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Emlyn Gremlyn and Emma Dilemma

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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  • #92
    Mar 31, 2022 · 3 min

    Bonus: Lost Women of Science Season 2 Trailer

    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/

  • #91
    Feb 28, 2022 · 46 min

    Episode 083 - Marie Maynard Daly | Biochemist

    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 Debakcsy, Dale. Marie Maynard Daly (1921-2003), America's First Black Woman Chemist. Women You Should Know. 2018. Kessler, James H., et al. Distinguished African American Scientists of the 20th Century. United States, Oryx Press, 1996. https://books.google.com/books?id=-ydHVdMUqdEC&pg=PA57#v=onepage&q&f=false Marie Maynard Daly | Science History Institute. 2018. DALY, M M et al. “CHOLESTEROL CONCENTRATION AND CHOLESTEROL SYNTHESIS IN AORTAS OF RATS WITH RENAL HYPERTENSION.” The Journal of clinical investigation vol. 42,10 (1963): 1606-12. doi:10.1172/JCI104845 Marie M. Daly PhD Memorial Celebration | Graduate Programs in the Biomedical Sciences | Albert Einstein College of Medicine Women who Work Paper: During, M.A.D., Smit, J., Voeten, D.F.A.E. et al. The Mesozoic terminated in boreal spring. Nature (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-022-04446-1 Additional Paper: DePalma, R.A., Oleinik, A.A., Gurche, L.P. et al. Seasonal calibration of the end-cretaceous Chicxulub impact event. Sci Rep 11, 23704 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-03232-9 Video: An asteroid killed dinosaurs in spring—which might explain why mammals survived | Ars Technica Uppsala University. "The last day of the dinosaurs." ScienceDaily. ScienceDaily, 23 February 2022. . “Fossil fish reveal timing of asteroid that killed the dinosaurs.” by Colin Barras. Nature News, 23 February 2022. 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

  • #90
    Jan 31, 2022 · 1 hr 17 min

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

    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

  • #89
    Dec 23, 2021 · 45 min

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

    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

  • #88
    Dec 1, 2021 · 1 hr 2 min

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

    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

  • #87
    Oct 25, 2021 · 51 min

    Episode 079 - Deborah S. Jin | Physicist

    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 Weil, Martin Deborah Jin, government physicist who won MacArthur ‘genius’ grant, dies at 47. Washington Post. 2016. Deborah Jin Fellowship | Department of Physics | The University of Chicago Bolometer - Wikipedia Padavic-Callaghan, Karmela. Deborah Jin engineered new quantum states of matter — twice. Massive Science. 2020. Siegel, Ethan. Ask Ethan: What's The Difference Between A Fermion And A Boson? Forbes. 2017. Bose–Einstein condensate - Wikipedia DeMarco B, Jin DS. Onset of fermi degeneracy in a trapped atomic Gas. Science. 1999 Sep 10;285(5434):1703-6. doi: 10.1126/science.285.5434.1703. PMID: 10481000. Ultracold Polar Molecules | Joint Quantum Institute Women who Work - Dr. Adi Utarini Website: http://www.adiutarini.id/ https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-02492-1 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

  • #86
    Sep 20, 2021 · 49 min

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

    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 Amisha Padnani. Overlooked No More: Bessie Blount, Nurse, Wartime Inventor and Handwriting Expert. New York Times. March 27, 2019. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/27/obituaries/bessie-blount-overlooked.html Elena Ferrarin. Bessie Blount Griffin: A Black Woman's Journey to Pioneering Forensic Scientist. True Crime Blog: Stories & News, A & E. March 9, 2021. https://www.aetv.com/real-crime/bessie-blount-griffin "Bessie Blount Griffin." Contemporary Black Biography, vol. 135, Gale, 2017. Gale In Context: Biography, link.gale.com/apps/doc/K1606007708/BIC?u=uga&sid=bookmark-BIC&xid=86f6c869. Accessed 15 Aug. 2021. Portable Receptacle Support Patent: https://pdfpiw.uspto.gov/.piw?PageNum=0&docid=2550554 Women who Work Shape-shifting: changing animal morphologies as a response to climatic warming The warming climate is causing animals to 'shapeshift' Music “Mary Anning” by Artichoke “Work” by Rihanna Cover Image Bessie Blount Griffin (1914-2009) •

  • #85
    Jun 16, 2021 · 16 sec

    Announcement - Summer Break!

