#OnThisDay, 24 Feb 1968, Jocelyn Bell Burnell - along with her male supervisor and three other men - published a paper confirming the discovery of pulsars. She had built the array, picked up the signal and argued it was not an anomaly. Hewish received the Nobel prize for it in 1974: Bell Burnell did not.

In 2018 Bell Burnell received a £3m prize for her work. She's used it to set up a foundation to improve the diversity in STEM.

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#OnThisDay, 24 Feb 1968, Jocelyn Bell Burnell - along with her male supervisor and three other men - published a paper confirming the discovery of pulsars. She had built the array, picked up the signal and argued it was not an anomaly. Hewish received the Nobel prize for it in 1974: Bell Burnell did not.

In 2018 Bell Burnell received a £3m prize for her work. She's used it to set up a foundation to improve the diversity in STEM.

#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #Histodons

#OnThisDay, 23 Feb 1965, Constance Baker Motley is elected Manhattan Borough President, the first woman to hold the office. She had been a state senator, and would go on to be a federal judge.

#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #BlackHistory #AmericanHistory #Histodons

#OnThisDay, 23 Feb 1965, Constance Baker Motley is elected Manhattan Borough President, the first woman to hold the office. She had been a state senator, and would go on to be a federal judge.

#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #BlackHistory #AmericanHistory #Histodons