Olivia Campbell – Medium

Olivia Campbell

Pinned

Celebrating the Publication of “Sisters in Science”

“Sisters in Science: How Four Women Physicists Escaped Nazi Germany and Made Scientific History” is out now!

Jan 3

Celebrating the Publication of “Sisters in Science”

Jan 3

On Holocaust Remembrance Day, Honoring the Murdered Women Scientists Whose Absence Haunts My Book

For those who survived the Nazis and those who didn’t, what made the difference?

Jan 27

On Holocaust Remembrance Day, Honoring the Murdered Women Scientists Whose Absence Haunts My Book

Jan 27

Mapping Philadelphia’s Flora

The prowess of plant physiologist Ida Augusta Keller

Mar 15, 2024

Mapping Philadelphia’s Flora

Mar 15, 2024

A Phenomenal Physiologist

The wild and wonderful life of Ida Henrietta Hyde

Nov 6, 2023

A Phenomenal Physiologist

Nov 6, 2023

She’s a Witch!

When suspicion falls on midwife Margaret Jones, she becomes the first victim of the Massachusetts Bay Colony’s witch trials.

Mar 13, 2023

She’s a Witch!

Mar 13, 2023

A Splendid Physician

Halle Tanner Dillon Johnson brings quality healthcare to Tuskegee, Alabama

Mar 9, 2023

A Splendid Physician

Mar 9, 2023

Searching for Signs of Myself at the End of the World

Could pandemic fiction ever have prepared me — a clinically depressed person — for the COVID-19 crisis?

Aug 26, 2021

Searching for Signs of Myself at the End of the World

Aug 26, 2021

An Astrologer of Sexual Wellness

Sarah Jinner and the wild world of 17th century advice

May 28, 2021

An Astrologer of Sexual Wellness

May 28, 2021

The Lady is a Naval Engineer

Henrietta Vansittart changes the course of ship propulsion

Feb 20, 2021

The Lady is a Naval Engineer

Feb 20, 2021

A Catalyst for Change

Elizabeth Fulhame discovers catalysis and plants the seeds of photography

Feb 9, 2021

A Catalyst for Change

Feb 9, 2021

Published in
The Shadow

A Zoology Genius

Roger Arliner Young, the first Black woman zoologist

Feb 4, 2021

A Zoology Genius

Feb 4, 2021

Published in
An Injustice!

Bloomers on the Battlefield

The tenacious life of Dr. Mary Edwards Walker

Jan 6, 2021

Bloomers on the Battlefield

Jan 6, 2021

The Heroine of Harlem

The daughter of a slave leaves her mark on cancer research

Dec 23, 2020

The Heroine of Harlem

Dec 23, 2020

When Wise Women Were Witches

The wiping out of women healers in medieval Europe

Dec 16, 2020

Old painting of a witch being tortured

Dec 16, 2020

Published in
OneZero

The Scientists Saving the Rainforests by Listening to Them

The sounds of our most diverse ecosystems are going silent

Feb 13, 2020

The Scientists Saving the Rainforests by Listening to Them

Feb 13, 2020

Published in
PULPMAG

My Nipples, Myself

Maternal martyrdom is programmed in at the cellular level.

Jan 23, 2020

My Nipples, Myself

Jan 23, 2020

Can meditation shorten recovery time after surgery?

by Olivia Campbell

Dec 5, 2019

Can meditation shorten recovery time after surgery?

Dec 5, 2019

Everything About Everything

First published in Brain, Child Magazine in August 26, 2015

Dec 4, 2019

Everything About Everything

Dec 4, 2019

Mojitos and “Mommy Milk”: When Friendship and Travel Meet Motherhood

I’m not mourning my old life; I’m merely coming face-to-face with what might have been if I hadn’t experienced an unintended pregnancy.

Jul 23, 2019

Mojitos and “Mommy Milk”: When Friendship and Travel Meet Motherhood

Jul 23, 2019

Beliefs Can Coexist: I’m a Science Journalist and a Christian

Knowledge is power, but for me, it doesn’t replace faith — it furthers it.

Jul 16, 2019

Beliefs Can Coexist: I’m a Science Journalist and a Christian

Jul 16, 2019

Olivia Campbell

Olivia Campbell

New York Times bestselling author of WOMEN IN WHITE COATS and SISTERS IN SCIENCE. Bylines: National Geographic, The Atlantic, Scientific American, The Cut.

Following

Help
Status
About
Careers
Press
Blog
Privacy
Rules
Terms
Text to speech