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

  • #84
    May 26, 2021 · 58 min

    Episode 077 - Edna Paisano | Statistician & Sociologist

    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.com Sterrett, Andrew. 101 Careers in Mathematics. 1996. https://archive.org/details/101careersinmath0000unse/page/136/mode/2up?q=paisano U.S. Census Bureau. We, the First Americans. 1993. https://www.census.gov/prod/cen1990/wepeople/we-5.pdf U.S. Census Bureau. “Ch. 5: American Indian and Alaska Native Areas” Geographic Areas Reference Manual. https://www2.census.gov/geo/pdfs/reference/GARM/Ch5GARM.pdf Why We Conduct the Decennial Census. U.S. Census Bureau. Roos, David. How the Census Works | HowStuffWorks. 2020 U.S. Census Bureau. Results of the 1996 Race and Ethnic Targeted Test. 1997. Lujan, Carol. As Simple as One, Two, Three: Census Underenumeration Among the American Indians and Alaska Natives. 1990. Connolly, Colleen. COVID-19 Adds a New Snag to the 2020 Census Count of Native Americans. Smithsonian Magazine. 2020. Connolly, Michele and Jacobs, Bette. Counting Indigenous American Indians and Alaska Natives in the US census. 1 Jan. 2020 : 201 – 210. Lossom, Allen. By Right of Discovery: United Indians of All Tribes Retakes Fort Lawton, 1970 - Seattle Civil Rights and Labor History Project. 2006. 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

  • #83
    May 3, 2021 · 49 min

    Episode 076 - Inez Whipple Wilder | Herpetologist & Anatomist

    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 Houck, Max M. (2016). Forensic Fingerprints. Elsevier Science. pp. 63–64. ISBN 978-0-12-800672-6. The Morphology of Amphibian Metamorphosis, Smith College, 1925 Wilder, Inez W. 1913 The life history of Desmognathus fusca. The Biological Bulletin. https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/pdf/10.1086/BBLv24n4p251 “Inez Whipple Wilder,” Wikipedia. Kirakosian, K.V., Swedlund, A.C. Glass Cabinets and Little Black Boxes: The Collections of H. H. Wilder and the Curious Case of His Human-Hair Samples. Hist Arch 53, 280–294 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s41636-019-00180-0 Women who Work Göttingen University. “Press release: Branching worm with dividing internal organs growing in sea sponge.” 2021. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jmor.21356 Published article: Ponz‐Segrelles, G, Glasby, CJ, Helm, C, et al. Integrative anatomical study of the branched annelid Ramisyllis multicaudata (Annelida, Syllidae). Journal of Morphology. 2021; 1– 17. https://doi.org/10.1002/jmor.21356 Thiele, Kevin. The World's Weirdest Worm. 2019. 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

  • #82
    Apr 12, 2021 · 1 hr 10 min

    Episode 075 - Marietta Blau | Physicist

    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 Perlmutter, A.. “Marietta Blau's Work After World War II.” arXiv: History and Philosophy of Physics (2001). https://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0110028 Sime, Ruth L. “Marietta Blau: Pioneer of Photographic Nuclear Emulsions and Particle Physics.” Physics in Perspective (2013). https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00016-012-0097-6 McArdle, James. January 27: Exposed. On This Day in Photography. 2018. Interview of Leopold Halpern by Maria Rentetzi on 1999 March 5, Niels Bohr Library & Archives, American Institute of Physics, College Park, MD USA, www.aip.org/history-programs/niels-bohr-library/oral-histories/32406 Women who Work G. Casetta, A.P. Nolfo and E. Palagi. Yawn contagion promotes motor synchrony in wild lions, Panthera leo. Animal Behaviour. Vol. 174, April 2021, p. 149. Doi: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2021.02.010. “Yawning helps lions synchronize their groups’ movements” by Jake Buehler, Sciencenews.com. https://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

