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And I must say, Google was able to deliver on the early promise of 2014, when the first 3 Doodles of the year all honored women (<a title="January 7th: Zora Neale Hurston!" href="https://speakingupforus.wordpress.com/2014/01/07/january-7th-zora-neale-hurston/">Zora Neale Hurston</a>, <a title="January 16th: Dian Fossey!" href="https://speakingupforus.wordpress.com/2014/01/16/january-16th-dian-fossey/">Dian Fossey</a>, and <a title="February 1st: Harriet Tubman!" href="https://speakingupforus.wordpress.com/2014/02/02/february-1st-harriet-tubman/">Harriet Tubman</a>). I hope that the Doodles team is able to continue this effort to be more mindful and conscious in their approach to selecting honorees.</p> <p>Click below the fold, and let’s take a look at the gender breakdown of Doodles throughout 2014, isolating Doodles shown in the US (where I live) and also considering all the Doodles shown around the world.</p> <p> <a href="https://speakingupforus.wordpress.com/2015/02/08/2014-wrap-up-a-new-chapter-for-google-doodles/#more-1065" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a></p> <div id="atatags-26942-67b47fa2ecb92"></div> <script> __ATA.cmd.push(function() { __ATA.initDynamicSlot({ id: 'atatags-26942-67b47fa2ecb92', location: 120, formFactor: '001', label: { text: 'Advertisements', }, creative: { reportAd: { text: 'Report this ad', }, privacySettings: { text: 'Privacy', } } }); }); </script> </div> <ul class="entry-meta fade"> <li class="cat-links"> Posted in <a href="https://speakingupforus.wordpress.com/category/google-doodles/" rel="category tag">Google Doodles</a>, <a href="https://speakingupforus.wordpress.com/category/stats/" rel="category tag">Stats</a> </li> <li class="tag-links">Tagged <a href="https://speakingupforus.wordpress.com/tag/doodles/" rel="tag">Doodles</a>, <a href="https://speakingupforus.wordpress.com/tag/google/" rel="tag">Google</a></li> <li class="comments-link"><a href="https://speakingupforus.wordpress.com/2015/02/08/2014-wrap-up-a-new-chapter-for-google-doodles/#comments">4 Comments</a></li> </ul> </article> <article id="post-1053" class="post-1053 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-google-doodles category-stats"> <header class="entry-header"> <div class="entry-date"> <a href="https://speakingupforus.wordpress.com/2014/10/02/speaking-up-date-2014-so-far-and-googles-renewed-efforts/" title="7:40 pm" rel="bookmark"><time class="entry-date" datetime="2014-10-02T19:40:31-04:00" pubdate>October 2, 2014</time></a> </div> <h1 class="entry-title"><a href="https://speakingupforus.wordpress.com/2014/10/02/speaking-up-date-2014-so-far-and-googles-renewed-efforts/" rel="bookmark">Speaking Up-date: 2014 So Far, and Google’s Renewed Efforts</a></h1> </header> <div class="entry-content"> <p>Recently, Google has been getting (and seeking) a lot of press and attention, both for their dismal gender track record and for their new-found efforts to make changes. The New York Times covered Google’s <a href="//www.nytimes.com/2014/09/25/technology/exposing-hidden-biases-at-google-to-improve-diversity.html?smid=tw-share&_r=1">new initiatives to combat bias within the company</a>. Google went so far as to write and contribute <a href="http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/time-to-raise-the-profile-of-women-and-minorities-in-science/">a piece to Scientific American about the genesis of their recent changes</a>. They say that they started addressing Doodles over a year ago: “Over the past few years, we discovered some pretty ugly news about our beloved Google Doodles . . . Gender equality champions did the math and called us out.”</p> <p>As part of these efforts, Google also posted this video from their venture capital branch, Google Venture, which shows <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nLjFTHTgEVU&t=31m40s">an hour-long lecture</a> from Dr. Brian Welle of Google’s People Analytics group:</p> <div class="embed-youtube"><iframe title="Unconscious Bias @ Work | Google Ventures" width="600" height="338" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/nLjFTHTgEVU?feature=oembed" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" allowfullscreen></iframe></div> <p>This video is chock-full of <em>tremendous </em>empirical research, including discussions of stereotype threat and the implicit biases that lead to women’s accomplishments being judged differently than men’s. I wish every single person on the planet, and especially anyone who doesn’t think women’s achievements are undervalued, could see this video and benefit from the knowledge it contains.</p> <p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nLjFTHTgEVU&t=31m40s">And at the 31:40 mark,</a> this video is also full of something that I have been waiting so long to hear or see. The speaker shows my findings (<a title="Gender Distribution in Google Doodles: 2013 Year in Review" href="https://speakingupforus.wordpress.com/2014/02/04/gender-distribution-in-google-doodles-2013-year-in-review/">from my 2013 wrap-up post</a>) identifying the dismal gender record in Doodles, and points out that this was a wake up call. I’m thrilled to hear someone affiliated with Google acknowledge that my analysis got through to them. I want to be clear: never before has anyone from Google reached out to me, made contact with me, or mentioned Speaking Up For Us in the media. (To answer the obvious question: yes, I have attempted many times to make contact with various representatives, through various venues.)