Women in Science

Barbara McClintock (1902 - 1992) - cytogeneticist
When you have joy, you do the right experiments. You let the material tell you where to go, and it tells you at every step what the next has to be...

Elizabeth Blackwell (1821 - 1910) - doctor
If the present arrangements of society will not admit of woman's free development, then society must be remodeled.
Postcrossing: Germany; 11 days; 4,188 miles
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