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jaxexpat

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14. I think it's high time that the public knows....

Reply to ancianita (Original post)

Mon Mar 27, 2023, 10:02 AM

Mar 2023

A. Einstein was trans, relatively and obviously.

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The Matilda Effect [View all] ancianita Mar 2023 OP

K&R betsuni Mar 2023 #1

K&R! gademocrat7 Mar 2023 #2

How often is Hedy Lamar remembered for other than being a beautiful film star. nt Phoenix61 Mar 2023 #3

It's pronounced Hedley! progressoid Mar 2023 #34

In the telecom/networking field, she's well-known for frequency-hopping spread-spectrum technology. Efilroft Sul Mar 2023 #44

So happy to hear that. nt Phoenix61 Mar 2023 #46

K&R Solly Mack Mar 2023 #4

Absolutely no doubt about it. Ligyron Mar 2023 #5

It happened to me, in the computer field, in the 1970's. SharonAnn Mar 2023 #26

Holy Crap! Ligyron Mar 2023 #33

The most troubling case for me is Meitner. NNadir Mar 2023 #6

A few decades ago Otto_Harper Mar 2023 #9

My experience with many members of the "upper management," myself... NNadir Mar 2023 #42

Those same beknighted individuals also vetoed Otto_Harper Mar 2023 #43

Ah well, I love that word, "benighted." I can't think of a better place for using it. NNadir Mar 2023 #45

Marie Curie Wicked Blue Mar 2023 #7

That's unusual - mostly, she's better known than him muriel_volestrangler Mar 2023 #27

It was the textbook Wicked Blue Mar 2023 #31

I think it's a power thing. plimsoll Mar 2023 #8

and the WAR ON WOMEN continues apace. Would you consider cross-posting this in niyad Mar 2023 #10

Rosalind Franklin edhopper Mar 2023 #11

She is the one who I.d.ed the double helix from a microscopic X-ray. Botany Mar 2023 #13

You remind me of how Walter Isaacson, biographer of Steve Jobs, later Jennifer Doudna, 2020 Nobel ancianita Mar 2023 #19

Barbara McClintock is my hero. Long before anybody else she explained that genes "jump" to new ... Botany Mar 2023 #22

Awesome. I'll read up on her, since these women don't get the same historical public recognition. ancianita Mar 2023 #24

Mileva Maric, Einstein's first wife Bernardo de La Paz Mar 2023 #12

I think it's high time that the public knows.... jaxexpat Mar 2023 #14

The Mitilda Effect was going on in the run-up to WW II. Elizabeth Smith Friedman breaking Nazi codes usaf-vet Mar 2023 #15

Thank you for the movie link, usaf-vet. thatcrowwoman Mar 2023 #36

Thanks for link burrowowl Mar 2023 #41

Ran into it often when I was working. 2naSalit Mar 2023 #16

Oh, don't I know it. SharonAnn Mar 2023 #29

THIS! THIS! THIS! OMGWTF Mar 2023 #32

Exactly... 2naSalit Mar 2023 #35

What we used to call the 'good ole boy' network. Joinfortmill Mar 2023 #17

I don't think this "effect" was/is limited to science. There were also many Backseat Driver Mar 2023 #18

"Limited to science" is not what anyone here is saying at all. Science is just one of many arenas ancianita Mar 2023 #21

A friend's sister gave her daughters gender neutral names like Ilsa Mar 2023 #20

Wise move, as resumes and transcripts introduce a person before they are even seen. Hekate Mar 2023 #23

K&R for the post and the discussion. crickets Mar 2023 #25

Thank you all for this thread and the informative replies! WestMichRad Mar 2023 #28

This message was self-deleted by its author ancianita Mar 2023 #30

Thank you, ancianita, for this interesting and enlightening post. thatcrowwoman Mar 2023 #37

De nada, mi amiga. ancianita Mar 2023 #38

I tell everyone who will listen about Henrietta Leavitt.. Permanut Mar 2023 #39

Let's not forget Mary Jackson, a black female NASA scientist made famous in the movie panader0 Mar 2023 #40