International Day of Women and Girls in Science
A perfect day to find inspiration and help create a better world. We want to share some incredible stories of women who have left an indelible mark on the world of science.
Women have always played an important role in innovation and technology, with discoveries that have changed our lives. They had brilliant ideas that have marked history forever.
Through the books "Goodnight Stories for Rebel Girls" we discover the stories of different women who have been and continue to be key to history. Women who have broken barriers and challenged stereotypes, demonstrating once again that science does not know gender or condition.
Here are some examples:
- Ada Lovelace (1815 - 1852): She is considered by many to be the first programmer in history. Mathematician and English writer, daughter of the famous poet Lord Byron, she revolutionized science with her mathematical knowledge by devising, with the support of her inventor friends, the first computer program.
- Hypatia of Alexandria (370 - 416): Hypatia was a philosopher and teacher of the Neoplatonic school of Alexandria at the beginning of the 5th century. She stood out in the fields of mathematicsand astronomyand was a member and head of the aforementioned school that promoted heliocentrism in the field of cosmology, displacing Earth at the center of the universe.
- Mae C. Jemison (1956): engineer, doctor and former NASA astronaut. She was the first black American woman to travel to space. She served as a mission specialist on the space shuttle Endeavor. Jemison joined NASA's astronaut corps in 1987 and was selected to serve on the STS-47 mission.
- Jane Goodall (1934): English ethologist. Specialized in Primatology, a branch of mammalogy that is responsible for the study of primates. She has dedicated her life to the study of chimpanzees: behavior, tool use, lifestyles, etc. Her work was recognized by the scientific community with the Prince of Asturias Award for Scientific and Technical Research.
- Valentina Tereshkova (1937): the first woman to fly into outer space; Chaika, the Russian translation of seagull, was the alias she had on the mission. She is a Russian cosmonaut, engineer and politician. She was the first woman to go to space, selected from more than four hundred applicants and five finalists to pilot Vostok 6, launched on June 16, 1963.
And as the authors of the books "Goodnight Stories for Rebel Girls" wrote: "To all the rebellious girls in the world: dream big, aspire for more, fight hard. And when in doubt, remember: you are right. "
