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The Impact of Women in Science

The Impact of Women in Science. How women have overcome many obstacles to advance scientific knowledge. Elizabeth Blackwell. ( 1821 – 1910 ) First woman to obtain a medical d egree in the United States Admitted because students believed the application was a joke from rival

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The Impact of Women in Science

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  1. The Impact of Women in Science How women have overcome many obstacles to advance scientific knowledge

  2. Elizabeth Blackwell • (1821 – 1910) • First woman to obtain a medical • degree in the United States • Admitted because students believed • the application was a joke from rival • medical school • Was at first banned from certain areas • of the school, because she was • a woman • Eventually earned respect of fellow • students and community

  3. Dr. Lise Meitner • (1878-1968) • Discovered and named the • process of nuclear fission • This led to the creation of the • atomic bomb • Dr. Meitner refused to be • involved with the bomb project • Passed over for Nobel Prize, • Given only to her male partner

  4. Ellen Swallow Richards • (1842-1911) • First woman to attend MIT • Pioneered water sanitation • Began air and water conservation • by introducing field of Sanitary • Engineering

  5. Marie Curie • (1867-1934) • Studied radioactivity • Discovered elements • Polonium and Radium • First woman to win • Nobel Prize • First and only person to • win Nobel Prize in two • sciences • (Physics & Chemistry)

  6. Margaret Mead • (1901-1978) • Leading Anthropologist • Studied cultures around • the world • Promoted controversial • topics, such as legalizing • marijuana • Regarded as vocal • commentator on modern • American life

  7. For more information on these and other Important women in history, visit the Library of Congress website at http://www.loc.gov

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