International Women’s Day you say? I too think women are neat.
Ada Lovelace
A visionary thinker in the early days of computation and a hero of mine that we all know way too little about. You can read about her on Wikipedia but isn’t it time for a biopic?! Link
Mary Shelley
A beautiful writer of thoughtful scientific (for its time) horror: 💯 The fact that she was 19 when she wrote Frankenstein: 😮
Grace Hopper
A huge figure in the computer science world and another personal hero for her genius combined with a frank and understandable style. Here she is explaining a nanosecond to a class of programmers. Link
Vi Hart
I might have a bit of a crush on this world class nerdy weirdo. Here’s the first of her staggeringly cool three-part series on the Fibonacci sequence: Link
Carolyn Porco
Imaging Team leader on the phenomenally successful Cassini mission to Saturn. Here she is going full nerd about the amazing work she’s doing: Link
Emily Lakdawalla
One of my favorite things is people who can explain complicated stuff simply and Emily Lakdawalla does that without ever shying away from the technical stuff. She’s also a proud parent if a nerdy girl just like me. Here’re her contributions to the Planetary Society blog: Link
Shannon Hale
Author of the beautiful books The Princess Academy and The Book of a Thousand Days and champion of Girls, Reading, and the power of children’s and YA literature. Also a funny smart open opinionated blogger. Here she is writing about her discomfort basing a book on a culture not her own: Link
Amanda Bauer and Meghan Gray of Sixty Symbols
My daughter used to love watching sixty symbols videos about math and science and I loved these two awesome smart passionate role models. Here’s Amanda Bauer geeking out about a solar eclipse: Link
MJ from iFixIt
MJ shatters stereotypes about basement dwelling hardware hackers as a smart articulate gadget nerd who loves tinkering with computers and happens to be tiny, cute, and blonde. Here’s her first Ask MJ episode: Link
Mary Coffey
Art historian, Dartmouth professor, Latin American art expert, and award winning author in the academic art world. Also my sister 😍. Here she is talking about the Orozco murals on Dartmouth campus: Link
