Women in history on the SGU
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This page is intended to link to all of the history segments on the SGU where women are highlighted
Forgotten Superheroes of Science
- Barbara Liskov (597)
- Developed programming languages, leading to object oriented programming - Maria Telkes (595) - Invented the solar distiller
- Rosa Smith Eigenmann (587) - Discovered more than 150 species of fish
- Mary Elizabeth Barber (585) - Plant collector from the 1800's
- Janet Rowley (580) - Linked chromosomal abnormalities to cancer
- Elizabeth Rona (578) - Worked with Pallonium
- Mary Edwards (572) - Tracked the positions of celestial objects for 55 years
- Cecilia Helena-Payne Gaposshkin (567) - Found that the Sun and the stars are mostly made of hydrogen
- Yvonne Brill (566) Pioneer rocket scientist
- Annie Maunder (564) Discovered the Maunder Minimum along with her husband
- Dorothy Hodgkin (560) Used X-ray crystallography to image penicillin, cholesterol, and vitamin B12
- Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha (555) The first doctor that brought the problem of Flint Michigan's water to the states attention
- Lorna Wing (552) Helped to redefine our conception of autism
- Stephanie Louise Kwolek (550) Invented the chemical behind Kevlar
- Dr. Hadiyah-Nicole Green (548) Cancer research involving nanoparticles and lasers
- Caroline Herschel (544) Sister of William Herschel. First woman paid for science work.
- Birute Mary Galdikas (541) Research on orangutans
- Andrea Ghez (539) Stellar motions near Milky Way's supermassive black hole
- Alice Hamilton (538) Development of industrial medicine in America
- Maria Sibylla Merian (537) Made illustrations of insects in the late 1600's
- Alice Catherine Evans (536) Showed the benefits of milk pasteurization
- Barbara McClintock (534) Jumping genes" and chromosome research
- Ruth Rogan Benerito (533) Wrinkle-resistant clothing
- Hedy Lamarr (532) Invented spread spectrum technology
- Frances Kelsey (528) Prevented thalidomide from being sold in the US
- Marie Thorp (527) Discovered the Mid Atlantic Ridge under the ocean
- Inge Lehmann (526) Discovered that the Earth has a solid inner core
- Gerty Cori (525) Glucose metabolism
- Henrietta Leavitt (524) Discovered special property of Cepheid variables
- Maria Goeppert-Mayer (521) Nuclear shell theory
- Vera Rubin (520) Studied galaxy rotation, which led to acceptance of dark matter
- Chien Shiug Wu (518) Showed that the conservation of parity does not always hold
- Margaret Hamilton (517) Saved the first moon landing with her robust computer code
- Mary Sherman Morgan (515) Developed the fuel used for the first U.S satellite launch
- Grace Murray Hopper (511) Wrote the first computer compiler and was the key architect of COBOL
- Lise Meitner and Ida Noddack Tacke (510) The women of fission
- Sandra Moore Faber (508) Part of the team that discovered the Great Attractor
- Women of ENIAC (507) The Team of 6 Women who were the first to program ENIAC, the first all electronic digital computer
- Irène Joliot-Curie (506) Nobel prize winning chemist who discovered artificial radioactivity
- Emmy Noether (505) Made significant contributions to algebra and theoretical physics
- Mary Anning (503) Made early contributions to our understanding of prehistoric life and the history of the earth
- Katherine Johnson (502) Calculated the flight trajectory for the first American in space.
- Ada Lovelace (501) Computer scientist. Saw the potential of the analytical engine.
- Jocelyn Bell Burnel (499) Astrophysicist who discovered pulsars.
- Rosalind Franklin (498) Gained insights into the structure of DNA.
- Annie Jump Cannon (496) Classification of stars
This Day in History
- Sara Josephine Baker (488) Massively improved the survival rate of newborn babies.
- Sylvia Earle (477) Marine biologist. Has been underwater for almost a year in total.
- Marie Curie and Irene Curie (472) Studied radioactive materials.
- Yness Mexica (463) Did Botany is Central and South America.
- Helen Taussig (463) Founded pediatric cardiology
- Hattie Alexander (456) Treated influenzal meningitis in babies, reducing mortality tremendously.
- Tilly Shilling (452) Invented a "doodad" that improved airplane manoeuverability during WWII
- Rebecca Lee Crumpler (451) First black woman to receive an American medical degree
- Lydia DeWitt (446) Conducted research on tuberculosis
- Amelia Earhart (443) First person to fly solo from Hawaii to California