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The first woman to graduate college with a Bachelor's degree
In 1840, Catherine Brewer became the first American woman to graduate college with a Bachelor's degree. She graduated from Wesleyan College in Macon, Georgia. -
The first woman to earn a PH.D.
In 1877, Helen Magill became the first woman to graduate college and earn a PH.D. She graduated and learned from Boston University, where she completed her graduate studies in Greek. -
The first woman to win the Nobel Prize
Marie Curie was a grand scientist and while working along side her husband she discovered the elements polonium and radium. This is what earned them both a Nobel Prize in physics. This caused Marie Curie to become the first female to be award the Nobel Prize. https://youtu.be/w6JFRi0Qm_s -
Girl Scouts Beginning
The Girl Scouts is a group dedicated to teaching new skills to young women in order to express their creativity and learn valuable lessons they can use later in life. Their group was first started in Savannah, Georgia and now they are known worldwide. They teach young girls about business and social skills by selling their cookies door-to-door and at shopping centers. Video: https://youtu.be/aageLiY0ekg
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AWIS was founded
The Association for Women In Science (AWIS) was founded in 1917 and still persists today as an organization that advocates for women in STEM. They hope to achieve equality for all women in all employment divisions. https://youtu.be/uw8qvKO5GAA -
Rosalind Franklin photograph's the double helix structure
Rosalin Franklin and one of her students were researching DNA and were able to take this crystallography photo in order to study the DNA's structure. This image would later prove useful in the construction of the first accurate DNA model in 1953 by Maurice Wilkins. -
Katherine Johnson hired by NASA
Katherine Johnson was one of the mathematicians whose work made it possible for America's first flight crews to get off the ground and enter outer space. If it were not for this amazing African American woman then humanity may have never reached the stars. -
Chien-Shiung Wu awarded the Wolf Prize in Physics
Chien-Shiung Wu made many contributions to the world of nuclear physics, including contradicting the law of conservation of parity. Unfortunately, she was passed over for her work in 1957 in favor of her male colleagues winning the Nobel Prize in physics. Luckily, she was finally recognized for her hard work in 1978 when she was awarded the inaugural Wolf Prize in physics. -
Barbara McClintock won the Nobel Prize
Barbara McClintock won the Nobel Prize in 1983 for physiology. She would experiment and study corn DNA in order to understand the process of meiosis and genetics. Her work would even land her a spot in the National Academy of Sciences in 1944 long before she won her award. https://interestingengineering.com/10-greatest-women-stem -
Gertrude B. Elion awarded the Nobel Prize
Gertrude B. Elion was awarded the Nobel Prize along with two colleagues for their contributions to medicine. Gertrude would later create the first immunosuppressive drug, azathioprine and well as make other historical discoveries and efforts.