</p> <p>Of course, what the video is not full of is any clue that links that information to me – no mention of my name, of my project, of the blog, or of the fact that I made those images shown in the slideshow, and Google did not. I’m also not cited in the <a href="https://www.gv.com/lib/unconscious-bias-at-work">Google Ventures page that lists “all” references from the video.</a> “Somebody” tracked these stats “and it was a bit of an embarrassment.” As a result, I’m disappointed and discouraged. (After all, my name and contact information are publicly available here – and they could always have Googled me!)</p> <p><a title="Gender Distribution in Google Doodles: 2013 Year in Review" href="https://speakingupforus.wordpress.com/2014/02/04/gender-distribution-in-google-doodles-2013-year-in-review/">In my end-of-year 2013 wrap up</a>, I wrote:</p> <blockquote><p>“I’m of several minds here: I’m genuinely pleased with the improvement, but well aware that it takes conscious and long-term effort for projects like the Doodles to make lasting change when it comes to gender bias. And I’m also well aware that the strides made in 2013 still fall far short of 50% gender parity, and that 12 years of Doodles was too long to wait to make a commitment to equity. This is a step in the right direction, but the work is not done.”</p></blockquote> <p>I remain of several minds, because while I am glad to see Google making strides, I think it’s also important for them to acknowledge the help that they got. I don’t think it’s a good sign that they are proclaiming their own, new dedication to parity and equity . . . while using the words, work, and images created by a woman without attribution. Of course, this concern of mine is not about this single presentation – I don’t think it was malicious and I am sure I have made the same mistake in presentations in the past– but overall, about the fact that my work hasn’t been credited by them in this or any other venue. I didn’t do this work for a thank you, but a thank you would have been so easy to send.</p> <p>In their video above, a representative of Google says that “somebody” tracked the statistics they weren’t tracking. I’m not “somebody,” I’m Ann Martin – a woman working in a STEM field whose contribution to Google’s current path has not been given credit (and whose image, specifically, was not given credit). Credit is not as important to me as the real change, but I think it’s important as a feminist and a worker to say: I am here. I worked. My work mattered. It took time and energy, from which Google benefited. Dr. Welle’s words are powerful: <strong><em>“If we didn’t have that data point, we never would have tried to do it.”</em></strong></p> <p>Since I wrote the words above, I believe Google has continued to show true, lasting dedication to making some changes. I want to take this moment to acknowledge that. The statistics for 2014, tracked through October 1<sup>st</sup>, show significant increases in the number of women represented in Doodles. However, <a href="http://www.sparksummit.com/2014/09/30/doodleus-update-fewer-dude-les-but-still-lacking-people-of-color/">the team at SPARKSummit</a>, and Google themselves, point out that gender is only <em>one </em>dimension of diversity, and people of color are still sorely underrepresented. To help address this, Doodles this year have honored <a href="https://www.google.com/doodles/althea-gibsons-87th-birthday">Althea Gibson</a>, <a href="https://www.google.com/doodles/nelson-mandelas-96th-birthday">Nelson Mandela</a>, <a href="https://www.google.com/doodles/percy-julians-115th-birthday">Percy Julian</a>, <a href="https://www.google.com/doodles/dorothy-irene-heights-102nd-birthday-born-1912">Dorothy Height</a>, <a href="https://www.google.com/doodles/celebrating-harriet-tubman">Harriet Tubman</a>, and <a href="https://www.google.com/doodles/zora-neale-hurstons-123rd-birthday">Zora Neale Hurston</a> in the U.S. – and others around the world.</p> <p>First, let’s take a look at the Doodles shown in the U.S., compared with previous years.</p> <div data-shortcode="caption" id="attachment_1055" style="width: 610px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><a href="https://speakingupforus.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/us_doodle_gender.png"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-1055" data-attachment-id="1055" data-permalink="https://speakingupforus.wordpress.com/2014/10/02/speaking-up-date-2014-so-far-and-googles-renewed-efforts/us_doodle_gender/#main" data-orig-file="https://speakingupforus.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/us_doodle_gender.png" data-orig-size="644,445" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="us_doodle_gender" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="<p>U.S. Doodles – click to see full size.</p> " data-medium-file="https://speakingupforus.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/us_doodle_gender.png?w=300" data-large-file="https://speakingupforus.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/us_doodle_gender.png?w=600" class="wp-image-1055 size-large" src="https://speakingupforus.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/us_doodle_gender.png?w=600&h=414" alt="U.S. Doodles - click to see full size." width="600" height="414" srcset="https://speakingupforus.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/us_doodle_gender.png?w=600 600w, https://speakingupforus.