American Women in Technology : An Encyclopedia

, by Zierdt-Warshaw, Linda; Winkler, Alan; Bernstein, Leonard

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A diverse compendium of biographies of leading American women in the field of technology.

Introduction

American Women in Technology

(344)

Acoustical Engineering

(1)

Aeronautical and Aerospace Engineering

(1)

Affirmative Action

(1)

Agricultural Engineering

(1)

Agriculture

(2)

Alexander, Hattie Elizabeth (1901-1968)

(1)

Alexander, Lucy Maclay (n.d.)

(1)

American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

(1)

American Association of University Women (AAUW)

(1)

American Chemical Society (ACS)

(1)

American Crystallographic Association (ACA)

(1)

American Institute of Architects (AIA)

(1)

American Institute of Chemists (AIC)

(1)

American Mathematical Society (AMS)

(1)

American Society for Nutritional Sciences (ASNS)

(1)

American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)

(1)

American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE)

(1)

American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)

(1)

Ancker-Johnson, Betsy (b. 1929)

(1)

Anderson, Elda Emma (1899-1961)

(1)

Antibiotics

(1)

Apgar, Virginia (1909-1974)

(2)

Architecture

(1)

Argonne National Laboratory

(1)

Askins, Barbara (n.d.)

(1)

Association for the Advancement of Women (AAW)

(1)

Association for Women in Science (AWIS)

(1)

Astronomy

(3)

Atomic Energy Commission (AEC)

(1)

Averell, Georgene Hopf (1876-1963)

(1)

Baby Fae (1984-1984)

(1)

Baker, Sara Josephine (1873-1945)

(2)

Baldwin, Anna (n.d.)

(1)

Barnard College

(1)

Barney, Nora Stanton Blatch (1883-1971)

(1)

Bartlett, Helen Blair (1901-1969)

(1)

Bath, Patricia (b. 1944)

(1)

Beasley, Maria E. (ca. 1847-1904?)

(2)

Benerito, Ruth Rogan (b. 1916)

(1)

Benjamin, Miriam E. (n.d.)

(1)

Berkowitz, Joan (b. 1931)

(1)

Bernstein, Dorothy Lewis (1914-1988)

(1)

Bethune, Louise Blanchard (1856-1913)

(1)

Bevier, Isabel (1860-1942)

(1)

Biomedical Engineering

(1)

Biotechnology

(1)

Blackburn, Elizabeth Helen (b. 1948)

(1)

Blanchard, Helen Augusta (1840-1922)

(1)

Blodgett, Katherine Burr (1898-1979)

(2)

Blount (Griffin), Bessie J. (ca. 1914-?)

(1)

Boone, Sarah (n.d.)

(1)

Bradberry, Henrietta M. (?-1979)

(1)

Bramley, Jenny Rosenthal (1910-1997)

(1)

Bridges

(1)

Brill, Yvonne Claeys (b. 1924)

(1)

Brown, Marie Van Britton (n.d.)

(1)

Brown, Rachel Fuller (1898-1980)

(1)

Bryant, Alice G. (1862?-1942)

(1)

Bryn Mawr College

(1)

Burbidge, (Eleanor) Margaret Peachey (b. 1919)

(1)

Butler, Margaret K. (b. 1924)

(1)

Butterick, Ellen (n.d.)

(1)

Butterworth, Mary peck (1686-1775)

(2)

Caldwell, Mary Letitia (1890-1972)

(1)

Cambra, Jessie G. (b. 1919)

(1)

Carr, Emma Perry (1880-1972)

(2)

Centennial Exposition

(1)

Chemical Engineering

(1)

Chemical Pioneer Award

(1)

Chilton, Annie H. (n.d.)

(1)

Civil Engineering

(1)

Clarke, Edith (1883-1959)

(1)

Cochran, Josephine G. (ca. 1842-?)

(1)

Columbian Exposition

(2)

Colvin, Margaret Plunkett (1828-1894)

(1)

Colwell, Rita Rossi (b. 1934)

(1)

Computers/Computer Technology

(2)

Comstock Prize

(1)

Converse, Susan Taylor (n.d.)

(1)

Conway, Lynn Ann (b. 1938)

(1)

Conwell, Esther Marly (b.1922)

(1)

Cori, Gerty Theresa Radnitz (1896-1957)

(3)

Coston, Martha J. (1826-?)

(1)

Crosby, Caresse (1892-1970)

(1)

Crystallography

(1)

Cunningham, Kate Richards 0'Hare (1877-1948)

(1)

Darden, Christine M. (b. 1942)

(1)

Demorest, Ellen Curtis (1824-1898)

(1)

Dick, Gladys Rowena Henry (1881-1963)

(1)

Dickelman, Lizzie H. (n.d.)

