2/6/1887 — b. Florence Luscomb, American architect, suffragist, organizer, orator. Early woman to graduate from M.I.T. with a architecture degree; a partner in a #womenowned #architecture firm in Boston. A prominent suffrage organizer in Massachusetts #womenshistory #WomenInSTEM #MIT #votingrights

The AWIS scholarship cycle is now open, offering over $25K in awards for first-generation college students, undergraduates, PhD students, and women seeking to reenter #STEM fields. Apply by 2/28. Visit https://awis.org/scholarships/#STEMto learn more. #WomenInSTEM

The Trump regime got rid of 10,109 PhDs in science and related fields, representing 14% of the total number of PhD scientists in the federal workforce.

2/5/1905 — b. Mirra Komaroysky, Russian-American sociologist, author, #feminist. Innovative sociology pioneer of gender, family and edu. Pres, Am Sociological Assn(1973); wrote "Women in College"+"Women in the Modern World"; professor, Barnard Coll #womenshistory #womenwriters #WomenInSTEM #SocioSky

Information about the British Red Cross archive. www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/archives-sec...

2/5/1871 — b. Mary Sewall Gardner, American nursing leader, educator, public health pioneer. Co-founder, Natl Org for Public Health Nursing, president (1913-15). Worldwide classic, “Public Health Nursing”(1916), first U.S. #publichealth text #womenshistory #WomenInSTEM #NurseSky #MedSky #HistNursing

Annie Turnbo Malone, American chemist, inventor, businesswoman, philanthropist. Early Af-Am wmn millionaire; hair care/beauty supply entrepreneur. Founder, developer, of a prominent commercial cosmetics enterprise for blk wmn(1900s-20s) #womenshistory #WomenInSTEM #BlackHistoryMonth #ChemSky #SciSky

Jane C. Wright, American physician, surgeon, oncologist, cancer researcher, professor. Pioneer chemotherapy researcher; prof of surgery, NY Medical Coll(1967), at that time she was the highest ranked Af-Am woman in a U.S. med institution #womenshistory #WomenInSTEM #BHM #MedSky #SciSky #HistMed #woc

2/3/1821 — b. Elizabeth Blackwell, American physician. The first certified US female physician, first US wmn to earn an accredited med degree, wmns med edu champion. Co-founder, NY Infirmary for Wmn&Children, first clinic 4 wmn 2 utilize wmn practitioners #womenshistory #WomenInSTEM #MedSky #HistMed

Sarah Parker Remond, American physician, abolitionist, orator. A prominent free-born black female abolition leader who traveled the U.S. and U.K. lecturing on slavery. Member of the American Anti-Slavery Society #womenshistory #WomenInSTEM #BlackHistoryMonth #BHM #woc #MedSky #HistMed

2/2/1901 — The United States Female Army Nurse Corps is established by Congress as a permanent corp within the U.S. Army Medical Dept. When launched in March 1901, Dita H. Kinney is named the first superintendent(1901-09) #womenshistory #WomenInSTEM #MedSky #HistMed #BusrseSky #HistNursing #military

2/1/1888 — b. Winifred Goldring, American geologist, paleontologist. Noted pioneer researcher of Gilboa fossil flora + stromatolites. The first female NY state paleontologist (1920-54), first woman president of the Paleontological Society (1949) #womenshistory #WomenInSTEM #PaleoSky #GeoSky #HistSci

Trying to read more in 2026 & Guys… did you know women are 47% more likely to get injured in a car crash before male crash test dummies have been almost exclusively used for seat belt testing? We NEED #womeninstem

1/31/1888 — b. Ella Cara Deloria (Aŋpétu Wašté Wiŋ), #NativeAmerican educator, anthropologist, ethnographer, linguist, author. Documenter of Dakota, Lakota + Nakota linguistics + ethnographics, the first to reflect NatAm culture from a female perspective #womenshistory #WomenInSTEM #EthnoSky #SciSky

1/30/1915 — b. Colonel Mildred I. Clark, American #military leader, nursing leader, anesthesiologist. 12th chief of the U.S. Army Nurse Corps (1963-67); held other army leadership posts(1938-67). A key figure in the ANC during the VietnamWar #womenshistory #WomenInSTEM #NurseSky #HistNursing #MedSky

‪@stemfem.bsky.social‬ #womenshistory #WomenInSTEM #AstroSky #astrophysics #astronomy #SciSky #HistSci

