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Ālenush Teriān (1920–2011), Iranian-Armenian astronomer and physicist and is called 'Mother of Modern Iranian Astronomy' Mina J. Bissell , Iranian-American biologist known for her research on breast cancer
She simultaneously became the first female scientist ever elected a member of the congress. [296] 1975: Indian geneticist Archana Sharma received the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize, the first female recipient in the Biological Sciences category. [297] [298] 1975: Female officers of the British Geological Survey no longer had to resign upon ...
Pages in category "21st-century women scientists" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 375 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
This is a historical list dealing with women scientists in the 20th century. During this time period, women working in scientific fields were rare. Women at this time faced barriers in higher education and often denied access to scientific institutions; in the Western world, the first-wave feminist movement began to break down many of these ...
Several women have been selected as Clarivate Citation laureates in Physics, which makes an annual list of possible candidates for the Nobel Prize in Physics based on citation statistics, these include: 2008 Vera Rubin † "for her pioneering research indicating the existence of dark matter in the universe." [26]
Chien-Shiung Wu was the first scientist to confirm Enrico Fermi’s theory of radioactive beta decay. She also overturned the theory of parity in physics. [6] Radon In 1901, Harriet Brooks and Ernest Rutherford contributed to the discovery of the element radon by finding evidence that the "emanation" emitted by thorium compounds was likely to ...
List of Estonian scientists; List of female scientists. List of female scientists before the 20th century; List of female scientists in the 20th century; List of female scientists in the 21st century; List of French scientists; List of Indian scientists; List of Nepalese scientists; List of Persian scientists and scholars. List of contemporary ...
Researchers collected the data on many differences between women and men in science. Rossiter found that in 1966, thirty-eight percent of female scientists held master's degrees compared to twenty-six percent of male scientists; but large proportions of female scientists were in environmental and nonprofit organizations. [174]