394: Rita Levi-Montalcini Neurologist and Physician Born: 22 April 1909, Turin, Italy Died: 30 December 2012, Rome, Italy Rita volunteered with the Allied Health Service during World War II in her native Italy, and continued to work as a doctor in a refugee camp for a year afterward. She studied the growth of nerve fibers…
393: Rachel Carson Marine Biologist, Author, and Conservationist Born: 27 May 1907, Springdale, Pennsylvania, United States of America Died: 14 April 1964, Silver Spring, Maryland, United States of America Rachel’s book Silent Spring launched the movement to eliminate harmful pesticides (like DDT) from being used through crop dusting and other widespread uses. Her work would…
392: Maria Goeppert Mayer Theoretical Physicist Born: 28 June 1906, Kattowitz, Upper Silesia, German Empire (Present-day Katowice, Poland) Died: 20 February 1972, San Diego, California, United States of America Through her father’s side Maria was the 7th straight generational university professor. She earned her PhD in theoretical physics in 1930 but would also work in…
391: Barbara McClintock Cytogeneticist Born: 16 June 1902, Hartford, Connecticut, United States of America Died: 2 September 1992, Huntington, New York, United States of America Barbara’s early work was pioneering in the field of DNA replication (her work specifically was in maize), otherwise known as Jumping Genes. She received a PhD from Cornell University in…
“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…
These are the entries born in the state of Minnesota in the United States of America. Entries: Alice Doherty, The Minnesota Woolly Girl Amy Elizabeth Thorpe, World War II Spy Gretchen Carlson, Journalist Judy Garland, Actress and Singer Marjory Stoneman Douglas, Protector of the Everglades
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…