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Lise Meitner

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     On our walking tour yesterday we stopped outside of Humboldt University of Berlin. While we were stopped we got to talk about Lisa Mintier because her statue was just inside the gate! Here are some of the things I learned from Professor M. McFarland! She was born in Austria and was the 2nd woman to graduate in physics. She ended up moving to Berlin because it was the only place where she would be given a lab. This “lab” was literally a woodworking shop. Yikes. One of my favorite facts I learned about her was that despite being given this crappy lab, she still went on to be one of the only two women to have a periodic element named after her. Lise discovered nuclear fission with her partner Otto Hahn. Otto Hahn ended up winning the Nobel prize, but of course Lise didn’t. Classic. Throughout her life, Lise was nominated 49 times but never won. This is crazy to me. I wonder if she would have won in today's world. Lise sounds like a very cool woman to me and I am very gl...
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Amalia Rodrigues

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     This blog post is about the incredible Fado singer, Amalia Rodrigues . This week we were able to visit her house and I was able to learn a lot of fun facts about her from our tour guide. One of my favorite facts I learned about her is that she loved perfume! I am addicted to perfume so this really resonated with me. I think it is cool that I was able to find a similarity with her. Amalia became someone I strive to be. From the stories our guide told us, I can tell that she was a very kind woman. Apparently, you could knock on her door, say you loved her and she would invite you up! She would host people all night and wanted people to feel welcome. One more thing that I loved learning about her was that she grew up fairly poor. She wasn’t able to move into her beautiful home until she was 36. Knowing this about her can serve as an inspiration to others. She worked hard to get where she did, which is very admirable.       Amalia  is known as ...
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Alma Mahler

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*This picture was taken of the buildings right across from the Opera house and where we talked about her.      For this final Vienna blog post I am choosing to write about Alma Mahler. She has a complicated history. She has been known to be slut shamed throughout history. She was a fabulous lady who liked to have relations with men. If a man had done that, and they do, then they would be praised for their “game”. She is proof of the double standard that was present back then and even today. She is so much more than this label. She was a gifted composer and when Professor R. McFarland showed us some of her work, I totally thought she deserved the gifted part of that title. I may not totally agree with the choices she made in her personal life, I think she is a very skilled composer and deserves to be remembered as such.       I think her biggest contribution is how her story can serve as an inspiration and comfort for other women. In today's world, as a...
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