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Episode 011 - Fire Planes and the Avian Industry Explosion
STEM Fatale Podcast
English - July 09, 2018 15:27 - 42 minutes - 41.3 MB - ★★★★★ - 28 ratingsScience History Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
This week, Emlyn tells Emma about the Cherokee rocket scientist (i.e. space engineer!), Mary Golda Ross, and Emma tells Emlyn about Earth's core and about why it matters how you refer to female scientists.
Sources:
Main Story - Mary Golda Ross
Article by Cherokee Pheonix newspaper: http://www.cherokeephoenix.org/Article/Index/2470
Article by Society of Women Engineers: http://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/swe/spring14/index.php#/34
Williams JK. Mary Golda Ross: The first native american female engineer. New York Amsterdam News. Mar 2013:28. Available from: http://ezproxy.lib.utexas.edu/login?url=https://search.proquest.com/docview/1349940805?accountid=7118
NPR Segment on Morning Edition: https://www.npr.org/2015/05/19/407664385/cherokee-chief-john-ross-is-the-unsung-hero-of-jacksonland
Wikipedia article on Lockheed Corporation: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockheed_Corporation
Wikipedia article on Lil Abner: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Li%27l_Abner
Massive Science article by Jenny Howard: https://massivesci.com/articles/mary-golda-ross-cherokee/
Smithsonian Magazine article by Andrew Chaikin: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/why-sr-71-blackbird-epitome-cold-war-spycraft-180953402/
Further Reading
Jacksonland: President Andrew Jackson, Cherokee Chief John Ross, and a Great American Land Grab by Steve Inskeep
Women who werk
Shoutout #1
Dr. Jessica Irving and her team develop new models for the Earth’s outer core: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/06/180627160232.htm
Shoutout #2
PhD Candidate Stav Atir and advisor Dr. Melissa Ferguson found that people refer to male professionals by their surname more often than female professionals, and that this gender bias could negatively impact women in STEM careers. https://www.newscientist.com/article/2172515-calling-men-by-their-surname-gives-them-an-unfair-career-boost/
Scientific Article: http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2018/06/19/1805284115.short
Music
“Work” by Rihanna
“Mary Anning” by Artichoke