Women in tech and science
This Gallery shows pictures of famous women in tech and science. Their role has been in the shadow of men over the centuries. Still, the importance of their achievements could and should be recognized and serve as an incentive and example for girls to pursue a career in STEM areas. Also, this evidences how women have been treated differently in the same jobs getting less payment or recognition.
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One of the recognized precursors of WiFi was the legendary Hollywood actress Hedy Lamarr, who became world famous for her role in the movie Samson and Delilah (1949), although she participated in more than 30 films. In her time, Hedy Lamarr was baptized w…
For same work everyone should earn the same money. The Item is about discrimination of women on their work-place.
Highly qualified women scientists are employed at the Central weather bureau in Moscow , which serves the entire Soviet Union with the weather forecast and that meteorological information .x000D Reports on weather conditions are received by the bureau fou…
Bildunterschrift: Miss Hypatia Jones, spinster of arts (on her way to refreshments), informs Professor Parallax, F.R.S., that "young men do very well to look at, or to dance with, or even to marry, and all that kind of thing!" But that "as …
Twee voorstellingen op een plaat. Boven: op de voorgrond rechts Orestes, de prefect van Alexandrië. Hij wordt door enkele monniken bespot. Een van de monniken gooit een steen naar hem. Op de achtergrond patriarch Cyrillus van Alexandrië, die preekt tegen …
Bust, looking straight ahead. Rectangle; Title taken from the inscription of the lower edge
Rita Levi-Montalcini (1909-2012) was an Italian neurobiologist and joint-recipient of the 1986 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine for the discovery of nerve growth factor (NGF). Levi-Montalcini attended the University of Turin Medical School having ove…
Munich, Bavarian State Library -- H.nat. 425 h-2