Natterings of a Woman in STEM
Finally! I watched the movie Hidden Figures (and enjoyed it). However, seeing Katherine Johnson’s routine twenty-minute dash from her desk to the ‘Colored Ladies Room’, triggered a conversation about my own ‘Ladies’ experiences at the beginning of my career. My first assignment was at… Continue Reading “Skip to the Loo”
Recently, I had the privilege of watching my 2½ year-old grandniece, Penny Rose, at play. Deeply engaged with a Thomas the Tank Engine Lego set, she connected the brick with Thomas’s face to a foundation brick. She then tried to place a piece of… Continue Reading “The Two-Year-Old Engineer”
Ladies, how did your predecessors deal with topless and nude calendars in the workplace? In honor of Women in Engineering Day, The Numerate Ninny presents an extended post on this historic topic: I’m going to bring you back to the summer of 1989 where… Continue Reading “A Personal History in honor of Women in Engineering Day: The Summer of ’89”