#ChoosetoChallenge: It’s the Women’s Month in the King Community!
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The Hidden Story of NASA's American Women
NASA's Real 'Figures'
Mary Jackson (1921-2005)
Jackson hailed from Hampton, Virginia. She graduated with high marks from high school and received a bachelor of science degree from the Hampton Institute in Mathematics and Physical Science,
Katherine Johnson (1918-2020)
Johnson showed early brilliance in West Virginia schools by being promoted several years ahead of her age, according to NASA. She attended a high school on the campus of West Virginia State College by age 13, and began attending the college at age 18. After graduating with highest honors.
Dorothy Vaughan (1910-2008)
Vaughan joined the Langley Memorial Aeronautical Laboratory in 1943 after beginning her career as a math teacher in Farmville, Virginia. Her job during World War II was a temporary position, but thanks in part to a new executive order prohibiting discrimination in the defense industry, she was hired on permanently because the laboratory had a wealth of data to process.
Christine Darden worked for NASA for over 40 years. She has led many teams and managed the TU-144 Experiments Program. She has also written over 50 publications on supersonic flow, flap design, and sonic boom minimization.
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Eleanor Harding (1934-1996)
Equal rights and education campaigner Eleanor Harding was a respected community figure who poured her energy into achieving a better deal for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. She was especially passionate about women's issues and education.
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Toby "Winema" Riddle Nannookdoowah: The Modoc Tribe Leader
- Born - 1848 to the Modoc Tribe named Nannookdoowah, which means "strange child"
- 1873, She saved the life of the chairman Alfred B. Meacham
- Awarded Military Pension - Toby Riddle was one of the few Native American women to be awarded a military pension by the United States Congress, for her heroic actions during the peace negotiations in 1873. (Her first name also appears spelled as "Tobey" in historical records.)
Toby "Winema" Riddle (1848–1920) was a Modoc woman who served as an interpreter in negotiations between the Native American Modoc tribe and the United States Army during the Modoc War (also called the Lava Beds War)
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Turkish feminists draw attention to violence against women in Turkey
We Will Stop Femicide: ‘After the death of one of our sisters, we share black and white photographs and keep their memory alive.’
Feminists in Turkey have called on the rest of the world not to forget the original context of Instagram’s #challengeaccepted trend, which was supposed to draw attention to skyrocketing rates of gender-based violence in the country before it was co-opted by western celebrities.
THIS NEEDS TO STOP!
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SOR JUANA INES DE LA CRUZ
Born in 1651 in Mexico at a time when girls were not allowed to seek a formal education, Juana snuck into her grandfather’s library, learned to read at three, wrote her first poem at five, and was teaching Latin to younger children by 13. Unable to attend university because she was a woman, she taught herself privately and went ahead and became an outspoken advocate for women’s right to an education. She’s still one Latin America’s most celebrated writers to this day.
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GLADYS ELPHICK, (1904-1988)
In the 1940s Mrs Elphick joined the Aborigines Advancement League of South Australia and in the 1960s served on its activities committee, which organised social and sports events. As founding president (1964-73) of the Council of Aboriginal Women of South Australia, she worked to raise the status of Indigenous people in the community. The council employed a social worker, set up various sports clubs and arts and crafts groups, and encouraged women to learn public speaking so that they could confidently express their ideas. Members campaigned for the `Yes' vote in the 1967 referendum that ensured Federal responsibility for Aborigines, and lobbied for the franchise and Aboriginal rights generally. They established a women's shelter and health service in Adelaide, and took steps to set up a legal aid service and a kindergarten. In 1973 the women's council changed its name to the Aboriginal Council of South Australia and included men in the organisation. That year the Aboriginal Community Centre was established to house the various services; Elphick was elected treasurer and was later made a life member of the centre. She was a founder (1977) of the Aboriginal Medical Service.
