Dec 30, 2021 | People of science, Blog
Today we are returning to the Slavic countries with the post “People of Science”. We will present the person from # USSR, Valentina Tereshkova – the first woman in space. Interestingly, she was not a scientist. She worked as a textile worker. After...
Dec 30, 2021 | People of science, Blog
In today’s post from the People of Science series, we present the achievements of Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin, born in England and studying in the United States. She was one of the first ladies to graduate from #Harvard College Observatory in the USA. She has been...
Dec 30, 2021 | People of science, Blog
Today we will present another extraordinary woman in our People of Science series – the first English doctor ? – Elisabeth Garrett Anderson. A woman with great determination, thanks to which other ladies could become doctors. The period of her life was...
Dec 30, 2021 | People of science, Blog
In today’s post from the People of Science series, the silhouette of Dane, Mrs. Inga Lehmann, seismologists. In the 1940s, she compared earthquake data and thanks to this, based on the propagation of seismic waves, she discovered what was hidden in the inner...
Dec 30, 2021 | People of science, Blog
November, in terms of posts from the People of Science series, definitely belongs to English women. Today we will present a silhouette of a botanist and mycologist Mrs. Helen Gwynne-Vaughan from London. Helen was born in 1879 into an aristocratic family. She studied...
Dec 30, 2021 | People of science, Blog
Today, in the People of Science series, we will present Mrs. Sophia Louisa Jex-Blake. Sophia was born in England in 1840. She studied very well and quickly dreamed of becoming a doctor?. Unfortunately, in the years she lived, women could not study at universities....
