Carol W. Greider's Enzyme Telomerase

Marie Maynard Daly was an american biochemist. She was the first black american in america to have ph.D in chemistry. She use to go to Columbia University in 1947. She was born in 1921 and died in 2003.Daly worked as a physical science instructor at Howard University from 1947 to 1948 while simultaneously conducting research under the direction of Herman Branson. After being awarded an American Cancer Society grant to support her postdoctoral research, she joined Dr. A. E. Mirsky at the Rockefeller Institute, where they studied the cell nucleus. While at the Rockefeller Institute, Daly studied the nuclei of tissues to determine the base compositions of the deoxypentose nucleic acids present. Additionally she explored the role of cytoplasmic

Marie Daly is a famous biochemist who had to overcome dual hurdles of racial and gender bias to peruse her lifelong love of chemistry. Marie had to undergo judgment from her being a woman and trying to become a scientist, which was a male dominated occupation and also had to endure racism because she was an African American. Marie made many scientific discoveries that we are lucky to have today.

Arlene Blum, Rosalind Franklin, Jane Goodall, and Margie Richard are all Women who have made significant impacts in Science and in our world, yet many of us know so little about them and who they are. After reading some of these articles and watching the video about Arlene Blum, I feel so empowered to be a Woman studying science because there is so much work to be done. Two Women who stood out to me were Arlene Blum and Margie Richard. Arlene accomplished so much in her career, despite the challenges she encountered as a result of her gender. She climbed some of the highest peaks and not only discovered the harmful effects of the chemical tris, but she helped prevent the use of tris of it in sleepwear. Margie Richard work also stood out to

One woman that made a major contribution to the field of science was Mae C. Jemison. Jemison was born in Decatur, Alabama on October 17th, 1956. Her parents were just average people, her father was a carpenter and her mother an elementary school

Annie Easley was an African American computer scientist, mathematician, and rocket scientist born April 23, 1933 in Birmingham Alabama to Samuel Easley and Mary Hoover. Not having any full recognition of her father Ms. Easley was raised by her mother and was taught early on that education was everything. She attended Holy Family High School and was valedictorian of her class. Easley intended to become a nurse thinking it was the only career open for African American women. She then attended Xavier University in New Orleans, Louisiana, and African American Catholic University where she majored in pharmacy. In the early 1950’s Easley married and moved to Cleveland and attended Cleveland State University where their pharmacy program had ended.

Caroline that day became the first woman to discover a comet. The first comet she discovered was named Herschel. She discovered 8 comets in all. She was the first women to become very important and famous in the astronomy field. I think Caroline had a very hard life and she went through a lot Caroline teaches us that no matter how hard you should never quite trying if she would of stopped maybe she would of never got where she got.

Rosalind Franklin helped develop the double-stranded helix structure of DNA, which she is rarely given credit for; while Jane Goodall extensively studied the behavior of apes. Both of these women have been audacious not only for doing great things for science, but also for pushing against the norm of only men being able to make discoveries. Being adventurous propels people into seeking new ideas and finding solutions, fixing thought to be unsolvable

The fact that many people probably have not heard of Jocelyn Bell Burnell, Lise Meitner, Esther Lederberg, Chien-Shiung Wu or Rosalind Franklin, is not surprising. These women, among many other female scientists, have been robbed of their recognition due to sexism. Female scientists have a reputation of being ignored, in a sense that they did not receive enough, if not any, credit for their ideas and work. If you ask people who were responsible for the discovery of DNA, most people would answer Watson and Crick. However, there were some scientists that made key contributions, and are not properly acknowledged. Rosalind Franklin is seen as one of the most discredited researchers of all times. She had played an important role in the development of the model of the DNA molecule, but the other male scientists took all the credit, and, received the Nobel Prize for ‘their’ discovery.

Before starting my research, I had to pick my topic. I knew that I wanted to research a woman whose actions or discoveries are still impacting our society today. After looking through many candidates, I came across Hedy Lamarr, women who developed the technology responsible for most of our communication devices such as, Wi-Fi, military radios, and much other wireless gear. She was a powerful woman who possessed not only beauty but elegance and intelligence. These characteristics she possessed made me very intrigued to learn more about her and her accomplishments.

Gerty Theresa Cori was a biochemist born in Prague,and at age 16 she decided she wanted to be a medical doctor,later on after years of study,she was known for being the third woman and the first American woman to win a Nobel prize in science.During her time and age women were often criticized for being scientists and women at the time were offered little opportunities involving education, but,Gerty got accepted to a medical school (German University of Prague) where she met her husband Carl Ferdinand Cori.After their graduation from medical school they decided to get married however, due to the horrible conditions in Europe at the time,they decided to emigrate to the United States in 1922.During their time in the U.S.,they still continued their study in medical research.Although Gerty had more difficulty obtaining research positions (which gave her little pay) she continued working on her passion.

The major thing that Carol W. Greider discovered was the enzyme telomerase. This Organelle is what scientists believe that controls the

Do you want to hear about a woman scientist who lived for 101 years? Well, her name is Alice Hamilton. She was born in 1869 in Fort Wayne, Indiana, and died in 1970. She was an American pathologist. She worked to promote safer working conditions in industry. She conducted studies and did research for the state of Illinois, the U.S. government, and the League of Nations. Also, she became the first female faculty member at the Harvard Medical School (1919-1935).

As hard as is it is today for women to succeed in the sciences, one must give kudos to those that came before us. These are the women that paved the way for today's generation of women scientists. One such woman is Rosalind Elsie Franklin, a chemist who had a great impact on the modern day field of genetics.

Marie curie made history in 1903 when she became the first woman to get a Nobel Prize in physics. With their prize winning the Curie’s got an international reputation for their scientific efforts. With the prize money they continued their research and went even further. The next year in 1904, they had their second daughter Eve. In 1906 Marie suffered a tremendous loss; when Pierre accidentally

Rosalind Franklin was a chemist who made a profound contribution as a result of her work with DNA. Prior to this time, DNA was still a mystery in how impactful its purpose could be to society and the growing age of science and technology. DNA became of importance to learn about the foundation in relation to genetic and hereditary. Without the contribution of Franklin, todays understanding of the DNA structure would not exist. Rosalind Franklin died before the Nobel Peace Prize was given for the discovery of DNA. If she been alive, her receipt of the award would have been justifiable. Despite her death, Rosalind Franklin demonstrated the knowledge and research essential for understanding deoxyribonucleic acid and as a result should receive recognition in the form of a Nobel Peace Prize.