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Margaret Seward (1864–1929), one of the first two female chemistry students at the University of Oxford; signed the 1904 petition to the Chemical Society; Vera Bogdanovskaia (1868–1897), one of the first female Russian chemists; Gerty Cori (1896–1957) Jewish Czech-American biochemist who was the first American to win a Nobel Prize in science
Rachel McKendry (born 1973), chemist and digital public health pioneer; Linda McDowell (born 1949), British geographer, writer; Jane E. Parker (born 1960), British botanist who researches the immune responses of plants; Emma Parmee, British chemist who was one of the leads in the discovery and development of sitagliptin
The hot comb was an invention developed in France as a way for women with coarse curly hair to achieve a fine straight look traditionally modeled by historical Egyptian women. [44] However, it was Annie Malone who first patented this tool, while her protégé and former worker, Madam C. J. Walker, widened the teeth. [45]
Bridgette Renee Shannon (née Blackman) is an African-American chemist who is a research scientist at 3M.Shannon was the first African-American woman to complete a doctoral degree from the chemistry department at the University of Arkansas.
Stephanie Louise Kwolek (/ ˈ k w oʊ l ɛ k /; July 31, 1923 – June 18, 2014) was a Polish-American chemist best known for inventing Kevlar (poly-paraphenylene terephthalamide). ). Her career at the DuPont company spanned more than 40 ye
When Jacobs first joined C&EN in 1969, she was the only woman reporter among magazine's staffs. [10] This led to her work dissecting the challenges that women chemists face, which was the first major story of this sort in C&EN.
It includes chemists that can also be found in the parent category, or in diffusing subcategories of the parent. Subcategories This category has the following 3 subcategories, out of 3 total.
Christina Cruikshank Miller FRSE (29 August 1899 – 16 July 2001) was a Scottish chemist and one of the first five women (also the first female chemist) elected to the Royal Society of Edinburgh (7 March 1949). [1] Christina Miller was deaf from childhood and also lost the sight of one eye in a laboratory explosion in 1930.