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PhD-student in technology education @liu_universitet. Exploring girls interest & identity in technology. What is it to be technical? My thoughts. 🐦 in Eng/Swe.
Dec 1, 2021 27 tweets 27 min read
December 1st and today starts my traditional Women in STEM advent calendar. Some I have tweeted about before, some are new. Time to open door no 1.

#WomenInSTEM #STEMcalendar #AdventCalendar #STEMedu #STEAM #TechEdu #DandT #DT Door 1 - Hertha Ayrton. British engineer, mathematician, physicist, inventor. Known for her work with the electric arc + discovery with waves and ripple.

1899, she was the first woman ever to read her own paper before the Institution of Electrical Engineers (IEE).
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