Archive for November, 2023

Women and Adversity: Anne L’Huillier, 2023 Nobel Prize Winner in Physics
November 23, 2023Subscribe to my blog via email at the bottom of www.jamathews.com/blog Women and Adversity: Anne L’Huillier 2023 Nobel Prize Winner in Physics Anne L’Huillier was awarded the Nobel Prize ...

Women and Adversity: Claudia Goldin, 2023 Nobel Prize Winner in Economics
November 9, 2023Subscribe to my blog via email at the bottom of www.jamathews.com/blog Women and Adversity: Claudia Goldin 2023 Nobel Prize Winner in Economics Claudia Goldin is the third woman to receive the ...

Women and Adversity: Narges Mohammadi, 2023 Nobel Peace Prize Winner
October 26, 2023Subscribe to my blog via email at the bottom of www.jamathews.com/blog Women and Adversity: Narges Mohammadi 2023 Nobel Peace Prize Winner The suppression of women in Iran goes beyond what any ...

Women and Adversity: Giorgia Meloni, First Woman Prime Minister of Italy
September 28, 2023Women and Adversity: Giorgia Meloni First Woman Prime Minister of Italy At a 2019 Italian Pride rally, Giorgia Meloni shouts, “I am Giorgia, I am a woman, I am a mother, I am Italian, ...

Women and Adversity: Ellen Henrietta Swallow Richards First Woman to graduate M.I.T.
September 14, 2023Women and Adversity: Ellen Henrietta Swallow Richards First Woman to graduate M.I.T. The recent bestseller Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus relates a clever use of chemistry in daily li ...

Women and Adversity: Ana Brnabic Prime Minister of Serbia
August 10, 2023Women and Adversity: Ana Brnabić Prime Minister of Serbia We get into complicated territory when we talk of the Balkan Penisula, a region in southeastern Europe. Eleven countries comprise the Ba ...

Women and Adversity: Saara Kuugongelwa-Amadhila Prime Minister of Namibia
July 27, 2023Women and Adversity: Saara Kuugongelwa-Amadhila Prime Minister of Namibia It’s possible most Americans haven’t heard of Namibia, officially Republic of Namibia. It is a country ...

Women and Adversity: Maia Sandu, President of Moldova
July 13, 2023Women and Adversity: Maia Sandu President of Moldova Maia Sandu (pronounced My⸍a San⸍du) faces more adversity than the average American realizes. In an interview in February 2023, Sandu said ...

Women and Adversity: Ingrida Šimonytė, Prime Minister of Lithuania
June 22, 2023Women and Adversity: Ingrida Šimonytė Prime Minister of Lithuania Ingrida Šimonytė (pronounced In gre⸍ dah See mow knee⸍ tah) has a long history of service to her country, and she is an e ...

Women and Adversity: Anya Williams Interim Governor of Turks and Caicos
June 8, 2023My husband and I recently returned from a Caribbean cruise where one of the ports was Grand Turk Island, a place we had never visited. The guide on our around-the-island tour mentioned several ...