TheGirlExplorers

Writer, Author of The Girl Explorers

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“Historically less than 2 percent of philanthropic giving has gone to initiatives specifically geared toward women and girls.” It’s time to step up those contributions. Melinda Gates is doing so. https://t.co/A2SuuwZ4OK

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In 1978, the first women astronauts had to tell NASA engineers that one hundred tampons were excessive for two women on a one-week voyage and that they did not need makeup in space. Today, they face still face obstacles. https://t.co/EBHQpkEk8G

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In 1873, Edward Clarke argued that college endangered a woman's reproductive organs by shutting "the uterine portals.” In The Girl Explorers, I note that SWG member Annie Peck wryly wondered why scrubbing floors or working fourteen hours a day did not produce the same result.

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“Women are just one-quarter of those who are managers, they are one-quarter of parliamentarians around the world, they are one-quarter of those who negotiate climate change. One-quarter isn’t equality. Equality is one-half.” Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka. https://t.co/wAnWzm71uk

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Due to Covid, life expectancy in the US decreased by 2.4% (1.87 years) and death rates increased by 16.1% -even more for Hispanic and non-Hispanic Black people (was two to three times greater than in the non-Hispanic White population. https://t.co/sPnkTV6usY

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Such a sad commentary on life: “I actually like not having to go into the office and be constantly reminded that I’m the only Black woman there.”

— Courtney McCluney, an assistant professor of organizational behavior at Cornell’s ILR School

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I've previously written about artist Else Bostelmann, who painted underwater scenes for William Beebe in a diving helmet with oil paint. Here's a great visual from the 1922 cover of Scientific America.

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I'm so excited to announce that the Wildlife Conservation Society has released a digital library of the artwork from the Department of Tropical Research. https://t.co/9sp9hV0s2G

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Here's a picture of William Beebe writing underwater on a pad.

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This week I have a guest blogger: Pamela Henson of the Smithsonian, writing about the wildflowers of SWG member Mary Vaux Walcott. https://t.co/RkTpGDQn9P

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Peter Greenberg, Eye on Travel recently interviewed me. https://t.co/3FnDOSOBeN

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Want to escape with an adventurous heroine? Visit https://t.co/KSdMtBCMlC for stories and videos about intrepid women.

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When writing my book, The Girl Explorers, one of my favorite type of explorers were women artists. Check out this page that shows works of early explorer-artists. https://t.co/q2Z7Bv1gL7

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Are you ready for World Oceans Week? Here's a quick guide to prepare you. https://t.co/04uHdscubR

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Tonight I'll be on American History TV at 7:15 ET (CSPAN 3) with Siffy Torklidson, president of Society of Woman Geographers talking about The Girl Explorers. https://t.co/TbS7WZnqX7

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World premiere of PATHFINDERS: First Women of The Explorers Club, an inside look at the early history of the first women to become members of The Explorers Club. Streaming live on https://t.co/VtlVSufeH7 Tuesday, March 30 at 7:00 pm EST.

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“Vitriol and misogyny aimed toward one woman reverberate to all women. We’re all collateral damage, whether we’re the object or not.”
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"Women are reaching higher positions: in business, the sciences, the law. They’re being seen and heard on their own terms, as speed-of-light communications and social media allow them to make an end-run around patriarchal systems that once stifled them.” https://t.co/FFZXMOzACf

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“We all leap forward when one woman tries | When she defies with her rallying cries.”

— From the poem “Vital Voices” by Amanda Gorman
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Enjoy these titles, celebrate Women's History Month “This is a triumphant book, filled with history and tales that may be hidden to modern readers. Fix that little omission, and look for this book.” - https://t.co/lE8HQY5JPc