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/us_doodle_gender.png?w=150 150w, https://speakingupforus.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/us_doodle_gender.png?w=300 300w, https://speakingupforus.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/us_doodle_gender.png 644w" sizes="(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px" /></a><p id="caption-attachment-1055" class="wp-caption-text">U.S. Doodles – click to see full size.</p></div> <p>To date, an incredible two-thirds of 2014 Doodles have celebrated women. That’s 10 women represented for the 5 men who have been honored this year. Of course, the years of male-focused Doodles mean Google has even more catching up to do. Since 2001, Google users in the U.S. have been presented with 120 Doodles celebrating men’s achievements, and only 34 celebrating women. The 10 women celebrated this year, indeed, make up a significant fraction of all of the women Doodle has <em>ever </em>thought to include.</p> <p>A similar story is told by a chart showing related data, but for all the Doodles shown anywhere in the world.</p> <div data-shortcode="caption" id="attachment_1056" style="width: 610px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><a href="https://speakingupforus.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/worldwide_doodle_gender.png"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-1056" data-attachment-id="1056" data-permalink="https://speakingupforus.wordpress.com/2014/10/02/speaking-up-date-2014-so-far-and-googles-renewed-efforts/worldwide_doodle_gender/#main" data-orig-file="https://speakingupforus.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/worldwide_doodle_gender.png" data-orig-size="644,445" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="worldwide_doodle_gender" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="<p>Worldwide Doodles – click to see full size.</p> " data-medium-file="https://speakingupforus.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/worldwide_doodle_gender.png?w=300" data-large-file="https://speakingupforus.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/worldwide_doodle_gender.png?w=600" class="wp-image-1056 size-large" src="https://speakingupforus.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/worldwide_doodle_gender.png?w=600&h=414" alt="Worldwide Doodles - click to see full size." width="600" height="414" srcset="https://speakingupforus.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/worldwide_doodle_gender.png?w=600 600w, https://speakingupforus.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/worldwide_doodle_gender.png?w=150 150w, https://speakingupforus.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/worldwide_doodle_gender.png?w=300 300w, https://speakingupforus.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/worldwide_doodle_gender.png 644w" sizes="(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px" /></a><p id="caption-attachment-1056" class="wp-caption-text">Worldwide Doodles – click to see full size.</p></div> <p>When considering all Doodles shown around the world this year, men are still outpacing women – 54% vs. 46% representation. In terms of counts of actual Doodles, worldwide, Google has honored 44 men this year and 38 women. Since 2001, counting every single Doodle that was ever posted to celebrate an individual creator or innovator, Google has found 482 worthy men but only 119 worthy women (19.8%).</p> <p>As the profiles of historically significant women here have demonstrated for the last 3 years, these numbers aren’t due to a lack of accomplished women. And as Dr. Brian Welle explains in his talk, the solutions are not easy, but they are simple. Addressing these widespread biases demands nothing more than attention and effort, always asking, “Am I being fair? Am I going out of my way to be different from the status quo?”<a title="Midpoint Series: Sabrina Stierwalt on Solutions & Resources for Google" href="https://speakingupforus.wordpress.com/2012/06/27/midpoint-series-sabrina-stierwalt-on-solutions-resources-for-google/"> As my dear friend and colleague Sabrina Stierwalt wrote on this very blog in 2012:</a> “Think about how you are deciding whom to honor with your Doodles. If the answer is, ‘we just think of the first people who come to mind,’ and you haven’t managed to come up with any women, then you’re thinking about it wrong.”</p> <div id="atatags-370373-67b47fa2eee05"> <script type="text/javascript"> __ATA.cmd.push(function() { __ATA.initVideoSlot('atatags-370373-67b47fa2eee05', { sectionId: '370373', format: 'inread' }); }); </script> </div> </div> <ul class="entry-meta fade"> <li class="cat-links"> Posted in <a href="https://speakingupforus.wordpress.com/category/google-doodles/" rel="category tag">Google Doodles</a>, <a href="https://speakingupforus.wordpress.com/category/stats/" rel="category tag">Stats</a> </li> <li class="comments-link"><a href="https://speakingupforus.wordpress.com/2014/10/02/speaking-up-date-2014-so-far-and-googles-renewed-efforts/#respond">Leave a comment</a></li> </ul> </article> <article id="post-1049" class="post-1049 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-advocacypolitics category-doodle-worthy-women category-google-doodles category-stem-sci-tech-eng-math category-the-midpoint-series-2012"> <header class="entry-header"> <div class="entry-date"> <a href="https://speakingupforus.wordpress.com/2014/05/27/may-27th-rachel-carson/" title="7:49 am" rel="bookmark"><time class="entry-date" datetime="2014-05-27T07:49:52-04:00" pubdate>May 27, 2014</time></a> </div> <h1 class="entry-title"><a href="https://speakingupforus.wordpress.com/2014/05/27/may-27th-rachel-carson/" rel="bookmark">May 27th: Rachel Carson!