• Transgender Pioneers: Dr. James Barry and Angela Clayton

  • Mar 11 2025
  • Duración: 24 m
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Transgender Pioneers: Dr. James Barry and Angela Clayton

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  • 🔎 Episode Overview In this episode of Math! Science! History!, we celebrate Women's History Month by highlighting two remarkable transgender figures in STEM: Dr. James Barry and Angela Clayton. Dr. Barry, a pioneering 19th-century surgeon, challenged societal norms to advance medical science and improve healthcare. Angela Clayton, a nuclear physicist, broke barriers in radiation safety and transgender advocacy. Their lives exemplify courage, innovation, and the pursuit of truth in both science and identity. 🧠 What You’ll Learn: 1. The groundbreaking medical achievements of Dr. James Barry, including one of the first successful cesarean sections where both mother and child survived. 2. How Angela Clayton revolutionized radiation protection and nuclear safety while advocating for transgender rights in the United Kingdom. 3. The historical and ongoing challenges faced by transgender individuals in STEM and how both Barry and Clayton navigated them. 4. The importance of advocacy, acceptance, and inclusion in both scientific communities and society at large. 🏛 Links & Resources: International LGBTQ+ Rights Organizations: · Amnesty International - https://www.amnesty.org/en/what-we-do/discrimination/lgbt-rights/ · Human Rights Watch - https://www.hrw.org/topic/lgbt-rights · OutRight Action International - https://outrightinternational.org/ United Kingdom LGBTQ+ Rights Organizations: · Stonewall UK - https://www.stonewall.org.uk/ · Mermaids UK (supporting transgender youth) - https://mermaidsuk.org.uk/ · Press for Change (legal rights for transgender individuals) - http://www.pfc.org.uk/ United States LGBTQ+ Rights Organizations: · Human Rights Campaign - https://www.hrc.org/ · National Center for Transgender Equality - https://transequality.org/ · Lambda Legal - https://www.lambdalegal.org/ · The Trevor Project (supporting LGBTQ+ youth) - https://www.thetrevorproject.org/ 🔗 Explore more on our website: mathsciencehistory.com 📚 To buy my book Hypatia: The Sum of Her Life on Amazon, visit https://a.co/d/g3OuP9h 🌍 Let’s Connect! Website: mathsciencehistory.com Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/mathsciencehistory.bsky.social Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/math.science.history 🎧 Enjoying the Podcast? If you love Math, Science, History, here’s how you can help:🌟 Leave a review – It helps more people discover the show!📢 Share this episode with friends & fellow history buffs!🔔 Subscribe on your favorite podcast platform ☕ Support the Show: Coffee!! https://shorturl.at/bHIsc If you’d like to support Math, Science, History, consider:💡 Becoming a patron: https://www.patreon.com/mathsciencehistory/gift 🛍 Checking out our merch: https://www.mathsciencehistory.com/the-store 🎵 Music: All music is public domain and has no Copyright and no rights reserved. Selections from The Little Prince by Lloyd Rodgers My Nuclear World of Perfection by Gabrielle Birchak Until next time, carpe diem!
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