5 Women Scientists of AAUW’s War Relief Project
#TBT to these five amazing women scientists who broke barriers in the profession on a world stage during World War II.
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Today’s the anniversary of the end of WWII in Europe. Did you know that women were often (uncredited) spies and couriers in WWII? Read about this woman (she’s incredible):
Anne Sofie Østvedt quickly rose through the ranks to become the deputy commander of the underground intelligence-gathering resistance group XU. According to the top-secret document in her AAUW file, “As from the summer of 1943, she functioned as the proxy of the chief and in that capacity had contacts with the leading underground organizations. During the stays abroad and inspection trips of her chief, she was the acting leader of the whole system, comprising that whole of south Norway (about 3,000 men).
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Though they remained POWs under horrific conditions for three years and suffered their own injuries and illnesses, they continued to care for soldiers in the camp until they were freed in February 1945.
It’s Nurses Week! And in case you didn’t know that nurses are awesome, well, they are.
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A welder at a boat-and-sub-building yard adjusts her goggles before resuming work, October, 1943. By 1945, women comprised well over a third of the civilian labor force (in 1940, it was closer to a quarter) and millions of those jobs were filled in factories: building bombers, manufacturing munitions, welding, drilling and riveting for the war effort. (source)
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Happy Birthday, Albert Einstein!
Did you know that Einstein, when he wasn’t formulating the theory of relativity, did a ton of work to help get female scientists out of Germany during WWII?
Here is Jacqueline Cochran, one of the most renowned female pilots in the early 20th century. She was the first woman to break the sound barrier and the first woman to fly a bomber across the Atlantic, among other accomplishments.
At the time of Cochran’s death on Aug. 9, 1980, she held more international speed, distance and altitude records than any other pilot, male or female.
Happy Women’s History Month!