One area of technological focus in the twenty-first century is using robots to do work that is either tedious for, or dangerous to humans. Like every other field of endeavor, women are involved in developing, refining, and improving robots. In this month’s enewsletter we feature two female roboticists: Ayanna Howard and Helen Greiner.
Only twelve artists have achieved the entertainer’s equivalent of ‘horsedom’s’ Triple Crown – EGOT (Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony Awards) and four of them are women. The four are Rita Moreno, Helen Hayes, Audrey Hepburn, and Whoopi Goldberg. In this month’s enewsletter we learn more about Helen Hayes and Whoopi Goldberg.
A series of exhibits on inventors and discoverers was recently put together for Google Arts and Culture. These exhibits featured women inventors and discoverers in medicine, science, engineering, health and beauty, and the household. In this month’s ENewsletter we feature two of the women who were included in the household inventors and discoverers exhibit: Sarah Goode and Josephine Cochran. Let’s learn about these two innovative women.
Tracy K. Smith, the new poet laureate of the U.S., assumed her one-year term of office in September 2017. She stands on the shoulders of other women who have filled that office and the predecessor office. These women include Gwendolyn Brooks who served as Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress from 1985-1986 and Rita Dove who served as Poet Laureate from 1993-1995 and later also served as a Special Bicentennial Consultant. Let’s learn more about Gwendolyn Brooks and Rita Dove.
A recent performance of the opera Madame Butterfly triggered the thought to profile opera singers in this month’s enewsletter. This art form originated in Italy in the 1500s; even today it delights audiences and enriches us culturally. We are pleased to profile sopranos Leontyne Price and Beverly Sills.
Business Week recently featured an article on the economics of racing cars. It highlighted Julia Landauer, referred to as the best female racer since Danica Patrick. Do you know that Shirley Muldowney and Janet Guthrie actually paved the way for Danica Patrick and Julia Landauer?