</a></h1> </header> <div class="entry-content"> <p>This morning, I woke up to find yet another female-focused Doodle on Google’s homepage. Today’s honoree is environmentalist, advocate, biologist, and author <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rachel_Carson">Rachel Carson</a>. Born on this date in 1907, Carson’s efforts are credited with spurring action in the U.S. environmental and conservation movement, earning her a posthumous Presidential Medal of Freedom.</p> <div data-shortcode="caption" id="attachment_1051" style="width: 609px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><a href="https://speakingupforus.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/rachel-louise-carsons-107th-birthday-6210023252295680-hp.jpg"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-1051" data-attachment-id="1051" data-permalink="https://speakingupforus.wordpress.com/2014/05/27/may-27th-rachel-carson/rachel-louise-carsons-107th-birthday-6210023252295680-hp/#main" data-orig-file="https://speakingupforus.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/rachel-louise-carsons-107th-birthday-6210023252295680-hp.jpg" data-orig-size="599,228" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="<p>The Google Doodle honoring Rachel Carson, posted on May 27th, 2014.</p> " data-medium-file="https://speakingupforus.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/rachel-louise-carsons-107th-birthday-6210023252295680-hp.jpg?w=300" data-large-file="https://speakingupforus.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/rachel-louise-carsons-107th-birthday-6210023252295680-hp.jpg?w=599" class="size-full wp-image-1051" src="https://speakingupforus.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/rachel-louise-carsons-107th-birthday-6210023252295680-hp.jpg?w=600" alt="The Google Doodle honoring Rachel Carson, posted on May 27th, 2014." srcset="https://speakingupforus.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/rachel-louise-carsons-107th-birthday-6210023252295680-hp.jpg 599w, https://speakingupforus.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/rachel-louise-carsons-107th-birthday-6210023252295680-hp.jpg?w=150&h=57 150w, https://speakingupforus.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/rachel-louise-carsons-107th-birthday-6210023252295680-hp.jpg?w=300&h=114 300w" sizes="(max-width: 599px) 100vw, 599px" /></a><p id="caption-attachment-1051" class="wp-caption-text">The Google Doodle honoring Rachel Carson, posted on May 27th, 2014.</p></div> <p>My friend and colleague Elizabeth Rogers wrote about Rachel Carson for this blog back in the summer of 2012. <a title="Midpoint Series: Elizabeth Rogers on Rachel Carson & Silent Spring" href="https://speakingupforus.wordpress.com/2012/06/27/midpoint-series-elizabeth-rogers-on-rachel-carson-silent-spring/">For today’s post, I’ll point you to that earlier missive on Carson’s achievements and legacy;</a> those words serve as an even more fitting tribute now that Google has seen fit to honor Rachel Carson.</p> </div> <ul class="entry-meta fade"> <li class="cat-links"> Posted in <a href="https://speakingupforus.wordpress.com/category/advocacypolitics/" rel="category tag">Advocacy/Politics</a>, <a href="https://speakingupforus.wordpress.com/category/doodle-worthy-women/" rel="category tag">Doodle-Worthy Women</a>, <a href="https://speakingupforus.wordpress.com/category/google-doodles/" rel="category tag">Google Doodles</a>, <a href="https://speakingupforus.wordpress.com/category/stem-sci-tech-eng-math/" rel="category tag">STEM (Sci, Tech, Eng & Math)</a>, <a href="https://speakingupforus.wordpress.com/category/the-midpoint-series-2012/" rel="category tag">The Midpoint Series - 2012</a> </li> <li class="comments-link"><a href="https://speakingupforus.wordpress.com/2014/05/27/may-27th-rachel-carson/#respond">Leave a comment</a></li> </ul> </article> <article id="post-1042" class="post-1042 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-doodle-worthy-women category-google-doodles category-international category-stem-sci-tech-eng-math"> <header class="entry-header"> <div class="entry-date"> <a href="https://speakingupforus.wordpress.com/2014/05/21/may-21st-mary-anning/" title="11:20 am" rel="bookmark"><time class="entry-date" datetime="2014-05-21T11:20:14-04:00" pubdate>May 21, 2014</time></a> </div> <h1 class="entry-title"><a href="https://speakingupforus.wordpress.com/2014/05/21/may-21st-mary-anning/" rel="bookmark">May 21st: Mary Anning!</a></h1> </header> <div class="entry-content"> <p>Today, a globally-posted Google Doodle honors famed British paleontologist <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Anning">Mary Anning</a>, credited with key fossil discoveries from the Jurassic era. Here, we’ll learn a bit more about Anning, her career, and her contributions to science.</p> <div data-shortcode="caption" id="attachment_1043" style="width: 509px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><a href="https://speakingupforus.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/mary-annings-215th-birthday-6631942149636096-4-hp.jpg"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-1043" data-attachment-id="1043" data-permalink="https://speakingupforus.wordpress.com/2014/05/21/may-21st-mary-anning/mary-annings-215th-birthday-6631942149636096-4-hp/#main" data-orig-file="https://speakingupforus.