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Author Archives: Athene Donald
Are You Confused?
Do you look at your life and wonder what you’re doing? Perhaps you’re too busy ever to step back and consider its balance: balance between work and your outside life, be it domestic or social; and/or balance between what you … Continue reading
Condescension
Janet Taylor’s (1804-1870) was not a name I was familiar with until rather recently. She was quite the pioneer, however, despite the hurdles she had to face as a woman committed to delivering improvements in navigation for British sailors. A … Continue reading
Posted in Equality, Women in Science
Tagged Janet Taylor, mansplaining, Rebecca Solnit, titles
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Alexander Borodin and the Education of Women
For those of a certain age who remember Chris Tarrant’s Who wants to be a millionaire?’, there was a moment when the contestant had reached the million dollar question which was: What was the composer Borodin’s profession? To me, that … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Women in Science
Tagged medical, Sofya Kavalevskya, St Petersburg
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Mentors in Passing
Recently I was approached by a young woman after a talk, requesting we met so I could give her some advice. In fact, I suspect she didn’t actually want advice, so much as reassurance that what she had in mind … Continue reading
Steamboat Ladies
The University of Cambridge has not had a very good week or two in the media. I’m not going to enter that fray given how much has already been written and I’m a long way away from the details of … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Women in Science
Tagged BA, degrees, Trinity College Dublin, University of Cambridge
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