"Attacking women and children while they cower in their shelters [read:tents] in Rafah is a monstrous atrocity. We need concerted global action to stop Israel’s actions now."
Jocelyn Burnell (b. 1943) – This astrophysicist discovered the first pulsar but didn’t share in the Nobel Prize.
Lise Meitner (1878-1978) – This physicist fled the Nazis and co-discovered nuclear fission, but was also snubbed for the Nobel Prize.
Gerty Cori (1896-1957) – After fighting her way up from lowly research positions, this biochemist would go on to become the first American woman to win a Nobel Prize in science.
Hertha Ayrton (1854-1923) – This mathematician, inventor and engineer created fans that dispersed poison gas during World War I, but was denied fellowship to the Royal Society.
Marthe Gautier (b. 1925) – This medical practitioner discovered that Down’s syndrome is caused by an extra chromosome.
Rosalind Franklin (1920-1958) – This chemist’s work was vital to the discovery of DNA structure.
Emmy Noether (1882-1935) – Noether was called the “most important woman in the history of mathematics” by Albert Einstein.
Will the next emperor of Japan be an empress? A new poll shows a clear majority support it - but there are obstacles. Learn about the previous female emperors of Japan - and the chances we'll see another in our lifetimes - in our latest below.
Online discourse: "You have to convince me to vote for Joe #Biden"
Why? I don't like Joe Biden. The idea that anyone has to convince you to fall in love with Joe Biden is as absurd of a #political assertion as the #MAGA cult and #Trump, that #politics is about #passion
It's also the height of #privilege and #entitlement, that you don't have to care about your #trans compatriots, you don't have to care about the #climate, that you don't have to care about #women and their right to control their own body, etc. You're going to assert your single issue, to the exclusion of all other issues, and even go backwards on that one issue
A woman, leaning out of a train window, receives water on her head to cool off during a hot and humid day at the Hyderabad Railway Station in #Hyderabad, Pakistan. REUTERS/Yasir Rajput
Let Them...The idea behind this way of thinking is that negative people are going to do what they are going to do, so you can take back your power by letting them. You don't need to use your precious energy to fight their negativity.
For the Women Who Accused the #Trump Campaign of Harassment, It’s Been More Harassment
Trump is well known for publicly bullying his #political rivals, but the former president’s campaign has also used similar tactics to launch private, relentless attacks against some of its own workers.
"Trump’s campaign used similar #bullying tactics against its own workers. These fights have been waged out of the public eye against #women with few resources to stand up against the campaign’s battery of #lawyers, paid from a seemingly bottomless trove of #campaign#money...
Supporters are giving him money earned with “blood, sweat a& tears,” Denson said. “And it is being turned around to terrorize people.”"
"For nearly two decades, one woman stood up to the Southern Baptist Convention, forcing it to face its sex abuse crisis. She was gaslit, maligned, and threatened with legal action. But she didn’t back down and on this podcast, you’ll hear her story."