The Oscar-winning film, “Oppenheimer,” that recently won Best Picture, has stirred national interest in the STEM career of J. Robert Oppenheimer, the nuclear physicist who is called the “father of the atomic bomb” as well as the father in the field of physics.
With a predominantly male cast, in the film set in the 1940s, the closest a woman gets to sharing in scientific work and notoriety is his wife, Kitty, a traditional non-working spouse. Lisa Meitner, a prominent German nuclear scientist, was asked to work on the project and she refused.

I absolutely love Women’s History Month. I love it as an opportunity to write into the generally known history the many women who have been overlooked or under-recognized for their accomplishments.

And increasingly, I focus on tomorrow’s history that we each make by our actions today.

This past week, I had so many opportunities both to celebrate and to join with other women and men to make the future of our choice, one where equality and parity are values that drive our decisions, our work, our policy actions. So this week, I’m sharing an inspirational sampling of Women’s History Month celebratory events and those creating the future.