Celebrating admirable women and girls (historical & contemporary). Their courage, resilience, perseverance, triumphs. Highlighting "firsts." Raising awareness of injustices and our struggles, obstacles, erasure, and more. #WomenInSTEM & in everything else!https://bsky.app/profile/admirablewomen.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/admirablewomen.bsky.social/post/3mufw6lifsf2oItalian physician & educator Maria Montessori developing the Montessori method of education, a child-centered approach. She opened her first school in 1907 in Rome. Today, there are >20K Montessori schools in >110 countries serving millions of children. She was born #OTD in 1870. #Education31 Aug 2026 22:08 +0000at://did:plc:2xisupj43xdq7uvffzigis5p/app.bsky.feed.post/3mufw6lifsf2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/admirablewomen.bsky.social/post/3muey4jhfgb2rDYK it was once recommended that women in higher ed take a week off from studying each month during menstruation to avoid destroying their fertility? 😮 (1/3) 🧵 Physician Dr. Mary Putnam Jacobi (b. #OTD in 1842) used rigorous quantitative scientific data to debunk this crazy talk. #WomenInSTEM31 Aug 2026 13:09 +0000at://did:plc:2xisupj43xdq7uvffzigis5p/app.bsky.feed.post/3muey4jhfgb2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/admirablewomen.bsky.social/post/3mudfwsavu72sLegendary oceanographer Dr. Sylvia Earle led the first all-female aquanaut team & has logged 7,000+ hours underwater. As NOAA’s first female Chief Scientist, she expanded marine research & holds the record for the deepest untethered ocean floor walk at 1,250 ft (381m). #WomenInSTEM (1/2) 🧵30 Aug 2026 22:12 +0000at://did:plc:2xisupj43xdq7uvffzigis5p/app.bsky.feed.post/3mudfwsavu72shttps://bsky.app/profile/admirablewomen.bsky.social/post/3mucuq2smmq27Remembering Anna Politkovskaya, the fierce Russian journalist, writer, and human rights activist on what would have been her 68th birthday.🕯️ Known for her opposition to the Chechen conflict and for criticism of Putin, she was murdered on Oct 7, 2006. #Journalism #PressFreedom30 Aug 2026 17:04 +0000at://did:plc:2xisupj43xdq7uvffzigis5p/app.bsky.feed.post/3mucuq2smmq27https://bsky.app/profile/admirablewomen.bsky.social/post/3muckvf44mo27English novelist, poet & essayist Mary Shelley was born #OTD in 1797. Daughter of famed philosopher & feminist, Mary Wollstonecraft, Shelley is best known for her 1818 Gothic novel "Frankenstein: or, The Modern Prometheus." https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/mary-wollstonecraft-shelley #LitSky #BookSky #gothic30 Aug 2026 14:08 +0000at://did:plc:2xisupj43xdq7uvffzigis5p/app.bsky.feed.post/3muckvf44mo27https://bsky.app/profile/admirablewomen.bsky.social/post/3mub46hl3k72rSwedish actress Ingrid Bergman won 3 Academy Awards, 2 Primetime Emmys, 4 Golden Globes, a BAFTA, and a Tony. The American Film Institute ranked her as the 4th-greatest female screen legend of classic American cinema. She was born #OTD in 1915 & died #OTD in 1982.30 Aug 2026 00:12 +0000at://did:plc:2xisupj43xdq7uvffzigis5p/app.bsky.feed.post/3mub46hl3k72rhttps://bsky.app/profile/admirablewomen.bsky.social/post/3muazmieuec2uT-minus 12 hours until the launch of the Nancy Grace Roman telescope! 🥳 Roman, the "Mother of Hubble" & #NASA's first Chief of Astronomy was the foundational architect who transitioned the concept of a large space telescope from "hopeful speculation" to a funded reality. #WomenInSTEM #astronomy 🔭29 Aug 2026 23:26 +0000at://did:plc:2xisupj43xdq7uvffzigis5p/app.bsky.feed.post/3muazmieuec2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/admirablewomen.bsky.social/post/3muavapud4c2wDinah Washington, Queen of the Blues, was a master structural vocalist who fundamentally shaped mid-century American #jazz & blues arrangement. The most popular Black female recording artist of the '50s, she was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame (1993). She was born #OTD in 1924. #MusicSky29 Aug 2026 22:07 +0000at://did:plc:2xisupj43xdq7uvffzigis5p/app.bsky.feed.post/3muavapud4c2whttps://bsky.app/profile/admirablewomen.bsky.social/post/3mua5isu7eq2sDr. Temple Grandin has #autism & is an animal scientist, ethologist & a professor at Colorado State U. She credits her "thinking in pictures" for her ability to understand animal behavior and design more humane equipment (now used in >50% of N. American cattle facilities). #WomenInSTEM 1/3👇29 Aug 2026 15:03 +0000at://did:plc:2xisupj43xdq7uvffzigis5p/app.bsky.feed.post/3mua5isu7eq2shttps://bsky.app/profile/admirablewomen.bsky.social/post/3mu5tqlzi3m2lDoris Ulmann was an elite NY portraitist who left Park Avenue to document the faces, crafts, and heritage of rural America. Using a view camera & Pictorialist soft-focus, she captured deep, respectful portraits of Appalachian craftspeople & Gullah sea islanders. #photography (1/2)🧵28 Aug 2026 17:03 +0000at://did:plc:2xisupj43xdq7uvffzigis5p/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu5tqlzi3m2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/admirablewomen.bsky.social/post/3mu5js4hsvk27Poet, essayist & playwright Rita Dove is the youngest person & first Black poet to be appointed Poet Laureate of the US (1993-95). + She won the Pulitzer Prize for #Poetry for "Thomas and Beulah" (1987) + Poet Laureate of Virginia (2004–2006) She was born #OTD in 1952. #LitSky #BookSky #PoetrySky28 Aug 2026 14:04 +0000at://did:plc:2xisupj43xdq7uvffzigis5p/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu5js4hsvk27https://bsky.app/profile/admirablewomen.bsky.social/post/3mu3xx3kxrn26Virologist/molecular biologist Dr. Flossie Wong-Staal altered the trajectory of the global HIV/AIDS epidemic. First to clone HIV-1 & complete its genetic mapping, directly leading to life-saving antiviral drug cocktails. Most-cited female scientist of the 1980s. Born #OTD in 1946. #WomenInSTEM27 Aug 2026 23:12 +0000at://did:plc:2xisupj43xdq7uvffzigis5p/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu3xx3kxrn26https://bsky.app/profile/admirablewomen.bsky.social/post/3mu3ugamrc52oKatharine McCormick: a most consequential yet historically overlooked woman of the 20th century. She funded the development of the world’s first oral contraceptive pill & drove progress across 3 fronts: her scientific education (MIT), militant suffragist action & backing mental health studies. 1/2🧵27 Aug 2026 22:09 +0000at://did:plc:2xisupj43xdq7uvffzigis5p/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu3ugamrc52ohttps://bsky.app/profile/admirablewomen.bsky.social/post/3mu3dnswqmn22Photojournalist Catherine Leroy is regarded as one of the most fearless & influential war photographers of the 20th C. She broke thru intense gender barriers & redefined the visual narrative of combat by focusing on raw, intimate human vulnerability. She was born #OTD in 1944. #photography 1/3 🧵27 Aug 2026 17:09 +0000at://did:plc:2xisupj43xdq7uvffzigis5p/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu3dnswqmn22https://bsky.app/profile/admirablewomen.bsky.social/post/3mu3a6xn4p42pCubist painter & sculptor Alexandra Nechita was dubbed the "Petite Picasso" by art critics as a child. Her mastery of line, vibrant color & abstract compositions shattered expectations for what a child could physically & conceptually achieve on a canvas. Born #OTD in 1985. #Art #ArtSky #Cubism27 Aug 2026 16:07 +0000at://did:plc:2xisupj43xdq7uvffzigis5p/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu3a6xn4p42phttps://bsky.app/profile/admirablewomen.bsky.social/post/3mu2waon5sx2dPioneering photojournalist Margaret Bourke-White died #OTD in 1971. * 1st American female war #photojournalist * 1st staff photographer at Fortune magazine * 1st female photojournalist at LIFE & its first-ever cover photo was hers Pic: 61st floor of the Chrysler Building, NYC #photography27 Aug 2026 13:09 +0000at://did:plc:2xisupj43xdq7uvffzigis5p/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu2waon5sx2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/admirablewomen.bsky.social/post/3mu23eiks6s2kThe Polka Dot Queen is gone, long live the Queen...she who consistently dominated global metrics as the top-selling female artist in the world up from 2014 until her passing. Goodnight and godspeed, Yayoi Kusama. 🕯️ [contains quote post or other embedded content]27 Aug 2026 05:08 +0000at://did:plc:2xisupj43xdq7uvffzigis5p/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu23eiks6s2khttps://bsky.app/profile/admirablewomen.bsky.social/post/3mtzh72i5yj2rKaren Spärck Jones invented Inverse Document Frequency in 1972. A foundational element in modern search engines, it provides the mathematical basis for determining which words in a search query are most important for retrieving relevant results. Born #OTD in 1935. #TechSky #CompSci #WomenInSTEM26 Aug 2026 23:07 +0000at://did:plc:2xisupj43xdq7uvffzigis5p/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtzh72i5yj2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/admirablewomen.bsky.social/post/3mtzdnvlqnv2jInvestigative