Known for: She founded the American Red Cross in 1881.
3)Florence Bascom:
Dates:
Known for: First woman geologist in this country.
4)Elizabeth Blackwell:
I do not wish to give [women] a first place, still less a second one--but the most complete freedom, to take their true place whatever it may be," asserted pioneer physician Elizabeth Blackwell (1821-1910) in this spirited response to a suggestion by Lady Noel Byron (1792-1860) that women doctors should assume a secondary position in the medical profession. Blackwell, who against great odds became the first woman in the United States to obtain a medical degree, took umbrage at Byron's "fatal error" of ranking human beings according to sex instead of character."http://international.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem/mcc:@field(DOCID+@lit(mcc/065)) The great object of education has nothing to do with woman’s rights or man’s rights, but with the development of the human soul and body. My great dream is of a grand moral reform society, a wide movement ... combined that it could be brought to bear on any outrage or prominent evil .
She was the first woman to graduate medical school.
5)Rachel Carson
Dates:
Known for: The founder of the Environmental Movement.
6)Marie Maynard Daly
Dates:
Known for:
7)Diane Fossey:
She was an American zoologist who completed an extensive study of eight gorilla groups by closely observing their lives in the mountain forests of Rwanda. Her work was similar to Jane Goodall’s research on chimpanzees. Dates:April 3, 1934 - Known for: Primatologist Jane Goodall is known for her chimpanzee observation and research at Gombe Stream Reserve.
8)Dr. Mae Jemison:
Dates:
Known for: The first African American Woman to become an Astronaut.
10)Maria Goeppert Mayer:
Dates:
Known for: The first woman to win the Nobel Prize for Physics for theoretical physics.
11)Barbara McClintock:
Dates: June 16, 1902 - September 2, 1992 Known for: Geneticist Barbara McClintock won the 1983 Nobel Prize in medicine or physiology for her discovery of transposable genes.
12)Margaret Mead:
Dates:
Known for: The first woman Anthropologist.
13)Maria Mitchell:
**Maria Mitchell** Dates:January 15, 1850 - February 10, 1891 Known for: Maria Mitchell was the first professional woman astronomer in the United States. She was the first woman member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
14)Dixy Lee Ray
Dates: September 3, 1914 - January 3, 1994 Known for: A marine biologist and environmentalist, Dixy Lee Ray taught at the University of Washington. She was tapped by President Richard M. Nixon to head the Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) where she defended nuclear power plants as environmentally responsible. In 1976, she ran for governor of Washington state, winning one term, then losing the Democratic primary in 1980.
15)Mina Rees
Dates:
August 2nd, 1902-October 25th, 1997
Known for: She served as the first woman president of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
16)Ellen Swallow Richards:
Dates: December 3, 1842 – March 30, 1911 Known for: Ellen Swallow Richards was the first woman in the United States to be accepted at a scientific school. A chemist, she's credited with founding the discipline of home economics.
17)Sally Ride:
**Sally Ride** Dates:May 26, 1951 - Known for: Sally Ride was the first American woman in space.
18)Florence Sabin
Dates: November 9, 1871 - October 3, 1953 Known for: Called the "first lady of American science," Florence Sabin studied the lymphatic and immune systems. She was the first female to hold a full professorship at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, where she had begun studying in 1896. She advocated for women's rights and higher education.
19)Margaret Sanger:
**Margaret Sanger** Dates:September 14, 1879 - September 6, 1966 Known for: Margaret Sanger was a nurse who promoted birth control as a means by which a woman could exercise control over her life and health.
20)Charlotte Scott:
**Charlotte Angas Scott** Dates:June 8, 1858 - November 10, 1931 Known for: Charlotte Angas Scott was the first head of the mathematics department at Bryn Mawr College. She also initiated the College Entrance Examination Board and helped organize the American Mathematical Society.
21)Helen Taussig:
Dates: May 24, 1898 - May 20, 1986 Known for: Helen Brooke Taussig discovered the cause of the problem called "blue babies" and developed with a colleague a shunt, the Blalock-Taussig shunt, to correct the condition. She was also responsible for identifying the drug Thalidomide as the cause of a rash of birth defects in Europe.
22)Shieila Tobias:
**Sheila Tobias** Dates: April 26, 1935 - Known for: Sheila Tobias wrote Overcoming Math Anxiety, about women's experience of math education; she has researched and written extensively about gender issues in math and science education.
23)Rosalyn Sussman Yalow:
Dates: July 19th, 1921-
Known for: The first woman to be awarded the Albert Lasker Prize for Basic Medical Research.
1)Virginia Apgar:
Dates: 1909-1974
Known for: Designed & introduced the Apgar Score.