  • #81
    Mar 29, 2021 · 42 min

    Episode 074 - Janaki Ammal | Cytologist & Botanist

    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 “Pioneering Female Botanist Who Sweetened a Nation and Saved a Valley” by Leila McNeill, Smithsonian Magazine. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/pioneering-female-botanist-who-sweetened-nation-and-saved-valley-180972765/ Follow Leila McNeil @LEILASEDAI on twitter, check out her website (http://www.leilamcneill.com/) and the Lady Science Magazine (https://www.ladyscience.com/). “Celebrating Women’s History Month: Janaki Ammal, India’s First Woman Ph.D in Botany, and a Michigan Connection,” University of Michigan. https://mbgna.umich.edu/celebrating-womens-history-month-janaki-ammal-indias-first-woman-ph-d-in-botany-and-a-michigan-connection/ “Remembering Dr Janaki Ammal, pioneering botanist, cytogeneticist and passionate Gandhian” by Geeta Doctor, scroll.in. https://scroll.in/article/730186/remembering-dr-janaki-ammal-pioneering-botanist-cytogeneticist-and-passionate-gandhian “Janaki Ammal”, Wikipedia. https://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

  • #80
    Mar 8, 2021 · 13 min

    Short Stories 5 - Jimena Quirós | Oceanographer

    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/

  • #79
    Feb 22, 2021 · 16 min

    Short Stories 4 - Geraldine Pittman Woods | Neuroembryologist

    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

  • #78
    Feb 8, 2021 · 43 min

    Episode 073 - Jessie Isabelle Price | Bacteriologist

    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 Wikipedia, “Jessie Isabelle Price”. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jessie_Isabelle_Price "Doctor to Long Island Ducks". Ebony. September 1964. Find a Grave, “Dr. Dorsey William Bruner.” Dr Dorsey William Bruner (1906-1996) Gillmer, S. (2018, August 04) Jessie Isabelle Price (1930-2015). https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/price-jessie-isabelle-1930-2015/ “Dr. Jessie Isabelle Price - Veterinary Microbiologist” by Karel Green, POC2 . 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.

  • #77
    Jan 25, 2021 · 49 min

    Episode 072 - Helia Bravo Hollis | Botanist

    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 Aguilar-Rocha, M. A lifetime among Cacti: Helia Bravo-Hollis – Biodiversity Heritage Library. Natural History Museum. Bravo Hollis, Helia (1901-2001) on JSTOR. Britannica, The Editors of Encyclopaedia. "Mexican Revolution". Encyclopedia Britannica, 13 May. 2020, https://www.britannica.com/event/Mexican-Revolution. Lopez, Alberto. Helia Bravo Hollis, la reina de los cactus. El País. 2018. Salcedo Meza, Concepción. Helia Bravo Hollis. ¿Cómoves? 2001. Morales-Sandoval, Jesús & Scheinvar, Leia. (2019). The Cactus Explorer Cactus People Histories. Who is Helia Bravo-Hollis?. 2019. 16-22. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/334316889_The_Cactus_Explorer_Cactus_People_Histories_Who_is_Helia_Bravo-Hollis Bravo-Hollis, Helia. Memorias de una vida y una profesión. Mexico, Instituto de Biología, UNAM, 2004. Women who Work Pan, YY., Nara, M., Löwemark, L. et al. The 20-million-year old lair of an ambush-predatory worm preserved in northeast Taiwan. Sci Rep 11, 1174 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-79311-0 Yu-Yen Pan, Masakazu Nara, Ludvig Löwemark, Olmo Miguez-Salas, Björn Gunnarson, Yoshiyuki Iizuka, Tzu-Tung Chen, Shahin E. Dashtgard. The 20-million-year old lair of an ambush-predatory worm preserved in northeast Taiwan. Scientific Reports, 2021; 11 (1) DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-79311-0 Pennichnus formasae: Homes of Ancient Bobbit Worm were Discovered! https://youtu.be/2ik3L_R9dDA Music “Mary Anning” by Artichoke “Work” by Rihanna Cover Image https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Helia_Bravo_Hollis.jpg

