The movie A Wrinkle in Time, adapted from Madeline L’Engle’s Newbery Medal award-winning book, started playing in theaters in March 2018. Awarded annually, the Newbery Medal is presented to the author of what is considered to be that year’s most distinguished contribution to American literature written for children.
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One area of technological focus in the twenty-first century is using robots to do work that is either tedious for, or dangerous to humans. Like every other field of endeavor, women are involved in developing, refining, and improving robots. In this month’s enewsletter we feature two female roboticists: Ayanna Howard and Helen Greiner.
The Oscar nominees for 2018 have been announced and shortly after this column appears in March 2018, we will know the winners. Oscars, Emmys, Grammys. Tonys. These awards are among the most significant presented to entertainers.
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Google Arts & Culture is presenting exhibits on inventors and discoverers for online viewing. Five specific exhibits have been developed to present women inventors and discoverers: science, medicine, engineering, health and beauty, and household.
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Only twelve artists have achieved the entertainer’s equivalent of ‘horsedom’s’ Triple Crown – EGOT (Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony Awards) and four of them are women. The four are Rita Moreno, Helen Hayes, Audrey Hepburn, and Whoopi Goldberg. In this month’s enewsletter we learn more about Helen Hayes and Whoopi Goldberg.
