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In reply to the discussion: Women in science they mysteriously don't teach you about [View all]Warpy
(111,245 posts)13. Yeah, that was the horsehit they tried to teach me, too
My advantage was that my own mother was a pioneer, having taken advantage of the opportunities that arose because of her dad's name. Yes, both my parents were engineers and I still can't pick things apart and put them together as fast as she could. I grew up knowing that men weren't always around to save damsels in distress and we'd better learn how to take care of ourselves when things conked out.
I think I disappointed her by hating engineering and ending up as a nurse, but she came to respect my ability to assess broken people and either help put them back together or set up conditions to ease their way out.
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Well, hell, that's a vanishing population. I've known "computer scientists" who don't know Knuth
Recursion
May 2014
#4
Cosmos has been doing a nice job of highlighting some of the overlooked women in science.
NutmegYankee
May 2014
#9
I have a science curriculum I developed on History of Science that includes women
kmlisle
May 2014
#14
Don't be dismayed. Today, the males aren't taught about, either. Too many "facts" to be "memorized."
WinkyDink
May 2014
#18
When I was a kid mom went to the library with me and told me I would learn to read about
toby jo
May 2014
#28
I would have thought that these days, she is more well known for her scientific contributions
cemaphonic
May 2014
#52