Do you know the source of the name "murgatroyd" for MIT female students in 1940s?

Tuesday, January 29th, 2008 Posted in Help Us | 2 Comments »

Dear Colleagues, Just received the following from a local high school teacher: "I would be interested if any of you know where the name "Murgatroyd" came from for a female student at MIT in the 1940s. I recall seeing a caricature of ...

IEEE Life Members’ Prize in Electrical History, April 15 deadline

Saturday, January 26th, 2008 Posted in Calls for Papers | Comments Off

Dear Withs: This appears on the SHOT website, but I wanted to send a reminder to the WITH list: The IEEE Life Members' Prize in Electrical History, supported by the IEEE Life Members' Fund and administered by the Society for the History ...

WITH 2008 Travel Award

Monday, January 14th, 2008 Posted in Travel Award, WITH Information | Comments Off

WITH Travel Award 2008 – A Call for “New Voices” in Technological History The SHOT Special Interest Group Women in Technological History [WITH] announces its travel grant for 2008. The purpose of the award is to encourage participation of “new voices” ...

Re this great website and blog

Wednesday, January 9th, 2008 Posted in Email Discussions | Comments Off

Many thanks to Melanie for the new WITH website and blog!  She has really done so much good work for us.  I have tried, as I said, to find some funding to help compensate this work and will continue to, ...