(1)

Domestic Appliances

(2)

Donovan, Marion (1917-1998)

(1)

Downs, Cornelia Mitchell (1892-1987)

(1)

Dresselhaus; Mildred S. (b. 1930)

(1)

Dunbar, Bonnie J. (b. 1949)

(3)

Earle, Sylvia (b. 1935)

(2)

Eaves, Elsie (1898-1983)

(1)

Edwards, Helen Thom (b. 1936)

(1)

Eglin, Ellen F. (n.d.)

(1)

Eldering, Grace (1900-1989)

(1)

Electrical and Electronics Engineering

(1)

Elion, Gertrude Belle (1918-1999)

(3)

Emerson, Gladys Anderson (1903-1984)

(2)

Eng, Patricia L. (b. 1955)

(1)

Engineering

(1)

Enrico Fermi Award

(1)

Environmental Engineering

(1)

Estrin, Thelma (b. 1924)

(1)

Evans, Alice Catherine (1881-1975)

(1)

Evard, Mary (n.d.)

(1)

Everson, Carrie Jane (1842-1914)

(1)

Farmer, Fannie Merritt (1857-1915)

(1)

Federal Woman's Award

(1)

Fenselau, Catherine Clarke (b. 1939)

(1)

Fieser, Mary Peters (1909-1997)

(1)

Fink, Kathryn (Kay) Ferguson (b. 1917)

(1)

Fitzroy, Nancy D. (b. 1927)

(1)

Flanigen, Edith M. (b. 1929)

(1)

Flugge-Lotz, Irmgard (1903-1974)

100

(1)

Foster, Margaret (1895-1970)

101

(1)

Fowler, Joanna S. (b. 1942)

101

(1)

Fox, Sally (b. 1956)

102

(1)

Francis P. Garvan-John M. Olin Medal

102

(1)

Frantz, Virginia Kneeland (1896-1967)

103

(1)

Frederick, Christine M. (1883-1970)

103

(1)

Free, Helen Murray (b. 1923)

104

(1)

French, Elizabeth J. (1821-1900)

105

(1)

Friend, Charlotte (1921-1987)

105

(2)

Gabe, Frances Bateson (b. 1915)

107

(1)

Galloway, Betty (b. 1958)

108

(1)

Gardner, Julia Anna (1882-1960)

108

(1)

Genetic Engineering

109

(1)

Gilbreth, Lillian Moller (1878-1972)

110

(3)

Gleason, Kate (1865-1933)

113

(1)

Goeppert-Mayer, Maria (1906-1972)

114

(2)

Goldstine, Adele Katz (b.1920)

116

(1)

Good, Mary Lowe (b. 1931)

117

(1)

Goode, Sarah E. (n.d.)

118

(1)

Graham, Bette Nesmith (1924-1980)

118

(1)

Grandin, Temple (b. 1947)

118

(2)

Granville, Evelyn Boyd (b. 1924)

120

(1)

Green, Arda Alden (1899-1958)

121

(1)

Greene, Catherine Littlefield (1755-1814)

122

(1)

Greenewalt, Mary E.H. (1871-?)

123

(1)

Greneker, Lillian (1895-1990)

124

(3)

Hahn, Dorothy Anna (1876-1950)

127

(1)

Hall, Julia Brainerd (1858-1925)

127

(1)

Hamilton, Alice (1869-1970)

128

(2)

Handler, Ruth (1917-?)

130

(1)

Harmon, Elise E (1909-1985)

131

(1)

Hayden, Sophia Gregoria (1868-1953)

132

(1)

Hazen, Elizabeth Lee (1885-1975)

133

(1)

Henry, Beulah L. (1887-?)

134

(2)

Herzenberg, Caroline Littlejohn (b. 1932)

136

(1)

Hibbard, Susan (n.d.)

137

(1)

Hicks, Beatrice Alice (1919-1979)

137

(1)

Hobby, Gladys Lounsbury (1910-1993)

138

(1)

Hollinshead, Arie1 (b. 1929)

139

(1)

Home Economics

140

(2)

Hooper, Mary Carpenter (n.d.)

