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During my leave I’ve really enjoyed reading about the inspiring women trailblazers in statistics who paved the way for us. Here are some of my favourite quotes in chronological order. Please share yours! #WSDS
Florence Nightingale states in her essay Cassandra 👇
🖼 source: Wikimedia commons
🖼 source: Wikimedia commons
Clara E. Collet writes in her chapter on women's work in Life and Labour of the People of London👇 (freely available to read: public-library.uk/dailyebook/Lif… )
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🖼 source: facebook.com/SenateHouseLib…
I’m really looking forward to attending this 👇 #Nightingale2020 has been one of the few things worth celebrating this year! Her lessons on sanitation couldn’t be more relevant.
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#WSDSAs part of the bicentennary celebrations of the birth of the first @RoyalStatSoc woman elected fellow, at the society we’ve also organised several events throughout the year rss.org.uk/news-publicati…
@RoyalStatSoc At @statsyss we were particularly proud to organise #FloViz,a #dataviz competition to reinterpret her famous polar diagram. The winning entries by @gunning_edward @sianbladon & Roddy Jaques 👇were announced on her birthday, you can see them: statsyss.wordpress.com/2020/05/13/flo…
Support mechanisms for students and early career researchers have become ever so important during the pandemic, yet more difficult to provide.
🖼️Another beautiful and on-point creation by @allison_horst
🖼️Another beautiful and on-point creation by @allison_horst
@allison_horst As a consequence, the power and potential of the support they receive from online communities like this one have been strengthened by the circumstances. I have personally valued them more than ever.
@allison_horst When I registered to curate this account earlier in the year I didn’t know there was going to be either a pandemic or elections. I just thought it would be a nice way to return to work after extended maternal leave, and a great way to get my confidence & stats interests back.
