It’s Time to Celebrate Women’s History Month

WOMEN & GIRLS INVENTING THE FUTURE!

Mary Anderson Invented Windshield Wipers in 1903

“Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood.” Marie Curie, Nobel Prize winning chemist & Physicist

“I never really planned to be an inventor, but my attitude toward life has always been inventive.” -- Sally Fox, Inventor

Ever wonder how they get the paper bag flat on the bottom? Margaret Knight invented a machine to do that.

Invented the Laserphaco Probe used in laser eye surgery. DR. Patricia Bath Invented the Laserphaco Probe used in laser eye surgery.

Invented a Prosthetic Arm Controlled by Human Thought! Yoky Matsuoka, 2007 McArthur Award Winner Invented a Prosthetic Arm Controlled by Human Thought!

First Female Medical Doctor in the US, 1849 Since no hospital would hire a woman doctor, she created her own, the New York Infirmary in 1857. It became a place for other female doctors to train and work.

TODAY Half of all Medical School Graduates are Women

“The man who kills the animals today is the man who kills the people who get in his way tomorrow.” Diane Fossey, Zoologist

Women Who Soared and Reached for the Stars

MARIA MITCHELL First female astronomer in the US MARIA MITCHELL First female astronomer in the US. She discovered a comet in 1847. “We especially need imagination in science. It is not all mathematics, nor all logic, but is somewhat beauty and poetry.”

First woman pilot to fly solo across the Atlantic ocean, 1932.

Bessie Coleman The First African-American female airline pilot, 1918.

Female pilots were used to transport aircraft and train male pilots during WWII

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“Never limit yourself because of others' limited imagination; never limit others because of your own limited imagination.” Mae Jemison, First female African-American Astronaut

First Hispanic Woman in Space! Dr. Ellen Ochoa First Hispanic Woman in Space!

First Indian woman to travel to space. KALPAN CHAWLA First Indian woman to travel to space.

BEFORE THERE WERE EVEN COMPUTERS Women Were Computer Scientists

The World’s First Computer Programmer Was a Woman? DID YOU KNOW The World’s First Computer Programmer Was a Woman?

During WWII, female mathematicians served as “human computers,” calculating trajectories for weapons systems.

Rear Admiral, Grace Hopper Invented the first “compiler,” a program that converted human language into computer language.

Sister Mary Keller Became the First woman to earn a Ph.D. in computer science in 1965

SUSAN KARE, GRAPHIC DESIGNER FOR APPLE & CREATOR OF THE HAPPY MAC ICON

Google’s First Female Engineer! Who worked on & Marissa Mayer

WOMEN IN SCIENCE THEN…

WOMEN IN SCIENCE NOW!

PRESIDENT OBAMA WANTS YOU “I, BARACK OBAMA, President of the United States…do hereby proclaim, March 2013 as Women’s History Month. I call upon all Americans to observe this month and celebrate International Women’s Day on March 8th, 2013, with appropriate programs, ceremonies and activities.” To Celebrate Women’s History Month

BRAIN POWER IS VERY ATTRACTIVE!

INNOVATIVE GIRLS INVENTING THE FUTURE

Brittany Wegner This 17 year old was the Grand Prize winner at the 2012 Google Science Fair. She created an app that improves the accuracy of breast cancer detection!

Glo Sheets Were Invented by a 10 year old girl named Becky Schroeder. At age 22, she started her own company!

Deepika Kurup This 14 year old used physics, chemistry, biology and math to invent a solar powered water purification system VERY COOL!

Girls & robotics: perfect together!

HOW WILL YOU INVENT THE FUTURE?