Women In Technology - Friday Links - 19/09/2025

Dear Friends of WIT,

 

Hope you had a great week at work and outside of work. It's time to wind down and relax. We bring to you our hand-picked reads for the weekend:

 

Read about Historian Margaret Rossiter who has been working hard to make sure uncredited women get their due, since 1969 when she was 24: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/unheralded-women-scientists-finally-getting-their-due-180973082 

In her honour, the History of Science Society renamed The Women's Prize to the Margaret Rossiter Prize. Check out the past winners here: https://hssonline.org/page/rossiter

The Dinner Party is a super cool painting comprising of a massive ceremonial banquet, arranged on a triangular table with a total of thirty-nine place settings, each commemorating an important woman from history. Find out more here:  https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/exhibitions/dinner_party

 

43 % of girls who once considered themselves 'sporty' drop out of sport after primary school. Why does this happen and what can we do about it? Read more here:  https://womeninsport.org/news/more-than-1-million-teenage-girls-fall-out-of-love-with-sport/

And watch this insightful TED talk by Stacy Sims: https://youtu.be/e5LYGzKUPlE?si=5rArbUnJRjHH42FP

 

Acts of Micro Feminism might be way more impactful than you think. Are you doing your part? https://www.wrda.net/blog/micro-feminism-is-not-a-trend-its-a-reality 

WIT Talk with Mark Thomson
WIT is thrilled to organize a talk with CERN's incoming Director General, Mark Thomson, followed by a live Q&A on 30/09/2025. Make sure you register: https://indico.cern.ch/event/1506950/

The world's largest tech conference for women is all set to take place in Chicago, from 4/11/2025 to 7/11/2025. Take a look at what goes on here: https://ghc.anitab.org/

The WIT community is working on a photo book project that will portray women working at CERN. The project seeks to trace the evolving representation of women in STEM through the lens of CERN. The book will contain photos and details of CERN women from the past, from the present and also from the future! the main takeaways of the workshop will be reflected in the book.

The WiT Book Club picks a book each month to read and discuss.

This time, the details are:

📚 The book: The Genius Myth by Helen Lewis - Amazon Link 

📅Date: 23 October 2025

🕔 Time: 17:00–18:00 

📍 Location: Library, The Reading Room

 

Do join the MM channel for updates and to vote for the next one!

 

That's all for now, see you next week!

 

Stay hydrated,

Varsha on behalf of WIT