Episode 011 - Mary Golda Ross | Space Engineer

Alternate Title: Fire Planes and the Avian Industry Explosion

This week, Emlyn tells Emma about the Cherokee rocket scientist (i.e. space engineer!), Mary Golda Ross, and Emma tells Emlyn about Earth's core and about why it matters how you refer to female scientists. 

Sources:

Main Story - Mary Golda Ross

1. Article by Cherokee Pheonix newspaper: http://www.cherokeephoenix.org/Article/Index/2470
2. Article by Society of Women Engineers: http://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/swe/spring14/index.php#/34
3. Williams JK. Mary Golda Ross: The first native american female engineer. New York Amsterdam News. Mar 2013:28. Available from: http://ezproxy.lib.utexas.edu/login?url=https://search.proquest.com/docview/1349940805?accountid=7118
4. NPR Segment on Morning Edition: https://www.npr.org/2015/05/19/407664385/cherokee-chief-john-ross-is-the-unsung-hero-of-jacksonland
5. Wikipedia article on Lockheed Corporation: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockheed_Corporation
6. Wikipedia article on Lil Abner: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Li%27l_Abner
7. Massive Science article by Jenny Howard: https://massivesci.com/articles/mary-golda-ross-cherokee/
8. Smithsonian Magazine article by Andrew Chaikin: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/why-sr-71-blackbird-epitome-cold-war-spycraft-180953402/

 

Further Reading

1. Jacksonland: President Andrew Jackson, Cherokee Chief John Ross, and a Great American Land Grab by Steve Inskeep

 

Women who werk

Shoutout #1

• Dr. Jessica Irving and her team develop new models for the Earth’s outer core: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/06/180627160232.htm

Shoutout #2

• PhD Candidate Stav Atir and advisor Dr. Melissa Ferguson found that people refer to male professionals by their surname more often than female professionals, and that this gender bias could negatively impact women in STEM careers. https://www.newscientist.com/article/2172515-calling-men-by-their-surname-gives-them-an-unfair-career-boost/
• Scientific Article: http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2018/06/19/1805284115.short

Music

“Work” by Rihanna

“Mary Anning” by Artichoke