
Maria Smilios
Contributor at Penguin Random House (US)
Author The Black Angels Winner 2024 Christopher Award Adjunct Columbia University SPH @penguinrandom @viragobooks
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Feb 12, 2025 |
oliviacampbell.substack.com | Catherine McNeur |Maria Smilios |Julie Des Jardins |Olivia Campbell
Yesterday, I shared a thread of book recommendations over on Bluesky to celebrate International Day of Women & Girls in Science. I thought I’d share the recs here, too, to make it easier to access. This year, it feels particularly important to celebrate this occasion since Trump’s anti-DEI order means the words “women” and “female” will get your research paper flagged by the National Science Foundation and NASA was ordered to remove mentions of “women in leadership” from its website.
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Oct 7, 2024 |
msn.com | Maria Smilios
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Oct 7, 2024 |
newsweek.com | Maria Smilios
It happened again. On Thursday night, September 26, as Hurricane Helene was slamming into the Florida coast, social media feeds began filling with keyboard warriors victim-shaming those who didn't evacuate.
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Jun 19, 2024 |
thestoryexchange.org | Maria Smilios
The exodus of white nurses began in spring 1929, months before the stock market crash. Without warning, they hung up their uniforms and walked out of Sea View Hospital, New York’s largest municipal sanatorium. Their reasons for leaving varied. Some blamed the 14-hour shifts and five-hour round-trip commute from Manhattan to Staten Island, where the hospital was located.
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May 14, 2024 |
harvardpublichealth.org | Maria Smilios
The exodus of White nurses began in spring 1929, months before the stock market crash. Without warning, they hung up their uniforms and walked out of Sea View Hospital, New York’s largest municipal sanatorium. Their reasons for leaving varied. Some blamed the 14-hour shifts and five-hour round-trip commute from Manhattan to Staten Island, where the hospital was located.
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