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• Historical Physicists

  Featured today are 10 more women who broke boundaries by their presence in physics. They lived from 1711 to 2000. While I again limited information to one paragraph, I tried to highlight how they got their start, what universities, family members, and scientists were supportive of them. For these women, without the support of fathers, mothers, husbands, and mentors (all male with one exception) their life in science would not have happened. Whil…

  Authored by Adrienne Roehrich on February 21, 2012

• Historical Chemists Part II

  post she held for 33 years. Dr. Carr was also a devoted aunt,a fashionable dresser, and a talented storyteller. She had a relationship with Mary Sherrill, another professor at Mt. Holyoke, whom she shared a residence with for 26 years. Emma Perry Carr was the first recipient of the Garvan Medal. Marie Sklodowska CuriePhoto from Wikimedia Commons Physicist & Chemist Marie Sklodowska Curie was the first twice Nobel Prize laureate.  …

  Authored by Adrienne Roehrich on September 7, 2012

• Modern Astronomers

  …an excellent science communicator, researcher, andleader.  She earned her B.S . from Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Ph.D. from the University of Hawaii in the 1980s. At NASA she led the imaging team of the Voyager 2’s encounter with Neptune and became known for her science communication for it.  She returned to MIT as a scientist for nearly a decade. Among her honors, she has received Vladimir Karpetoff Award , Klumpke-Roberts Award,…

  Authored by Adrienne Roehrich on January 19, 2012

• A Few Modern Physicists

  …l and mechanical acumen served her well as a group leader at the Fermilab. Dr. Edwards is a team player and insists upon acknowledging the contributions of her colleagues in her and Fermilab’s success. Vandana Shiva in 2008. [Edited, 11/26/12, 14:43 ET]: Vandana Shiva was trained in physics and the philosophy of science and now works as an environmentalist, achieving considerable global prominence. She  was born in 1952 and, according t…

  Authored by Adrienne Roehrich on November 26, 2012

• Notable women biochemists in the 1900s

  …is encouragement of female students. Dr. Simmondsí research focused on the study of amino acid metabolism of bacteria. In 1953, the couple co-authored a textbook that educated a generation in biochemistry. The two died within 2 days of each other in 2007. Florence B. Seibert, by Smithsonian Institute Florence B. Seibert, Pebbles on the Hill of a Scientist. (1897-1991) She earned her A.B. from Goucher college in 1918 and her Ph.D. from Yale Univer…

  Authored by Adrienne Roehrich on February 14, 2013

• Historical Chemists

  ation not able to be presented in 140 characters. Each woman could have multiple pages written on her; however, I have limited each to a paragraph. I hope you look up more on these women.  The International Year of Chemistry 2011 recently wrapped up, so I’d like to share a little more about some historical women in chemistry. Miriam the Alchemist By Michael Maier (1566-1622)  The first historical woman in chemistry is perhaps Miriam th…

  Authored by Adrienne Roehrich on January 10, 2012

• Modern Chemists

  Our next installment of notable women in science brings us to chemists. Many of these women were born in the early part of the 20thcentury and forged their paths in tough times. All are still inspiring others today. Presented in no particular order: Catherine Clarke Fenselau is a pioneer in mass spectrometry.  Born in 1939, her interested in science was apparent before her 10th grade. She was encouraged to attend a women’s college, whi…

  Authored by Adrienne Roehrich on April 23, 2012

• Crystallographers of merit

  …from the light’s diffraction. The women in this post used this technique to look at large molecules, many of which were biologically relevant. Order of Merit medal of Dorothy Hodgkin, displayed in the Royal Society, London, 20 April 2004. Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin was a Chemistry Nobel Laureate.  (1910 – 1994) While her father was in Cairo, Egypt on an archaeological dig for the British government, Dorothy Crowfoot was born. Accompanying h…

  Authored by Adrienne Roehrich on March 7, 2013

• Anorexia nervosa, neurobiology, and family-based treatment

  sume eating. If they were still alive. Bruch’s observations dictated eating-disorders treatments for decades, treatments that led to spectacularly ineffective results. Only about 35% of people with anorexia recovered; another 20% died, of starvation or suicide; and the rest lived with some level of chronic illness for the rest of their lives. Not a great track record, overall, and especially devastating for women, who suffer from anorexia at a ra…

  Authored by Jeanne Garbarino on August 10, 2012

• The Women in ‘Modern Men of Science’

  cientists highlighted in 1966 among the “modern men,” seven were women. By then, 11 women had earned the Annie Jump Cannon Award in Astronomy  (and even with an award named after her, she isn’t in the collection), 23 women had achieved the Garvan Medal in Chemistry, and 10 had won a Nobel Prize (one of them twice – she also doesn’t appear in this collection.) Some of these awards overlap. However, by 1966, there were clearly mor…

  Authored by Adrienne Roehrich on April 11, 2013