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In May 1895 Juliana Emma Linter was elected to the Malacological Society of London for the study of molluscs. Her collection of 15,000 shells—now at @RAMMuseum—is invaluable to taxonomic research & to wider biodiversity studies esp concerning conservation. https://t.co/2vM9Jk1qD0

On #MayDay remember Minna Cauer (2nd from right) who in May 1889 set up the Commercial Union of Female Salaried Employees in Germany, an early female union. In 1896 she presided at the International Congress of Women's Work and Women's Endeavours. #MayDay https://t.co/YdoqpLi1tU

Today we celebrate medieval Arab mathematician Sutayta al-Mahamali (d. 987 CE). Born in Baghdad, a widely-consulted scholar of science and jurisprudence, she solved problems of inheritance requiring knowledge of a brand new field: algebra. https://t.co/SOUK78YX0a #WomenInSTEM

In April 1950, German-born physicist Maria Goeppert Mayer published her shell model of the atomic nucleus, for which she would become the second woman to win a Nobel Prize in Physics - and which she did without a permanent scientific job. https://t.co/FRKjXfn53b #WomenInSTEM

#otd in 1888 African-American soprano Sissieretta Jones made her NY debut at Steinway Hall. She performed at the White House in Feb 1892 & toured internationally, by 1895 becoming the best-known, highest paid African American performer of her day. https://t.co/91NOklI94V #Opera

In April 1756 midwife Angélique du Coudray demonstrated her lifesize obstetrical mannequin to the French Academy of Surgery, who approved it for teaching obstetrics and childbirth. In 1785 she published the textbook “Abrégé de l’Art des Accouchements". https://t.co/jPTVULUvi6

In early 1941, aeronautical engineer Beatrice Shilling developed a restrictor nicknamed 'Miss Shilling's Orifice'. It solved the problem of fighter planes cutting out during dogfights. She received an OBE in 1947 for her contribution to victory in WWII. https://t.co/BxAmZ9Zxbu

On this anniversary of the Paris Commune we remember Nathalie Lemel, a union member, equal pay campaigner and anarchist who participated on the barricades at the Commune de Paris of 1871. She later worked for the paper L'Intransigeant, and died in 1921, . https://t.co/KvobknQLao

Happy birthday, Isabella Augusta, Lady Gregory, dramatist & co-founder of the Irish Literary & Abbey Theatres, born #otd in 1852! Raised in a class identifying with British rule, she turned against it & wrote retellings of Irish myths. https://t.co/BrwWQrb09Q #WomenInTheatre

#otd in 1954 Egyptian poet & activist Doria Shafik, who in 1951 led 1500 women to storm parliament, began an 8-day hunger strike protesting a constitutional committee without women, until the president wrote to her committing to respecting women's rights. https://t.co/m9EshcKS7J