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Her work contributed to global understanding of climate change, and Saruhashi's Table was used by oceanographers for the next 30 years. [259] 1955–1956: Soviet marine biologist Maria Klenova became the first female scientist to work in the Antarctic, conducting research and assisting in the establishment of the Mirny Antarctic station. [260]
Miriam Friedman Menkin (8 August 1901 – June 8, 1992), née Miriam Friedman, was an American scientist who was most famous for her in vitro fertilization (IVF) research with John Rock. In February 1944, she became the first person to conceive human life outside of the body.
1853: Jane Colden was the only female biologist mentioned by Carl Linnaeus in his masterwork Species Plantarum. [2] 1889: Mary Emilie Holmes became the first female Fellow of the Geological Society of America. [3] 1889: Susan La Flesche Picotte became the first Native American woman to become a physician in the United States. [4] [5]
Mary Barton (1 March 1905 – 1990) was a British obstetrician who, in the 1930s, founded one of the first fertility clinics in England to offer donor insemination. [1] Throughout her career, Barton studied infertility and conception .
Butler's novels are considered even more relevant today: She predicted the rise of U.S. political extremism, climate change, and religious fundamentalism, questioned the norms of gender identity ...
Linda Spilker (born 1955), American planetary scientist; Lucy-Ann McFadden (born 1952), astronomer; Maria Zuber (born 1958), American planetary scientist; Martha P. Haynes (born 1951), American astronomer specializing in radio astronomy; Pamela Gay (born 1973), American astronomer; Rachel Zimmerman (born 1972), Canadian-born space scientist
One of the women who testified at the hearing was Jerrie Cobb, the first woman to pass Lovelace's tests. [153] During her testimony, Cobb said: [151] I find it a little ridiculous when I read in a newspaper that there is a place called Chimp College in New Mexico where they are training chimpanzees for space flight, one a female named Glenda. I ...
What’s the deal with Eliza Taylor’s Quantum Leap character Hannah Carson? Taylor made her first appearance in Wednesday’s episode of the NBC drama as Hannah, a brilliant waitress in 1949 who ...