Women in Science

Elizabeth Blackwell (1821 - 1910) - doctor
If the present arrangements of society will not admit of woman's free development, then society must be remodeled.
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Postmarked: February - March 2025

Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard (1942 - ) - biologist
I immediately loved working with flies. They fascinated me, and followed me around in my dreams.
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Postmarked: Hartford, Connecticut; January 2025

Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard (1942 - ) - biologist
I immediately loved working with flies. They fascinated me, and followed me around in my dreams.
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Postmarked: Hartford, Connecticut; October 2024

Rosalind Franklin (1920 - 1958) - chemist and x-ray crystallographer
Science and everyday life cannot and should not be separated.
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Postmarked: Hartford, Connecticut; December 2024

Esther Lederberg (1922 - 2006) - microbiologist
You can begin anytime, even though it takes a lifetime to be good.
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Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin (1900 - 1979) - astronomer and astrophysicist
There is no joy more intense than that of coming upon a fact that cannot be understood in terms of currently accepted ideas.
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Sau Lan Wu - particle physicist
I grew up with a strong determination to be financially independent of men.
School board voting, 2019