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Margaret-Ann Armour CM (6 September 1939 – 25 May 2019) was a Scottish-born Canadian chemist based at the University of Alberta.She is best known for her expertise in developing guidelines for hazardous lab waste disposal, and for being a vocal advocate for women in science.
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 ...
This is a timeline of women in science, spanning from ancient history up to the 21st century. While the timeline primarily focuses on women involved with natural sciences such as astronomy, biology, chemistry and physics, it also includes women from the social sciences (e.g. sociology, psychology) and the formal sciences (e.g. mathematics ...
Karin Rodland (born 1949), cancer cell biologist; Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science; Laboratory Fellow of the U.S. Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Una Ryan , (born 1941), Malaysian born-American, heart disease researcher, biotech vaccine and diagnostics maker/marketer
Annie Jump Cannon Award in Astronomy – annual award for outstanding contributions to astronomy by a woman within five years of earning a doctorate degree; Peter B. Wagner Memorial Award for Women in Atmospheric Sciences – awarded annually since 1998, based on paper completion, to a woman studying for a Masters or PhD in atmospheric science at a university in the United States [1]
Women are allowed to teach in the rural elementary school system (in the city schools in 1869). [111] 1861: Sweden The first public institution of higher academic learning for women, the Royal Seminary, is opened. [112] 1862: United States Mary Jane Patterson becomes the first African-American woman to earn a BA in 1862. She earned her degree ...
During her fellowship at the Charles Warren Center, Rossiter began to focus on the history of women in American science. She uncovered hundreds of such women when, in preparation for a postdoctoral study of 20th Century American science, she delved into the reference work American Men of Science (now called American Men and Women of Science ...
Susan Adele Greenfield, Baroness Greenfield, CBE, FRCP [4] (born 1 October 1950) is an English scientist, writer, broadcaster and member of the House of Lords (since 2001). ). Her research has focused on the treatment of Parkinson's disease and Alzheimer's dise