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Williams made Duchess of Idaho (1950), shot on location in Sun Valley, Idaho, co-starring Van Johnson and John Lund. [51] MGM paired her with Howard Keel for three films, Pagan Love Song (also 1950), Texas Carnival (1951) and later Jupiter's Darling (1955). They both had cameos in the film Callaway Went Thataway (1951). [52]
Smith was born on May 1, 1907, in Greenville, Virginia, to Charlotte 'Lottie' Yarnell (née Hanby) and William Herman Smith and grew up in Washington, D.C. [5] Her father owned the Capitol News Company, distributing newspapers and magazines in the greater D.C. area. [6] She was the youngest of three daughters, the middle child dying in infancy.
Famous Influential Women in History Influential actresses and entertainers. ... CEO of PepsiCo and consistently ranked among the world's most powerful women. Arianna Huffington, 1950-. Politician ...
Yella Hertzka (1873–1948) – Austrian peace and women's rights activist; Leopoldine Kulka (1872–1920) – Austrian writer, editor and pacifist; Helene Lecher (1865–1929) – Austrian pacifist and philanthropist; Olga Misař (1876–1950) – Austrian peace activist, feminist and writer
1950: Isabella Abbott became the first Native Hawaiian woman to receive a PhD in any science; hers was in botany. [24] [25] 1950: Esther Lederberg was the first to isolate lambda bacteriophage, a DNA virus, from Escherichia coli K-12. [26]
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 ...
First woman to earn a Philosophy doctorate degree. [42] [43] 1732 Laura Bassi: First woman to officially teach at a European university. [44] [45] [46] 1874 Grace Annie Lockhart: First woman in the British Empire to receive a Bachelor's degree: 1875 Stefania Wolicka-Arnd: First woman to receive a PhD in the modern era. [47] [48] 1891 Juana Miranda