1/30/1911 — b. Paris Pişmiş, Turkish-Mexican astrophysicist, astronomer, educator. The first professional astronomer in Mexico. Primary focus on galactic structure; published 120+ papers on various astrophysics topics #womenshistory #WomenInSTEM #AstroSky #astrophysics #astronomy #SciSky #HistSci

Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1964. The headline and lede from The Daily Mirror:

Jerry Mock was the first woman to fly around the world solo in 1964! Despite her amazing accomplishment + record-setting flight records, the media dubbed her “The Flying Housewife” www.cnn.com/travel/artic... #womenshistory #WomenInSTEM #AvSky #aviation

1/28/1986 — Christa McAuliffe and Judith Resnick died along with five male crew members as the Challenger space shuttle explodes; they were the first women to killed in the United States Space program #womenshistory #WomenInSTEM #SpaceSky #Space #NASA #SciSky #HistSci

Eiffel Tower to engrave 72 women scientists’ names in gold, finally honoring female pioneers in physics, biology, maths & engineering. www.lemonde.fr/en/france/ar... #WomenInSTEM #ScienceEquity

1/27/1898 — b. Georgia Neese Clark, American #gov official, economist, banker. The first female Treasurer of the United States(1949-53), her signature was the first of any woman’s to be printed on U.S. currency and was featured on $30 billion in paper money #womenshistory #WomenInSTEM #EconSky #BOTD

1/26/1892 — b. Bessie Coleman, American aviator, stunt pilot. “Brave Bessie”; the first Af-Am woman to fly a plane + hold a pilot’s license. The first American woman to earn an international pilot’s license(1921). Intl Women’s Sports HOF (1992) #womenshistory #WomenInSTEM #AvSky #aviation #woc #BHM

1/26/1882 — b. Julia Anna Gardner, American geologist, paleontologist. Intl renown for her work in stratigraphy + mollusc paleontology. Geologist,U.S. Geological Survey (1920-52); pres, Paleontological Soc(‘52); VP, Geological Soc of America(‘53) #womenshistory #WomenInSTEM #PaleoSky #GeoSky #SciSky

1/25/1941 — b. Jane Richardson, American biophysicist, artist. Creator of a groundbreaking method representing the 3D structure of proteins known as “Ribbon Diagrams.” #Biochemistry professor, Duke Univ; MacArthur fellow (1985); @nasonline.org award (‘91) #womenshistory #WomenInSTEM #BioSky #SciSky

1/24/1857 — b. Kate Waller Barrett, American physician, sociologist, social reformer. Leader of the rescue movement for unwed mothers in the U.S.; she made it socially acceptable to view unwed mothers as worthy of philanthropy #womenshistory #WomenInSTEM #MedSky #HistMed #SciSky #HistSci #PolSky

1/23/1849 — Elizabeth Blackwell graduates from medical school with the highest grades in her class, Geneva College, New York. She becomes the first woman in the U.S. to earn an accredited medical degree, and the first recognized female U.S. physician #womenshistory #WomenInSTEM #MedSky #HistMed #OTD

As the first neurologist in space, Roberta Bondar conducted experiments aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery to better understand how spaceflight affects the human brain and body. #RobertaBondar #Brain #Neuroscience #WomeninSTEM

1/22/1906 — b. Willa Brown Coffey, American aviator. The first Af-Am woman to earn a pilot license (1938); the first Af-Am member, Civil Air Patrol. Co-founder, Natl Airmen’s Assn of America and the Coffey Sch of Aeronautics to train Af-Am aviators #womenshistory #WomenInSTEM #aviation #AvSky #woc

1/22/1816 — b. Catherine Wolfe Bruce, American patroness of astronomy, astronomy enthusiast, philanthropist. She established the prestigious annual Bruce Medal (1898), awarded to a lifetime #astronomy contributors and a high honor in the field #womenshistory #WomenInSTEM #AstroSky #SciSky #HistSci

1/21/1879 — b. Helen Gwynne-Vaughan, British botanist, mycologist, professor of botany, lecturer. Researcher of fungal genetics; president of the British Mycological Society (1928). Commandant, Women’s Royal Air Force (1918); OBE ('19) #womenshistory #WomenInSTEM #PlantSky #SciSky #HistSci #military

“Witch or scientist?” is not a mystery. It’s a literacy test. Aglaonice called eclipses on schedule. That’s math, not magic. Receipts are in the essay: #womeninstem #womeninhistory #astronomer #womenshistory open.substack.com/pub/authenti...

