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Podcast: The Colin McEnroe Show
Episode: A look at the women buried in the footnotes of scientific discovery
Description: Women scientists and inventors have been making ground-breaking discoveries since Agnodice pretended to be a man in order to become the first female anatomist in ancient Greece. Yet, women's scientific contributions have historically been hidden in the footnotes of the work men claimed as their own. Women scientists are banding together to call out bias and give credit where it’s due— one Wikipedia page at a time. This hour, we talk to four of them. GUESTS: Ainissa Ramirez: Author, scientist, and science communicator. She gave a TED talk on the importance of S...