1106: Beatrice Shilling Naylor Aeronautical Engineer and Motorcycle Racer Born: 8 March 1909, Waterlooville, England, United Kingdom Died: 18 November 1990, England, United Kingdom Beatrice was also the Inventor of ‘Miss Shilling’s Orifice’ a device that fixed engine failure during certain maneuverers in Hawker Hurricane and Supermarine Spitfire fighter planes, both of which used a…
1101: Maria Montessori Creator of the Montessori Learning Technique Born: 31 August 1870, Chiaraville, Italy Died: 6 May 1952, Noordwijk, Netherlands Maria was a Pioneer in Scientific Pedagogy. She was an educator, physician, and innovator who opened her first school in Rome in 1906. There are thousands of Montessori schools located in countries around the…
1087: Marie Equi Western Medical Doctor and Progressive Political Activist Born: 7 April 1872, New Bedford, Massachusetts, United States of America Died: 13 July 1952, Portland, Oregon, United States of America Marie was also a Birth Control information provider at a time when such a thing was still illegal. She also performed abortions and held…
“The next thing I knew, I was no longer inside the cabin. I hadn’t left the plane; the plane had left me.” 1081: Juliane Diller The Only Survivor of LANSA Flight 508 Born: 10 October 1954, Lima, Peru Original Name: Juliane Kopecke At the time of the flight, Juliane was seventeen. Her mother and all…
1069: Kára McCullough Temple Miss USA 2017 Born: 9 September 1991, Naples, Italy Kára also finished in the top ten for Miss Universe 2017. Her focus and goal during her time as Miss USA was advocating for children to be more exposed to STEM fields. She went on to found SE4K, or Science Exploration For…
1046: Elizabeth Fleischman-Aschheim X-Ray Pioneer Born: c.1859-1867, El Dorado County, California, United States of America Died: 3 August 1905, San Francisco, California, United States of America Elizabeth is the first known woman to die from the effects of x-ray exposure due to her own studying of them. Elizabeth’s parents were immigrants from of Jewish ancestry…
1044: Melba Roy Mouton Assistant Chief of Research Programs at NASA Born: 1929, Fairfax, Virginia, United States of America Died: 25 June 1990, Silver Spring, Maryland, United States of America That’s right, Melba was another Hidden Figure, though her story wasn’t highlighted in the film. In 1950, Melba graduated from Howard University with a master’s…
1041: Elizabeth Rawdon, Countess of Moira Antiquarian and Literary Patron Born: 23 March 1731, Castle Donington, Leicestershire, England (Present-day Castle Donington, United Kingdom) Died: 11 April 1808, Moira, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom Elizabeth was also a pioneer in the study of Bog Bodies. She undertook the first scientific study of a bog body in recorded…
“I was brought up in the Cherokee tradition of equal education for boys and girls. It did not bother me to be the only girl in the math class.” 1035: Mary Golda Ross The First Female Native American Engineer Born: 9 August 1908, Park Hill, Oklahoma, United States of America Died: 29 April 2008, Palo…
1023: Margaret Harwood The First Female Director of the Maria Mitchell Observatory Born: 19 March 1885, Littleton, Massachusetts, United States of America Died: 6 February 1979, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America Margaret was an astronomer focused on photometry (measuring variation in the light of stars and asteroids–most notably the asteroid Eros). Margaret was the…