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  1. Astrophysicist Dr. Andrea K. Dupree , and Kepler teammate, Ron Gilliland, obtained the first image of the surface of a star. She recently led a team that discovered fast hot winds from very young stars, which could profoundly affect their evolution and the environment of surrounding planets. #Groundbreaker

    Women in Science Wednesday: Dr. Andrea K. Dupree

    • Date: January 14, 2015
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: Astrophysicist Dr. Andrea K. Dupree, and Kepler teammate, Ron Gilliland, obtained the first image of the surface of a star. She recently led a team that discovered fast hot winds from very young stars, which could profoundly affect their evolution and the environment of surrounding planets. #Groundbreaker

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    Science Service, Up Close: Tips for Writers – Running Starts and Clean Plates

    • Date: February 19, 2019
    • Creator: Marcel Chotkowski LaFollette
    • Description: As the Director of Science Service, chemist Edwin Emery Slosson not only edited the submissions of his staff and external contributors but he also dispensed writing tips that remain timely today.

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  5. Alma Whiffen Barksdale (1916-1981) worked as a mycologist at The Upjohn Company, where she discovered cycloheximide, an anti-fungal agent widely used on golf courses and cherry orchards.

    Women in Science Wednesday: Alma Whiffen Barksdale

    • Date: September 10, 2014
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis

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  7. Zoologist Ann Haven Morgan (1882-1966) was the author of Fieldbook of Ponds and Streams (1930) and Animals in Wonder (1939) and was known for her contributions to environmental conservation.

    Women in Science Wednesday: Ann Haven Morgan

    • Date: May 7, 2014
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis

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  9. Bertha Parker Pallan [Cody] (1907-1978) is considered one of the first female Native American archaeologists. She hosted a television program with her husband, Iron Eyes Cody (1904-1999), explaining Indian history and folklore.

    Women in Science Wednesday: Bertha Parker Pallan

    • Date: January 8, 2014
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis

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  11. In 1963, Chien-shiung Wu (1912-1997 was considered one of the world's foremost experimental physicists and her team's experiments confirmed the theory of sub-atomic behavior known as

    Women in Science Wednesday: Chien-shiung Wu

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

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  13. Cornelia Maria Clapp (1849-1934) earned both the first (Syracuse, 1889) and second (Chicago, 1896) biology doctorates awarded to women in the United States.

    Women in Science Wednesday: Cornelia Maria Clapp

    • Date: May 14, 2014
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis

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  15. Crystallographer Dorita Anne Norton (1931-1972) was on the faculty at the State University of New York at Buffalo and authored the Atlas of Steroid Structure.

    Women in Science Wednesday: Dorita Anne Norton

    • Date: July 9, 2014
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis

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  17. Estrella Eleanor Carothers (1883-1957) conducted groundbreaking genetics research on the order Orthoptera at the University of Iowa from 1935 to 1941.

    Women in Science Wednesday: Estrella Eleanor Carothers

    • Date: May 21, 2014
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis

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  19. Organic chemists Fern P. Rathe and her co-scientists, Karl August Folkers (1906-

    Women in Science Wednesday: Fern P. Rathe

    • Date: July 17, 2013
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis

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  21. Biochemist Florence Barbara Seibert (1897-1991) developed the skin test for tuberculosis and received the American Chemical Society's Francis P. Garvan Gold Medal for development of a pure tuberculin, which had made reliable skin tests possible.

    Women in Science Wednesday: Florence Barbara Seibert

    • Date: April 9, 2014
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis

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  23. Florence Rena Sabin (1871-1953), anatomist and pioneering medical researcher, was the first woman to hold a full professorship at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine.

    Women in Science Wednesday: Florence Rena Sabin

    • Date: March 19, 2014
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis

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