Join us in celebrating these women and their inspiring work and discoveries! #WomensHistoryMonth
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Rebecca Lee Crumpler (1831–1895) was the first African American woman physician in the US, graduating from the New England Female Medical College in 1864 #WomensHistoryMonth
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Cornelia Clapp (1849–1934) earned both the first and second biology doctorate degrees awarded to a woman in the United States #WomensHistoryMonth
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Florence Bascom (1862–1945) was the first woman to earn a PhD from and was also the first woman elected to the #WomensHistoryMonth
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Annie Jump Cannon (1863–1941) was one of the foremost American astronomers and studied variable stars. She was also the co-creator of the first serious classification of stars based on temperatures #WomensHistoryMonth
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Ynes Mexia (1870-1938) was a Mexican-American botanist known for her collection of novel plant specimens from areas of Mexico and South America #WomensHistoryMonth
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Mary Agnes Chase (1869–1963) was a grasses expert who often had to fund her own research trips to South America, as it was considered inappropriate for women to do field work #WomensHistoryMonth
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Emma Perry Carr (1880–1972) was an American spectroscopist who taught chemistry . She was awarded the 's Francis P. Garvan Medal in 1937 #WomensHistoryMonth
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Margaret Harwood (1885–1979) was an astronomer and the first director of the female-run Maria Mitchell Observatory, a science education institute in Nantucket, MA #WomensHistoryMonth
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Libbie Henrietta Hyman (1888–1969) published the classic five-volume reference work 'The Invertebrates' and received gold medals from the and #WomensHistoryMonth
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Roger Arliner Young (1889–1964) was a zoologist, biologist, and the first African American woman to receive a PhD in Zoology. During her long career she studied radiation, paramecium, and hydration and dehydration of living cells #WomensHistoryMonth
Martha Euphemia Lofton Haynes (1890–1980) was the first African American woman to receive a PhD in mathematics and taught in Washington, DC for 47 years. She also played a pivotal role in the integration of the DC school system #WomensHistoryMonth
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Roxana Judkins Stinchfield Ferris (1895–1978) studied botany , collected over 14,000 botanical specimens, and edited the classic reference work 'Illustrated Flora of the Pacific States' #WomensHistoryMonth
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May Edward Chinn (1896–1980) was the first African American woman to graduate from Bellevue Hospital Medical College and intern at Harlem Hospital. In her private practice, she provided care for patients who would not otherwise receive treatment #WomensHistoryMonth
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Hattie Elizabeth Alexander (1901–1968) was a pediatrician and microbiologist known for her work in antibiotic resistance and developing a remedy for Haemophilus influenzae. She was the first woman elected president of #WomensHistoryMonth
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Barbara McClintock (1902–1992), the 1983 Nobel Laureate in Physiology or Medicine (she remains the only woman to receive the prize in that category), was one of the world's most distinguished cytogeneticists #WomensHistoryMonth
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Ruby Hirose (1904–1960) was a Japanese-born American chemist whose infantile paralysis vaccine research was groundbreaking #WomensHistoryMonth
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Bertha Parker (1907–1978) is known as the first female Native American archaeologist #WomensHistoryMonth
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Mary Golda Ross (1908 - 2008) was the first Native American female engineer, and in 1992 was named to the Silicon Valley Engineering Council’s Hall of Fame #WomensHistoryMonth #NativeInSTEM
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Dorothy Vaughan (1910–2008) was an African American mathematician and human computer who worked for the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics and #WomensHistoryMonth #blackandSTEM
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Chien-Shiung Wu (1912–1997) was a Chinese-American physicist who worked on the Manhattan Project and other experimental physics and radioactive studies. She was the first female president of #WomensHistoryMonth
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Roxie Collie Laybourne (1912–2003) invented the field of "forensic ornithology," studying fragments of deceased birds to help prevent plane crashes #WomensHistoryMonth
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Chemist Mildred Catherine Rebstock (1919 – 2011) was the first person to synthesize the antibiotic chloromycetin #WomensHistoryMonth
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Mary Maynard Daly (1921 - 1993) was a biochemist and the first Black American woman in the US to earn a PhD in chemistry #WomensHistoryMonth
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Melba Roy Mouton (1929 - 1990) was a mathematician who graduated from and led a group of mathematicians who were known as "computers" for their intense calculations #WomensHistoryMonth
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Mary Sherman Morgan (1921–2004) was a rocket scientist, and invented the liquid fuel Hydyne in 1957, which powered the Jupiter-C rocket #WomensHistoryMonth
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Mary Jackson (1921 - 2005) was an African American mathematician and aerospace engineer at the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics #WomensHistoryMonth
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Mary Alice McWhinnie (1922–1980) was a world-renowned expert on krill who became the first woman to serve as chief scientist at an Antarctic research station #WomensHistoryMonth
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Annie Easley (1933 — 2011) was an African American computer scientist, mathematician, and rocket scientist. She was a leading member of the team which developed software for the Centaur rocket stage #WomensHistoryMonth
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Thank you for celebrating #WomensHistoryMonth with us! We look forward to continuing to highlight the valuable contributions and voices of women scientists throughout the year.
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