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Feminists hold up female engineers such as Margaret Hamilton, as 'powerful' examples of women being ''pioneers''.<ref>https://fstdt.com/QBYG.YC9QZF8J#comments</ref> These feminists usually ignore the fact that these women were still only a tiny minority. They also ignore that engineering such as computer engineering was not seen as proper academic work, but subordinate to physics and mathematics.<ref>http://www.bu.edu/eng/about/dean-lutchen/engineering-is-not-science/</ref> Also early computer engineering had an overlap with data entry and textile work, which were traditionally female domains.<ref>https://incels.wiki/w/Scientific_Blackpill_(Supplemental)#There_is_no_significant_gender_disparity_in_STEM_graduates_by_sex_in_the_U.S</ref> | Feminists hold up female engineers such as Margaret Hamilton, as 'powerful' examples of women being ''pioneers''.<ref>https://fstdt.com/QBYG.YC9QZF8J#comments</ref> These feminists usually ignore the fact that these women were still only a tiny minority. They also ignore that engineering such as computer engineering was not seen as proper academic work, but subordinate to physics and mathematics.<ref>http://www.bu.edu/eng/about/dean-lutchen/engineering-is-not-science/</ref> Also early computer engineering had an overlap with data entry and textile work, which were traditionally female domains.<ref>https://incels.wiki/w/Scientific_Blackpill_(Supplemental)#There_is_no_significant_gender_disparity_in_STEM_graduates_by_sex_in_the_U.S</ref> | ||
Many of these women often also received substantial male aid and patronage, or were even posthumously given credit for work they didn't play a large role in by eager feminists, e.g., Ada Lovelace, who is often claimed to be the first computer programmer in history, was likely predated by her confidant Charles Babbage in this accomplishment, and there is no actual evidence that she contributed in any substantial way to Babbage's work in this regard.<ref>http://robroy.dyndns.info/collier/ch3.html</ref> | Many of these women often also received substantial male aid and patronage, or were even posthumously given credit for work they didn't play a large role in by eager feminists, e.g., Ada Lovelace, who is often claimed to be the first computer programmer in history, was likely predated by her confidant Charles Babbage in this accomplishment, and there is no actual evidence that she contributed in any substantial way to Babbage's work in this regard.<ref>http://robroy.dyndns.info/collier/ch3.html</ref> The first | ||
Actress Hedy Lamarr is often claimed to have invented important aspects of WiFi, when in fact she herself admitted she did only ‘creative work on the invention,’ while the composer and author, George Antheil, ‘did the really important part,‘ also not even being able to elaborate on the technicalities.<ref>https://old.reddit.com/r/MensRights/comments/8kig2k/did_hedy_lamarr_invent_spread/</ref> | |||
Even the unquestionably most distinguished female scientist in history, Marie Curie-Skłodowska (a 2 time Nobel prize winner), is apparently less eminent in regards to encyclopedia entries and academic citations, than her husband and colleague Pierre Curie, according to the author Charles Murray.<ref>Murray, C. 2003. Human Accomplishment: The Pursuit of Excellence in the Arts and Sciences, 800 B.C. to 1950. pp 126.</ref> | Even the unquestionably most distinguished female scientist in history, Marie Curie-Skłodowska (a 2 time Nobel prize winner), is apparently less eminent in regards to encyclopedia entries and academic citations, than her husband and colleague Pierre Curie, according to the author Charles Murray.<ref>Murray, C. 2003. Human Accomplishment: The Pursuit of Excellence in the Arts and Sciences, 800 B.C. to 1950. pp 126.</ref> | ||
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- Marie Curie, that revolutionized physics, was the first woman in obtaining a Nobel (they wanted to give it only to her husband but he refused) and the first person that won two Nobels. She died as result of her research. | |||
-Irene Curie, daughter of Marie. She was also a brilliant physicist that worked studying the structure of the atom. She also won a Nobel prize (being the only Mother-Daughter couple with a Nobel) and died of leukemia because of her research. | |||
- Jane Goodall, that changed our understanding of primate and human behaviour, proving that chimpanzees have a very complex society and are capable of using complex tools, of teaching and learning and of complex communication. A woman that dared to live alone in the wild and that still advocates for animal rights. | |||
- Rosalind Franklin, who was a British biophysicist known for revolutionary work discovering DNA, as well as understanding X-rays and molecular structure. Watson (her boss) stole her life work and gained a Nobel thanks to her. She died also because of her research. | |||
- Ada Lovelace was an English mathematician and writer, the first to recognize that the machine had applications beyond pure calculation, and published the first algorithm intended to be carried out by such a machine. As a result, she is sometimes regarded as the first to recognize the full potential of a "computing machine" and one of the first computer programmers. | |||
- Vera Rubin, who proved that dark matter existed in the universe by concluding that invisible gravity sources were pulling planets and stars in certain directions. | |||
- Caroline Hershel, who became a brilliant astronomer, discovering new nebulae and star clusters. She was the first woman to discover a comet (she discovered eight in total) and the first to have her work published by the Royal Society. She was also the first British woman to get paid for her scientific work. | |||
-Marie Anning, who was a fossil hunter. In addition to ichthyosaurs, she found long-necked plesiosaurs, a pterodactyl and hundreds, possibly thousands, of other fossils that helped scientists to draw a picture of the marine world 200 million to 140 million years ago during the Jurassic. | |||
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