There is a meme out there for naming women scientists. Well with Johann’s scientists cards and his love of science history as well as science, we felt like playing along. So here are some of the scientists that we came up with, most of them off the top of our heads:
- Lise Meitner – Physics
- Shirley Jackson – Theoretical Physics
- Henrietta Swan Leavitt – Astonomy
- Laurie Marker – Biology
- Barbara Block – Marine Ecology and Biology
- Lisa Levin – Marine Ecology / Oceanography
- Cindy Lee Van Dover – Oceanography
- Rosalind Franklin – Biology
- B. Galdikas – Biology
- Meave Leakey – Paleontology
- Louise Leakey – Paleontology
- Mary Leakey – Anthropolgy
- Jane Goodall – Biology and Anthropology
- Sylvia Earle – Marine Biology / Oceanography
- Eugenie Clark – Marine Biology
- Marie Curie – Chemistry and Physics
- Irene Joliot-Curie – Chemistry
- Helene Langevin-Joliot – Physics
- Caroline Herschel – Astronomy
- Gerty Cori – Biochemistry
- Maria Mitchell – Astronomy (bio)
- Sue Hendrickson – Paleontology
- Jennifer Blank – Geochemistry
- Jill Tarter – Astronomy
- Beth Shapiro – Biology
- Lisa Kaltenegger – Astrophysics
- Amber VanDerwarker – Anthropology
- Elizabeth Catlos – Geochemistry
- Penny Boston – Biology
- Diana Northup – Biology
While most of these we came up with without resources, it helped for some of them that Johann has his “Scientist Trading Cards” list, which all of these ladies are on. I figure his lists are the equivalent to “class notes” for us. When we have time maybe we can do a part two… that and go back and hyperlink these to bio pages and lab pages. ed. Done!
Oh and for the record Penny Boston and Diana Northup have some of the coolest named study subjects (at least for Johann): Snottites and phlegm balls.
S’not funny. That’s what they study… no really.