142

(1)

Hoover, Erna Schneider (b. 1926)

142

(1)

Hopper, Grace Murray (1906-1992)

143

(2)

Hosmer, Harriet (1830-1908)

145

(1)

Hyde, Ida Henrietta (1857-1945)

146

(3)

Illuminating Engineering Society of North America (IESNA)

149

(1)

Industrial Engineering

149

(1)

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

150

(1)

Invention/Inventors

151

(1)

Irwin, Harriet (?-1897)

152

(3)

Jackson, Shirley Ann (b. 1946)

155

(1)

Jeanes, Allene Rosalind (1906-1995)

156

(1)

Jemison, Mae (b. 1956)

157

(2)

Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)

159

(1)

Johnson, Barbara Crawford (b. 1925)

160

(1)

Johnson, Katherine Coleman Goble (b. 1918)

161

(1)

Johnson, Nancy M. (ca.1795-1890)

161

(1)

Jones, Amanda Theodosia (1835-1914)

162

(1)

Jones, El Dorado (1860/1861?-1932)

162

(1)

Jones, Sarah E. (1829-1884)

163

(1)

Joullie, Madeleine M. (b. 1927)

163

(1)

Joyner, Marjorie Stewart (1896-1994)

164

(1)

Karle, Isabella L. (b. 1921)

165

(1)

Kaufman, Joyce Jacobson (b. 1929)

166

(1)

Keichline, Anna W. (1890-?)

166

(1)

Kempf, Martine (b. 1958)

167

(2)

Kendrick, Pearl Luella (1890-1980)

169

(1)

Kenner, (Mary) Beatrice Davidson (b. 1912)

170

(1)

Kies, Mary (1742-?)

171

(1)

King, Helen (1869-1955)

172

(1)

Knight, Margaret E. (1838-1914)

173

(1)

Koshland, Marian Elliot (b. 1921)

173

(1)

Krim, Mathilde Galland (b. 1926)

174

(1)

Kurtzig, Sandra L. Brody (b.1946/1947?)

175

(1)

Kwolek, Stephanie Louise (b.1923)

176

(3)

Lamarr, Hedy (1914-2000)

179

(1)

Lamme, Bertha (1869-1954)

180

(1)

Lemelson-MIT Program

180

(1)

Levi-Montalcini, Rita (b. 1909)

181

(2)

Libby, Leona W. (1919-1986)

183

(2)

Lin, Maya (b.1959)

185

(1)

Loftness, Vivian (n.d.)

186

(1)

Logan, Myra Adele (1908-1977)

187

(1)

Low, Jeanie S. (n.d.)

188

(1)

Lucid, Shannon Wells (b. 1943)

188

(3)

Macdonald, Anne L. (n.d.)

191

(1)

Mack, Pauline Beery (1891-1974)

191

(2)

Macy-Hoobler, Icie Gertrude (1892-1984)

193

(1)

Mangin, Anna (n.d.)

194

(1)

Manhattan Project

195

(1)

Manning, Ann Harned (ca. 1790-1870s)

196

(1)

Martinez, Lissa Ann (b. 1954)

196

(1)

Masters, Sybilla Righton (?-1720)

197

(1)

Materials Engineering

198

(1)

Mathematical Association of America (MAA)

199

(1)

Mathematics

199

(1)

Mather, Sarah (n.d.)

200

(1)

Maury, Antonia (1866-1952)

201

(1)

McCardell, Claire (1905-1958)

202

(1)

Mechanical Engineering

202

(1)

Medicine/Medical Technology

203

(5)

Metals and Metallurgy

208

(1)

Metcalf, Betsey (1786-1867)

209

(1)

Miller, Elizabeth Smith (1822-1911)

210

(1)

Moore, Ann (b. 1940)

210

(1)

Morgan, Agnes Fay (1884-1968)

211

(1)

Morgan, Julia (1872-1957)

212

(1)

Morrill Act of 1862

213

(1)

Mount Holyoke College

213

(1)

Muller, Gertrude (1887-1954)

213

(2)

National Academy of Engineering (NAE)

215

(1)

National Academy of Sciences (NAS)

215

(1)

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

216

(2)

National Engineers Week

218

(1)

National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)

218

(1)

National Inventors' Hall of Fame

219

(1)

National Medal of Science

220

(1)

National Medal of Technology

220

(1)

National Science Foundation (NSF)

221

(1)

National Women's Hall of Fame

221

(1)

National Women's History Month

222

(1)

Nepotism Policies

222

(1)

Newman, Lyda (n.d.)

223

(1)

Nobel Prize

223

(1)

Nuclear Physics

224

(3)

Ochoa, Ellen (b. 1958)

227

(1)

Office of Scientific Research and Development (OSRD)

228

(2)

Ordnance

230

(3)

Parker, Ivy (1907-1985)

233

(1)

Patent

233

(1)

Patent Act of 1790

234

(1)

Patent and Trademark Office, U.S. (PTO)

235

(1)

Patrick, Ruth (b. 1907)

235

(2)

Payne-Gaposchkin, Cecelia (1900-1979)

237

(1)

Pearce, Louise (1885-1959)

238

(1)

Peden, Irene Carswell (b. 1925)

239

(2)

Pennington, Mary Engle (1872-1952)

241

(2)

Pert, Candace Bebe (b. 1946)

243

(1)

Petermann, Mary Locke (1908-1975)

244

(1)

Peterson, Edith Runne (1914-1992)

245

(1)

Petroleum Engineering

245

(1)

Pharmacology

246

(2)

Phi Beta Kappa Society

248

(1)

Pinckney, Eliza Lucas (1722-1793)

248

(1)

Pinkham, Lydia Estes (1819-1883)

249

(2)

Pittman, Margaret (1901-1995)

251

(2)

Pool, Judith Graham (1919-1975)

253

(1)

Potts, Mary Florence Webber (1851-?)