journalist Daphne Galizia (b. #OTD 1964) reported on govt corruption, allegations of money laundering & more in #Malta. A "one-woman WikiLeaks." Known internationally for her investigation of the Panama Papers, she was assassinated by a car bomb in Oct 2017. #Journalism #PressFreedom26 Aug 2026 22:04 +0000at://did:plc:2xisupj43xdq7uvffzigis5p/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtzdnvlqnv2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/admirablewomen.bsky.social/post/3mtyt4ms3362iHelen Gwynne-Vaughan: prominent botanist & mycologist and a pivotal military administrator who structured women's branches of the British armed forces across both World Wars. + Co-founder, Women's Army Auxiliary Corps, 1917 + Commandant, Women's Royal Air Force Died #OTD in 1967. #WomenInSTEM26 Aug 2026 17:08 +0000at://did:plc:2xisupj43xdq7uvffzigis5p/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtyt4ms3362ihttps://bsky.app/profile/admirablewomen.bsky.social/post/3mtyitmnjoa2iMathematician & NASA human computer Katherine Johnson was born #OTD in 1918. She was instrumental in the success of the first US manned spaceflights, calculating complex trajectories enabling humans to reach orbit & land on the moon. Her story was told in Hidden Figures (book/movie). #WomenInSTEM26 Aug 2026 14:04 +0000at://did:plc:2xisupj43xdq7uvffzigis5p/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtyitmnjoa2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/admirablewomen.bsky.social/post/3mtx7wpcdew2sWe lost Dolly Parton today. 🕯️ #Music career highlights: 25 #1 songs 41 Top-10 country albums--a record for any artist 110 charted singles Composed >3,000 songs 11 Grammys Inductee, Country Music & Rock & Roll HOF 7 consecutive decades with Top 10 country albums (1968-2023) Absolute #legend26 Aug 2026 01:52 +0000at://did:plc:2xisupj43xdq7uvffzigis5p/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtx7wpcdew2shttps://bsky.app/profile/admirablewomen.bsky.social/post/3mtwx433o5k2xIn 1995, Dolly Parton founded Imagination Library to honor her father who never learned to read or write. The first order was for 1,760 books. Now, it sends 3.4MM+ books each month to children in the US & abroad. In its 30 years, her organization has gifted >325,000,000 books. imaginationlibrary.com [contains quote post or other embedded content]25 Aug 2026 23:14 +0000at://did:plc:2xisupj43xdq7uvffzigis5p/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtwx433o5k2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/admirablewomen.bsky.social/post/3mtwhfyi74k2pThank you for founding the Imagination Library and touching & enriching the lives of millions of children around the world. And thank you for your wonderful songs...we will always love you. Goodnight and godspeed, Dolly Parton. 🕯️25 Aug 2026 18:33 +0000at://did:plc:2xisupj43xdq7uvffzigis5p/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtwhfyi74k2phttps://bsky.app/profile/admirablewomen.bsky.social/post/3mtvvcejwth2fEglantyne Jebb--horrified by the suffering of children after #WWI --founded Save the Children in 1919. She authored the 1924 Declaration of the Rights of the Child, which later became the basis for the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. She was born #OTD in 1876. #HistSky 🗃️ #Humanity25 Aug 2026 13:09 +0000at://did:plc:2xisupj43xdq7uvffzigis5p/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtvvcejwth2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/admirablewomen.bsky.social/post/3mtughv5ap32dMathematician Karen Uhlenbeck is one of the founders of modern geometric analysis. She became the first woman to win the Abel Prize, the "Nobel Prize of Math," 2019. She donated half the prize money to orgs promoting more engagement of women in research #mathematics. Born #OTD in 1942. #WomenInSTEM24 Aug 2026 23:11 +0000at://did:plc:2xisupj43xdq7uvffzigis5p/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtughv5ap32dhttps://bsky.app/profile/admirablewomen.bsky.social/post/3mtuculf6gc2p#OTD in 1932, aviator Amelia Earhart departed Los Angeles, CA, on route to Newark, NJ. She landed after 19 hours & 5 minutes and ~2,448 miles becoming the first woman to fly solo nonstop coast-to-coast across the US, setting a women’s distance record. #Aviation #AviationHistory #AVGeek24 Aug 2026 22:07 +0000at://did:plc:2xisupj43xdq7uvffzigis5p/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtuculf6gc2p