women and girls in science day

  • Blue plaque on a wall. The plaque reads: English Heritage. Ada Countess of Lovelace. 1815-182. Pioneer of Computing lived here.

    Ada Lovelace: The First Computer Programmer

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    February 11, 2021 15:19
    Alice Nott Ada Lovelace was a mathematician in a time when women could not even attend university. Despite her lack of formal qualifications, her work would go on to create the foundation for the technology that our modern world is based upon. Ada Lovelace was born in 1815 as...
  • Painted Portrait of Elizabeth Blackwel sat looking at the painter holding a book

    Dr Elizabeth Blackwell: America’s First Woman in Medicine

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    February 11, 2021 15:17
    Megan Cuerden Choosing just one inspirational woman in the field of science for this article was the hardest part of it all. There are countless women who deserve to be celebrated, some who have already been covered by Impact and I’m sure there are many more articles yet to...

  • The Female Scientist: How Does The Media Portray Women In STEM?

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    February 4, 2021 10:50
    Cora-Laine Moynihan Over the past decades a change has occurred. This change began as a singular entity that then became two, three, then four and soon enough it became millions. This change became millions of women breaking into the world of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics to assert their...