4/1/1776 — b. Marie-Sophie Germain, French mathematician, physicist, number theorist, philosopher. Foundational researcher of applied mathematics; pioneer of elasticity theory. Influenced mathematical #physics, and the study of acoustics and elasticity #womenshistory #WomenInSTEM #MathSky #SciSky

3/31/1927 — b. Joan Feynman, American astrophysicist, author. Significant research contributor to magnetospheric #physics, the causes of planetary auroras, sunspot cycles + high-energy space particles. Recipient, #NASA Exceptional Achievement Medal #WomensHistoryMonth #WomenInSTEM #AstroSky #space

3/31/1895 — b. Lizzie Miles, American singer, pianist. Blues and jazz performer (1920s-30s); creator of the music style known as “Gumbo French” jazz. She primarily performed in New Orleans and Los Angeles #WomensHistoryMonth #WomenInMusic #MusicSky #MusicChallenge #jazz #blues #WHM2026

3/30/1864 — b. Helen Abbot Merrill, American mathematician, educator, author. Professor, chair of mathematics, @wellesley.edu(1901-32); exec member 1917), VP(1920), Mathematical Assn of America.Wrote/co-wrote 3 math textbooks #WomensHistoryMonth #WomenInSTEM #womenwriters #MathSky #WriterSky #EduSky

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I really appreciated this article which highlights Ana Roqué de Duprey's contributions to #botany, #astronomy, pedagogy, #philosophy, and #feminism. She also helped found the University of Puerto Rico. #womeninSTEM #womenshistory #puertorico www.womenshistory.org/education-re...

I may now unofficially qualify as a cat researcher, at least according to my Bengal Boris, who supervised the entire process. Read my article on the evolutionary history of the Iriomote cat in the Journal of Entomology and Zoology Studies: www.academia.edu/165198585/In... #IriomoteCat #WomenInSTEM

3/27/1724 — b. Jane Colden, American botanist, illustrator. The first female botanist in the US; first wmn to master the Linnaean system of botany. Researcher, cataloger of 300+ native North America & NY plant species(1753-58) #WomensHistoryMonth #WomenInSTEM #womenartists #PlantSky #SciSky #HistSci

The California State Assembly just passed three powerful resolutions recognizing Greek Independence Day, Bleeding Disorders Awareness Month, and Women in STEM Day, showcasing a commitment to cultural awareness and representation! Learn more here #CA #WomenInSTEM #CitizenPortal #CivicRecognition

#FossilFriday Hedwig Kniker, Esther Applin & Alva Ellisor were the first to identify the importance of Foraminifera microfossils in correlating & interpreting stratigraphies, in 1921 #WomenInSTEM ⚒️🧪🔬 paleonerdish.wordpress.com/2022/06/29/f...

3/26/1888 — b. Elsa Brändström, Swedish nurse, philanthropist, author. Renowned worldwide as the “Angel of Siberia”; organizer of welfare institutions. Member, Red Cross; aided prisoners of #WWI. 5x nominee for the NobelPeacePrize (1922-29) #WomensHistoryMonth #WomenInSTEM #NurseSky #HistSci #MedSky

3/25/1909 — b. Maria von Maltzan, German biologist, veterinarian, journalist, resistance fighter. Honored w/the 'Righteous Among the Nations' award from the Israeli gov (1987) for saving Jews (WWII); autobio “Beat the Drums & Be Without Fright"(1986) #WomensHistoryMonth #WomenInSTEM #MedSky #HistMed

✨ Celebrating Women Inventors ✨ Creativity, courage, and the power of ideas deserve the spotlight every day. Have a look at our new blog post: blog.lboro.ac.uk/rdm/2026/03/... #WomenInSTEM #Innovation #InspiringWomen #Lboro

So sorry to hear of the death of Biruté Galdikas today at the age of 79. A visionary who brought the full extent of her observational genius to a species that had been largely ignored by other researchers, she will always be remembered. tinyurl.com/yc8hfhkc #WomenInSTEM #WHM #BioSky #HistSci 🦧

3/24/1911 — b. Jane Beverley Drew, English architect, town planner, author. Modernist #feminist architect; one of the best modernist architects in the U.K. Founder of an all-women #architecture firm (1940); a #designer of many important structures worldwide #WomensHistoryMonth #WomenInSTEM #MathSky

🩷 This Women's History Month, we celebrate Sara Seager, a pioneering astrophysicist in exoplanet research. ✨🪐 #WomenInSTEM

