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Ele Willoughby, PhD
@minouette@spore.social  ·  activity timestamp 4 days ago

Happy birthday Canadian scientist/writer Ursula Franklin (1921 – 2016), thinker on role of tech in society, advocate for women in STEM, peace & social justice. Her research interests were guided by her principles, including gathering evidence of the harmful health effects of radiation from atmospheric testing of nuclear weapons or her work on political & societal impacts of support of tech & its use.⁠
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Born in Munich, she survived Nazi 🧵

#linocut #printmaking#WomenInSTEM #histsci#mastoArt

Linocut of Ursula Franklin working in the lab in blue in a circle in the centre. Surrounding this area is a golden olive colour, on which are carved several gears at the top, a tooth at the bottom left which is labelled Sr-90 with radiating arrows labelled e- to indicate how radioactive strontium-90 can absorbed into bone can undergo radioactive decay emitting electrons, and in the bottom right corner is an ancient Chinese vessel she dated. The blue circle is actually a peace symbol and below it is a cross carved into the golden olive area, making it the symbol for women.
Linocut of Ursula Franklin working in the lab in blue in a circle in the centre. Surrounding this area is a golden olive colour, on which are carved several gears at the top, a tooth at the bottom left which is labelled Sr-90 with radiating arrows labelled e- to indicate how radioactive strontium-90 can absorbed into bone can undergo radioactive decay emitting electrons, and in the bottom right corner is an ancient Chinese vessel she dated. The blue circle is actually a peace symbol and below it is a cross carved into the golden olive area, making it the symbol for women.
Linocut of Ursula Franklin working in the lab in blue in a circle in the centre. Surrounding this area is a golden olive colour, on which are carved several gears at the top, a tooth at the bottom left which is labelled Sr-90 with radiating arrows labelled e- to indicate how radioactive strontium-90 can absorbed into bone can undergo radioactive decay emitting electrons, and in the bottom right corner is an ancient Chinese vessel she dated. The blue circle is actually a peace symbol and below it is a cross carved into the golden olive area, making it the symbol for women.
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Ele Willoughby, PhD
@minouette@spore.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 4 days ago

internment. After her PhD in #physics from TU (Berlin, ‘48) she immigrated to Canada, did a post-doc & joined faculty at U of T. She pioneered archeometry (use of modern materials analysis in archeology) dating metal & ceramic artifacts. The ancient Chinese Ding vessel represents both her metallurgical research & archeometry & her writing about “prescriptive” versus “holistic” tech used in mass production versus tech used by craft workers & artisans. ⁠
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In the 60s she advocated for atmospheric

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Ele Willoughby, PhD
@minouette@spore.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 4 days ago

nuclear test ban treaty, citing her studies of Sr-90 radioactive fallout found in kids’ teeth. During the 70s she was part of Science Council of Canada investigation of how we could better conserve resources & protect nature. She began to develop her ideas about complexities of modern technological society. ⁠
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As a member of the Voice of Women, she tried to persuade Parliament to disengage Canada from supplying weapons to US during the Vietnam war, to shift funding from weapons research to

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Ele Willoughby, PhD
@minouette@spore.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 4 days ago

preventative medicine, to withdraw from NATO & disarm. She fought to allow conscientious objectors to redirect part of their income taxes from military to peaceful purposes (Supreme Court declined to hear the case). She joined a class action law suit against U of T claiming it had been unjustly enriched by paying women faculty less than comparably qualified men; U of T settled.⁠
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@minouette@spore.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 4 days ago

She received the Order of Canada, GG’s Award in Commemoration of the Persons Case for promoting the equality of girls & women in Canada & the Pearson Medal of Peace for her work in advancing human rights. She was inducted into the Canadian Science & Engineering Hall of Fame in 2012.⁠

https://minouette.etsy.com/listing/471195796

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