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Women's History Month - March 2007

American Female Scientists of the 20th Century

Below you will find a picture of our display and links to valuable Internet resources relating to American women that contributed to science during the 20th Century.

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General Information:

Websites
Association for Women in Science
Historia: Women Scientists in History
Profiles of Famous Women Scientists
Women's Biographies: Distinguished Women of the Past and Present
Women Scientists
National Women's Hall of Fame

Books
American women scientists : 23 inspiring biographies, 1900-2000 by Moira Davison Reynolds
International Encyclopedia of Women Scientists by Elizabeth H. Oakes
Journeys of women in science and engineering : no universal constants by Susan A. Ambrose et al.
International women in science : a biographical dictionary to 1950 by Catharine M.C. Haines

Information on the featured scientists:

Linda Buck (1947- )
Profile
Linda Buck - Nobel Prize
Linda B. Buck - Curriculum Vitae

Annie Jump Cannon (1863-1941)
Annie Jump Cannon: Theorist of Star Spectra
Person of the Week: Annie Jump Cannon
National Women's Hall of Fame: Annie Jump Cannon

Kate Gleason (1865-1933)
Kate Gleason
Gleason, Kate - History Resources
RIT - About Kate Gleason

Grace Hopper (1906-1992)
Grace Murray Hopper: Pioneer Computer Scientist
Grace Murray Hopper
Grace Hopper

Stephanie Kwolek (1923- )
Stephanie L. Kwolek
Insight: Stephanie Kwolek
WITI Hall of Fame

Emilie Norton Martin (1869-1936)
Emilie Norton Martin Biography
Relating To Required Mathematics For Women Students by Emilie N. Martin
Women in Mathematics in the United States 1866-1900

Lisa Randall (1962- )
Harvard Physics Department Faculty - Lisa Randall
Lisa Randall: Warped view of the universe
The Discover Interview: Lisa Randall


Last updated: 1 March 2007


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