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Category Archives: Women in Science
Where Were the Women?
I know that many people feel the Royal Society is a stuffy, white male institution, unwelcoming to women and other minorities, but I cannot agree. It may have had a long history of excluding women, but no more and, in … Continue reading
Posted in Women in Science
Tagged Eleanor Ormerod, Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, Royal Society, Stella Butler
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Mrs Handley and the Whippets (Learning to be Difficult)
No, not the name of a pop-group (although it might be quite a good one), but an episode from my early life. In later life I’m sure people had me in the category of those difficult women I wrote about … Continue reading
Posted in Careers, Women in Science
Tagged Camden School for Girls, feisty, teenagers
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Difficult Women
Tributes poured in following the death of Jane Goodall, with stories of her remarkable life and doings, the way she set out new paths in research and lived a different kind of life. The quoted remark of hers that most … Continue reading
Posted in Equality, Women in Science
Tagged feisty, Jane Goodall, Jess Phillips, Lisa Jardine
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Being WISE
When I set off for University, I wasn’t surprised to find there weren’t many women on my course: there were only three Cambridge colleges that admitted women back then (i.e. no coeducational colleges at all), so of course I would … Continue reading
Posted in Careers, Women in Science
Tagged Lily Davies-Dobbs, Lucy Davies, Mamta Singhal, toxic cultures, Women in Science and Engineering
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Atomic Human – or Atomic Man?
I’m not convinced by the idea of AI throwing everyone out of jobs or taking over the world, but I thought I should read up some thoughtful writing on the subject, so I turned to Neil Lawrence’s 2024 book (recently … Continue reading
Posted in Equality, Women in Science
Tagged AI, Katherine Blodgett, Neil Lawrence
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