This #AdaLovelaceDay, we're resurfacing some of our favourite pieces from #MissedGenius, which celebrates the life and achievements of scientists, mathematicians and engineers overlooked in their time. Here are some pioneering women in Stem you may not know. 👇 [THREAD]
Hilda Geiringer helped to lay the fundamental groundwork much of science and engineering rely upon today. #AdaLovelaceDay bbc.com/future/article… 
Miriam Menkin was the first person to successfully fertilise a human egg in vitro, changing reproductive medicine forever. #AdaLovelaceDay bbc.com/future/article…
Xia Peisu pushed computing from a geeky obsession into a transformative industry. #AdaLovelaceDay bbc.com/future/article…
SJ Baker's revolutionary public health programme saved thousands of lives in New York City. #AdaLovelaceDay bbc.com/future/article…
Dr Gisella Perl, a Jewish woman interned at Auschwitz and Bergen-Belsen, was charged with looking after the pregnant prisoners, who if found out would face certain death. #AdaLovelaceDay bbc.com/future/article…
Roger Arliner Young was the first black woman in the US to hold a doctorate in zoology, and she constantly had to battle against forces that sought to make her invisible and silent. #AdaLovelaceDay bbc.com/future/article…
Helen Octavia Dickens popularised the use of the Pap smear for black women, helping to save thousands, and empowering even more. #AdaLovelaceDay bbc.com/future/article…
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