  • #76
    Jan 4, 2021 · 1 hr 2 min

    Episode 071 - Hertha Aryton | Engineer & Inventor

    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 “The Life and material culture of Hertha Marks Ayrton (1854-1923): suffragette, physicist, mathematician, and inventor” by Elizabeth Bruton. Science Museum Group Journal. Autumn 2018, Issue 10. http://dx.doi.org/10.15180/181002 “Meet Hertha Ayrton, the mathematician who cleared WWI trenches of poisonous gas” by Joan Meiners. June 5th, 2020. Massive Science. https://massivesci.com/articles/hertha-ayrton-mathematics-bodichon-electric-arc/ Wikipedia, “Hertha Ayrton”. 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 vaccine Katalin Kariko's work in mRNA is the basis of the Covid-19 vaccine Meet Kathrin Jansen who leads Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine team Prof 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

  • #75
    Dec 15, 2020 · 57 min

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

    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

  • #74
    Nov 30, 2020 · 1 hr 7 min

    Episode 069 - Nettie Maria Stevens | Geneticist

    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 Brush, S. (1978). Nettie M. Stevens and the Discovery of Sex Determination by Chromosomes. Isis, 69(2), 163-172. Retrieved November 23, 2020, from http://www.jstor.org/stable/230427 Ogilvie, M., & Choquette, C. (1981). Nettie Maria Stevens (1861-1912): Her Life and Contributions to Cytogenetics. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society, 125(4), 292-311. Retrieved November 23, 2020, from http://www.jstor.org/stable/986332 Stevens, Nettie Maria. (1901). Studies on Ciliate Infusoria. United States, Hopkins Seaside Laboratory. https://www.google.com/books/edition/Studies_on_Ciliate_Infusoria/8Ic_AQAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22studies+on+ciliate+infusoria%22&pg=PA1&printsec=frontcover O'Connor, C. & Miko, I. (2008) Developing the chromosome theory. Nature Education 1(1):44. https://www.nature.com/scitable/topicpage/developing-the-chromosome-theory-164/# Gelling, C. (2016). Nettie Stevens: Sex chromosomes and sexism. Genes to Genomes Blog by GSA. http://genestogenomes.org/nettie-stevens-sex-chromosomes-and-sexism/ Women who Work Sara B Weinstein, Katrina Nyawira Malanga, Bernard Agwanda, Jesús E Maldonado, M Denise Dearing. The secret social lives of African crested rats, Lophiomys imhausi. Journal of Mammalogy, 2020 DOI: 10.1093/jmammal/gyaa127 University of Utah. "The secret social lives of giant poisonous rats." ScienceDaily. ScienceDaily, 19 November 2020. www.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

  • #73
    Nov 10, 2020 · 1 hr 7 min

    Episode 068 - Susan La Flesche Picotte | Physician

    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 “The Incredible Legacy of Susan La Flesche, The First Native America to Earn a Medical Degree” by Carson Vaughan, Smithsonian Magazine. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/incredible-legacy-susan-la-flesche-first-native-american-earn-medical-degree-180962332/ “The First Native American to Receive a Medical Degree” by Allison C. Meier, JStor Daily. https://daily.jstor.org/the-first-native-american-to-receive-a-medical-degree/ “Native American Disease and Epidemics,” Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Native_American_disease_and_epidemics Susan la flesche picotte: A doctor who spanned two cultures. The Lancet. 2019;393(10173):734. “Susan La Flesche Picotte,” National Park Service. https://www.nps.gov/people/susan-la-flesche-picotte.htm “Ulysses S. Grant: Mass Genocide Through ‘Permanent Peace’ Policy” by Alysa Landry, Indian Country Today. https://indiancountrytoday.com/archive/ulysses-s-grant-mass-genocide-through-permanent-peace-policy-Ing8OYiNuU6hw6ZgulRA9Q Starita, Joe. A Warrior of the People: How Susan La Flesche Overcame Racial and Gender Inequality to Become America's First Indian Doctor. New York, St. Martin’s Press, 2016. Women 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

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