2)Clara Barton:
Dates: 1821-1912
Known for: She founded the American Red Cross in 1881.
3)Florence Bascom:
Dates:
Known for: First woman geologist in this country.
4)Elizabeth Blackwell:
I do not wish to give [women] a first place, still less a second one--but the most complete freedom, to take their true place whatever it may be," asserted pioneer physician Elizabeth Blackwell (1821-1910) in this spirited response to a suggestion by Lady Noel Byron (1792-1860) that women doctors should assume a secondary position in the medical profession. Blackwell, who against great odds became the first woman in the United States to obtain a medical degree, took umbrage at Byron's "fatal error" of ranking human beings according to sex instead of character."http://international.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem/mcc:@field(DOCID+@lit(mcc/065))The great object of education has nothing to do with woman’s rights or man’s rights, but with the development of the human soul and body. My great dream is of a grand moral reform society, a wide movement ... combined that it could be brought to bear on any outrage or prominent evil .
She was the first woman to graduate medical school.5)Rachel Carson
Dates:
Known for: The founder of the Environmental Movement.
6)Marie Maynard Daly
Dates:
Known for:
7)Diane Fossey:
She was an American zoologist who completed an extensive study of eight gorilla groups by closely observing their lives in the mountain forests of Rwanda. Her work was similar to Jane Goodall’s research on chimpanzees.Dates: April 3, 1934 -
Known for: Primatologist Jane Goodall is known for her chimpanzee observation and research at Gombe Stream Reserve.
8)Dr. Mae Jemison:
Dates:
Known for: The first African American Woman to become an Astronaut.
10)Maria Goeppert Mayer:
Dates:
Known for: The first woman to win the Nobel Prize for Physics for theoretical physics.
11)Barbara McClintock:
Dates: June 16, 1902 - September 2, 1992Known for: Geneticist Barbara McClintock won the 1983 Nobel Prize in medicine or physiology for her discovery of transposable genes.
12)Margaret Mead:
Dates:
Known for: The first woman Anthropologist.
13)Maria Mitchell:
**Maria Mitchell**Dates: January 15, 1850 - February 10, 1891
Known for: Maria Mitchell was the first professional woman astronomer in the United States. She was the first woman member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
14)Dixy Lee Ray
Dates: September 3, 1914 - January 3, 1994Known for: A marine biologist and environmentalist, Dixy Lee Ray taught at the University of Washington. She was tapped by President Richard M. Nixon to head the Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) where she defended nuclear power plants as environmentally responsible. In 1976, she ran for governor of Washington state, winning one term, then losing the Democratic primary in 1980.
15)Mina Rees
Dates:
August 2nd, 1902-October 25th, 1997
Known for: She served as the first woman president of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
16)Ellen Swallow Richards:
Dates: December 3, 1842 – March 30, 1911Known for: Ellen Swallow Richards was the first woman in the United States to be accepted at a scientific school. A chemist, she's credited with founding the discipline of home economics.
17)Sally Ride:
**Sally Ride**Dates: May 26, 1951 -
Known for: Sally Ride was the first American woman in space.
18)Florence Sabin
Dates: November 9, 1871 - October 3, 1953Known for: Called the "first lady of American science," Florence Sabin studied the lymphatic and immune systems. She was the first female to hold a full professorship at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, where she had begun studying in 1896. She advocated for women's rights and higher education.
19)Margaret Sanger:
**Margaret Sanger**Dates: September 14, 1879 - September 6, 1966
Known for: Margaret Sanger was a nurse who promoted birth control as a means by which a woman could exercise control over her life and health.
20)Charlotte Scott:
**Charlotte Angas Scott**Dates: June 8, 1858 - November 10, 1931
Known for: Charlotte Angas Scott was the first head of the mathematics department at Bryn Mawr College. She also initiated the College Entrance Examination Board and helped organize the American Mathematical Society.
21)Helen Taussig:
Dates: May 24, 1898 - May 20, 1986Known for: Helen Brooke Taussig discovered the cause of the problem called "blue babies" and developed with a colleague a shunt, the Blalock-Taussig shunt, to correct the condition. She was also responsible for identifying the drug Thalidomide as the cause of a rash of birth defects in Europe.
22)Shieila Tobias:
**Sheila Tobias**Dates: April 26, 1935 -
Known for: Sheila Tobias wrote Overcoming Math Anxiety, about women's experience of math education; she has researched and written extensively about gender issues in math and science education.
23)Rosalyn Sussman Yalow:
Dates: July 19th, 1921-
Known for: The first woman to be awarded the Albert Lasker Prize for Basic Medical Research.