3/11/1849 — b. Eliza Jane Nicholson, American newspaper publisher, editor, journalist, poet. Newspaper pioneer; owner, ed, pub "The Daily Picayune," New Orleans (1876-96). President, Wmn’s Natl Press Assn(1884); pres, Intl Wmn’s Press Assn(‘85) #WomensHistoryMonth #womenwriters #WriterSky #FreePress

#WomensHistoryMonth Day 12 - Conservationist and writer Rachel Carson helped spark the #environmental movement with her book 'Silent' Spring', about the dangers of pesticides. Where in the World...did she write 'Silent Spring'? Click to find out: www.whereintheworldgame.com?id=214&type=q #Science

When I Asked My Libertarian Friend About Trump, His Response Said It All - BuzzFeed

📖 🔊We have your weekend reading (and listening)! The new season of our podcast is accompanied by a series of pieces published in partnership with KCET. Today's is by Erika Bsumek at UT Austin about the work of botanist and suffragist Ellen Powell Thompson. www.pbssocal.org/ellen-powell...

These ER Docs Are Being Ousted After 35 Years. They're Not Going Quietly. www.medpagetoday.com/special-repo...

With expanded scope, where do NPs practice? It’s not primary care www.ama-assn.org/practice-man...

3/5/1847 — b. Emma Kaili Metcalf Beckley Nakuina, American historian, author, curator, jurist. Hawaiian historian, cultural writer; authority on ancient laws + water rights #law. First curator of Hawaii National Museum; early female Hawaiian judge #WomensHistoryMonth #womenwriters #WriterSky #LawSky

1/10 I am truly honored to receive the Hilde Mangold Award from @gfeev.bsky.social! Mangold’s classic transplantation experiments transformed developmental biology and our understanding of self-organization. I am grateful to be associated with this legacy!

On this day, in 1933, Frances Perkins was appointed by President Roosevelt as the first female cabinet member and served as Secretary of Labor. During Women's History Month, and every month, we honor the many women who have made significant contributions to our country. #WomensHistoryMonth

Alva Myrdal was a Swedish sociologist, diplomat & a prominent leader of the disarmament movement. She shared the #Nobel Peace Prize in 1982 (w/A. Robles) "for their work for disarmament & nuclear and weapon-free zones." #WHM It's International Day for #Disarmament and Non-Proliferation Awareness.

Former surgeon general Jerome Adams: The Senate must not approve someone who can’t practice medicine as the nation’s top doctor www.statnews.com/2026/02/27/c... via @statnews.com

I just took action with @theactionnetwork.bsky.social: FY26 DHS Children-Centered Sign On Letter. Take action here: actionnetwork.org/forms/fy26-d...

Having 4 sisters and 3 brothers helps to disperse this "burden"! Thanks mom and dad. kevinmd.com/2025/10/the-... @amwadoctors.bsky.social @womeninmedicine.bsky.social

Jeanne Villepreux-Power (1794–1871), pioneering French marine biologist, invented the first glass aquarium for scientific study in 1832. Her sealed tanks (with aeration & water stability) enabled live observation of sea creatures, which was revolutionary in marine research. #WomenInSTEM #WHM (1/2)

For the 2026 primary elections, NPR has collected deadlines and information on how to register to vote — online, in person or by mail — in every U.S. state and territory.

Invisible Labor in Academia: The unpaid mentoring and committee work often shouldered by women faculty amwa-doc.org/invisible-la...

New study shows reasons to continue Hep B vaccine birth dose: the vaccine is safe, and prevents infection with this dangerous virus that can cause liver disease and cancer. Don't let misinformers harm babies. www.skepticalraptor.com/skepticalrap... via @skepticalraptor.bsky.social

Black History Month: Margaret Bailey, first African American to attain the rank of colonel in the US Army Nurse Corps, the highest rank possible in the USANC. #BlackHistoryMonth #BlackHistoryMonth2026 tinyurl.com/37vs9t5w

Feb. 24, 1920 – Nancy Astor becomes the first woman to speak in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom following her election as a Member of Parliament (MP) three months earlier.

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For #BlackHistoryMonth, we’d like to honor the legacy of Alice Augusta Ball, the brilliant scientist born in 1892 whose research led directly to the first effective treatment for leprosy. Ball’s accomplishment is even more remarkable when you consider that she passed away at the age of 24. 🧵 1/8

2/24/1604 — b. Elena Cassandra Tarabotti, Venetian author, nun. Early Modern Italian writer, ltr correspondent; religious sister(1620). Writer of early political + proto- #feminist theories(1643–52). Controversial pamphlets denouncing wmn’s oppression/17th c. issues #womenshistory #WriterSky #PolSky

Mathematician & NASA 𝘩𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘶𝘵𝘦𝘳 Katherine Johnson died #OTD in 2020. She was instrumental in the success of the first US manned spaceflights, calculating complex trajectories enabling humans to reach orbit & land on the moon. Her story was told in 𝘏𝘪𝘥𝘥𝘦𝘯 𝘍𝘪𝘨𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘴 (book/movie). #WomenInSTEM #BHM

🆕 In their Comment, Erin K Ferenchick and colleagues highlight the importance of family doctors to the integration of mental health care in primary care Read the Comment here www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... Image credit: Siri Stafford

🎈Happy Birthday Dr. Dana Katherine Scully 🎈| Physician, pathologist, and (very) special agent of the FBI...born #OTD in 1964 in Annapolis, Maryland. #XFiles 👽 #mulderandscully 😉😎 #WomenInSTEM

