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Emma and Emlyn teach each other about historic (and current) women in STEM and remind each other about things they DEF should know.

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Emma and Emlyn teach each other about historic (and current) women in STEM and remind each other about things they DEF should know.

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English


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Bonus: Lost Women of Science Season 2 Trailer

3/31/2022
No new episode of STEM Fatale this month! Instead we encourage you to check out Season 2 of a different women in science history podcast, the Lost Women of Science. Listen to this bonus ep to hear the trailer! More about the Lost Women of Science Podcast: https://lostwomenofscience.org/ Learn about us and other women in STEM on our website https://www.stemfatalepodcast.com/

Duration:00:03:11

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Episode 083 - Marie Maynard Daly | Biochemist

2/28/2022
Emma tells Emlyn about the American Biochemist, Dr. Marie Maynard Daly. Learn about us and other women in STEM on our website https://www.stemfatalepodcast.com/ Sources Main Story - Marie Maynard Daly Marie Maynard Daly (1921-2003), America's First Black Woman Chemisthttps://books.google.com/books?id=-ydHVdMUqdEC&pg=PA57#v=onepage&q&f=falseMarie Maynard Daly | Science History InstituteMarie M. Daly PhD Memorial Celebration | Graduate Programs in the Biomedical Sciences | Albert Einstein College of MedicineWomen who Work https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-03232-9An asteroid killed dinosaurs in spring—which might explain why mammals survived | Ars TechnicaFossil fish reveal timing of asteroid that killed the dinosaurs Spreadsheet of Labs supporting Ukrainian Scientists: Labs supporting Ukrainian Scientists Music “Mary Anning” by Artichoke “Work” by Rihanna Cover Image File:Marie Maynard Daly.jpg - Wikimedia Commons

Duration:00:46:49

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Episode 082 - Annie Dodge Wauneka Part 2 | Public Health Activist

1/31/2022
Emlyn tells Emma about public health advocate Annie Dodge Wauneka. Learn about us and other women in STEM on our website https://www.stemfatalepodcast.com/ Sources Main Story - Annie Dodge Wauneka Niethammer, Carolyn. I’ll Go and Do More: Annie Dodge Wauneka, Navajo Leader and Activist. Nebraska Press, Lincoln, NE. 2001. Women who Work Here's why whales don't drown when they gulp down food underwater Anatomical mechanism for protecting the airway in the largest animals on earth: Current Biology Music “Mary Anning” by Artichoke “Work” by Rihanna Cover Image http://www.schools.utah.gov/curr/indianed/teacher/lessons/Leaders/AnnieDodge.htm

Duration:01:17:02

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Episode 081 - The 24 Women of STEM-mas - Trivia #4

12/23/2021
Come play with us! Emma and Emlyn quiz each other about the 24 women of STEMmas we have covered in our podcast so far! How many questions can you answer?? Cheat sheet --> https://twitter.com/STEMFatalePod/status/1474052626589585409?s=20 Sources Music “Mary Anning” by Artichoke “No Copyright Music: Christmas Instrumentals” by Heroboard: Music for Creators https://youtu.be/dYyPTy6425U

Duration:00:45:48

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Episode 080 - Annie Dodge Wauneka Part 1 | Public Health Activist

11/30/2021
Episode Summary Emlyn tells Emma about public health advocate Annie Dodge Wauneka. Learn about us and other women in STEM on our website https://www.stemfatalepodcast.com/ Sources Main Story - Annie Dodge Wauneka Niethammer, Carolyn. I’ll Go and Do More: Annie Dodge Wauneka, Navajo Leader and Activist. Nebraska Press, Lincoln, NE. 2001. Women who Work https://lostwomenofscience.org/ Music “Mary Anning” by Artichoke “Work” by Rihanna Cover Image http://www.schools.utah.gov/curr/indianed/teacher/lessons/Leaders/AnnieDodge.htm

Duration:01:02:12

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Episode 079 - Deborah S. Jin | Physicist

10/25/2021
Emma tells Emlyn about Deborah S. Jin, an atomic physicist that engineered TWO new forms of ultracold matter. Learn about us and other women in STEM on our website https://www.stemfatalepodcast.com/ Sources Main Story - Dr. Deborah S. Jin Deborah Jin, government physicist who won MacArthur ‘genius’ grant, dies at 47Deborah Jin Fellowship | Department of Physics | The University of ChicagoBolometerDeborah Jin engineered new quantum states of matter — twiceAsk Ethan: What's The Difference Between A Fermion And A Boson?Bose–Einstein condensateOnset of fermi degeneracy in a trapped atomic GasUltracold Polar Molecules | Joint Quantum Institute Women who Work - Dr. Adi Utarini http://www.adiutarini.id/https://time.com/collection/100-most-influential-people-2021/6095805/adi-utarini/ Music “Mary Anning” by Artichoke “Work” by Rihanna Cover Image https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:NIST_Physicist_Wins_MacArthur_%27Genius%27_Grant_(5941062940).jpg

