Emmy Noether
Physicist (1882 - 1935)
"My methods are really methods of working and thinking; this is why we have crept in everywhere anonymously." |
Alice Ball
Chemist (1892 - 1916)
"Men dominated higher education in 1915, and Alice Ball was admitted against the odds" Miles Jackson, Univ. of Hawaii Professor and Dean Emeritus |
Mary Agnes Chase
Botanist and suffragist (1869-1963)
"Grass made it possible for the human race to abandon cave life and follow herds." |
Katherine Johnson
Physicist and mathematician (1918-2020)
"[The other woman] didn't ask questions or take the task any further. I asked questions; I wanted to know why. They got used to me asking questions and being the only woman there." |
Postcards sent by Phillip (the USA). Works by Rachel Ignotofsky.
At least I know about Katherine Johnson! But now I want to learn about all the others.
ReplyDeleteI learn a lot trough these postcards! :D
DeleteNice to see this group of women together.
ReplyDeleteImagine all of them together in a party! :D
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