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/mary-annings-215th-birthday-6631942149636096-4-hp.jpg" data-orig-size="499,200" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="<p>The Doodle celebrating the birth of Mary Anning, posted May 21st, 2014.</p> " data-medium-file="https://speakingupforus.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/mary-annings-215th-birthday-6631942149636096-4-hp.jpg?w=300" data-large-file="https://speakingupforus.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/mary-annings-215th-birthday-6631942149636096-4-hp.jpg?w=499" loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-1043" src="https://speakingupforus.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/mary-annings-215th-birthday-6631942149636096-4-hp.jpg?w=600" alt="The Doodle celebrating the birth of Mary Anning, posted May 21st, 2014." srcset="https://speakingupforus.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/mary-annings-215th-birthday-6631942149636096-4-hp.jpg 499w, https://speakingupforus.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/mary-annings-215th-birthday-6631942149636096-4-hp.jpg?w=150&h=60 150w, https://speakingupforus.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/mary-annings-215th-birthday-6631942149636096-4-hp.jpg?w=300&h=120 300w" sizes="(max-width: 499px) 100vw, 499px" /></a><p id="caption-attachment-1043" class="wp-caption-text">The Doodle celebrating the birth of Mary Anning, posted May 21st, 2014.</p></div> <p> <a href="https://speakingupforus.wordpress.com/2014/05/21/may-21st-mary-anning/#more-1042" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a></p> </div> <ul class="entry-meta fade"> <li class="cat-links"> Posted in <a href="https://speakingupforus.wordpress.com/category/doodle-worthy-women/" rel="category tag">Doodle-Worthy Women</a>, <a href="https://speakingupforus.wordpress.com/category/google-doodles/" rel="category tag">Google Doodles</a>, <a href="https://speakingupforus.wordpress.com/category/international/" rel="category tag">International</a>, <a href="https://speakingupforus.wordpress.com/category/stem-sci-tech-eng-math/" rel="category tag">STEM (Sci, Tech, Eng & Math)</a> </li> <li class="comments-link"><a href="https://speakingupforus.wordpress.com/2014/05/21/may-21st-mary-anning/#respond">Leave a comment</a></li> </ul> </article> <article id="post-1036" class="post-1036 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-arts-humanities category-doodle-worthy-women category-google-doodles category-international"> <header class="entry-header"> <div class="entry-date"> <a href="https://speakingupforus.wordpress.com/2014/05/17/doodle-worthy-women-of-april-2014/" title="12:03 pm" rel="bookmark"><time class="entry-date" datetime="2014-05-17T12:03:37-04:00" pubdate>May 17, 2014</time></a> </div> <h1 class="entry-title"><a href="https://speakingupforus.wordpress.com/2014/05/17/doodle-worthy-women-of-april-2014/" rel="bookmark">Doodle-Worthy Women of April 2014</a></h1> </header> <div class="entry-content"> <p>I’m quite late this month, having not carved out time to write a Doodle-Worthy Women of April post. This morning, as I was reviewing Doodle statistics for the year to date, I realized why I wasn’t feeling the rush. So far, <strong>49% of all Doodles posted in 2014</strong> have honored women — and if you just look at the United States, that number shoots up to an astonishing <strong>78%</strong>!</p> <p>That progress is incredible and I think it shows that the Doodles team has finally woken up to reality. They’ve realized that they’ve done a terrible job of including women in their list of honorees, and I think they’ve also realized that history is a treasure trove of incredible contributions from women. If they keep this record up, they’ll be doing an admirable job of speaking up and out for women.</p> <p>This month, I’ve decided to break with the tradition that I’ve started here at Speaking Up, because the Doodles team themselves have already done the work for me of identifying Doodle-Worthy Women. Today, I’ll write about 3 women who were honored with Doodles in April of 2014, all of them literary giants:</p> <p> <a href="https://speakingupforus.wordpress.com/2014/05/17/doodle-worthy-women-of-april-2014/#more-1036" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a></p> </div> <ul class="entry-meta fade"> <li class="cat-links"> Posted in <a href="https://speakingupforus.wordpress.com/category/arts-humanities/" rel="category tag">Arts & Humanities</a>, <a href="https://speakingupforus.wordpress.com/category/doodle-worthy-women/" rel="category tag">Doodle-Worthy Women</a>, <a href="https://speakingupforus.wordpress.com/category/google-doodles/" rel="category tag">Google Doodles</a>, <a href="https://speakingupforus.wordpress.com/category/international/" rel="category tag">International</a> </li> <li class="comments-link"><a href="https://speakingupforus.wordpress.com/2014/05/17/doodle-worthy-women-of-april-2014/#comments">1 Comment</a></li> </ul> </article> <article id="post-1031" class="post-1031 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-doodle-worthy-women category-google-doodles category-international category-stem-sci-tech-eng-math"> <header class="entry-header"> <div class="entry-date"> <a href="https://speakingupforus.wordpress.com/2014/05/12/may-12th-dorothy-hodgkin/" title="8:39 am" rel="bookmark"><time class="entry-date" datetime="2014-05-12T08:39:47-04:00" pubdate>May 12, 2014</time></a> </div> <h1 class="entry-title"><a href="https://speakingupforus.wordpress.com/2014/05/12/may-12th-dorothy-hodgkin/" rel="bookmark">May 12th: Dorothy Hodgkin!