International Women’s Day: Celebrating the Unseen, the Unheard
International Women’s Day: Celebrating the Unseen, the Unheard I am an ordinary woman who has spent a few decades on this planet- yet I am acutely aware that there is so much, rather infinite amount, to learn. When I first watched Hidden Figures, a film based on the true story of three African American mathematicians who played key roles in NACA (later NASA), what struck me was how little I knew about women trailblazers in different fields. On International Women’s Day today, people in every country and city would organize events to sing the praises of the fairer sex, clap for their contributions, declare on microphones how they plan to fight for their rights etc., my humble effort is to bring to light just about a dozen women who were groundbreakers in fields known to be dom inated by men. Shouldn’t we be telling their and similar stories every day? Abbye Stockton (weightlifter) lifting 135 lbs. sometime in the 1940s. Doesn’t she make it seem so easy? Dr Anandibai Joshi (lef...