National Geographic showcased women in science this week!
They’re celebrating women in science and the major impacts they’re making in a variety of fields. They’ve focused on feature links and articles about Women of National Geographic, Women in exploration, and Why It’s Crucial to Get More Women Into Science.
For the past six years I’ve been attending National Geographic LIVE! Speaker Series at Benaroya Hall in Seattle, WA. I only remember a handful of women who have gone up on stage to speak. Most of the other speakers have been men.
There was one woman I vividly remember, Mireya Meyers who was advertised as an NFL Miami Dolphins Cheerleader turned National Geographic explorer. She had taken an anthropology course at the University of Miami and ended up discovering one of the worlds smallest primates living in Madagascar. She was my idol.
Another was a journalist named Lisa Ling. She was badass and fearless and shared some incredible experiences about sneaking in to foreign countries to get her journalism stories. It had nothing to do with science, but she was one of the few female speakers I remember seeing at these National Geographic events.
The final set of women speakers I remember at these events were Carol Beckwith and Angela Fisher, photographers who spoke about the Dinka people and other tribes in Africa. They were quirky and weird and talked about voodoo and the diversity of african cultures and traditions.
Then there was Anne Griffiths, a photographer. The thing I remember most about her was that she brought her kids everywhere. She said having her kids along almost made people trust her more and she was able to get a lot of amazing people shots that way.
I am so glad to see National Geographic devoting a tribute to their women explorers and I would love to see a better representation of the female National Geographic Explorers speak at the Live! Series talks because I know they exist and they need to come out and inspire the younger female generation!
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