3/23/1924 — b. Bette Nesmith Graham, American inventor, artist. Inventor of liquid paper; orig called “Mistake Out”, used a blender to mix the first batch of the formula. Founder of the Mistake Out Company, renamed to Liquid Paper (1956) #WomensHistoryMonth #WomenInSTEM #InventorSky #SciSky #HistSci

#WomensHistoryMonth #WomenInSTEM #ClimateChange #SciSky #HistSci #WHM2026

3/20/1845 — b. Lucy Wright Mitchell, American archaeologist, scholar, historian, author. An intl authority on ancient art; one of the first Americans to publish a book on classical sculpture, "A History of Ancient Sculpture"(1883) #WomensHistoryMonth #WomenInSTEM #Archaelogy #SciSky #HistSci #ArtSky

Making technology more accessible is a self-perpetuating process with boundless impact, says Dr. Jasmeen Kanwal, just like the "endlessly growing tree" of Admiral Grace Hopper's early computer programmes: #WomenInSTEM https://royalsociety.org/blog/2026/03/grandma-cobols-endlessly-growing-tree/

3/19/1885 — b. Margaret Harwood, American astronomer, educator. Photometry specialist, celestial photographer; first director of the Maria Mitchell Observatory, Nantucket, where she created a valuable set of photo plates of variable stars #WomensHistoryMonth #WomenInSTEM #AstroSky #PhotoSky #HistSci

3/18/1935 — b. Rosemary A. Stevens, American historian, scholar, professor, author. History of medicine + #publichealth; board member of Natl Board of Med Examiners, Am Board of Pediatrics, Natl Acad of Sci, Natl Inst of Health + WHO #WomensHistoryMonth #WomenInSTEM #MedSky #SciSky #HistMed #HistSci

3/17/1849 — b. Cornelia Maria Clapp, American zoologist, influential female science educator. Embryology researcher, librarian and trustee, Marine Biological Laboratory, WoodsHole, Mass; professor at Mount Holyoke Female Seminary #WHM #WomensHistoryMonth #WomenInSTEM #ZooSky #EduSky #SciSky #HistSci

Dr. Kittrell was the first African American to obtain a Ph.D. in nutrition, and the first African-American woman to obtain a Ph.D. from Cornell University. While there, she struggled with housing discrimination. #feminism #feministscience #womeninSTEM #womenshistorymonth

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3/16/1900 — b. Eveline Burns, British-American economist, author. Co-designer of the U.S. #SocialSecurity system; presidential committee on Economic Security (1934). Professor of #economics, Columbia; critic of Am Med Assn for opposing Medicare #WomensHistoryMonth #WomenInSTEM #EconSky #PolSky #gov

March 16th is the 100th anniversary of the launch of a liquid fueled rocket by Robert Goddard, from his Aunt Effie's farm in Massachusetts. But who was Aunt Effie? What was her full name? Why did she support her cousin in his ambitions? She is part of space heritage too. 🧪 #WomenInSTEM

3/16/1750 — b. Caroline Herschel, German-British astronomer, mathematician. Discoverer of 18 comets + 3 nebulae(1787-97); co-discoverer of the planet Uranus. Gold Medal, Royal Astronomical Society(1828); Prussian Gold Medal for Science('46) #WomensHistoryMonth #WomenInSTEM #AstroSky #SciSky #HistSci

3/13/1941 — b. Lyn St. James, American race car driver, author, speaker. #Indy500 driver; the first woman to win a solo North American professional road race, Watkins Glen, New York (1985). One of nine women to have qualified for Indianapolis 500 #WomensHistoryMonth #WomenInSTEM #auto #racing #WHM

3/12/1862 — b. Jane Delano, American nursing leader, educator. Superintendent, #Army Nurse Corps(1909-12); identifier of the mosquito as Yellow Fever carrier. Co-author, “American Red Cross Text on Elementary Hygiene+Home Care of the Sick”('13) #WomensHistoryMonth #WomenInSTEM #NurseSky #HistNursing

3/11/1875 — Jennie Kidd Trout qualifies as a medical doctor and becomes her the first licensed female physician in Canada. She was the only woman doctor in Canada until 1880 when Emily Stowe became licensed to practice medicine as well #WomensHistoryMonth #WomenInSTEM #Canadian #MedSky #HistMed #WHM

3/10/1961 — b. Laurel Clark, American physician, #NASA astronaut, U.S. Navy Captain. Space Shuttle Columbia Mission Specialist 4; perished w/ crew during entry (2003). Posthumously awarded Congressional Space Medal of Honor #WomensHistoryMonth #WomenInSTEM #AstroSky #MedSky #SciSky #HistMed #WHM2026

