Features — Lady Science

A MAGAZINE FOR THE HISTORY & POPULAR CULTURE OF SCIENCE. WE PUBLISH A VARIETY OF VOICES & WORK ON WOMEN & GENDER ACROSS THE SCIENCES.

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The Woman Zoologist Who Found a Home for Her Science in Chicken Farming

Nov 14

Nov 14 The Woman Zoologist Who Found a Home for Her Science in Chicken Farming

Rosa Smith and the Gender Politics of 19th-Century Ichthyological Discovery

Nov 7

Nov 7 Rosa Smith and the Gender Politics of 19th-Century Ichthyological Discovery

What really happened to the woman who claimed to give birth to a cat?

Sep 26

Sep 26 What really happened to the woman who claimed to give birth to a cat?

Decades after forced sterilization, Native American women in the US still face rejection and retraumatization in healthcare

Sep 11

Sep 11 Decades after forced sterilization, Native American women in the US still face rejection and retraumatization in healthcare

Mariah Gladstone

How 19th century "harlot wards" scrutinized women's bodies in the name of public health

Sep 4

Sep 4 How 19th century "harlot wards" scrutinized women's bodies in the name of public health

Textile Technoculture Creations and the Early Days of Women's Cosplay

Aug 14

Aug 14 Textile Technoculture Creations and the Early Days of Women's Cosplay

Kathryn Heffner

Feminist Visions of Science and Utopia in Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain’s ‘Sultana’s Dream’

Jul 31

Jul 31 Feminist Visions of Science and Utopia in Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain’s ‘Sultana’s Dream’

Against Medical Advice: Priscilla White and Diabetic Pregnancy

Jul 18

Jul 18 Against Medical Advice: Priscilla White and Diabetic Pregnancy

Blood in the Soil: Fascist Ideology and Italian Nature Conservation

Jul 18

Jul 18 Blood in the Soil: Fascist Ideology and Italian Nature Conservation

Why we need a feminist climate science and how we might get it

Jul 18

Jul 18 Why we need a feminist climate science and how we might get it