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  1. Kathleen Beyer Blackburn (1892-1968) was a distinguished British botanist who discovered that

    Women in Science Wednesday: Kathleen Beyer Blackburn

    • Date: April 30, 2014
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis

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  3. Biochemist Lina Solomonova Stern (1878-1968), professor of physiology at the University of Moscow, did pioneering work on the blood-brain barrier.

    Women in Science Wednesday: Lina Solomonova Stern

    • Date: August 20, 2014
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis

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  5. Magazine writer Lois Mattox Miller won an Albert and Mary Lasker Award in 1958

    Women in Science Wednesday: Lois Mattox Miller

    • Date: December 11, 2013
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: A weekly feature highlighting a groundbreaking woman in science.

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  7. Lucile Petry Leone (1902-1999), founding director of the U.S. Cadet Nurse Corps

    Women in Science Wednesday: Lucile Petry Leone

    • Date: October 30, 2013
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: A weekly feature highlighting a groundbreaking woman in science.

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  9. Geneticist and cytologist Margaret Mann Lesley (1891-1988) published extensively with her husband James W. Lesley (1888-1982) on tomato breeding and genetics. She was known for her cytological analyses.

    Women in Science Wednesday: Margaret Mann Lesley

    • Date: June 18, 2014
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis

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  11. Eugene H. Payne and Mildred Catherine Rebstock (1919-2011). Payne was the first person to use chloromycetin on humans and Rebstock, the leader of the Parke-Davis Research Laboratories team, was the first person to synthesize the drug.

    Women in Science Wednesday: Mildred Catherine Rebstock

    • Date: September 24, 2014
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis

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  13. Mildred Clare Scoville (1892?-1969)

    Women in Science Wednesday: Mildred Clare Scoville

    • Date: November 27, 2013
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: A weekly feature highlighting a groundbreaking woman in science.

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  15. Penelope Jo Parsons [Maddy] won the Science Talent Search with her exhibit,

    Women in Science Wednesday: Penelope Jo Parsons

    • Date: January 15, 2014
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis

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  17. Regina Flannery Herzfeld (1904-2004) was one of the first female anthropologists

    Women in Science Wednesday: Regina Flannery Herzfeld

    • Date: September 25, 2013
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: A weekly feature highlighting a groundbreaking woman in science.

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  19. Brazilian aviation expert and pilot Anesia Pinheiro Machado (1902-1999) was the first person to obtain a U.S. commercial pilot's license with additional ratings as instructor. She had made her first solo flight in 1922, at the age of 18 and was the first Brazilian woman to make a cross-country flight.

    Women in Science Wednesday: Anesia Pinheiro Machado

    • Date: June 25, 2014
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis

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  21. 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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  23.  Charlotte Gower Chapman (1902-1982), ethnologist, author, anthropologist, priso

    Women in Science Wednesday: Charlotte Gower Chapman

    • Date: September 4, 2013
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: A weekly feature highlighting a groundbreaking woman in science.

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