Haley Mae Danks
LB 333
Dr. R. Bellon
3/14/2016
Rough Draft: Importance of Women in Animal Science of the 20th Century Animal science is a field heavily associated with farmers, veterinarians, and other professions, but it is also a field that is heavily associated with men. Veterinary medicine has become a female dominated field over the past decade, but that hasn’t tipped the balance in other aspects of this field. When asked about farmers and animal researchers people begin to think about men, but this field features some incredibly intelligent and progressive women. Temple Grandin and Jane Goodall are two of the most well known and respected female animal scientists in the world. These women have dedicated their lives to animal science
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The world tends to react wildly when a new disease begins to spread rapidly through the population, but most often these diseases are zoonoses. If we were to focus more studies on diseases within animals and their potential to effect humans, we could prevent these outbreaks, like the Ebola virus epidemic in 2014. The outbreak, upon further investigation, is thought to have stemmed from a population of infected bats (WHO 2016). The issue is that most often our research is focused on diseases that have already proven to be a concern. This is founded in the fact that over 50% of 16,000 publications on disease within animal science were related to less than ten diseases in the past one hundred years (University of Sydney 2015). Research is difficult to fund when there is no public interest, therefore most time and money is spent researching the diseases that people have the desire to learn how to fix. This means things like the avian flu or bovine tuberculosis that are considered big issues within the human population gather huge amounts of funding, instead of lesser known diseases that have the potential to be transmittable to humans. This leaves the population vulnerable to sudden outbreaks of zoonoses that were previously unstudied or had underfunded research in …show more content…
Lise Meitner was a female nuclear physicist in the early 20th century. It was her work that led to the discovery of nuclear fission, or the splitting of atomic nuclei in two. Her status as a Jew in Austria during this time period made her research complicated, but with the help of her partner, Otto Hahn, she was able to complete the research and flesh out a theory. Hahn then omitted Meitner’s name from the publications to protect her from the Nazis and was later solely awarded the Nobel Prize in 1944 (Lee 2013). Due to her name being excluded from the initial papers Meitner was considered ineligible for the prize even though many colleagues, including Niels Bohr, believed it to be rightfully
He goes off and tells the story of Marie Cruz’s findings of new elements and her deep love for chemistry. Although Marie passes away, her legacy lives on through her daughter Irene Joliot-Curie. Irene and her husband found a way to cultivate radioactive elements which allowed her to earn Nobel Prize. Kean states that a great injustice was done to Lise Meitner, her discovery of protactinium was not awarded with a Nobel Prize. Ch.
Women were blocked from nearly any form of scientific experiment or inquiry. Margaret Cavendish, an English natural philosopher and the first woman to visit a meeting of the Royal Society, illustrates the “disregard of the female sex” in sciences (Doc. 9). Unsurprisingly, men continued to oppress women and block any and all paths to gaining social standing. Science, like almost all other domains, continued to be controlled by
In Sudipta Bardhan Quallen’s book “Up Close With Jane Goodall” Quallen shows that Jane Goodall obtains and accomplishes much more than just transforming the primatological branch of science to a modern science. But, beneath her spirit and achievements lies her diligence along with resourcefulness. These traits that she possesses, got her to the point she is now a successful scientist making a change in primate habitats. Jane Goodall is a primatologist and animal rights activist, who is currently 81 years old but most of her achievements occurred when she was in her 20s and 30s.
The origin of Jane Goodall’s call to change started when she was very young. Goodall expressed a prominent fascination for animals from childhood. (Bardhan-Quallen, p. 20) “In her leisure time, she observed native birds and animals, making extensive notes and sketches, and read widely in the literature of zoology and
In the third grade, my life was altered when I read an abbreviated biography about Jane Goodall the primatologist. I have always had a passion for discovering the world around me, specifically the animals and environment, but Goodall elevated my own desire for exploration to a new level. I was struck by a young female scientist pursuing her dreams in the field of biology and the significant impact she had in the scientific world. Jane Goodall managed to bring passion and emotion to her observations of chimpanzees at a time when observational science was extremely concerned about remaining objective. She silently proved every critic of hers wrong by showing the world that she was not too young, too inexperienced, or too female to change the
Born in Vienna, Austria, November 7, 1878, and lived until October 1968. Lise Meitner was the third out of eight children to a Jewish family. Her father was one of the first Jewish lawyers in Austria. Lise was an Austrian and then a Swedish scientist that worked on and around nuclear physics and radioactivity. She was a member of the group that discovered nuclear fission (“subdivision of a heavy atomic nucleus, such as that of uranium or plutonium, into two fragments of roughly equal mass. “). This researcher was the framework for the atomic bomb.
