Join Clementine Holiday as she celebrates the International Day of Women and Girls in Science, a day recognized by the United Nations to promote equal access and participation in STEM fields. Clementine highlights the achievements of trailblazing women like aerospace engineer Tierra Fletcher, the first female medical school graduate Elizabeth Blackwell, astr ... Show More
Sep 2024
Yoky Matsuoka Read By Merritt Moore
When Yoky Matsuoka was growing up in Tokyo, Japan, in the 1980s, she dreamed of becoming a world-famous tennis player. But when repeated injuries dashed her hopes, she found her way to a new dream: to create a robot who could play tennis with her. Yoky’s curiosity about the world ... Show More
18m 3s
Feb 2025
Ep 35 - Girls in STEM: A Talk with Eleonora Svanberg Mathematical Physics PhD Student
In today’s episode of Who Rules the World?, host Giulia Tariello European Union Youth Delegate, talks with Eleonora Svanberg, an inspiring woman reshaping the narrative around women and girls in STEM. Eleonora is a half-Swedish, half-Persian writer, speaker, founder, and advocate ... Show More
20m 58s
Sep 2022
The First Lady of Engineering: Trailer
<p>Yvonne Y. Clark, known as YY throughout her career, has also been nicknamed “The First Lady of Engineering,” because of her groundbreaking achievements as a Black female mechanical engineer. Season 3 of <em>Lost Women of Science</em> traces her trajectory, from her unconventio ... Show More
1m 41s
Jul 2024
Lost Women of Science Conversations: The Exceptions
<p>Dr. Nancy Hopkins, a molecular biologist who made major discoveries in cancer genetics, became an unlikely activist in her early fifties. She had always believed that if you did great science, you would get the recognition you deserved. But after years of humiliations — being ... Show More
34m 59s