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Julia Lermontova (1846–1919), Russian chemist, first Russian female doctorate in chemistry; Laura Linton (1853–1915), American chemist, teacher, and physician; Rachel Lloyd (1839–1900), First American female to earn a doctorate in chemistry, first regularly admitted female member of the American Chemical Society, studied sugar beets
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 ...
The most recent women to be awarded a Nobel Prize were Han Kang in Literature (2024), Claudia Goldin in Economics, Narges Mohammadi for Peace, Anne L'Huillier in Physics and Katalin Karikó in Physiology or Medicine (2023), Annie Ernaux in Literature and Carolyn R. Bertozzi for Chemistry (2022), Maria Ressa for Peace (2021), Louise Glück in ...
1853: Jane Colden was the only female biologist mentioned by Carl Linnaeus in his masterwork Species Plantarum. [2] 1889: Mary Emilie Holmes became the first female Fellow of the Geological Society of America. [3] 1889: Susan La Flesche Picotte became the first Native American woman to become a physician in the United States. [4] [5]
The five prizes are awarded in the fields of Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, Literature, and Peace. [ 1 ] As of 2023, 65 Nobel Prizes and the Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences have been awarded to 64 women [ 2 ] and since 1901, the year wherein the awarding of the prizes began, hundreds of women have already been nominated and ...
Nobel Prize laureates in physiology or medicine and chemistry; 4. Members of the Nobel Committee not qualified in the first paragraph; 5. Holders of established posts as full professors at the faculties of medicine in Sweden and holders of similar posts at the faculties of medicine or similar institutions in Denmark, Finland, Iceland and Norway; 6.
Vanessa Pirotta (fl. 2020s), wildlife scientist employing innovative technologies; Carol Pollock (fl. 2021), medical researcher specializing in kidney health; Annamma Dorai Raj (1959–2024), rheumatologist; Helen Reddel (fl. 2000), researcher specializing in respiratory medicine
In the UK, women occupied over half the places in science-related higher education courses (science, medicine, maths, computer science and engineering) in 2004–05. [138] However, gender differences varied from subject to subject: women substantially outnumbered men in biology and medicine , especially nursing, while men predominated in maths ...