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*[[SGU Episode 524#Forgotten_Superheroes_of_Science_.288:42.29|Henrietta Leavitt (524)]] {{mag}} ''Discovered special property of Cepheid variables'' | *[[SGU Episode 524#Forgotten_Superheroes_of_Science_.288:42.29|Henrietta Leavitt (524)]] {{mag}} ''Discovered special property of Cepheid variables'' | ||
*[[SGU Episode 521#Forgotten_Superheroes_of_Science_.2813:37.29|Maria Goeppert-Mayer (521)]] {{mag}} ''Nuclear shell theory'' | *[[SGU Episode 521#Forgotten_Superheroes_of_Science_.2813:37.29|Maria Goeppert-Mayer (521)]] {{mag}} ''Nuclear shell theory'' | ||
*[[SGU Episode 520#Forgotten_Superheroes_of_Science_.280:44.29|Vera Rubin (520)]] {{mag}} ''Studied galaxy rotation, which led to acceptance of dark matter'' | |||
== This Day in History == | == This Day in History == | ||
Revision as of 15:08, 12 December 2016
This page is intended to link to all of the history segments on the SGU where women are highlighted
Forgotten Superheroes of Science
- 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