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#WWII is an active hashtag on Bluesky. In the last 30 days, 247 people shared 1,101 posts with it — around 37 a day. Activity is up 19% versus the previous week, peaking on Jul 31 with 69 posts.

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Admirable Women
@admirablewomen.bsky.social
4 months ago
Elsie MacGill was the first woman in the world to earn a master’s degree in aeronautical engineering (1929). The "Queen of the Hurricanes" was a pioneering Canadian aircraft designer who led production of the Hawker Hurricane fighter planes during #WWII. She was born #OTD in 1905. #WomenInSTEM
Black-and-white close-up portrait photograph of Elsie MacGill, the pioneering Canadian aeronautical engineer known as the “Queen of the Hurricanes.” Shown from the shoulders up, she has short, wavy light hair, wears thin round wire-rimmed glasses, and a light collared blouse under a darker jacket, looking slightly toward the camera with a calm, neutral expression against a plain studio background.
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Admirable Women
@admirablewomen.bsky.social
6 months ago
Metallurgist Constance Tipper was born #OTD in 1894. Her groundbreaking work on the brittle fracture of metals saved countless lives during #WWII & laid foundational principles for modern fracture mechanics. First female FT faculty member at Cambridge Dept of Engineering (1949). #WomenInSTEM (1/2)
Black-and-white historical portrait of Constance Tipper, the pioneering English metallurgist and crystallographer. She is gazing directly at the camera with a calm, intelligent, and composed expression. Tipper has short, neatly styled dark hair parted on the side with soft waves framing her face. She wears a patterned blouse or dress with a high collar, evoking early-to-mid-20th-century professional women's attire. The soft lighting highlights her determined features against a plain, neutral background, capturing her as a trailblazing scientist whose work on brittle fracture revolutionized materials engineering and saved lives during and after World War II.
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Admirable Women
@admirablewomen.bsky.social
about 11 hours ago
Mollie Evershed & Anyta Field died #OTD in 1944. Their story is a sublime epic of professional composure & ferocious #bravery, as these 2 nurses repeatedly plunged into the pitch-black, burning belly of a sinking ship to rescue 75 soldiers before being claimed by the sea. #WWII (1 of 3)🧵
A side-by-side composition features two distinct black-and-white portraits of World War II military nurses. On the left, Sister Mollie Evershed (1915–1944) is shown from the chest up, facing the camera with a serene, slight smile. Her dark hair peeks out from beneath a traditional white nursing headscarf that tightly frames her face and drapes over her shoulders. She wears a white pinafore with a wide, starched white collar. The image has a soft, vintage texture with a neutral background. On the right, Matron Dorothy Anyta Field (1911–1944) is captured from the chest up, angled slightly to the left while looking gently toward the viewer. She has short, neatly parted dark hair and wears round, dark-rimmed eyeglasses. She wears a structured white nurse's cap, a crisp white collar over her darker uniform, and a light-colored face mask pulled down to rest below her chin. Her expression is calm and professional against a simple studio backdrop. Both women served in the Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Military Nursing Service. They tragically lost their lives on August 7, 1944, after their hospital ship, the SS Amsterdam, struck a mine off the coast of Normandy. They refused to abandon ship, successfully saving 75 wounded men before going down with the vessel. They are remembered as the only two women among the 22,442 individuals under British command who died during the Battle of Normandy.
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Admirable Women
@admirablewomen.bsky.social
2 months ago
Australian physicist Ruby Payne-Scott was the world's first female radio astronomer. She played a foundational role in how we understand the sun & universe today. During #WWII she developed top-secret radar technology for tracking enemy aircraft. She died #OTD in 1981. #WomenInSTEM #radioastronomy
A black-and-white portrait of Ruby Payne-Scott (1912–1981), the Australian pioneer in radiophysics and radio astronomy and the first female radio astronomer. The composition is a close-up, chest-up shot against a stark, neutral white background that emphasizes her presence. Payne-Scott is positioned at a slight angle, her body turned toward the left of the frame while her head turns back to look directly into the camera. She wears clear-rimmed, round spectacles that frame a thoughtful and direct expression. Her blonde hair is styled in a neat, short bob with a slight side part. She is dressed in a light-colored, collared work shirt or lab coat, suggesting a professional, scientific environment. The lighting is soft and even, highlighting the contours of her face and the determined, intelligent gaze in her dark eyes. This image captures the quiet intensity of a woman who overcame significant gender barriers to make foundational contributions to our understanding of solar bursts and the radio universe.
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Admirable Women
@admirablewomen.bsky.social
5 days ago
Thank you for your work as a shipyard welder during #WWII --for being one of the “Rosie the Riveters” -- and for spending your final years telling your story each Friday at the Rosie the Riveter World War II Homefront National Historical Park. Goodnight & godspeed, Jeanne Gibson.🕯️
Beloved ‘Rosie’ Jeanne Gibson dies at 100

www.mercurynews.com

Beloved ‘Rosie’ Jeanne Gibson dies at 100

“One less welding torch shines today,” said National Parks volunteer Tammy Brumley, affectionately known as the Rosie Wrangler.
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Admirable Women
@admirablewomen.bsky.social
about 11 hours ago
They brought 75 wounded soldiers up to safety on the top deck. On their final attempt to rescue more men, the ship suddenly rolled over, trapping both nurses below decks where they died. They are the only 2 women among the 22,442 names engraved on the British Normandy Memorial. #WWII #UK (3 of 3)
Two towering, flat metal silhouette sculptures stand as a solemn monument under a bleak, overcast sky at the British Normandy Memorial, honoring World War II military nurses Sister Mollie Evershed (1915–1944) and Matron Dorothy Anyta Field (1911–1944). The composition is shot from a low angle, making the figures loom heroically against the gray clouds. On the left, the larger, closer silhouette depicts Matron Field, identifiable by her short hair and round eyeglasses. On the right and slightly further back stands the silhouette of Sister Evershed. The dark, weathered metal sheets are intricately cut out to reveal negative space that defines their facial features, nurse caps, and uniforms. The cutouts beautifully catch the light to highlight the white cross symbols on their aprons and armbands. In the background, stark, bare winter trees flank the right side of the frame. The mood is deeply reverent and melancholic, serving as a powerful monument to the only two women among the 22,442 British-commanded casualties of the Normandy campaign, who lost their lives on August 7, 1944, while saving 75 wounded men from the sinking HMHS Amsterdam.
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Tank Archives
@tankarchives.bsky.social
3 days ago
#OTD in 1944 the 501st Heavy Tank Battalion as hurriedly sent towards the Vistula to deal with a Soviet breakthrough. Their new King Tiger tanks were tremendously unreliable and only 8 reached Szydłów to fight the Red Army there. #tanks #history #WW2 #WWII
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