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144 items
Publications

Chemical Laboratory Manual, prepared to accompany Bogert's "Fundamentals of Chemistry"
- 1927
Workbook corresponding to the textbook Fundamentals of Chemistry, a Textbook for Nurses and Other Students of Applied Chemistry, by Dr. L. Jean Bogert (1888-1970), a textbook for first and second-year undergraduate…
- Author Bogert, L. Jean (Lotta Jean), 1888-1970
- Publisher W.B. Saunders Company
- Subject Problems and exercises, Chemistry--Study and teaching, Women in chemistry
328 items
Publications

Fundamentals of Chemistry : A Text-Book for Nurses and Other Students of Applied Chemistry
- 1924
Textbook for first and second-year undergraduate students of applied chemistry. Author Dr. Jean Bogert (1888-1970) states in her preface that this work is set apart from other chemical textbooks due to its emphasis on…
- Author Bogert, L. Jean (Lotta Jean), 1888-1970
- Publisher W.B. Saunders Company
- Subject Women in chemistry, Textbooks, Chemistry--Study and teaching, Nursing, Science--Study and teaching, Science--Textbooks, Education
3 items
Vessels (Containers), Medical instruments and apparatus

Lydia E. Pinkham's Sanative Wash
- After 1930 – before 1970
Glass bottle of "Lydia E. Pinkham" brand sanative wash.

Lydia E. Pinkham, née Estes, (1819-1883) was an American proprietor who commodified her homemade herbal-alcoholic supplements, claiming they could cure any…
- Manufacturer Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Company
- Subject Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Company, Women--Health and hygiene, Women's health services, Herbs--Therapeutic use, Drugs
7 items
Vessels (Containers), Medical instruments and apparatus

Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for Menopause and Menstruation
- After 1900 – before 1968
Lydia E. Pinkham brand "Vegetable Compound", containing extract of Piscidia Erythrina (Jamaica Dogwood), Asclepias Tuberosa (Pleurisy Root), Cimicifuga Racemosa (Black Cohosh), Vitamin B1, Dandelion, and other…
- Manufacturer Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Company
- Subject Analgesics, Drugs, Herbs--Therapeutic use, Women's health services, Women--Health and hygiene, Pinkham, Lydia Estes, 1819-1883, Menstruation, Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Company
7 items
Publications

The Married Woman's Private Medical Companion
- 1864
Work by Charles R. Lohman and Joseph F. Trow, husband and brother respectively of American self-proclaimed female physician, Ann Trow Lohman (1811-1878), who sold contraceptives and provided abortions in New York City…
- Author Mauriceau, A. M., Lohman, Charles R., Trow, Joseph F.
- Subject Birth control, Abortion, Pregnancy, Women--Health and hygiene, Menstruation, Menopause, Gynecology, Restell, Madame, 1811-1878
4 items
Oral histories

Oral history interview with Maxine Savitz
- 2021-Jul-01
- 2021-Jul-08
Maxine Savitz was born in 1937 in Baltimore, Maryland. Her parents had both been born in the United States; her father’s family was from Ukraine, and her mother’s family was from Russia. The oldest of three children,…
4 items
Oral histories

Oral history interview with Shirley Mahaley Malcom
- 2020-Aug-05
- 2020-Aug-25
Shirley Mahaley Malcom was born in 1946 in Birmingham, Alabama, which was a segregated city. She grew up in her grandmother’s house with her parents and sister and was surrounded by other family and a strong Black…
422 items
Rare books, Publications

Conversations on Chemistry : in which the elements of that science are familiarly explained and illustrated by experiments and plates
- To which are added, some late discoveries on the subject of the fixed alkalies by H. Davy, Esq., of the Royal Society
- 1809
Conversations on Chemistry is an introductory chemical textbook. To this third American edition (the first and second: Philadelphia, 1806, and 1809), the anonymous editor has added new material on mineral waters and the…
- Author Marcet, Mrs. (Jane Haldimand), 1769-1858
- Contributor Increase Cooke & Co.
- Publisher Sidney's Press
- Subject Workshop recipes, Tanning, Alkalies, Women in science, Mineral waters, Cisterns, Marcet, Mrs. (Jane Haldimand), 1769-1858, Davy, Humphry, Sir, 1778-1829, Chemistry--Study and teaching
2 items
Vessels (Containers), Medical instruments and apparatus

Lydia E. Pinkham Menstrual Relief Tablets
- After 1882 – before 1968
Lydia E. Pinkham brand menstrual pain relief tablets, containing extract of Piscidia Erythrina (Jamaica Dogwood), Asclepias Tuberosa (Pleurisy Root), Glycyrrhiza (Licorice), and Ferrous Sulfate.

Lydia E. Pinkham, née…
- Creator Of Work Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Company
- Subject Analgesia, Analgesics, Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Company, Pinkham, Lydia Estes, 1819-1883, Menstruation, Women--Health and hygiene, Women's health services, Herbs--Therapeutic use, Quacks and quackery
2 items
Oral histories

Oral history interview with Helen Donis-Keller
- 2013-May-27
Helen Donis-Keller was born in Madison, Wisconsin, but grew up in Elkhart, Indiana. As a child, she loved art, so she pursued a degree in graphic design and photography at The University of Cincinnati. She spent two…
- Interviewee Donis-Keller, Helen
- Interviewer Jones, Mark, 1958-
- Subject Donis-Keller, Helen, Career changes, Women in science, Geneticists, Women geneticists, Genetics--Research, Gene mapping, Artists
9 items
Publications