2/23/1853 — b. Dolores Correa Zapata, Mexican poet, author, educator, #womensrights activist, feminist. Co-founder, “Mexican Woman” magazine (1902-07); co-founder, first #feminist assn in Mexico (1904). Some works utilized as Mexican school texts #womenshistory #womenwriters #WriterSky #PolSky #edu

#BlackHistoryMonth2026 24/28 𝑴𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒏 𝑨𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒐𝒏 (1897-1993) was a contralto singer, performing a wide range of music from operas to gospels with renowned orchestras in venues from 1925-1965. She was important in the struggle for African American artists overcoming racial prejudice in 20th century US

"Mother of Chemotherapy" Dr. Jane Wright died #OTD in 2013. + Helped shift cancer treatment from palliative care to modern chemotherapy by establishing methotrexate as a foundational treatment for breast cancer in 1951 + Only woman co-founder, American Society of Clinical Oncology #WomenInSTEM #BHM

FDA Chief Makary just said that most drugs should be sold over the counter and not require a prescription, unless it’s “unsafe, you need laboratory tests to monitor…or if it could be used for some nefarious purpose or it's addictive”. Bacteria celebrate as antibiotic resistance enters the chat.

#BlackHistoryMonth2026 19/28 𝑯𝒂𝒓𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒕 𝑻𝒖𝒃𝒎𝒂𝒏 (1822-1913) was a US abolitionist and social activist. After escaping slavery, Tubman made ~13 missions to rescue approximately 70 enslaved people, including her family & friends, using the network of safe houses/allies known as the Underground Railroad.

Mary Anderson invented the first operational windshield wiper. It was a lever-operated arm with a rubber blade that could be moved across the outside of the windshield from inside the vehicle, keeping the driver protected from the weather. Patented, 1903. #Inventor She was born #OTD in 1866.

Breaking News from @theathletic.com: The U.S. beat Canada in overtime, 2-1, in the women’s hockey tournament to win the gold medal and complete a dramatic comeback. www.nytimes.com/athletic/liv...

2/19/1871 — b. Lugenia Burns Hope, American social reformer, community services organizer. Af-Am champion of #civilrights in Atlanta (30+ yrs). The first VP of the Atlanta chapter of the #NAACP; her work served as a model for the civil rights mvmnt #womenshistory #BlackHistoryMonth #PolSky #BHM #woc

Lilian Bland (1878 –1971) was an Anglo-Irish journalist, engineer and pioneer aviator. In 1910–11, she became one of the first women in the world to design, build, and fly her own aircraft – the Bland Mayfly. #CelebratingWomen

Novelist & essayist Toni Morrison won the 1993 Nobel Prize in #Literature for "who in novels characterized by visionary force & poetic import, gives life to an essential aspect of American reality." She won the 1988 #Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for 𝘉𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘥. She was born #OTD in 1931. #litsky #BHM

2/18/1878 — b. Blanche Ames, American inventor, artist, suffragist, birth control activist. Inventor, hexagonal lumber cutter + anti-pollution H20 device; co-inventor, scientific color paint mixing system.Pub political suffrage cartoons #womenshistory #WomenInSTEM #SciSky #HistSci #womensart #PolSky

Hungarian mathematician Rózsa Péter was born #OTD in 1905. She was one of the founders of Recursion Theory –– also known as Computability Theory –– along with Gödel, Church, Turing, and Post. 🧪 🧮

Alice Grace Cook, a pioneering amateur astronomer, made significant contributions to observational #astronomy, particularly in meteors, aurorae & variable stars. One of the first women elected as a Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society. She was born #OTD in 1877. #WomenInSTEM

2/18/1851 — b. Ida Husted Harper, American journalist, suffragist, author. Key figure, U.S. wmn suffrage mvmnt; significant influencer of the campaign to pass #19A. Head,Leslie Bureau of Suff Edu = produced lg vols of print lit = NAWSA grew to 3.5mil #womenshistory #womensrights #PolSky #LawSky #law

Today is February 15. On this day in 1879, President Rutherford Hayes signed a new law that would admit women as members of the Supreme Court bar & allow them to submit/argue cases. Thank suffragette Belva Lockwood for her efforts in this uphill battle. #Pinks constitutioncenter.org/blog/on-this...

Dr. Angella Ferguson was born #OTD in 1925. Pediatrician who developed one of the first reliable blood tests to detect sickle cell disease in newborns (1950s). By 2010, her blood test and diagnostic protocols were the standard of care in 40 US states & remain the standard today. #WomenInSTEM #BHM

Anna Howard Shaw was born #OTD in 1847. Pioneering American suffragist, physician, ordained minister & one of the most influential leaders in the #womenssuffrage movement. Earned her MD (1886, only woman in her class) & one of the first women ordained as a Methodist minister in the US (1880).

Aviator Kathrine Stinson was born #OTD in 1891. ✈️ 1st pilot to perform night skywriting, 1915 ✈️ 1st American woman to "loop-the-loop" ✈️ Set non-stop distance record (606 mi, 1917), outperforming all previous US pilots ✈️ 1st woman appointed a US Air Mail pilot on a regular route #AviationHistory

Paul Kirchgraber, MD, MBA and I wrote one of the chapters in this new book on medical marriages. www.prnewswire.com/news-release... @500womensci.bsky.social @amwadoctors.bsky.social @womeninmedicine.bsky.social

Author Judy Blume was born #OTD in 1938. Her novel 𝘈𝘳𝘦 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘎𝘰𝘥? 𝘐𝘵'𝘴 𝘔𝘦, 𝘔𝘢𝘳𝘨𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘵. is regarded as one of the most important & influential books in children's & young adult #literature, especially for its groundbreaking, honest portrayal of early adolescence from a girl's perspective. #booksky