The Silenced Women of STEM

Episode 37: Maria Manasseina - Nap Time!!

So we’ve all pulled an all nighter before, or stayed up a little too late before having to wake up early. I am currently suffering the consequences of that action. But how important is sleep really, and how does losing it affect how we function? Today we are talking about Maria Manasseina- also known as Marie von manassein, and Marie de Manaceine -, a Russian doctor who was a pioneer in biochemistry and experimental somnology in the second half of the nineteenth century. Sources: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20183211/ [https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20183211/] https://wineurope.eu/manasseina-2/ [https://wineurope.eu/manasseina-2/] https://sruk.org.uk/lack-of-sleep-alcoholic-fermentation-and-other-untold-discoveries-by-maria-manasseina/ [https://sruk.org.uk/lack-of-sleep-alcoholic-fermentation-and-other-untold-discoveries-by-maria-manasseina/] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Manaseina [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Manaseina] https://lab.gilest.ro/reviews-articles-and-books-etc/some-experimental-observations-on-the-effect-of-total-insomnia/ [https://lab.gilest.ro/reviews-articles-and-books-etc/some-experimental-observations-on-the-effect-of-total-insomnia/]

Episode 36: The Women Behind the ENIAC

Computers originally actually referred to a person, a computator…a person who does computations… a computer. Today, we will be talking about the female human computers who programmed the world’s first digital computer. Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ENIAC [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ENIAC] https://www.computer.org/volunteering/awards/pioneer/about-women-of-eniac [https://www.computer.org/volunteering/awards/pioneer/about-women-of-eniac] https://courses.cs.washington.edu/courses/csep590a/06au/readings/00511940-frist.pdf [https://courses.cs.washington.edu/courses/csep590a/06au/readings/00511940-frist.pdf]

35: Dora Richardson - The Woman behind the Man of Breast Cancer

Today’s episode speaks of a woman who created a brand new drug that went through clinical testing almost entirely in secret in order to become one of today’s very popular treatments of breast cancer. Oh, and the worst part is...a man took all her research and never credited her. Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dora_Richardson [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dora_Richardson] https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/dora-richardson-took-her-research-underground-to-develop-lifesaving/ [https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/dora-richardson-took-her-research-underground-to-develop-lifesaving/] https://awis.org/historical-women/dora-richardson-phd/ [https://awis.org/historical-women/dora-richardson-phd/] https://oncodaily.com/insight/dora-richardson-197423 [https://oncodaily.com/insight/dora-richardson-197423] https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/treatments/9785-tamoxifen [https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/treatments/9785-tamoxifen]

34: Clara Barton - Angel of the Battlefield

Today we're talking about an angel of life, actually an angel of the battlefield to be specific, a one Miss Clara Barton, founder of the American Red Cross. Sources: https://www.thenmusa.org/biographies/clara-barton/ [https://www.thenmusa.org/biographies/clara-barton/] https://www.womenshistory.org/education-resources/biographies/clara-barton [https://www.womenshistory.org/education-resources/biographies/clara-barton] https://www.redcross.org/content/dam/redcross/enterprise-assets/about-us/history/history-clara-barton-v5-4-19-23.pdf [https://www.redcross.org/content/dam/redcross/enterprise-assets/about-us/history/history-clara-barton-v5-4-19-23.pdf] https://clarabartonmuseum.org/bio/ [https://clarabartonmuseum.org/bio/] https://www.clarabartonbirthplace.org/claras-life/ [https://www.clarabartonbirthplace.org/claras-life/] https://www.britannica.com/topic/phrenology [https://www.britannica.com/topic/phrenology]

Episode 33: Gisella Perl - The Gynecologist of Auschwitz

Giselle Perl, a Hungarian Jewish gynecologist who was imprisoned in Auschwitz and forced to be a doctor there while simultaneously being a prisoner. This is her story. Sources: https://mjhnyc.org/events/a-jewish-doctor-in-auschwitz-gisella-perl/ [https://mjhnyc.org/events/a-jewish-doctor-in-auschwitz-gisella-perl/] https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20200526-dr-gisella-perl-the-auschwitz-doctor-who-saved-lives [https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20200526-dr-gisella-perl-the-auschwitz-doctor-who-saved-lives] https://www.jewishbookcouncil.org/pb-daily/gisella-perl-and-our-haunted-present [https://www.jewishbookcouncil.org/pb-daily/gisella-perl-and-our-haunted-present] https://www.whisc.center/Gisella-Perl [https://www.whisc.center/Gisella-Perl] https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6115479/ [https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6115479/] https://www.auschwitz.org/en/history/auschwitz-iii/ig-farben [https://www.auschwitz.org/en/history/auschwitz-iii/ig-farben] https://www.theholocaustexplained.org/the-camps/case-study-auschwitz-birkenau/ [https://www.theholocaustexplained.org/the-camps/case-study-auschwitz-birkenau/]