Free posters celebrating women role models in science, technology, and math
3 August 2019
The website “A Mighty Girl” offers a wonderful set of inspiring posters celebrating women role models in STEM and inspiring stories about women in STEM.
The posters include Cynthia Breazeal, Julianna Rotich, and Gladys West to inspire young women in computing.
Dr. Cynthia Breazeal is an Associate Professor of Media Arts and Sciences at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology where she founded and directs the Personal Robots Group at the Media Lab.
Juliana Rotich is a technologist, strategic advisor, entrepreneur, and keynote speaker. She is co-founder of BRCK Inc, a hardware and services technology company based in Kenya. BRCK was formed to realize a vision for enabling communication in low infrastructure environments by developing useful, innovative technologies. Juliana also co-founded Ushahidi Inc., a non-profit tech company, which specializes in developing free and open source software for changing how information flows in the world.
<ahref="https://www.amightygirl.com/blog?p=22639">Gladys West is an American mathematician known for her contributions to the mathematics underpinning GPS. Her contributions to GPS were only uncovered when a member of her sorority, Alpha Kappa Alpha, read a short biography West had submitted for an alumni function.