Season 8 · Episode 3
S8 Ep 3 - Mary Somerville & Valentina Tereshkova
Chickstory · Annie & Phoebe
June 4, 202558m 39s
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Show Notes
In this episode, Phoebe tells Annie all about Mary Somerville, a Scottish scientist, writer, and polymath who studied mathematics and astronomy, and in 1835 was elected the first female Honorary Member of the Royal Astronomical Society. Annie tells Phoebe all about Valentina Tereshkova, the first woman in space, who flew a solo mission on Vostok 6 on June 16, 1963.
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