I admit it, I wrote fiction last night instead of writing my Ada Lovelace Day post. Tsk. But I wanted to tell you about a woman of science anyway, even a day late. In 2009, I wrote about a woman who’d influenced me even though she was long dead. Last year I wrote about a [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Ada Lovelace Day’
Changing the Lady
For the past two years, Ada Lovelace Day has been celebrated on March 24. If you’ve been waiting impatiently to find out which obscure scientific woman I’m going to feature in 2011, I’m afraid you have a bit of waiting to do. This year, Ada Lovelace Day will be on October 7. That gives me [...]
An elaborate practical joke
Elizabeth Blackwell wanted to go to medical school. She’d been reading medicine at home, but wanted proper training and formal education. She was rejected from all the first-rate schools, and most of the rest. Only one medical school even considered her application. When the Geneva Medical College received her application, the administration asked the students [...]
