuclear fission, an achievement for which her colleague Otto Hahn was awarded the Nobel Prize. Meitner is often mentioned as one of the most glaring examples of women’s scientific achievements being overlooked.
Who Was Rosalind Franklin?
Posted in Educational Programs, S T E M, The AAUW Community, Women and Work, Women's History, tagged Cambridge, Crick, DNA, engineering, King's College, Nobel Prize, Rosalind Franklin, science, USA Science and Engineering Festival, Watson on September 10, 2010, | 1 Comment »
If you don’t think of Rosalind Franklin when you’re thinking of great scientists, you’re not the only one. This accomplished but seldom-credited woman was a biophysicist who made many contributions to the field of science but is best known today for her critical role in understanding DNA. Franklin was born in 1920 in London and [...]
Equity Issues in the News: April 1 – May 17
Posted in Equity in the News, tagged $tart $mart, Elana Kagan, National Conference for College Women Student Leaders, NCCWSL, Nobel Prize, SAFER, Science and Math, STEM, Supreme Court on May 18, 2010, | Leave a Comment »
April 1 – May 17 AAUW’s Efforts to Close the Gender Divide in the STEM Fields Are Highlighted Washington Post (Monday, May 17) In her recent commentary, Elizabeth Vandenburg, the AAUW regional liaison to the Mid-Atlantic Girls Collaborative Project, highlights AAUW’s great work in encouraging, supporting and promoting girls’ involvement in science and math. She [...]
AAUW Member Awarded Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
Posted in Fellowships, Grants and Awards, S T E M, The AAUW Community, tagged Carol Greider, Marie Curie, Nobel Prize, STEM, Telomerase on October 12, 2009, | 7 Comments »
Sitting at my desk here at AAUW, I can see a framed photograph and handwritten thank-you note from Marie Curie, dated 1920, in which she expresses her gratitude for AAUW’s support of her groundbreaking research on radium. It serves as an inspiration and a reminder as to why it is so important to continue to [...]
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