Content Warning: Sexism and incredibly outdated beliefs. Hi everyone! Welcome to our blog series on LGBT Scientists and Engineers, for LGBT History Month. This week we’ll be talking about Sophia Jex-Blake, the first woman to be a practicing medical doctor in Scotland, and one of the first in Britain as a whole. She broke through […]
Month: February 2021
The life of Alan Turing.
An article by Alex Blanchard (Outreach Officer) Content Warning: Homophobia, suicide. Hi everyone! For LGBT History Month, SCOPE will be celebrating historical LGBT scientists and engineers, and showcasing relevant charities. After twice trending on Twitter in the past month, we are going to start with Alan Turing. Alan Mathison Turing, OBE, was born in Maida […]
