March 15th #WomensHistoryMonth spotlight:

"Grazia Deledda was an Italian writer who received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1926. She was the first Italian woman to receive the prize for her idealistically inspired writings which with plastic clarity picture life on her native island of Sardinia. She was also credited with depth and sympathy depicted in her writing with human problems in general.

Deledda’s first novel, Fiori di Sardegna (Flowers of Sardinia) was published in 1892. Her 1896 book Paesaggi Sardi, published by Speirani, is both informed by fiction and poetry. Grazia went ahead to achieve a groundbreaking role in Italian and World literature."

https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/literature/1926/deledda/facts/

March 14th #WomensHistoryMonth spotlight:

"Noor Inayat Khan: During World War II, she joined the British Special Operations Executive (SOE) and became the first female radio operator sent into occupied France to aid the French Resistance. Noor’s courage, resourcefulness, and determination made her a valuable asset in the fight against the N@ z1s."

https://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/inayat_khan_noor.shtml

March 13th #WomensHistoryMonth spotlight:

"The pirate queen Grace O'Malley (c. 1577-1597), known also as Gráinne Mhaol, is a mostly romantic figure in Irish folklore, but in reality she was a fearless leader, canny diplomat, and long-time thorn in the side of the British ruling class."

https://www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/people/25-fearless-women-who-helped-shape-today-s-ireland-1.3406499

March 12th #WomensHistoryMonth spotlight:

"May Ziadeh: Palestinian-Lebanese author and women’s rights advocate Marie Elias Ziade, also known as May, was a pioneer in the empowerment and education of women.

Born in Palestine in 1886, Ziadeh went on to found one of the most renowned literary salons in the region, initially from her own home but later becoming a major meeting place for intellectuals, journalists, critics and philosophers.

Female characters often featured in her literary works, most often crafted as leading figures with strong personalities. Her work also tackled sensitive and complex topics, from the patriarchy to social issues and freedom."

3 Poems by May Ziadeh translated by Rose DeMaris
https://losangelesreview.org/3-poems-translated-rose-demaris/

March 11th #WomensHistoryMonth spotlight:

Lise Meitner: a physicist who never lost her humanity.

"Lise Meitner was an Austrian-Swedish physicist best remembered for her contributions that led to the discoveries of nuclear fission and the element protactinium. Nicknamed the German Marie Curie by Albert Einstein, Lise Meitner became the second woman in the world to receive a doctorate in physics in 1905. In 1997, chemical element 109 meitnerium was named in her honor."

https://ahf.nuclearmuseum.org/ahf/profile/lise-meitner/

March 10th #WomensHistoryMonth spotlight:

"Empress Wu Zetian (Empress Consort Wu, Wu Hou, Wu Mei Niang, Mei-Niang, and Wu Zhao, l. 624-705 CE, r. 690-704 CE) was the only female emperor of Imperial China. She reigned during the Tang Dynasty (618-907 CE) and was one of the most effective and controversial monarchs in China's history."

https://www.worldhistory.org/Wu_Zetian/

March 9th #WomensHistoryMonth spotlight:

"Dolores Huerta is a civil rights activist and labor leader. She worked tirelessly to ensure farmworkers received US labor rights and co-founded the National Farmworkers Association with Cesar Chavez." #SiSiPuede

https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2017/09/17/551490281/dolores-huerta-the-civil-rights-icon-who-showed-farmworkers-si-se-puede

March 8th #WomensHistoryMonth spotlight on #InternationalWomensDay2025:

"Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti was a Nigerian feminist and political leader who was the leading advocate of women’s rights in her country during the first half of the 20th century." #IWD

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Funmilayo-Ransome-Kuti

March 7th #WomensHistoryMonth spotlight:

"Edith Cowan became the first woman elected as a member of the Australian Parliament in 1921. She worked tirelessly to advocate women’s rights and showed a true commitment to the betterment of education and health & justice issues."

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Edith-Cowan

March 6th #WomensHistoryMonth

"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/

March 5th #WomensHistoryMonth spotlight:

"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.

Katalin Karikó’s Nobel Prize–Winning Work on mRNA Was Long Ignored—And Led to COVID Vaccines

Despite decades of doubt and dismissal, biochemist Katalin Karikó never gave up on the research that gave us mRNA COVID vaccines in record time."

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/katalin-karikos-nobel-prize-winning-work-on-mrna-was-long-ignored-and-led-to/

March 4th #WomensHistoryMonth spotlight:

"Jeddah-born 🇸🇦 Dr. Fatmah Baothman is the first woman in the Middle East with a Ph.D. in modern artificial intelligence (AI). She played a vital role in establishing KAU’s computer science department for women, and became the first appointed teaching assistant in the department."

Fatmah Baothman, the first woman in the Middle East with a PhD in AI
https://www.arabnews.com/node/1576286/saudi

March 3rd #WomensHistoryMonth spotlight:

"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

March 2nd #WomensHistoryMonth spotlight:

"A lifelong advocate for women and Indigenous Americans in tech, Mary G. Ross broke barriers as the first known Indigenous female engineer.

Mary G. Ross was part of the original engineering team at Lockheed's Missile Systems Division, where she worked on a number of defense systems, and contributed to space exploration efforts with her work relating to the Apollo program, the Polaris reentry vehicle, and interplanetary space probes."

https://doodles.google/doodle/mary-g-ross-110th-birthday/

March 1st #WomensHistoryMonth spotlight:

"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/

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

Albert Einstein’s first wife Mileva (Mitza) Marić was also a brilliant physicist. They met at the Polytechnic Institute of Zurich, where she had fought for special permissions to attend and where she received higher marks than Albert. Mitza put in as much if not more work on their theories but wasn’t credited because Albert told her their works wouldn’t get published with a woman’s name on them. Many of his lecture notes are in Mitza’s handwriting, and Albert was once heard at a party saying, “I need my wife, she helps solve all of my mathematical problems.” 80% of Einstein’s famous works were published during this marriage, referred to as his “magic years.” Those magic years ended abruptly after they divorced due to his infidelity and abandonment.

Happy #womenshistorymonth