{"id":5887,"date":"2015-03-09T18:30:26","date_gmt":"2015-03-10T01:30:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.digilentinc.com\/?p=5887"},"modified":"2021-06-17T08:13:42","modified_gmt":"2021-06-17T15:13:42","slug":"looking-back-female-heroes-in-stem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/looking-back-female-heroes-in-stem\/","title":{"rendered":"Looking Back: Female Heroes in STEM"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last year, I wrote a <a href=\"https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/index.php\/women-in-stem-role-models-from-the-past\/\">blog post<\/a> that featured everyone&#8217;s favorite women in STEM history. In celebration of yesterday&#8217;s International Women&#8217;s Day, I&#8217;d like to bring that back!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Ada_Lovelace_portrait.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-5834 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Ada_Lovelace_portrait-418x600.jpg\" alt=\"Ada Lovelace, one of the pioneers of computing. Image from Wikipedia.\" width=\"418\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Ada_Lovelace_portrait-418x600.jpg 418w, https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Ada_Lovelace_portrait-713x1024.jpg 713w, https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Ada_Lovelace_portrait-157x225.jpg 157w, https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Ada_Lovelace_portrait-800x1149.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 418px) 100vw, 418px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Keep checking back this month for more women&#8217;s history content.\u00a0Who is your STEM hero?<\/p>\n<div class='watch-action'><div class='watch-position align-left'><div class='action-like'><a class='lbg-style6 like-5887 jlk' data-task='like' data-post_id='5887' data-nonce='1f2f1e898c' rel='nofollow'><img src='https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/wti-like-post-pro\/images\/pixel.gif' title='Like' \/><span class='lc-5887 lc'>0<\/span><\/a><\/div><div class='action-unlike'><a class='unlbg-style6 unlike-5887 jlk' data-task='unlike' data-post_id='5887' data-nonce='1f2f1e898c' rel='nofollow'><img src='https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/wti-like-post-pro\/images\/pixel.gif' title='Unlike' \/><span class='unlc-5887 unlc'>0<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div> <div class='status-5887 status align-left'>Be the 1st to vote.<\/div><\/div><div class='wti-clear'><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last year, I wrote a blog post that featured everyone&#8217;s favorite women in STEM history. 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