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  1. First hired by Harvard College Observatory to carry out astronomical calculations, Annie Jump Cannon (1863-1941) eventually became one of the foremost American astronomers, known especially for her work on variable stars.

    Women in Science Wednesday: Annie Jump Cannon

    • Date: June 4, 2014
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis

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  3. Marine biologist Dixy Lee Ray (1914-1994) served as chairman of the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, 1973-1975, and as governor of Washington State, 1977-1981.

    Women in Science Wednesday: Dixy Lee Ray

    • Date: April 2, 2014
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis

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  5. Biologist Gertrude Van Wagenen (1893-1978) served on the faculty at Yale and did pioneering studies of rhesus monkeys.

    Women in Science Wednesday: Gertrude Van Wagenen

    • Date: September 3, 2014
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis

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  7. Jeanne Helen Osiecki (b. 1926) began working at Lockheed Missiles and Space Co. in 1961 where she is shown synthesizing new polymers to be used in space vehicles.

    Women in Science Wednesday: Jeanne Helen Osiecki

    • Date: July 16, 2014
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis

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  9. Chemist Kathleen Yardley Lonsdale (1903-1971) was made Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1956 for her work in x-ray crystallography; in 1968, she became the first woman elected as President of the British Association for the Advancement of Science (BAAS).

    Women in Science Wednesday: Kathleen Yardley Lonsdale

    • Date: April 23, 2014
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis

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  11. Canadian-born physician and biochemist Maud Leonora Menten (1879-1960) made important contributions to enzyme kinetics and histochemistry.

    Women in Science Wednesday: Maud Leonora Menten

    • Date: July 2, 2014
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis

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  13. Miriam Elizabeth Simpson (1894-1991) attended the University of California at Berkeley, earning the A.B. in chemistry in 1915 and the M.A. in 1916. Simpson went on to earn the first Ph.D. in anatomy conferred in the University of California (1921), and a Ph.D. in medicine from Johns Hopkins University.

    Women in Science Wednesday: Miriam Elizabeth Simpson

    • Date: January 22, 2014
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis

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  15. Wanda Margarite Kirkbride (1895-1983) did pioneering work on cellulose synthesis and plastids.

    Women in Science Wednesday: Wanda Margarite Kirkbride

    • Date: May 28, 2014
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis

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  17. Ornithologist Florence Merriam Bailey (1863-1948), authored over ten books, including several field guides to birds, and close to one hundred articles. She established the Washington, D.C., Audubon Society and becoming the first female associate member of the Ornithologists Union (1885). #Groundbreaker

    Women in Science Wednesday: Florence Merriam Bailey

    • Date: September 9, 2015
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis

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  19. Science on the Air: popularizers and personalities on radio and early television

    Science on the Air: popularizers and personalities on radio and early television

    • Date: 2008
    • Creator: LaFollette, Marcel C (Marcel Chotkowski)
    • Creator: LaFollette, Marcel C (Marcel Chotkowski)

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  21. Sinclair Oil Company paleontologist Marion Schmidt Escallon (1912-2003) was the first woman employed as a petroleum exploration geologist at both the Sinclair and Texaco oil companies.

    Women in Science Wednesday: Marion Schmidt Escallon

    • Date: September 17, 2014
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis

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  23. Chemist Mary Engle Pennington (1872-1952), an expert on the refrigeration of perishable foods, was chosen by the American Chemical Society as the 1940 recipient of the Francis P. Garvan Gold Medal to honor outstanding achievement in science by a woman.

    Women in Science Wednesday: Mary Engle Pennington

    • Date: July 23, 2014
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis

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