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A thread on "women in science".
Kinda long but worth a read, maybe
Kinda long but worth a read, maybe
1. ANANDIBAI JOSHI
Anandi Gopal Joshi was India’s first female doctor and secured a degree in medicine when she was 21 years from Women’s Medical College of Pennsylvania.
At the age of fourteen, she gave birth to a boy, but the child lived only for ten days -
Anandi Gopal Joshi was India’s first female doctor and secured a degree in medicine when she was 21 years from Women’s Medical College of Pennsylvania.
At the age of fourteen, she gave birth to a boy, but the child lived only for ten days -
because the medical care necessary for his survival was unavailable. This inspired her to be a physician.
Anandibai Joshi was a pioneer in her own right. She also has a crater on Venus named after her, called ‘Joshee'.
Anandibai Joshi was a pioneer in her own right. She also has a crater on Venus named after her, called ‘Joshee'.
2. JANAKI AMMAL
A pioneering botanist and cytogeneticist, Janaki Ammal is credited with putting sweetness in India’s sugarcane varieties, speaking against the hydro-electric project in Kerala’s Silent Valley and the phenomenal study of chromosomes of thousands of species
A pioneering botanist and cytogeneticist, Janaki Ammal is credited with putting sweetness in India’s sugarcane varieties, speaking against the hydro-electric project in Kerala’s Silent Valley and the phenomenal study of chromosomes of thousands of species
of flowering plants. There is even a flower named after her, called Magnolia Kobus Janaki Ammal.She remains one of the few Asian women to be conferred a honorary doctorat by her alma mater. She is One of the first women scientists to receive the Padma Shri way back in 1977.
3.ROSALIND FRANKLIN
Born in 1920 in London, Rosalind Franklin used x-rays to take a picture of DNA that would change biology.Meanwhile, James Watson and Francis Crick, both at Cambridge University, were also trying to determine the structure of DNA. ---
Born in 1920 in London, Rosalind Franklin used x-rays to take a picture of DNA that would change biology.Meanwhile, James Watson and Francis Crick, both at Cambridge University, were also trying to determine the structure of DNA. ---
--Franklin's image of the DNA molecule was key to deciphering its structure, but only Watson, Crick, and Wilkins received the 1962 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicinefor their work.
4. DR. INDIRA HINDUJA
Dr. Indira Hinduja is an Indian gynecologist, obstetrician and infertility specialist based in Mumbai. She pioneered the Gamete intrafallopian transfer (GIFT) technique resulting in the birth of India's first GIFT baby on 4 January 1988.--
Dr. Indira Hinduja is an Indian gynecologist, obstetrician and infertility specialist based in Mumbai. She pioneered the Gamete intrafallopian transfer (GIFT) technique resulting in the birth of India's first GIFT baby on 4 January 1988.--
Previously she delivered India's s first test tube baby at KEM Hospital on August 6, 1986. She is credited for developing an oocyte donation technique for menopausal and premature ovarian failure patients, giving the country's first baby out of this technique on 24 January 1991.
5. VERA RUBIN
Vera Cooper Rubin was a pioneering astronomer. Her groundbreaking work confirmed the existence of dark matter and demonstrated that galaxies are embedded in dark-matter halos, which we now know contain most of the mass in the Universe.
Vera Cooper Rubin was a pioneering astronomer. Her groundbreaking work confirmed the existence of dark matter and demonstrated that galaxies are embedded in dark-matter halos, which we now know contain most of the mass in the Universe.
Vera's accomplishments have been recognized by numerous honours, including the US National Medal of Science, the Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society in London, and many honorary degrees. She was widely seen as deserving of a Nobel prize for her pivotal observations.
6. KATHERINE JOHNSON
Katherine Johnson was a NASA mathematician who played a key role in numerous NASA missions during the Space Race, perhaps most notably calculating the trajectory needed to get the Apollo 11 mission to the moon and back.
Katherine Johnson was a NASA mathematician who played a key role in numerous NASA missions during the Space Race, perhaps most notably calculating the trajectory needed to get the Apollo 11 mission to the moon and back.
--As a black woman working for NASA in the 1950s Johnson overcame social boundaries and racial discrimination. Her impressive career was the subject of the 2016 book and movie "Hidden Figures." In 2015, President Barack Obama awarded Johnson the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
7.VALENTINA TERESHKOVA
Valentina Tereshkova was the first woman to go into space. In 1963, she spent almost three days in space and orbited Earth 48 times in her space capsule, Vostok 6. That was her only trip space.
Valentina Tereshkova was the first woman to go into space. In 1963, she spent almost three days in space and orbited Earth 48 times in her space capsule, Vostok 6. That was her only trip space.
There's so many more names I wanted to add but I didn't wanna make it so long that no one will read it through. Might make a pt2!
