“Young People, especially young women, often ask me for advice. Here it is, valeat quantum. Do not undertake a scientific career in quest of fame or money. There are easier and better ways to reach them. Undertake it only if nothing else will satisfy you; for nothing else is probably what you will receive. Your…
389: Joan Procter Zoologist and Herpetologist Born: 5 August 1897, London, United Kingdom Died: 20 September 1931, London, United Kingdom Joan was the first female curator of Herpetology for the Zoological Society of London (ZSL). She was elected a fellow of the ZSL in 1917 after writing her first proceedings paper on the pit viper….
388: Gerty Cori Biochemist Born: 15 August 1896, Prague, Austro-Hungarian Empire (Present-day Czech Republic) Died: 26 October 1957, Glendale, Missouri, United States of America Gerty received her Doctor of Medicine in 1920. She became a professor of biochemistry in 1947. Gerty and her husband worked as a research team. They extensively studied hormones and the…
387: Alice Ball Chemist Born: 24 July 1892, Seattle, Washington, United States of America Died: 31 December 1916, Seattle, Washington, United States of America Alice created the first successful treatment for those suffering from Hansen’s Disease (also known as Leprosy). She was the first woman and the first African American to graduate with an MS…
386: Marjory Stoneman Douglas Conservationist, Environmentalist, and “Mother of the Everglades” Born: 7 April 1890, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America Died: 14 May 1998, Coconut Grove, Florida, United States of America Before she began her environmental work, she started as an editor and columnist for the Miami Herald after graduating from college with an…
385: Edith Clarke The First Female Electrical Engineer Born: 10 February 1883, Ellicott City, Maryland, United States of America Died: 29 October 1959, Olney, Maryland, United States of America Edith was also the first female professor of electrical engineering at the University of Texas Austin (she was also the first female professor of electrical engineering…
384: Emmy Noether Mathematician Who is Known as the Most Creative Abstract Algebraist in Modern Times Born: 23 March 1882, Erlangen, Bavaria, Germany Died: 14 April 1935, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, United States of America Original Name: Amalie Noether When Emmy decided she wanted to study math she wasn’t actually allowed to take the classes at…
383: Lillian Gilbreth Psychologist and Industrial Engineer Born: 24 May 1878, Oakland, California, United States of America Died: 2 January 1972, Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America Lillian was also a mother of twelve. She is credited with helping design kitchen appliances (like the butter and egg shelves inside refrigerator doors and the foot pedal…
“I will have nothing to do with that bomb!” -Lise’s Response to The Manhattan Project 382: Lise Meitner Physicist Who Worked With Radioactivity and Nuclear Physics Born: 17 November 1878, Vienna, Austria Died: 27 October 1968, Cambridge, United Kingdom Lise earned her doctorate in physics in 1906. She co-discovered the element protactinium in 1918. In…
“Gender Does Not Matter. You work as a scientist, not as a woman.” 379: Tessy Thomas Missile Engineer Born: April 1963, Alappuzha, India Tessy is the Director General of Aeronautical Systems and the former Project Director for Agni-IV and Agni-V in Missile Defense Research and Development Organization (India). She is the first female scientist to…