1/20/2022 — Zara Rutherford, British-Belgian aviatrix, becomes the youngest woman to fly solo around world after a 155-day journey www.msn.com/en-us/news/w... #womenhistory #WomenInSTEM #aviation #AVgeeks #OTD

The Epstein files revive questions of whether the disgraced financier sought to merely cultivate famous scientists, or to shape science itself

Dr. Gladys West, the pioneering mathematician whose work laid the foundation for modern GPS technology, has died. She was 95.

1/19/1850 — b. Alice Eastwood, Canadian-American systemic botanist, conservationist, discoverer, author, educator. Curator of botany, California Academy of Sciences (1894-49); expert on the flowering plants of the CA coast + the Rockies #womenshistory #WomenInSTEM #SciSky #HistSci #PlantSky #EduSky

1/18/1893 — b. Katherine Maud Macdonald, Canadian nursing sister;while in Brittany w/Canadian Army Medical Corps her location was bombed + she died at 25. The first wmn in the CAMC to die in action #WWI. British War medal + the Victory medal #womenshistory #WomenInSTEM #NurseSky #MedSky #HistNursing

1/17/1921 — b. Eloise Giblett, American hematologist, genetic scientist + researcher. Medical pioneer, discoverer first immunodeficiency disease; prof of medicine, Hematology Dept, Univ of Wash. Wrote a seminal tome on #genetic markers (1969) & 200+ papers #womenshistory #WomenInSTEM #MedSky #SciSky

1/16/1896 — b. Ruth Rose, American zoological historian, screenwriter. The official “Arcturus mission” historian for the New York Zoological Society expedition, Galapagos Islands (1925). Noted for her #film screenplays including the orig “King Kong”(1933) #womenshistory #WomenInSTEM #ZooSky #HistSci

1/15/1850 — b. Sonya Kovalevsky, Russian mathematician, author. One of the most accomplished 19th c. female mathematicians; valuable contributor to the mathematical physics + analysis fields. Awarded Prix Bordin, French Academy of Sciences (1888) #womenshistory #WomenInSTEM #MathSky #SciSky #HistSci

Did you know our nursing history collection holds nearly 5,000 pamphlets - many over 100 years old? We are working to make them easier to access for members and researchers by: 🔍 Improving search records 📜 Checking each pamphlet’s condition 📷 Identifying digitisation opportunities #HistNursing

1/14/1900 — b. Elfriede Paul, German physician, educator, resistance fighter. Assistant, Hygiene Inst, Univ of Berlin(1934-37); general practitioner('36-42). Member, #antifa resistance group, Red Orchestra; health policy drafter,German Democratic Republic #womenshistory #WomenInSTEM #MedSky #HistMed

Monika Kubísková, neuroscientist & PhD student, balanced research with modeling & Miss Czech Republic 2025 (Miss Popularity). Her story shows diverse paths to science. More in A Easy (in Czech): pdf.avcr.cz/AEasy/2025-0... #WomenInSTEM #Neuroscience #Inspiration #NonLinearPaths

1/13/1978 — NASA selects the first class of U.S. women astronauts | Left to right — Shannon W. Lucid, Margaret Rhea Seddon, Kathryn D. Sullivan, Judith A. Resnik, Anna L. Fisher, and Sally K. Ride #womenshistory #WomenInSTEM #AstroSky #SciSky #HistSci #NASA #OTD

Fascinating study: women who qualified as doctors in UK between 1877-1914. journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

1/12/1923 — b. Alice Miller, Swiss psychologist, psychoanalyst, author. Significant researcher of childhood and child abuse; she wrote 13 books primarily on parental child abuse, many of her works were translated into several languages #womenshistory #WomenInSTEM #PsychSky #MedSky #HistMed #PedsSky

1/11/1935 — Amelia Earhart, American aviatrix, becomes the first person to fly solo across the Pacific Ocean, completing a 2,400 mile, 18 hour trip, from Wheeler Field in Honolulu, Hawaii to Oakland Airport in Oakland, California #womenshistory #WomenInSTEM #aviation #AVgeeks #OTD

#MedSky #EpiSky #IDSky #publichealth #covidconscious #nursesky #ChronicIllness #Conservation #anthropocene #environment #science #AcademicSky

1/9/1857 — b. Anna Kuliscioff, Russian physician, revolutionary, feminist, internationalist, salonist. OBGYN, early prominent feminist; one of the first wmn to earn a medical degree. Operated med practice in Milan for wmn + the poor (1885-91) #womenshistory #WomenInSTEM #MedSky #HistMed #ObSky #BOTD