Duration:00:51:42

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Episode 078 - Bessie Blount Griffin | Inventor, Physical Therapist, and Forensic Scientist

9/20/2021
Emlyn tells Emma about Bessie Blount Griffin, an inventor, physical therapist, and forensic scientist. Learn about us and other women in STEM on our website https://www.stemfatalepodcast.com/ Sources Main Story - Bessie Blount Griffin https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/27/obituaries/bessie-blount-overlooked.htmlhttps://www.aetv.com/real-crime/bessie-blount-griffinhttps://pdfpiw.uspto.gov/.piw?PageNum=0&docid=2550554Women who Work Shape-shifting: changing animal morphologies as a response to climatic warmingThe warming climate is causing animals to 'shapeshift'Music “Mary Anning” by Artichoke “Work” by Rihanna Cover Image Bessie Blount Griffin (1914-2009) •

Duration:00:39:06

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Announcement - Summer Break!

6/15/2021
We'll be taking a summer break but will be back in September to talk about more awesome STEMinists!

Duration:00:00:15

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Episode 077 - Edna Paisano | Statistician & Sociologist

5/26/2021
Emma tells Emlyn all about Edna Paisano, the woman who combined her skills in mathematics and sociology to make the US Census more inclusive! Learn about us and other women in STEM on our website https://www.stemfatalepodcast.com/ Sources Main Story - Edna Lee Paisano Edna L. Paisano | Obituaries | lmtribune.comhttps://archive.org/details/101careersinmath0000unse/page/136/mode/2up?q=paisanohttps://www.census.gov/prod/cen1990/wepeople/we-5.pdfhttps://www2.census.gov/geo/pdfs/reference/GARM/Ch5GARM.pdfWhy We Conduct the Decennial CensusHow the Census Works | HowStuffWorksResults of the 1996 Race and Ethnic Targeted TestAs Simple as One, Two, Three: Census Underenumeration Among the American Indians and Alaska NativesCOVID-19 Adds a New Snag to the 2020 Census Count of Native AmericansCounting Indigenous American Indians and Alaska Natives in the US censusBy Right of Discovery: United Indians of All Tribes Retakes Fort Lawton, 1970 - Seattle Civil Rights and Labor History Project Women who Work Preorder a Forces of Nature book here: https://forcesofnaturebook.com/Preorder Music “Mary Anning” by Artichoke “Work” by Rihanna Cover Image Edna L. Paisano | Obituaries | lmtribune.com

Duration:00:48:31

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Episode 076 - Inez Whipple Wilder | Herpetologist & Anatomist

5/3/2021
Episode Summary Emlyn tells Emma all about herpetologist and anatomist Inez Whipple Wilder! Learn about us and other women in STEM on our website https://www.stemfatalepodcast.com/ Sources Main Story - Inez Whipple Wilder Forensic FingerprintsISBN978-0-12-800672-6 https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/pdf/10.1086/BBLv24n4p251 Women who Work https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jmor.21356https://doi.org/10.1002/jmor.21356The World's Weirdest Worm Music “Mary Anning” by Artichoke “Work” by Rihanna Cover Image Whipple, Inez L. (1906). "The naso-labial groove of lungless salamanders". Biological Bulletin 11: 1-26. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nasiolabial_groove_of_Desmognathus_fuscus.jpg

Duration:00:40:22

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Episode 075 - Marietta Blau | Physicist

4/12/2021
Alternate Title: Overcome with Emulsion Emma tells Emlyn all about Marietta Blau, the physicist that developed photographic emulsion technology in order to discover and describe subatomic particles and their behavior! Learn about us and other women in STEM on our website https://www.stemfatalepodcast.com/ Sources Main Story - Marietta Blau https://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0110028 https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00016-012-0097-6January 27: Exposedwww.aip.org/history-programs/niels-bohr-library/oral-histories/32406 Women who Work Yawn contagion promotes motor synchrony in wild lions, Panthera leohttps://www.sciencenews.org/article/lion-yawn-contagious-synchronize-group-movement-hunt Music “Mary Anning” by Artichoke “Work” by Rihanna Cover Image https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Marietta_Blau.jpg

