Women scientists

Learn about the incredible achievements of women scientists throughout history. Discover their groundbreaking discoveries and be inspired to pursue a career in science.
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Over a century on, significant breakthroughs in policies and general attitudes have created opportunities for women to take their place as equals on the research stage. A closer look at diversity among scientists in both research and industry, however, reveals that a gender disparity still exists.

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Montse Solsona 🎗
@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 ' Jane Goodall, Marie Curie, Lise Meitner, Barbara Mcclintock, Elise Gravel, Rosalind Franklin, Katherine Johnson, Rachel Carson, Computer Programmer

@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 '

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Marjorie Claessens
Barbara McClintock (June 16, 1902-Sept. 2, 1992) was an American scientist whose discovery in the 1940s and 1950s of mobile genetic elements, or "jumping genes" won her the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 1983. Her work was ahead of its time and for many years considered too radical-or was ignored-by her fellow scientists. Not until the late 1960s and 1970s did members of the scientific community began to verify her  findings. When recognition came, she was inundated with awards. Great Women, Amazing Women, Amazing People, Nobel Prize In Physiology Or Medicine, Barbara Mcclintock, Article On Women, Mighty Girl, Brave Women, Extraordinary Women

Barbara McClintock, (born June 16, 1902, Hartford, Connecticut, U.S.—died September 2, 1992, Huntington, New York), American scientist whose discovery in the 1940s and ’50s of mobile genetic elements, or “jumping genes,” won her the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 1983. McClintock, whose father was a physician, took great pleasure in science as a child and evidenced early the independence of mind and action that she would exhibit throughout the rest of her life. After attending…

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Ann Cassity