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Chung Kwang Hwa (born 1948), physicist and president of the Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science, Korea Basic Science Institute, and Korean Vacuum Society; Jun Mikyoung, statistician; Kim Eun-Ah (born 1975), condensed matter physicist; Kim Ju-Lee (born 1969), mathematician, educator, now in the United States
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 ...
The country with the lowest participation of female researchers is Saudi Arabia, even though they make up the majority of tertiary graduates, but the figure of 1.4% covers only the King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology. Female researchers in the region are primarily employed in government research institutes, with some countries also ...
As at 2004, 13.9% of students enrolled in science programs in Cambodia were female and 21% of researchers in science, technology, and innovation fields were female as of 2002. These statistics are significantly lower than those of other Asian countries such as Malaysia , Mongolia , and South Korea .
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 ...
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]
Graduate Women in Science formerly known as Sigma Delta Epsilon, is an international organization for women in science. [1] It was established in 1921 at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, United States as a women's fraternity. [1] Following are some of its notable members.
L'Oréal-UNESCO Awards for Women in Science laureates (120 P) M. Members of the Society of Woman Geographers (67 P) P. Women physicians (32 C, 55 P) Y. Yoruba women ...