Isabel Morgan, Polio, and the High Cost of Marriage
That Isabel Morgan lived and researched and discovered we can celebrate. That her career was cut short we can lament....
Women in Science
Our Neighbor, Australopithecus: The Anthropology of Mary Leakey (1913-1996)
"It was a totally improbable, beautifully human find that not only proved the bipedalism of Australopithecus, but captured the imagination of the world."
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Making All Nurses Equal: The Many Battles of Estelle Massey Osborne (1901-1981)
While president of National Association of Colored Graduate Nurses, Estelle Massey provided the blueprint for overcoming the worst of the profession's inequalities....
The Chemistry of Beauty: Hazel Bishop, Inventor Of First Marketable Indelible Lipstick
Bishop's lipsticks accounted for twenty-five percent of the industry and threatened Revlon itself, which launched a famous "lipstick war" to bury the upstart company....
Casualty of Marriage: The Tragedy Of Clara Immerwahr, Germany’s First Doctor Of Chemistry
Clara Immerwahr's work earned her Germany’s first ever doctorate in chemistry for a woman in 1900. But that’s only part of this remarkable woman’s story....
Maestro Of Trajectories: The Fascinating Tale Of Katherine Johnson’s Orbital Mathematics
"I had a wonderful, wonderful career at NASA. I don't imagine everyone can say that, but it's true in my case. I have always loved the idea of going into space - I still do."...
Legacy, Suspended: Vera Rubin And The Ongoing Saga Of Dark Matter
In honor of what astronomer Vera Rubin did and fought for, we get down to the real nature of her revolutionary contributions to astronomy....
The Enemy is Ignorance: Marine Biologist Sylvia Earle Speaks for the Oceans
Earle's greatest foe is not nitrogen or industry, it is ignorance, the crushing force of people acting destructively because they simply don't know the harm they are doing. ...
Sex, Cards, and Calculus: A Day with Badass Mathematician Émilie du Châtelet (1706-1749)
Starting from virtual scratch at the age of 28, Émilie du Châtelet made of herself one of the leading European mathematicians......