</a></h1> </header> <div class="entry-content"> <p>Today’s Google Doodle honors <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorothy_Hodgkin">Dorothy Hodgkin</a>, a Nobel Prize-winning British chemist born on this date in 1910. Speaking Up first wrote about Hodgkin <a title="Doodle-Worthy Women of May 2013" href="https://speakingupforus.wordpress.com/2013/06/09/doodle-worthy-women-of-may-2013/">last year, as one of our May honorees for the Doodle-Worthy Women series</a>.</p> <div data-shortcode="caption" id="attachment_1032" style="width: 478px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><a href="https://speakingupforus.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/dorothy-hodgkins-104th-birthday-born-1910-5134139112030208-3-hp.jpg"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-1032" data-attachment-id="1032" data-permalink="https://speakingupforus.wordpress.com/2014/05/12/may-12th-dorothy-hodgkin/dorothy-hodgkins-104th-birthday-born-1910-5134139112030208-3-hp/#main" data-orig-file="https://speakingupforus.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/dorothy-hodgkins-104th-birthday-born-1910-5134139112030208-3-hp.jpg" data-orig-size="468,200" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="<p>The Google Doodle celebrating the birth of Dorothy Hodgkin, posted May 12, 2014.</p> " data-medium-file="https://speakingupforus.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/dorothy-hodgkins-104th-birthday-born-1910-5134139112030208-3-hp.jpg?w=300" data-large-file="https://speakingupforus.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/dorothy-hodgkins-104th-birthday-born-1910-5134139112030208-3-hp.jpg?w=468" loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-1032" src="https://speakingupforus.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/dorothy-hodgkins-104th-birthday-born-1910-5134139112030208-3-hp.jpg?w=600" alt="The Google Doodle celebrating the birth of Dorothy Hodgkin, posted May 12, 2014." srcset="https://speakingupforus.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/dorothy-hodgkins-104th-birthday-born-1910-5134139112030208-3-hp.jpg 468w, https://speakingupforus.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/dorothy-hodgkins-104th-birthday-born-1910-5134139112030208-3-hp.jpg?w=150&h=64 150w, https://speakingupforus.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/dorothy-hodgkins-104th-birthday-born-1910-5134139112030208-3-hp.jpg?w=300&h=128 300w" sizes="(max-width: 468px) 100vw, 468px" /></a><p id="caption-attachment-1032" class="wp-caption-text">The Google Doodle celebrating the birth of Dorothy Hodgkin, posted May 12, 2014.</p></div> <p>Today, let’s take another look at this illustrious scientist.</p> <p> <a href="https://speakingupforus.wordpress.com/2014/05/12/may-12th-dorothy-hodgkin/#more-1031" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a></p> </div> <ul class="entry-meta fade"> <li class="cat-links"> Posted in <a href="https://speakingupforus.wordpress.com/category/doodle-worthy-women/" rel="category tag">Doodle-Worthy Women</a>, <a href="https://speakingupforus.wordpress.com/category/google-doodles/" rel="category tag">Google Doodles</a>, <a href="https://speakingupforus.wordpress.com/category/international/" rel="category tag">International</a>, <a href="https://speakingupforus.wordpress.com/category/stem-sci-tech-eng-math/" rel="category tag">STEM (Sci, Tech, Eng & Math)</a> </li> <li class="comments-link"><a href="https://speakingupforus.wordpress.com/2014/05/12/may-12th-dorothy-hodgkin/#respond">Leave a comment</a></li> </ul> </article> <article id="post-1026" class="post-1026 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-advocacypolitics category-arts-humanities category-doodle-worthy-women category-google-doodles category-heroes category-international"> <header class="entry-header"> <div class="entry-date"> <a href="https://speakingupforus.wordpress.com/2014/05/04/may-4th-audrey-hepburn/" title="7:20 pm" rel="bookmark"><time class="entry-date" datetime="2014-05-04T19:20:37-04:00" pubdate>May 4, 2014</time></a> </div> <h1 class="entry-title"><a href="https://speakingupforus.wordpress.com/2014/05/04/may-4th-audrey-hepburn/" rel="bookmark">May 4th: Audrey Hepburn!</a></h1> </header> <div class="entry-content"> <p>Things have been pretty quiet around here at Speaking Up — because things have also been quiet for Google Doodles, at least in the United States. I’m very happy to announce the Doodle that drew me back to the Speaking Up project:</p> <p>Today, Google is honoring the incomparable <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audrey_Hepburn">Audrey Hepburn</a>, about whom I <a title="May 4th: Keith Haring & Audrey Hepburn" href="https://speakingupforus.wordpress.com/2012/05/04/may-4th-keith-haring-audrey-hepburn/">first wrote back on May 4th, 2012</a>. Two years later, her 85th birthday (she was born May 4, 1929) has brought her to the front page of the most visited website in the world.</p> <div data-shortcode="caption" id="attachment_1027" style="width: 421px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><a href="https://speakingupforus.