Introductions Necessary

Mary Jean Harrold was a prolific software engineering researcher that promoted diversity in computer science fields, acting as a teacher and mentor to many. Image Courtesy of Georgia Tech. Sources and additional reading are available at https://introductionsnecessary.com Join us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ninehourfilms

Margaret Oakley Dayhoff has been called the “mother and father of bioinformatics” as she was a pioneer of applying mathematics and computational methods to biochemistry. Image: Wikimedia Sources and additional reading are available at https://introductionsnecessary.com Join us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ninehourfilms

Scientists used to think that the adult brain didn’t change, but Dr. Sandrine Thuret has shown that new neurons are still formed. Image Courtesy of Kings College London. Sources and additional reading are available at https://introductionsnecessary.com Join us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ninehourfilms

March 9th is the anniversary of the announcement of the first discovery of extraterrestrial volcanic activity by astronomer Linda Morabito. Image Courtesy of NASA. Sources and additional reading are available at https://introductionsnecessary.com Join us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ninehourfilms

Dr. Sylvia Wiegand has expanded a successful career in mathematics to also help promote other women working in math and academia. Image Courtesy of University of Nebraska-Lincoln Sources and additional reading are available at https://introductionsnecessary.com Join us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ninehourfilms

Dr. Margaret Chan has faced many challenges as the director-general of the World Health Organization. Image Courtesy of the World Economic Forum (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 DEED) Sources and additional reading are available at https://introductionsnecessary.com Join us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ninehourfilms

Michele Buchanan is hoping to change the world through her research into energy, and her work at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Image Courtesy of ORNL Sources and additional reading are available at https://introductionsnecessary.com Join us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ninehourfilms

Lynn Margulis’ first paper was rejected 15 times before it was finally published, but her theories of symbiogenesis made a huge impact. Image: Wikimedia Sources and additional reading are available at https://introductionsnecessary.com Join us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ninehourfilms

Dr. Claire Voisin is one of the world’s leading researchers in complex algebraic geometry. Image: Wikimedia Join us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ninehourfilms

Kitty O'Brien was the first female engineer hired by NACA, the predecessor of NASA. Image: Wikimedia Join us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ninehourfilms

Margaret Knight nearly didn’t get credit for an invention that changed the world: the first machine made to create flat bottomed paper bags. Image: Wikimedia Join us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ninehourfilms

March 1st is the anniversary of the founding of Yellowstone, the world’s first national park. And its first female ranger was Isabel Bassett Wasson. Join us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ninehourfilms

February 29th is Rare Disease Day, and today we’re featuring a scientist with a rare perspective on a rare disease: Dr. Laura Manuelidis. Image Courtesy of Yale School of Medicine. Join us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ninehourfilms

Many of the films honored with Oscars throughout the years owe the beauty of their moving images to research scientist Katharine Burr Blodgett. Image: Smithsonian Institution Join us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ninehourfilms

Dr. Kimberlee Beckmen has her dream job as a wildlife veterinarian for the Alaska Department of Fish and Game. Image: Wikimedia Join us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ninehourfilms

The first female ranger-naturalist at the Grand Canyon, Pauline Mead Patraw, fell in love with the Canyon on a school trip when she was studying botany. Image: Wikimedia (CC BY-SA 2.0 DEED) Join us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ninehourfilms

Chemist Ida Tacke Noddack was the first woman in Germany to hold a professional position as a chemist, and helped discover the element rhenium. Image: She Thought It Join us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ninehourfilms

The first female president of the International Astronomical Union, Catherine Cesarsky, earned this position with a distinguished career in several areas of modern physics. Image: Wikimedia (CC BY-SA 2.0 DEED) Join us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ninehourfilms

When the first women-only team led the Mars Exploration Rovers for a day, Dr. Barbara Cohen was the leader of that team. Image: Wikimedia Join us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ninehourfilms

The history of the ENIAC is filled with the contributions of the earliest women programmers, including Gloria Gordon Bolotsky. Image: U.S. Army Join us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ninehourfilms