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Championing Female Intelligence
Geekesse Newsgroup is dedicated to highlighting the achievements of intelligent women across various fields. We aim to inspire and support women and the men who appreciate their contributions. Join us in celebrating the intersection of science and femininity.
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Lost Women of Science The Theoretical Physicist Who Worked With J. Robert Oppenheimer at the Dawn of the Nuclear Age
Melba Phillips co-authored a paper with J. Robert Oppenheimer in 1935 that proved important in the development of nuclear physics. Later, she became an outspoken critic of nuclear weapons.
Disappearing Acts: Irmgard Keun
Irmgard Keun (1905-1982) was a best-selling novelist in Germany in the early 1930s. After she ran afoul of Nazi censorship, she became an exiled, “anti-German” expatriate hiding from the Nazi regime. That’s when she was reported dead by suicide. But was that really…
Disappearing Acts: Nadine Hwang
Nadine Hwang (1902-1972) was a Chinese pilot, a lesbian writer’s driver, a foreign diplomat, and a resistance fighter. In 1944, she was captured by Nazisand vanished into the Ravensbruck concentration camp – where she endured inhumane conditions, and, met the love of…
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