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/audrey-hepburns-85th-birthday-5167261899816960-hp.jpg"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-1027" data-attachment-id="1027" data-permalink="https://speakingupforus.wordpress.com/2014/05/04/may-4th-audrey-hepburn/audrey-hepburns-85th-birthday-5167261899816960-hp/#main" data-orig-file="https://speakingupforus.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/audrey-hepburns-85th-birthday-5167261899816960-hp.jpg" data-orig-size="411,200" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="<p>A Google Doodle honoring Audrey Hepburn, posted on May 4th, 2014.</p> " data-medium-file="https://speakingupforus.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/audrey-hepburns-85th-birthday-5167261899816960-hp.jpg?w=300" data-large-file="https://speakingupforus.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/audrey-hepburns-85th-birthday-5167261899816960-hp.jpg?w=411" loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-1027" src="https://speakingupforus.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/audrey-hepburns-85th-birthday-5167261899816960-hp.jpg?w=600" alt="A Google Doodle honoring Audrey Hepburn, posted on May 4th, 2014." srcset="https://speakingupforus.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/audrey-hepburns-85th-birthday-5167261899816960-hp.jpg 411w, https://speakingupforus.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/audrey-hepburns-85th-birthday-5167261899816960-hp.jpg?w=150&h=73 150w, https://speakingupforus.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/audrey-hepburns-85th-birthday-5167261899816960-hp.jpg?w=300&h=146 300w" sizes="(max-width: 411px) 100vw, 411px" /></a><p id="caption-attachment-1027" class="wp-caption-text">A Google Doodle honoring Audrey Hepburn, posted on May 4th, 2014.</p></div> <p>Below the fold, I’ll share the same enthusiastic endorsement of Hepburn’s Doodle-worthiness that I wrote in 2012.</p> <p> <a href="https://speakingupforus.wordpress.com/2014/05/04/may-4th-audrey-hepburn/#more-1026" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a></p> </div> <ul class="entry-meta fade"> <li class="cat-links"> Posted in <a href="https://speakingupforus.wordpress.com/category/advocacypolitics/" rel="category tag">Advocacy/Politics</a>, <a href="https://speakingupforus.wordpress.com/category/arts-humanities/" rel="category tag">Arts & Humanities</a>, <a href="https://speakingupforus.wordpress.com/category/doodle-worthy-women/" rel="category tag">Doodle-Worthy Women</a>, <a href="https://speakingupforus.wordpress.com/category/google-doodles/" rel="category tag">Google Doodles</a>, <a href="https://speakingupforus.wordpress.com/category/heroes/" rel="category tag">Heroes</a>, <a href="https://speakingupforus.wordpress.com/category/international/" rel="category tag">International</a> </li> <li class="comments-link"><a href="https://speakingupforus.wordpress.com/2014/05/04/may-4th-audrey-hepburn/#respond">Leave a comment</a></li> </ul> </article> <article id="post-1022" class="post-1022 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-advocacypolitics category-arts-humanities category-doodle-worthy-women category-google-doodles"> <header class="entry-header"> <div class="entry-date"> <a href="https://speakingupforus.wordpress.com/2014/04/11/april-11th-percy-julian-annie-dodge-wauneka/" title="8:59 am" rel="bookmark"><time class="entry-date" datetime="2014-04-11T08:59:45-04:00" pubdate>April 11, 2014</time></a> </div> <h1 class="entry-title"><a href="https://speakingupforus.wordpress.com/2014/04/11/april-11th-percy-julian-annie-dodge-wauneka/" rel="bookmark">April 11th: Percy Julian & Annie Dodge Wauneka</a></h1> </header> <div class="entry-content"> <p>Today’s Google Doodle is awesome, and shows Google’s apparently real commitment to changing the way they approach the Doodles program. Their honoree for April 11th is pioneering chemist <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Percy_Lavon_Julian">Percy Julian</a>, known for fundamental work that allowed human hormones and steroids to be produced on large scales for medical purposes. Julian overcame enormous odds to earn top honors in college and to earn his PhD in Europe, since he wasn’t able to attend high school because of his race. He was also the second African-American, and the first African-American chemist, to be honored with fellowship in the National Academy of Sciences. Julian’s scientific work was incredible and innovative, and he’s known as much for the fundamental knowledge he developed as for the real-life applications of his work that have driven medical advancements.</p> <p>Here at Speaking Up, we’ll turn to an entirely different field and learn a bit more about influential Navajo activist, educator, and community organizer <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_Dodge_Wauneka">Annie Dodge Wauneka</a>. I first wrote about her last year, in the <a title="Doodle-Worthy Women of April 2013" href="https://speakingupforus.wordpress.com/2013/05/07/doodle-worthy-women-of-april-2013/">April 2013 Doodle-Worthy Women entry</a>, and this time around we’ll delve a bit deeper.