March is #WomensHistoryMonth. Look for a new post each day this month to put the spotlight on some extraordinary women. 🧵⬇️
Smithsonian American Women's History Museum
https://womenshistory.si.edu/womens-history-month
Smithsonian American Women's History Museum
https://womenshistory.si.edu/womens-history-month
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"More than 3 million women have served this nation since the American Revolution. Every one of them volunteered to serve."
Visit the Miliary Women's Memorial in Arlington, Virginia
https://womensmemorial.org/
She was once the commander of Cape Cod Air Force Station back in the early 2000s. Nicest person you could ever meet. I still use her "Evelyn's Beef Recipe" which is the best.
"A lifelong advocate for women and Indigenous Americans in tech, Mary G. Ross broke barriers as the first known Indigenous female engineer, and a lifelong advocate for women and Indigenous Americans in tech."
https://doodles.google/doodle/mary-g-ross-110th-birthday/
"As the founder and secretary of Philadelphia's earliest women's philanthropic organizations, Rebecca Gratz helped define a new identity for American women."
Women of Valor: Rebecca Gratz
https://jwa.org/womenofvalor/gratz
"Jeddah-born Dr. Fatmah Baothman is the first woman in the Middle East with a Ph.D. in modern #AI, playing a vital role in establishing King Abdul Aziz University’s #ComputerScience department for #women."
https://www.arabnews.com/node/1576286/saudi
"Katalin Karikó, a Hungarian-born biochemist, dedicated her life’s work to messenger RNA (mRNA), which she always believed had the potential to change the world."
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/katalin-karikos-nobel-prize-winning-work-on-mrna-was-long-ignored-and-led-to/
"Girls Auto Clinic (GAC) was founded in 2013 by Patrice Banks, a trailblazing entrepreneur in the automotive industry. As a Black woman-owned and operated business, GAC is dedicated to transforming the automotive experience for women."
https://www.girlsautoclinic.com/