Famous Women in STEM
Memorialized in the film "Hidden Figures" for her work doing the mathematical calculations to get an astronaut into orbit around the Earth
Katherine Johnson
Because women have, on average, smaller hands these items tend to disadvantage women more than men
Pianos and cellphones
These are the 2 main types of connectivity mentioned during today's event
Mentorship and Advocacy
Pakistani activist for female education, the world's youngest Nobel Prize laureate, and second Pakistani to ever receive a Nobel Prize.
Malala
The first person to win the Nobel Prize twice, and the only person to win the Nobel Prize in two scientific fields
Marie Curie
Because the fact that women are on average shorter than men, was not included into the design of this item, women are 47% more likely to be more seriously injured while using this.
Cars
Michelle Obama mentioned that this is an important part of growth that women need to learn to be ok with.
Failure
First Woman to Serve on the Supreme Court
Sandra Day O'Connor
English chemist and X-ray crystallographer whose work was central to the understanding of the molecular structures of DNA, RNA, viruses, coal, and graphite
Rosalind Elsie Franklin
This "male disease" kills more women globally than any other single infectious disease.
TB
A big challenge for women in the workplace mentioned during today's event
They are over-mentored and under-sponsored, we need to fight for women and underrepresented people to have a seat at the table
Invented Frequency Hopping which was the foundation for Wi-Fi, GPS and Bluetooth
Hedy Lamarr
Credited for reducing the death rate from 42% to 2% as a visionary designer of hospital systems and pioneered the improvement of sanitation in working-class homes.
Florence Nightingale
Women are 50% more likely to be misdiagnosed for this disease because the symptoms most commonly associated with it mainly occur in men
Heart attacks
It's not only important to hire women and given them a chance, but you also have to do this
"Teach them how to play the game" Ensuring that they understand the unwritten rules in an organization so they are more likely to be successful
Become the first female self-made millionaire in the United States by developing her own line of hair care products specifically designed for African American hair
Sarah Breedlove / Madam C. J. Walker
Computer Scientist who developed the onboard flight software for NASA's Apollo program
Margaret Heafield Hamilton
Because women have been considered "smaller men with reproductive differences" they have historically been excluded from these items
Clinical Trials and Medical Textbooks
"if you have one hand holding a mask, you only have one had to work, so you have to let go of the mask so you can focus on the work" refers to this
Being able to be more authentically yourself and leaning into your past, struggles and open all of it
Known for writing the first computer algorithm
Augusta Ada King, Countess of Lovelace