</p> <p> <a href="https://speakingupforus.wordpress.com/2014/04/11/april-11th-percy-julian-annie-dodge-wauneka/#more-1022" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a></p> </div> <ul class="entry-meta fade"> <li class="cat-links"> Posted in <a href="https://speakingupforus.wordpress.com/category/advocacypolitics/" rel="category tag">Advocacy/Politics</a>, <a href="https://speakingupforus.wordpress.com/category/arts-humanities/" rel="category tag">Arts & Humanities</a>, <a href="https://speakingupforus.wordpress.com/category/doodle-worthy-women/" rel="category tag">Doodle-Worthy Women</a>, <a href="https://speakingupforus.wordpress.com/category/google-doodles/" rel="category tag">Google Doodles</a> </li> <li class="comments-link"><a href="https://speakingupforus.wordpress.com/2014/04/11/april-11th-percy-julian-annie-dodge-wauneka/#respond">Leave a comment</a></li> </ul> </article> <article id="post-1015" class="post-1015 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-advocacypolitics category-arts-humanities category-doodle-worthy-women category-entertainers category-international category-politics category-stem-sci-tech-eng-math"> <header class="entry-header"> <div class="entry-date"> <a href="https://speakingupforus.wordpress.com/2014/04/09/doodle-worthy-women-of-march-2014/" title="9:31 am" rel="bookmark"><time class="entry-date" datetime="2014-04-09T09:31:22-04:00" pubdate>April 9, 2014</time></a> </div> <h1 class="entry-title"><a href="https://speakingupforus.wordpress.com/2014/04/09/doodle-worthy-women-of-march-2014/" rel="bookmark">Doodle-Worthy Women of March 2014</a></h1> </header> <div class="entry-content"> <p>This month, we’ll look at 4 remarkable, Doodle-Worthy women from around the world:</p> <p> <a href="https://speakingupforus.wordpress.com/2014/04/09/doodle-worthy-women-of-march-2014/#more-1015" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a></p> </div> <ul class="entry-meta fade"> <li class="cat-links"> Posted in <a href="https://speakingupforus.wordpress.com/category/advocacypolitics/" rel="category tag">Advocacy/Politics</a>, <a href="https://speakingupforus.wordpress.com/category/arts-humanities/" rel="category tag">Arts & Humanities</a>, <a href="https://speakingupforus.wordpress.com/category/doodle-worthy-women/" rel="category tag">Doodle-Worthy Women</a>, <a href="https://speakingupforus.wordpress.com/category/entertainers/" rel="category tag">Entertainers</a>, <a href="https://speakingupforus.wordpress.com/category/international/" rel="category tag">International</a>, <a href="https://speakingupforus.wordpress.com/category/politics/" rel="category tag">Politics</a>, <a href="https://speakingupforus.wordpress.com/category/stem-sci-tech-eng-math/" rel="category tag">STEM (Sci, Tech, Eng & Math)</a> </li> <li class="comments-link"><a href="https://speakingupforus.wordpress.com/2014/04/09/doodle-worthy-women-of-march-2014/#respond">Leave a comment</a></li> </ul> </article> <article id="post-1008" class="post-1008 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-advocacypolitics category-arts-humanities category-doodle-worthy-women category-google-doodles category-heroes category-politics"> <header class="entry-header"> <div class="entry-date"> <a href="https://speakingupforus.wordpress.com/2014/03/27/march-22nd-agnes-martin-march-24th-dorothy-height/" title="9:44 am" rel="bookmark"><time class="entry-date" datetime="2014-03-27T09:44:09-04:00" pubdate>March 27, 2014</time></a> </div> <h1 class="entry-title"><a href="https://speakingupforus.wordpress.com/2014/03/27/march-22nd-agnes-martin-march-24th-dorothy-height/" rel="bookmark">March 22nd: Agnes Martin! & March 24th: Dorothy Height!</a></h1> </header> <div class="entry-content"> <p>I was out of town for a few days over the past week, and managed to miss an opportunity to comment on not one, but <strong>two</strong> Google Doodles honoring remarkable women. Today, I finally had the chance to sit down and write about this two Doodle-worthy, and Doodle-honored, women, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agnes_Martin">Agnes Martin</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorothy_Height">Dorothy Height</a>.</p> <p> <a href="https://speakingupforus.wordpress.com/2014/03/27/march-22nd-agnes-martin-march-24th-dorothy-height/#more-1008" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a></p> </div> <ul class="entry-meta fade"> <li class="cat-links"> Posted in <a href="https://speakingupforus.wordpress.com/category/advocacypolitics/" rel="category tag">Advocacy/Politics</a>, <a href="https://speakingupforus.wordpress.com/category/arts-humanities/" rel="category tag">Arts & Humanities</a>, <a href="https://speakingupforus.wordpress.com/category/doodle-worthy-women/" rel="category tag">Doodle-Worthy Women</a>, <a href="https://speakingupforus.wordpress.com/category/google-doodles/" rel="category tag">Google Doodles</a>, <a href="https://speakingupforus.wordpress.com/category/heroes/" rel="category tag">Heroes</a>, <a href="https://speakingupforus.wordpress.com/category/politics/" rel="category tag">Politics</a> </li> <li class="comments-link"><a href="https://speakingupforus.wordpress.com/2014/03/27/march-22nd-agnes-martin-march-24th-dorothy-height/#respond">Leave a comment</a></li> </ul> </article> <nav id="nav-below" class="site-navigation paging-navigation"> <h1 class="assistive-text">Post navigation</h1> <div class="nav-previous"><a href="https://speakingupforus.wordpress.com/page/2/" ><span class="meta-nav">←</span> Older posts</a></div> </nav> </div> </div> <div id="secondary" class="widget-area" role="complementary"> <aside id="text-2" class="widget widget_text"><h1 class="widget-title">Let Google know!</h1> <div class="textwidget"><p>Follow me (@Annie314159) and RT:<br /> <br /> @GoogleDoodles @Annie314159 would like to help you address your gender problem in Google Doodles. 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