254

(1)

Pressman, Ada I. (b. 1927)

254

(2)

Proudfoot, Andrea H. (n.d.)

256

(1)

Quimby, Edith Hinkley (1891-1982)

257

(2)

Radioimmunoassay (RIA)

259

(1)

Railroads

259

(1)

Rand, (Marie) Gertrude (1886-1970)

260

(1)

Resnik, Judith A. (1949-1986)

261

(1)

Richards, Ellen Henrietta Swallow (1842-1911)

262

(2)

Richardson, Jane Shelby (b. 1941)

264

(1)

Ride, Sally Kirsten (b. 1951)

265

(2)

Rigas, Harriet B. (1934-1989)

267

(1)

Rockwell, Mabel MacFerran (1902-1979)

268

(1)

Rodgers, Dorothy (1909-1992)

269

(1)

Roebling, Emily Warren (1843-1903)

270

(1)

Rogers, Marguerite M. (1916-1989)

270

(1)

Rose, Mary Davies Swartz (1874-1941)

271

(1)

Rosenthal, Ida Cohen (1886-1973)

272

(1)

``Rosie the Riveter''

272

(1)

Ross, Mary G. (b. 1908)

273

(2)

Rubin, Vera Cooper (b. 1928)

275

(1)

Russell, Lillian (1861-1922)

276

(3)

S., Mary (ca. 1851-1880)

279

(1)

Safety Engineering

279

(1)

Seibert, Florence Barbara (1897-1991)

279

(2)

Seven College Conference

281

(1)

Shaw, Mary (b. 1943)

282

(1)

Sherman, Patsy 0. (b. 1930)

283

(1)

Sherrill, Mary Lura (1888-1968)

284

(1)

Shirley, Donna (b. 1941)

285

(1)

Silbergeld, Ellen Kovner (b. 1945)

286

(1)

Simpson, Joanne (b. 1923)

287

(2)

Sitterly, Charlotte Moore (1898-1990)

289

(1)

Slater, Hannah Wilkinson (Mrs. Samuel) (n.d.)

290

(1)

Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE)

291

(1)

Society of Women Engineers (SWE)

291

(1)

Solar Technologies

292

(1)

Space Exploration

293

(3)

Spaeth, Mary (b. 1938)

296

(1)

Spectroscopy

297

(2)

Stanley, Louise (1883-1954)

299

(2)

Stevens, Nettie Maria (1861-1912)

301

(1)

Strickland, Sarah (1812-1872)

301

(1)

Strong, Harriet R. (1844-1929)

302

(3)

Taussig, Helen Brooke (1898-1986)

305

(2)

Telecommunications

307

(1)

Telkes, Maria (1900-1995)

308

(2)

Tesoro, Giuliana Cavaglieri (b. 1921)

310

(1)

Textiles

311

(2)

Thompson, Mary H. (1829-1895)

313

(1)

Todd, E.L. (n.d.)

313

(2)

Vallino, Lisa M. (b.1961) and Rozier, Betty M. (b. 1939)

315

(1)

Van Deman, Esther (1862-1937)

316

(1)

Van Straten, Florence Wilhelmina (1913-1992)

317

(1)

Vassar College

318

(3)

Walker, Madame C.J. (1867-1919)

321

(2)

Walton, Mary (n.d.)

323

(1)

Waltz, Hazel Hook (n.d.)

324

(1)

Way, Katharine (1903-1995)

324

(1)

Weeks, Dorothy (1893-1990)

325

(1)

Weertman, Julia (b. 1926)

325

(2)

Welles, Sophia Woodhouse (n.d.)

327

(1)

Wellesley College

327

(1)

Wells, Jane (n.d.)

328

(1)

Whiting, Sarah Frances (1847-1927)

328

(2)

Widnall, Sheila (b. 1938)

330

(1)

Williams, Anna Wessels (1863-1954)

331

(2)

Womeds Rights

333

(1)

Wood, Elizabeth Armstrong (b. 1912)

334

(1)

Wu, Chien-Shiung (1912-1997)

335

(3)

Wu, Ying-Chu (Lin) Susan (b. 1932)

338

(3)

Yalow, Rosalyn Sussman (b. 1921)

341

(4)

Appendix: Award Winners

345

(4)

Bibliography

349

(12)

Index

361

(24)

About the Authors

385

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American Women in Technology : An Encyclopedia

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