Beauty and Brains–Women in the Sciences

The Society of Women Engineers was formed on May 27, 1950. It was composed of 50 women. Now, in 2011, it has over 17,000 members. The Society of Women Engineer’s mission is to “stimulate women to achieve full potential in careers as engineers and leaders, expand the image of the engineering profession as a positive force in improving the quality of life, demonstrate the value of diversity.” Kathryn D. Sullivan would not be part of it because it is for engineers and she is a geologist. Although she did fix some issues with the space shuttles (EVA) she isn’t considered an engineer. I think it would support the views of Kathryn D. Sullivan because I thinks she thinks that women should be encouraged to pursue a science career.

Click on this to follow the link to my Power Point: The Society of Women Engineerspp

The NAPW is an organization whose mission “is to provide the most advanced forum for members to connect with like-minded professional women to develop innovative business and social relationships. We continuously offer our members the resources and benefits necessary to foster professional and personal success.” The NAPW has 155 chapter in 44 states and the district of columbia. This organization is represent by one 300,000 women.

The NAPW is a good organization for many professional women to give and receive guidance along with making lifetime friends and partners. However, I don’t think Gertrude Belle Elion would belong to this group. While NAPW seems to be a great organization I believe that Elion would join a group more specialized in what she is doing. 

Association of Women’s Health, Obstetric, and Neonatal Nurses (AWHONN) is an association of nurses and other health care professionals that are interested in or have women’s health, obstetrics or neonatal specialties. They’re mission is to improve the health of women and their newborns. AWHONN was formed in 1993 when they broke off from the Nurses Association of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists which was formed in 1969. There are 52 sections, one for each state, one for members of the United States Armed Forces, and one for Canada. The sections are then broken down into local chapters, and more than 22,000 health care professionals belong to this organization.

Roger Arliner  Young was a zoologist, therefore not particularly interested in nursing, however she did perform some research that helped in our understanding of how radiation impedes embryonic development. As a woman I do believe that she would have supported this organization regardless, but I also think that if given the chance she would have encouraged more research on other elements that could hinder or facilitate the development of the baby.

The ultimate reason for the use of this blog is for my FSEM 100 F8 Beauty and Brains- Women in the Sciences 2011 class. It is ment to provide my classmates at the University of Mary Washington with information on the presentations I will be doing this semester.

Hey guys! So this is the link my powerpoint presentation slide for the AWHONN Organization. Here you can find information about the AWHONN and if Kathryn D. Sullivan or me would join it.

WITI, or Women in Technology International is a company devoted to helping women gain presence in the higher ranks of americas businesses. WITI was founded in  1989 by Carolyn Leighton when email was first gaining popularity, Leighton used this new technology to start a network of women in companies and businesses wiling to hire other women in technology and foster the growth of more females in CEO, CFO and mid-mangement positions. Now 13 years later WITI is backed by corporations such as Disney, Google and many many more big-name businesses which just goes to show how successful WITI has become.

Hello! My name is Caroline Arnold and I have previously posted about the female scientist, Grace Hopper, and about comparing the computer scientists Alan Turning and Grace Hopper. I am writing this blog for my Freshman Seminar class called “Beauty and Brains- Women in the Sciences.”

Last week I presented to my class about an organization called ACM-W, which stands for Association for Computer Machinery for women. This organization was formed in the late 1980s as a branch or sub-organization of ACM, which was founded in 1947. This organization currently consists of 15,005 members. It also consists of the ACM-W council and the ACM-W executive board. The primary mission of ACM-W is to celebrate, inform, and support women in computing and to improve working and learning environments for women. It also allows the representation of women in computer science to be more equal and fair.

Considering that Grace Hopper was a female computer scientist, I definitely think it is likely that she would belong to this organization. She faced many hardships being a female in the computer science field, however, always put up a strong fight and gave one hundred percent to her work. I believe Grace Hopper would join this organization to help spread information about females in the computer science field and to encourage other females to peruse this career. She would be an excellent and effective member of the ACM-W because this organization definitely supports her views and interests.

Works Cited

ACM-W. Elaine Weyuker. Web. 14 Nov. 2011. <http://  women.acm.org/>.

Borg, Anita and Whitney, Telle. “The Grace Hopper Celebration.”   Communications ofthe ACM 38.1 (1995): 50-51. Computers   & Applied Sciences Complete. EBSCO.   Web. 13 Nov.   2011.

Weyuker, Elaine. “ACM-W Celebrates Women In Computing.”   Communications Of  The ACM 52.6 (2009): 5. Academic   Search Complete. Web. 9 Nov. 2011.

Association of Women’s Health, Obstetric and Neonatal
Nurses

 When was this Organization Formed?

The Association of Women’s Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses also known as AWHONN was
founded in 1969 as the Nurses Association of the American College of Obstetrics
and Gynecology. The organization AWHONN is a stem formed in 1993 which is
non-profit and separate from the original Nurses Association made in 1969.

Is it still in Existence Today?

Yes it still exists today. They have their very own website, they host conventions such as
the one that is coming soon at Washington, DC Area, they have webinars/courses
online, and more.
“There are 52 sections (one for each state, plus one that represents Canada, and one that
represents members in the US Armed Forces). Within each section, there are
local chapters.”

Primary Mission

The primary mission of the AWHONN is to promote the health of women and newborns.

AWHONN publishes Standards for Professional Nursing Practice in the Care of Women
and Newborns. These standards define the roles, functions and competencies
of nurses caring for women and newborns and delineate the various roles and
behaviors for which the professional nurse is accountable

How to become a part of it?

To become a part of the association you just have to make an account and sign up on their
website.

Member Composition

President: Kathleen A. Hale,
MS, RN, CE-BC

President-Elect: Rose L. Horton,
RN, MSM

Secretary-Treasurer: Mary McMahon,
BSN, MSN, RN, RNC

They have many committees and advisory panels such
as:

Finance Committee

Nominating Committee

Policy Committee
Annual Convention Program Committee
Focus Area Advisory Panels
2011 Research Advisory Panel
2011 Childbearing & Newborn Advisory Panel

Though it didn’t say the actual composition of women & men in the group I assume there is more
females who are involved in this group then men.

Does UMW have a chapter of this organization?
The University of Mary Washington does not have a chapter of this organization, however any
student interested in the organization could start a group if they wanted to.

Would Kathryn D. Sullivan become a part of
this Organization?

I don’t think Kathryn D. Sullivan would be a part of this organization, even though it deals
with science, women, and more. It deals with the medical field which is not
what she is usually involved in. The associations she is a part of are the ones
she got awards from or that deal with her field of study in geology and Space.

Connecting Sullivan and the Association

Projects involving NASA/ Geology would most likely interest Sullivan to the
organization. Since the mission of the AWHONN is to promote health of women and
newborns something that revolves around: The health of women in space & the
effect of having a baby in space and why it can’t be done.

Would I consider joining this Organization?

Yes it is a field of study that interest me along with the fact that I am a woman and I not now
but in the future I want to have my own kids someday. I find it an interesting
organization that seeks to help out and inform women and nurses. It is a way to
keep everything up in high standards which is what I like about it.

“NAPW.” National Association of Professional Women. N.p., n.d. Web. 17 Nov 2011. .
National Association of Professional Women. N.d. Video. NAPWWeb. 17 Nov 2011. .