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This is a historical list dealing with women scientists in the 20th century. During this time period, women working in scientific fields were rare. Women at this time faced barriers in higher education and often denied access to scientific institutions; in the Western world, the first-wave feminist movement began to break down many of these ...
Saba Valadkhan (born 1974), Tehran Education:Columbia University an Iranian American biomedical scientist, and an Assistant Professor and RNA researcher at Case Western Reserve University Ālenush Teriān (1920–2011), Iranian-Armenian astronomer and physicist and is called 'Mother of Modern Iranian Astronomy'
She simultaneously became the first female scientist ever elected a member of the congress. [296] 1975: Indian geneticist Archana Sharma received the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize, the first female recipient in the Biological Sciences category. [297] [298] 1975: Female officers of the British Geological Survey no longer had to resign upon ...
List of British women physicians; List of female Breakthrough Prize laureates; List of female Clarivate Citation laureates; List of female mass spectrometrists; List of women climate scientists and activists; List of women in leadership positions on astronomical instrumentation projects; List of women neuroscientists; List of women who obtained ...
Rupa Bai Furdoonji, Indian physician who was the world's first female anesthetist; Kadambini Ganguly (1861–1923), Indian physician; Johanna Hedén (1837–1912), Swedish midwife, feldsher and barber; Aletta Jacobs (1854–1929), Dutch physician; Maria Jansson (1788–1842), known as Kisamor, Swedish physician; Sophia Jex-Blake (1840–1912 ...
Pages in category "20th-century women scientists" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 239 total. This list may not reflect recent changes.
She also fought for equality for women and helped create support systems for female scientists in academia. She's now known as the "Queen of Carbon"! (Fun fact: Dresselhaus was interviewed by ...
This is a non-diffusing subcategory of Category:Scientists. It includes scientists that can also be found in the parent category, or in diffusing subcategories of the parent. The main article for this category is Women in science .