Queer STEM History

In our last episode for the series we look at the life of Sally Ride, the first American woman in space, and the youngest American ever to go into space! The transcript for this episode is available at https://queerstempodcast.wixsite.com/website/sally-ride For more information about Sally Ride check out these links: National Women's History Museum entry on Sally Ride - https://www.womenshistory.org/education-resources/biographies/sally-ride Sally Ride's obituary - http://www.legacy.com/ns/sally-ride-obituary/158720182 The American Prospect article 'Astronaut Sally Ride and the Burden of Being The First' - https://prospect.org/culture/books/astronaut-sally-ride-burden-first/ Slate article 'Sally Ride's Secret: Why the First American Woman in' - https://slate.com/human-interest/2014/05/sally-ride-lesbian-why-did-the-first-american-woman-in-space-stay-in-the-closet.html New York Times article about writing Sally's obituary 'A Deadline Call on Posthumous Privacy' - https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/22/insider/sally-ride-obituary-posthumous-privacy.html "Lesbian Space Crime" Article - https://www.space.com/nasa-astronaut-anne-mcclain-space-crime-claim.html Please follow us on: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/QueerSTEMHistory/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/QSTEMHistory Website: https://queerstempodcast.wixsite.com/website Intro and Outro Music: Postcards mastered by Scott Holmes

In this episode we share the story of not just one queer scientist, but two, in our historic lesbian power couple spectacular! Martha May Eliot and Ethel Collins Dunham shared an almost 60 year long relationship and were both recognised as pioneers in public health and pediatrics. The transcript for this episode is available at https://queerstempodcast.wixsite.com/website/martha-and-ethel For more information about Martha and Ethel check out these links: "Public Careers and Private Sexuality: Some Gay and Lesbian Lives in the History of Medicine and Public Health" - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1447383/ Centre for the History of Medicine profile on Martha and Ethel - https://cms.www.countway.harvard.edu/wp/?p=15181 Yale Alumni Magazine Dual-Career Couple - https://yalealumnimagazine.com/articles/3912-dual-career-couple 16 Iconic Same-Sex Couples through History - https://www.advocate.com/love-and-sex/2018/8/13/16-iconic-same-sex-couples-throughout-history 'To Believe in Women: What Lesbians Have Done For America - A History' by Lillian Faderman Please follow us on: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/QueerSTEMHistory/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/QSTEMHistory Website: https://queerstempodcast.wixsite.com/website Intro and Outro Music: Postcards mastered by Scott Holmes

Welcome to Episode 4 of Queer STEM History. Today we are discussing the story of Dr Ben Barres, who was Stanford University neurobiologist and the first openly transgender scientist in the National Academy of Sciences. Please follow us on: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/QueerSTEMHistory/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/QSTEMHistory Website: https://queerstempodcast.wixsite.com/website Intro and Outro Music: Postcards mastered by Scott Holmes

This week we are discussing George Washington Carver. Carver was born a slave, rejected from many schools but eventually became one of the most renowned agricultural scientists in America, and was highly regarded by Albert Einstein. Please follow us on: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/QueerSTEMHistory/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/QSTEMHistory Website: https://queerstempodcast.wixsite.com/website Intro and Outro Music: Postcards mastered by Scott Holmes

This week we are discussing the life and work of James B. Pollack, an openly gay American astrophysicist who worked at the NASA Ames Research Centre. Please follow us on: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/QueerSTEMHistory/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/QSTEMHistory Website: https://queerstempodcast.wixsite.com/website