To commemorate the 80th anniversary of the election of the first women Fellows of the Royal Society, we’re highlighting landmark papers by women published in #PhilosophicalTransactions that capture key moments in scientific history royalsociety.org/news-resourc... | #WomenInSTEM #HistSci

3/9/1955 — b. Terrie Moffitt, American clinical psychologist, behavioral researcher, scholar, author, essayist, professor. Pioneer research on the impact of genetic + environmental risks on psychiatric disorders #WomensHistoryMonth #WomenInSTEM #PyschSky #AcademicSky #WriterSky #MedSky #SciSky #WHM

Happy #InternationalWomensDay Founded to investigate science, literature and antiquities, @ria.ie encouraged debate between scholars of diverse background & interests so long as they were male. Our blog, 'Skirting the issue', looks at the first women of the Academy www.dib.ie/blog/skirtin...

3/8/1839 — b. Josephine Cochrane, American inventor, socialite. #Inventor of the dishwasher; created + patented the 1st practical mechanical dishwasher(1886). Won prize for the “best mechanical construction, durability...,” Chicago World’s Fair(1893) #WHM #WomenInSTEM #SciSky #InternationalWomensDay

Happy International Women's Day! Watch this short video about the contributions, influence and character of #KathleenLonsdale, the first female professor at UCL, inspiring UCL's women in #chemistry today: www.youtube.com/watch?v=O24o.... #IWD #InternationalWomensDay #WomenInSTEM #WomenInScience

Today is International Women’s Day. We celebrate women engineers who push technology forward and build a better world one breakthrough at a time. #InternationalWomensDay #WomenInSTEM #EngineeringLeadership #Innovation #TheEngineer

Happy International Women's Day! To celebrate it, Project Gutenberg created a new bookshelf titled Women in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics: www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/books... #books #literature #womeninstem #womenhistoryMonth

3/6/1912 — b. Madge Adam, British astronomer, solar physics researcher, scholar. Intl renown for her research on sunspots; director, Univ of Oxford Observatory; instructor of physics + #astronomy, Oxford (1937-57); fellow, Royal Astronomical Society #WomensHistoryMonth #WomenInSTEM #AstroSky #SciSky

Specialising in early modern French and translation, Professor Valerie Worth-Stylianou’s Leverhulme-funded study @ox.ac.uk looks beyond women as translators to identify their roles as dedicatees and readers of translations on reproductive health. #InternationalWomensDay

In the run up to #InternationalWomensDay (8 March), we’re sharing stories of remarkable women who served. Today: Jackie Moggridge — an ATA pilot who ferried Spitfires during World War II : bit.ly/40EkV0g Learn more in March about Women in WWII with our tours at our London site: bit.ly/4smfcYY

3/5/1871 — b. Rosa Luxemburg, Polish-German economist, philosopher, socialist revolutionary. Studied natural science + political economy; affiliated w/prominent intl socialism org,the SPD; later advocated for an intl class revolution of workers #WomensHistoryMonth #WomenInSTEM #EconSky #PolSky #WHM

3/4/1896 — b. Louise McManus, American nursing leader. Pioneered the evolution of U.S. + intl professional nurse training; introduced standardized testing for nursing students. Chair, Florence Nightingale Intl Foundation of Nursing #WomensHistoryMonth #WomenInSTEM #MedSky #NurseSky #HistNursing #WHM

For #WomensHistoryMonth: Let us celebrate the life and accomplishments of Annie Scott Dill Maunder, née Russell (1868-1947), pioneering astronomer, astrophotographer, and science communicator. She did important work with using photography to better understand solar activity. 🎢⚛️🧪🔭⭐️🪐1/n

3/3/1928 — b. Jane Hastings, American architect. Her architecture firm designed 500+ buildings in greater Seattle. Prominent member, Intl Union of Women #Architects; the first female chancellor, American Inst of Architects Coll of Fellows (1992) #WomensHistoryMonth #WomenInSTEM #architecture #design

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🌟Women in Science Spotlight: Lucy Mensing 🌟 Lucy Mensing (1901-1996) was the first person to apply quantum mechanics to diatomic molecules. Our new history guide offers an overview of her life and career. https://bit.ly/4tIdCSJ #WomeninSTEM #WomensHistory #HistoryofPhysics #HistoryofScience

#WASP Elizabeth “Betty” Haas Pfister 43-W-5 after WWII Naming her Bell P-39 Airacobra racing plane, “Galloping Gertie.” (23 July 1921 - 17 November 2011) Women Airforce Service Pilots #WomensHistory #WomenInAviation #WomenMilAv8rs #WomenAtWar2 #WomenOfAviation #womenpilots #WomenintheAir #WWII