Learn about the incredible achievements of women scientists throughout history. Discover their groundbreaking discoveries and be inspired to pursue a career in science.
Annie Easley started out studying pharmacy at Xavier University in New Orleans, but when she married and moved to Cleveland, she discovered the university there had just closed its pharmacy program, and started looking for a different career. When an article in a Cleveland newspaper about twin sisters who worked as ‘human computers’ at the then-NACA caught her eye, she applied there, was hired and the rest is history.
@CurtisSChin: '@MatthewHanchard For your & your #daughter's refrigerator door or bedroom wall... A favorite poster of some famous women scientists. And check out @EliseGravel whose work underscores that girls like boys can be whatever they want. #girlsinSTEM. #womeninSTEM cc: @fayfeeney @sofiabiologista '
Creator: Burrows, Ted Subject: Pai, Anna C. 1935- Albert Einstein College of Medicine Sweet Briar College Type: Black-and-white photographs Topic: Genetics Women scientists Local number: SIA Acc. 90-105 [SIA2009-0795] Summary: When this photograph was distributed, Anna Chao Pai (b. 1935) was a predoctoral student in the Department of Genetics, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, working with Dr. Salome Waelsch on developmental genetics and cross-breeding special strains of mice. The…
Here are some scientists that your kids and students might like to meet. Feel free to print this poster for your classrooms and at home (no commercial use allowed, please. ) The high-res version is HERE. To see my other free posters, visit […]
A new play, starring Nicole Kidman, tells the forgotten story of Rosalind Franklin's contribution to unlocking the structure of DNA. Kate Mulcahy explains why strong female role models in science are still needed even today
Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) accounts for a plethora of successful crafts launch by a team of expertise out of which 30 per cent members are brilliant women. Let’s talk about those rocket women who were in the launch of MOM and Chandrayaan.