Duration:00:56:16

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Episode 074 - Janaki Ammal | Cytologist & Botanist

3/29/2021
Alternate Title: The Sweet Smell of Success Emlyn tells Emma about the Indian cytologist and plant breeder, Dr. Janaki Ammal! Learn about us and other women in STEM on our website https://www.stemfatalepodcast.com/ Sources Main Story - Dr. Janaki Ammal https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/pioneering-female-botanist-who-sweetened-nation-and-saved-valley-180972765/@LEILASEDAIhttp://www.leilamcneill.com/https://www.ladyscience.com/https://mbgna.umich.edu/celebrating-womens-history-month-janaki-ammal-indias-first-woman-ph-d-in-botany-and-a-michigan-connection/https://scroll.in/article/730186/remembering-dr-janaki-ammal-pioneering-botanist-cytogeneticist-and-passionate-gandhianhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janaki_Ammal Women who Work URI researchers: Microbes deep beneath seafloor survive on byproducts of radioactive process Music “Mary Anning” by Artichoke “Work” by Rihanna Cover Image File:Dr. EK Janaki Ammal.jpg - Wikimedia Commons

Duration:00:35:39

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Short Stories 5 - Jimena Quirós | Oceanographer

3/8/2021
Alternate Title: The Oceanographer Emma tells a short story about Spain's first oceanographer, Jimena Quirós. Learn about us and other women in STEM on our website https://www.stemfatalepodcast.com/ Sources Lozano, Pablo. "Jimena Quirós: the Civil War cut short the career of the first oceanographer in the history of Spain." Oceánicas. 2018. Translated by Google Translate. https://oceanicas.ieo.es/jimena-quiros-la-primera-oceanografa-en-la-historia-de-espana-cuya-carrera-trunco-la-guerra/ Music “Mary Anning” by Artichoke Cover Image https://mujeresconciencia.com/2019/12/05/jimena-quiros-oceanografa/

Duration:00:11:43

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Short Stories 4 - Geraldine Pittman Woods | Neuroembryologist

2/22/2021
Alternate Title: The Facilitator Emma tells a short story about Dr. Geraldine Pittman Woods, the neuroembryologist turned science administrator and advocate for minorities in STEM. Learn about us and other women in STEM on our website https://www.stemfatalepodcast.com/ Sources 1. Warren, Wini. Black women scientists in the United States. Bloomington, Indiana University Press, 1999. https://archive.org/details/blackwomenscient00warr/page/269/mode/1up 2. Woo, Elaine. "Geraldine Woods; Scientist Helped Launch Head Start." Los Angeles Times. 2000. https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-jan-05-mn-50930-story.html Music “Mary Anning” by Artichoke Cover Image https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Geraldine_Pittman_Woods.gif

Duration:00:16:39

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Episode 073 - Jessie Isabelle Price | Bacteriologist

2/8/2021
Alternate Title: The Duchess of Duck Disease Emlyn tells Emma about the bacteriologist and duck disease expert, Dr. Jessie Isabelle Price! Learn about us and other women in STEM on our website https://www.stemfatalepodcast.com/ Sources Main Story - Jessie Price https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jessie_Isabelle_PriceDr Dorsey William Bruner (1906-1996)https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/price-jessie-isabelle-1930-2015/https://poc2.co.uk/2019/03/14/dr-jessie-isabelle-price-veterinary-microbiologist/ Women who Work Discoveries at the Edge of the Periodic Table: First Ever Measurements of Einsteinium Music “Mary Anning” by Artichoke “Work” by Rihanna Cover Image "Doctor to Long Island Ducks". Ebony. September 1964.

Duration:00:35:47

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Episode 072 - Helia Bravo Hollis | Botanist

1/25/2021
Alternate Title: Bravo, Helia! Emma tells Emlyn about the famous botanist and Queen of Cacti, Helia Bravo Hollis! Learn about us and other women in STEM on our website https://www.stemfatalepodcast.com/ Sources Main Story - Helia Bravo Hollis A lifetime among Cacti: Helia Bravo-Hollis – Biodiversity Heritage LibraryBravo Hollis, Helia (1901-2001) on JSTORhttps://www.britannica.com/event/Mexican-RevolutionHelia Bravo Hollis, la reina de los cactusHelia Bravo Hollishttps://www.researchgate.net/publication/334316889_The_Cactus_Explorer_Cactus_People_Histories_Who_is_Helia_Bravo-Hollis Women who Work https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-79311-010.1038/s41598-020-79311-0https://youtu.be/2ik3L_R9dDA Music “Mary Anning” by Artichoke “Work” by Rihanna Cover Image https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Helia_Bravo_Hollis.jpg

