Women In Technology - Friday Links - 02/05/2025
Published on May 2, 2025
Hello everyone!
We hope you enjoyed a restful May 1 holiday!
Earlier this week, we had a great time getting to know some new and old friends and colleagues at our WIT lunch in R1! We’re planning to organise more lunches in the near future, so keep your eyes on your inbox and our Mattermost channel!
In this week’s Friday links, we celebrate International Workers’ Day by taking a look at working conditions for women and children at the end of the 19th century, and discover one of the most determined voices in the worker’s rights movement. We also examine the impact of gender roles on women working in academia.
Enjoy!
Kate, for WIT SC
May 1: International Workers’ Day
May 1, 1895: New York State Investigates Labor Conditions for Women and Children
A special New York State Assembly Committee report investigating conditions of female and child labor in New York City paints a bleak portrait of working conditions for those who earn their living at department store counters, in factories, or through home work.
Lucy Parsons: woman of will
For almost 70 years, Lucy Parsons fought for the rights of the poor and disenfranchised in the face of an increasingly oppressive industrial economic system.
Gender roles and sexism in academia
A no thank you to the person who assumed I was the coffee lady
Dr Rachel Los recently did something completely new. Apart from the required acknowledgements, she added ‘anti-acknowledgements’ to her TU Delft PhD thesis. These were aimed at everyone who had made it clear to her, implicitly or explicitly, that there was no space for her as a woman in the sciences.
Gendered expectations extend to science communication
"Communicating complex science in a way that the public can understand is crucial. A new study from the University of Adelaide reveals that in scientific societies, women are shouldering the bulk of this work — often voluntarily — due to societal expectations and a sense of duty."
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