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Kate Birrell

@kamabi

Born one of Scotland’s many creative engineers. R Feynman is a hero and an inspiration.(Also Marissa). Not always obvious. Can be,in right circs, truly terrible

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Woman of the Day Clementine Hozier (1895-1977) of London who overcame a difficult childhood, tirelessly worked for humanitarian causes during both World Wars while raising five children, and persuaded her obstinate husband to support women’s suffrage. She never, never gave up.

Woman of the Day Clementine Hozier (1895-1977) of London who overcame a difficult childhood, tirelessly worked for humanitarian causes during both World Wars while raising five children, and persuaded her obstinate husband to support women’s suffrage. She never, never gave up.
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AOC: When I was 16 years old, my dad was diagnosed with a very rare form of cancer. His prognosis was not good. The doctors said that with the treatments they had, their options were limited, but there was an experimental trial. For millions across this country—whose child has a

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On a scale of 1-10, how surprised would you be to learn that in 1925, a pioneering woman doctor and the foremost authority on lead poisoning alerted the US Public Health Service to the health risks and air pollution caused by leaded petrol but it dismissed her evidence and

On a scale of 1-10, how surprised would you be to learn that in 1925, a pioneering woman doctor and the foremost authority on lead poisoning alerted the US Public Health Service to the health risks and air pollution caused by leaded petrol but it dismissed her evidence and
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Woman of the Day Jane Archer born OTD in 1898 in Bengal, the first woman MI5 officer and for years, in sole charge of MI5’s coverage of Soviet espionage. Her interrogation of a Soviet intelligence defector was masterly, the first really professional debriefing. She unnerved

Woman of the Day Jane Archer born OTD in 1898 in Bengal, the first woman MI5 officer and for years, in sole charge of MI5’s coverage of Soviet espionage. Her interrogation of a Soviet intelligence defector was masterly, the first really professional debriefing. She unnerved
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It’s St Matilda's Day today, patron saint of large families, parents and difficult marriages, so I’m taking this opportunity to post a roll of honour for the women scientists whose achievements were either overlooked or attributed to their male colleagues: the Matilda Effect.

It’s St Matilda's Day today, patron saint of large families, parents and difficult marriages, so I’m taking this opportunity to post a roll of honour for the women scientists whose achievements were either overlooked or attributed to their male colleagues: the Matilda Effect.
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So, what is the appropriate collective noun to use to describe 60 yr old women who are not, to use your terms, ‘baddies’? Seeing as how everybody ages, nobody is a blithe young thing forever… (Getting called nasty names as an older woman is ofc a common female experience)