Women of Note
#WomeninSTEM: Saving the Natural World through Conservation
Providing a safe place for community members to get outside that's easy to get to, allows people who may have never played in a field or experienced wildlife to learn about the connection between people and a healthy environment. This is critical not only to the success of Valle de Oro but also conservation work all over the country. In a recent TEDx talk, Owen-White shared her story of why she gave up being a doctor to play in the dirt and why we need more women in the conservation field. more »
Thirty Interesting Facts About Dorothy Day's Life, Many Commonly Known and Others Less So
Dorothy Day, highlighted as one of the four Americans that Pope Francis spoke of in his address to Congress. Her last jailing was in 1973 at the age of 75 while protesting with Cesar Chavez and the United Farm Workers. She loved the beauty of the natural world and would seek out the quiet of a small beach cottage she owned on the shore of Staten Island. She went to jail four times from 1955 to 1959 for acts of civil disobedience. more »
Are Women Mistreated by the Criminal Justice System?
"To what extent does policing reflect culture that supports and facilitates a war on women? We review arrest trends for female offenders, discuss police responses to crimes against women, and examine policies and practices that may improve understanding of the criminal justice system's role in this war. We find evidence of changes in police perspectives, actions, and policies toward women as perpetrators and victims of crime." more »
Mary K. Gaillard: One Woman's Journey In Physics
Gaillard writes about the slights and frustrations that gradually raised her consciousness as she rose to the top among theoretical physicists trying to understand the complexities of the universe's fundamental particles. The wife of a physicist, she mothered three young children while simultaneously laying the theoretical groundwork for key experiments that proved the validity of the Standard Model, now accepted as the best description of three of the four forces of nature. more »