Her interests concerned the both the livelihood of the fisherman, as well as conserving the fish population for future generations.

It was also a life of firsts. Both as a woman, and in some cases, a photographer.

Thanks to Laura Dewey Bridgeman, some people began to recognize that deafblind could be active members of society. 

She learned everything she could. At the time, like many young women, she balanced art, music, and dance, with the available book learning

Teaching wasn't enough. She sought to work for the federal government, though women had not been allowed to before that time.

Her judgeship was not her last. She continued onward through the legal system, including being the first female judge on the Ohio State Sup

Her works, and court cases against male authors who wanted to write on the same topic, led to the beginnings of copyright law in the US. How

As a daughter-in-law to Abigail Adams, she began to study and regard women's rights as innate. She wanted to do many things with her life,

Abigail Adams (1744 - 1818) tried to make woman equal to men from day one in the United States. She fought against her husband, future sec

It isn't uncommon for employers to hire a bunch of people, and then choose who they want to work, not based on skill, or ability, rather on

It is her ability to include everyone when teaching science to her students. My blind friend, and her guide dog, weren't left out.

Emily Lakdawalla is a planetary scientist who writes about the Curiosity mission to Mars.

Garry Hayes posted a magnificent blog series that included many places I could only dream of visiting.

He studies plate movements and magnetism within the rocks. He studies plate tectonics, and natural hazards as they have occurred over thous

I've read various blogs about her studies into volcanoes and pyroclastic flows. Pyroclastic flows are deadly, like in Pompeii.

Hopefully, I can make others feel they can study and contribute to the future of scientific knowledge.

These books, especially the last one, portray life during specific events. These aspects may not be pretty. They bring out the little poin

Giuseppe Mercalli combined earthquake intensity scales to develop his own that came to be known as the Mercalli Scale. Later, Charles F Ric

Now, history is beginning to recognize the importance of women in science, and she has taken her historically accurate place beside her co

He takes the knowledge and that was, and the knowledge that is and improves the available information for the future. He is a great artist,