One more #AngloSaxon #Saint for #InternationWomensDay: St. Æthelburh of Kent

St. Æthelburh [ ᚫᛏᚻᛖᛚᛒᚢᚱᚻ ] of #Kent was a remarkable woman who lived more than a thousand years ago, and her life was marked by many miracles. As a devout Christian, she dedicated her life to God, and her faith led her to perform many acts of kindness and compassion.

She Married King Edwin of Deira and Bernicia – which later became known as #Northumbria. Their marriage triggered the initial phase of the conversion of the pagan north of England to Christianity.

One of her most famous #miracles was the healing of a blind man who came to her for help. St. Æthelburh prayed for him and blessed him with holy water, and the man's sight was restored. This miracle was witnessed by many people, and it spread quickly throughout the region.

Another miracle attributed to St. Æthelburh was the healing of a sick child who was close to death. The child's mother brought him to St. Æthelburh, who prayed for him and anointed him with holy oil. The child was healed, and he grew up to be a strong and healthy young man.

St. Æthelburh's miracles were not limited to physical healing. She was also known for her ability to calm storms and protect her community from danger.

She established one of the first Benedictine nunneries in #england at Lyminge, near #Folkestone, which she led until her death in 647, and where her remains were later venerated.

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On this #InternationWomensDay, I reflect on there being only two women in our software development group. We also have only two non-white devs, one of whom is the other woman. Maybe next time we hire we can actually start fixing this.

How to make women feel included in the tech world?

An information science researcher studied open source programming communities, where women make up only 9.8% of the people who contribute code, to see which ones were able to keep women involved.

She found the answer is strength in numbers – communities for women and women mentoring women create places where women can stand up to sexist culture.

https://theconversation.com/the-retention-problem-women-are-going-into-tech-but-are-also-being-driven-out-200625

#WomenInSTEM #Technology #WomensDay #InternationWomensDay

RT from Honor Oak (@honoroakorg)

Meze Mama putting on live music for #InternationWomensDay Wednesday 8th March

Original tweet : https://twitter.com/honoroakorg/status/1630173364038901760

Lindsey Brockmanbis one of the best folks I’ve had the privilege of working with. So glad to hear from her this #InternationWomensDay #DEVcommunity https://dev.to/lindseybrockman/nevertheless-lindsey-coded-337d