An ‘emerging’ disease is one that is speedily increasing in frequency or distribution. This expression not only circumscribes the diseases corresponding with previously unknown agents, but additional known diseases that are ‘re-emerging’, as well. What is it that provokes disease emergence? Epidemiological principles profess that disease is multi-factorial. That is, in inclusion to the existence of the infectious agent, additional factors, such as the agent, host, and/or the environment are all generally imperative for infection and disease to occur. But who would have concluded that one of the most menacing viral infections would result from a mammal? The Nipah Virus Infection (NiV) is a known emerging infection, targeting the public health
Smith, Wesley J. “The Grim Good of Animal Research.” Scientific Research, edited by Sylvia Engdahl, Greenhaven Press, 2015. Opposing Viewpoints. Opposing Viewpoints In Context, http://link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/EJ3010948220/OVIC?u=scschools&sid=OVIC&xide9245e81. Accessed 26 Apr. 2018. Originally published in www.firstthing.com, 18 Oct.
Beginning on August fourth of 1950, and lasting until September eighteenth of the same year, the North Koreans waged a battle against the United States and UN forces. The UN forces along with the United States were forced back to the Pusan Perimeter, a defensive line set up around the very southeastern tip of the Korean Peninsula. Inside of this protected area was the port of Pusan.
As we discover treatments for diseases such as rabies, feline leukemia, tetanus, anthrax, and much more, animals also bear the advantage of protection. In fact, humans share hundreds of diseases with animals. We also share similar organs allowing scientists to use animals as an essential model for the study of illnesses. Therefore, the work researchers perform sets a platform for an end result where both parties benefit. It can thus be concluded that those against animal research are covered by a counterintuitive notion because, without animal research, the animals whom they are fighting for would die due to a potentially curable disease. To deal with the ethical dilemma of animal research, countries like the United Kingdom have placed regulations that require the research scientists to show how and if they have considered alternative ways before they are given a license to continue with their research projects. Given these circumstances, we can conclude that the rise in animals used in research must mean that in the near future there may be major medical
There have been many studies and poles that look at the public perceptions on animal research. The Gallup survey on Values and Beliefs started collecting data here in the United States in 2001. They ask a simple question: Is medical testing on animals morally acceptable, or morally wrong? And in ten years they have watch the morally wrong numbers climb ten points. There are many reasons why this may be occurring, and one of the bigger drivers of that rise may be the increase in social media. A soapbox for those who want to be heard. Animal protection groups have, very successfully, utilized social media to spread their message. Celebrity endorsements of these groups also fuel the fire of their
Feminist scholars are concerned with a broad range of issues and topics for discussion. Taking this into consideration, animal studies is a new and edgy field, especially in the context of feminist theory. The general findings of this paper include patriarchal establishments, and speciesism as an institution of oppression influencing and interconnected with sexism. However, this literature review will not explore the connections of animal studies within queer theory due to insufficient research, though the connections among homophobia, speciesism, and animality are abundant and relevant to the discussions presented in this essay. While there are notable authors and scholars within the field of animal studies in feminist theory (see Carol Adams and Josephine Donovan), it is still relatively unestablished. This theoretical paper will examine the prominent discourses in animal and feminist theories. An analysis of the literature reveals that animal studies is an integral, though often ignored, component of contemporary feminist theory due to its capabilities to enhance human and animal relations and understand human and animal parallels while diminishing needless suffering and torture.
Ever since the late 1960’s and the early 1970’s, animal research has been under extreme fire for what they do. This is mainly due to the many changing perspectives on the relationship between humans and the other aspects of the world that are surrounding them. There are many main reasons for this change, but the main reason is the different ideas that surrounded the use and exploration of animals in laboratories is what is being brought into question.
Researches claim that they must have unlimited access to animals for experiments in order to find cures for human diseases, which in some cases cures have been found as a result. However, the ironic
Carly Jones English 10 Career Paper February 9th, 2015 Veterinarian I have always loved animals, especially dogs. My dog Bear is probably one of my best friends and I would do anything for him. I have wanted to become a Veterinarian ever since I was a little kid and we got our first dog Max. I would pull his tail and drive him crazy but, I loved him and loved sleeping in his kennel with him.