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Category Archives: Women in Science
Looking Back, Moving Forward
This post is crossposted from the Royal Society’s own blog, appearing on March 2nd 2026. From March 2025 to March 2026, The Royal Society has been commemorating the 80th anniversary of the election of the first women Fellows and honouring … Continue reading
Posted in Women in Science
Tagged Hertha Ayrton, Kathleen Lonsdale. Margery Stephenson, portraits, Royal Society
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She’s a Feisty Little Thing!
Many women I know get their dress commented on, or their general appearance, rather than the excellence – or otherwise – of their science. I’ve yet to hear someone comment on a man’s choice, or absence, of tie, or the … Continue reading
Posted in Equality, Women in Science
Tagged Curt Rice, Eileen Pollack, Francesca Peacock, Margaret Cavendish
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Has ‘The Rising Tide’ of Women Risen?
Last December a new Government taskforce was launched to address issues about Women in Tech. Led by the Secretary of State at DSIT, Liz Kendall, with Anne-Marie Imafidon alongside, the aim is to ensure women will be better supported to … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Women in Science
Tagged bias, Nancy Lane Perham, Women in Tech
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What Voice?
It is more than 40 years since the American psychologist Carol Gilligan wrote her book, In a Different Voice, challenging the view that women were morally less developed than men, pointing out this difference arose because the schema had been … Continue reading
Posted in Women in Science
Tagged Carol Gilligan, Caroline Herschel, Gene Machine, Jennifer Doudna, Let Toys be Toys, Roger Highfield
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Botanists in the Family
It is difficult to know where to begin with this post, since several strands have got intertwined. I guess the prompt for this is, as with my last post, the meeting at the Royal Society celebrating women from the past … Continue reading
Posted in Women in Science
Tagged Ellen Wilmott, Erasmus Darwin, Francis Boott, Lucy Hardcastle
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