Dale DeBakcsy
The Last Woman Who Knew Everything: The Omnivorous Mind of Clémence Royer.
When Clémence Royer died on February 7, 1902, she took with her into oblivion perhaps the last human brain that believed in and aimed for...
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Dale DeBakcsy
- 7 days ago
- 5 min
Broken Hearts and Nuclear Secrets: Marie Maynard Daly, America's First Black Woman Chemist.
The years of the Second World War gifted to American feminism one of its most enduring icons in the form of Rosie the Riveter. She was...
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Dale DeBakcsy
- Apr 6
- 8 min
Primal Screams: Sophie Germain’s Mathematical Labours
It is a well-known fact of humanity that the chances of a group of people electing to do something decent and necessary is inversely...
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Dale DeBakcsy
- Apr 2
- 9 min
The Queen of Trees: Nobel Laureate Wangari Maathai and the Rise of the Green Belt Movement.
Imagine a patch of land brimming with rich topsoil. Within that dark brown earth lies the core of a civilization - its ability to feed...
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Dale DeBakcsy
- Mar 18
- 6 min
Jeanne Altmann, Baboon Moms, and the Justice League of Primatology.
It is a long standing saying* that the pantheon of primatology is essentially the Justice League of America, with Jane Goodall as...
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