Duration:00:41:06

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Episode 071 - Hertha Aryton | Engineer & Inventor

1/4/2021
Alternate Title: Fans of Ayrton Emlyn tells Emma about the genius engineer, mathematician, physicist, inventor, and suffragette, Hertha Aryton. Check out our merch! www.stemfatalepodcast.com/merch Sources Main Story - Hertha Ayrton http://dx.doi.org/10.15180/181002https://massivesci.com/articles/hertha-ayrton-mathematics-bodichon-electric-arc/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hertha_Ayrton Women who Work This week, we wanted to give credit to the many wonderful women who made the new COVID-19 vaccines possible! Read more about them in the following articles: Kizzmekia Corbett, an African American woman, is praised as key scientist behind COVID-19 vaccineKatalin Kariko's work in mRNA is the basis of the Covid-19 vaccineMeet Kathrin Jansen who leads Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine teamProf Sarah Gilbert: The woman who designed the Oxford vaccine Music “Mary Anning” by Artichoke “Work” by Rihanna Cover Image File:Hertha Ayrton LCCN2014716701 (cropped).jpg George Grantham Bain Collection, Library of Congress, LCCN 2014716701

Duration:00:50:55

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Episode 070 - The 24 Women of STEM-mas - Trivia #3

12/15/2020
Come play with us! Emma and Emlyn quiz each other about the 24 women of STEMmas we have covered in our podcast so far! How many questions can you answer?? Sources Music “Mary Anning” by Artichoke “No Copyright Music: Christmas Instrumentals” by Heroboard: Music for Creators https://youtu.be/dYyPTy6425U

Duration:00:46:54

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Episode 069 - Nettie Maria Stevens | Geneticist

11/30/2020
Alternate Title: Sex Cells Emma tells Emlyn about the geneticist Dr. Nettie Maria Stevens, who was one of the first scientists to discover sex determination by chromosomes. Check out our holiday merch! www.stemfatalepodcast.com/merch Sources Main Story - Nettie Maria Stevens http://www.jstor.org/stable/230427 http://www.jstor.org/stable/986332https://www.google.com/books/edition/Studies_on_Ciliate_Infusoria/8Ic_AQAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22studies+on+ciliate+infusoria%22&pg=PA1&printsec=frontcoverhttps://www.nature.com/scitable/topicpage/developing-the-chromosome-theory-164/#http://genestogenomes.org/nettie-stevens-sex-chromosomes-and-sexism/ Women who Work 10.1093/jmammal/gyaa127www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/11/201119135403.htm Music “Mary Anning” by Artichoke “Work” by Rihanna Cover Image The Incubator (courtesy of Carnegie Institution of Washington) - http://incubator.rockefeller.edu/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/NettieStevens.jpg

Duration:00:55:02

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Episode 068 - Susan La Flesche Picotte | Physician

11/10/2020
Alternate Title: La Flesche and Blood Emlyn tells Emma about Dr. Susan La Flesche Picotte, the first Native American physician, who used her training and expertise to campaign for social reform and health care in her Omaha community. Learn more about us and other women in science at our website www.stemfatalepodcast.com And order some holiday merch here! https://www.stemfatalepodcast.com/merch Sources Main Story - Dr. Susan La Flesche Picotte https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/incredible-legacy-susan-la-flesche-first-native-american-earn-medical-degree-180962332/https://daily.jstor.org/the-first-native-american-to-receive-a-medical-degree/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Native_American_disease_and_epidemicshttps://www.nps.gov/people/susan-la-flesche-picotte.htmhttps://indiancountrytoday.com/archive/ulysses-s-grant-mass-genocide-through-permanent-peace-policy-Ing8OYiNuU6hw6ZgulRA9QWomen who Work Flaherty, Colleen. Study finds gender bias in TA evals, too. Inside Higher Ed. 2020. Music “Mary Anning” by Artichoke “Work” by Rihanna Cover Image Courtesy of the Nebraska State Historical Society Photograph Collections. This image was found at The National Library of Medicine. https://www.nlm.nih.gov/changingthefaceofmedicine/physicians/biography_253.html

Duration:00:54:58