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Scientists
 Websites presented in alphabetical order The Field Museum's Women in Science 
 Read interviews with 13 women about why they chose careers in the sciences. All women work at the Field natural history museum in Chicago. The interviewees include an anthropologist, geologist, botanists, zoologists, and experts in exhibits and in environment and conservation. Also includes a feature on two past science pioneers, activities, and related resources. From the Field Museum. http://www.fieldmuseum.org/exhibits/exhibit_sites/wis/ Topics: Notable People: Women, Science Last updated Feb 20, 2008 Her Lab in Your Life: Women in Chemistry
This companion to a traveling exhibition "frames the stories of women chemists in a series of 12 colorful thematic stations." Topics include chemistry and the human body (DNA, enzymes), medicine, food, style (cosmetics, high-tech fabrics), computer chips, health and safety, and environmental protection. Also includes information about careers in chemistry. From the Chemical Heritage Foundation. http://www.chemheritage.org/women_chemistry/ Topics: Nonfiction by Genre, Notable People, Notable People: Women, Science, Science Last updated Jul 6, 2005 Maria Sibylla Merian & Daughters: Women of Art and Science
Companion website to an exhibition that "charts the artistic and scientific explorations of German artist Maria Sibylla Merian (1647-1717) and her daughters Johanna Helena and Dorothea Maria [who] raised the artistic standards of natural history illustration and helped transform the field of entomology, the study of insects." Features a slideshow with commentary, images, an essay, and bug coloring pages. From the Getty Museum. http://www.getty.edu/art/exhibitions/merian/ Topics: Notable People: Women Last updated Feb 17, 2009 The Rachel Carson Homestead
Website for the historic site at the Springdale, Pennsylvania, birthplace of ecologist Rachel Carson, whose book "Silent Spring" warned "about the dangers associated with the indiscriminate use of chemical pesticides and their potentially adverse effect on the environment and human health." The website features history of the homestead, a biography of Carson, a calendar of events for the 2007 celebration of the centennial of Carson's birth, essays, an environmental reading list, and more. http://www.rachelcarsonhomestead.org/ Topics: Notable People, Notable People: Arts & Humanities, Notable People: Women, Pollutants & Toxic Substances, U.S. History By Place Last updated May 21, 2007 Rachel Carson: Pen Against Poison
Illustrated essays about scientist and writer Rachel Carson. "Her 1962 book 'Silent Spring' brought worldwide attention to the harm to human health and the environment wrought by mishandling of a powerful pesticide, fomenting the environmental movement." Includes a photo gallery and links to related websites. Also available in Spanish. From the U.S. Department of State, Bureau of International Information Programs. http://www.america.gov/publications/books/rachel-carson-pen-against-poison.html Topics: Notable People, Notable People: Arts & Humanities, Notable People: Women, Pollutants & Toxic Substances Last updated Dec 12, 2008 Resources for Women
"This site highlights and celebrates the contribution of women in the nuclear field." Read or listen to the women of IAEA profile their stories of challenges to balance home and work. Includes statistics on the number of women in the nuclear industry, efforts to educate and include women in the industry, and how nuclear science is used to help impoverished women. From the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). http://www.iaea.org/Resources/Women/ Topics: Energy, Industries, Jobs & Work, Notable People: Women, Science, Technology, Women Last updated Jan 31, 2007 Secret of Photo 51
This companion site to a PBS NOVA episode "investigates the seminal role that Rosalind Franklin and her remarkable X-ray photograph played" in the discovery of the double helix structure of DNA. Includes background materials, program transcript, images, a slide show, and related resources. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/photo51/ Topics: Biology, Notable People, Notable People: Women, Photograph Collections, Photograph Collections: Regional, Science, Science Last updated Feb 28, 2005 Women in Biology Internet Launch Pages
A directory of links to information about women biologists, covering history, organizations, career resources, education, bibliographies, quotations, and gender issues. Additional links of interest include sites encouraging girls and young women in science. The site is maintained by a biologist at the University of Southern California (USC). http://www-rcf.usc.edu/~forsburg/bio.html Topics: Notable People, Notable People: Women, Science, Science Last updated Apr 13, 2005 Women in Neuroscience Biographies
This small collection "highlights women who are contributing to our knowledge of neuroscience today." Profiles include background and education, how the women became interested in neuroscience, and what they do in their jobs. Part of a website on neuroscience for children based at the University of Washington. http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/win.html Topics: Notable People, Notable People: Women, Science Last updated Feb 27, 2008 Women of Science at the MBL
Profiles of women who studied at the Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL) in Woods Hole, Massachusetts, in its early days. "Founded in 1888, [MBL] was unusual for its time in that it encouraged the enrollment of women students of science on an equal basis with men." Some of the featured women include authors Rachel Carson and Gertrude Stein, Barbara McClintock (Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, 1983), and embryologist and neuroscientist Julia Barlow Platt. From MBL. http://www.mbl.edu/publications/women_index.html Topics: Notable People: Women Last updated Feb 17, 2009 |
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