Chemistry for Nurses
- 1930
Volume intended to provide nursing students with instruction in chemistry. The volume's content conveys the concepts from inorganic, organic, analytical, biological, and physical chemistry most applicable to a…
- Author Koechig, Irene
- Publisher Lea & Febiger
- Subject Chemistry, Chemistry--Study and teaching, Nursing, Nursing students, Nursing--Study and teaching, Science--Study and teaching, Women in medicine, Women nurses, Koechig, Irene, Washington University (Saint Louis, Mo.)
2 items
Photographs

1966 Enrico Fermi Award Presentation
- 1966-Oct-23
Black and white photo depicting Glenn Seaborg (1912-1999) presenting the Enrico Fermi award to Lise Meitner (1878-1968) at the Cavendish Laboratory in Cambridge, England. Meitner was an Austrian-Swedish physicist who…
- Creator Of Work Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. Technical and Electronic Information Department
- Subject Seaborg, Glenn T. (Glenn Theodore), 1912-1999, Meitner, Lise, 1878-1968, Cavendish Laboratory (Cambridge, England), United States. Department of Energy, Science--Awards, Women in science, Nobel Prize winners
8 items
Oral histories

Oral history interview with Mary L. Good
- 1998-Jun-02
Mary Good begins the interview with a discussion of her family history, her childhood, and her early education. Her family moved from Texas to Arkansas in 1942, when her father was offered a principalship in Kirby. Good…
- Interviewee Good, Mary L., 1931-
- Interviewer Traynham, James G.
- Subject Good, Mary L., 1931-, Universal Oil Products Company, Allied-Signal Inc., American Chemical Society, National Science Foundation (U.S.), Women chemists, Women in science, Radiochemistry, President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST)
8 items
Oral histories

Oral history interview with Helen Murray Free
- 1998-Dec-14
Helen Free begins the interview with a discussion of her family and childhood growing up in Ohio. Free attended Poland Seminary High School in Ohio. She was greatly influenced by her English teacher at Poland and she…
- Interviewee Free, Helen M.
- Interviewer Bohning, James J.
- Sponsor American Chemical Society
- Subject Free, Helen M., Women in science, Chemists, Women chemists, Miles Laboratories, Miles Laboratories. Ames Division, Indiana University at South Bend, Ames Company, Miles Inc., Chemistry, Biochemistry
3 items
Oral histories

Oral history interview with Barbara Panning
- 2008-Aug-27 – 2008-Aug-28
Barbara Panning was born in Switzerland, one of three children. The family moved to Toronto, Canada, when Barbara was a young child, but Barbara continued to summer in Switzerland. She had an idyllic childhood and…
- Interviewee Panning, Barbara, 1963-
- Interviewer Domush, Hilary
- Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
- Subject Panning, Barbara, 1963-, Women in science, Molecular biology, Medical scientists, Medicine--Research, Biochemists, X chromosome, Cytology, DNA--Research, Emigration and immigration
7 items
Oral histories

Oral history interview with Nancy B. Jackson
- 2010-Sep-22
Nancy B. Jackson was born in Wisconsin, and her family moved a few times during her childhood. Jackson spent much of her teenage years in St. Louis, Missouri. Both of her parents were United Church of Christ ministers.…
- Interviewee Jackson, Nancy B.
- Interviewer Domush, Hilary
- Subject Jackson, Nancy B., Women in science, Sandia National Laboratories, Chemical engineering, American Chemical Society, Sex discrimination, Working mothers, United States. Department of State, Chemicals--Safety measures, American Indian Science and Engineering Society
7 items
Publications, Illustrated works

Die moderne Chemie : Eine Schilderung der chemischen Grossindustrie
- Modern Chemistry : A Description of the Large-Scale Chemical Industry
- 1900
Work providing a comprehensive look at the German chemical industry at the turn of the twentieth century. Chapters range to discuss topics from phosphorus and mineral acids to glass fabrication and the chemical…
- Author Bersch, Wilhelm, 1868-1918
- Publisher Hartleben, A.
- Subject Chemistry, Technical, Employees, Women employees, Factories, Industrial sites, Chemical industry, Chemical workers
550 items
Publications

A Short History of Natural Science and of the Progress of Discovery from the Time of the Greeks to the Present Day
- For the Use of Schools and Young Persons
- 1894
Arabella Burton Buckley (1840-1929) was a writer and science educator who championed Darwinian evolution as opposed to the contemporary emphasis on competition and physical survival. This fifth edition of Buckley's…
288 items
Publications

The Fairy-Land of Science
- 1883
Arabella Burton Buckley (1840-1929) was a writer and science educator who championed Darwinian evolution as opposed to the contemporary emphasis on competition and physical survival. This work, one of Buckley's…
- Author Buckley, Arabella B. (Arabella Burton), 1840-1929
- Publisher E. Standford
- Subject Science--Study and teaching, Education, Evolution, Buckley, Arabella B. (Arabella Burton), 1840-1929, Women in science, Environmental science, Earth sciences, Fairies
201 items
Rare books

An Essay on Combustion : With a View to a New Art of Dying and Painting
- The Phlogistic and Antiphlogistic Hypotheses are Proved Erroneous
- 1794
Elizabeth Fulhame was an early British chemist who invented the concept of catalysis and discovered photoreduction. Fulhame’s interest was in the reduction reaction that led to the deposition of metals. As she notes in…
- Author Fulhame, Mrs. (Elizabeth), active 1780-1810
- Printer Cooper, J.
- Subject Combustion, Phlogiston, Oxygen, Dyes and dyeing, Painting, Catalysis, Goldwork, Fulhame, Mrs. (Elizabeth), active 1780-1810, Women in science
6 items
Publications, Illustrated works

Madame Curie, Descubridora del Radio
- Mujeres Célebres, Año 2, Número 18
- 1962-Sep-10
The colorful letterpress halftone illustrations of this comic book tell a biographical account of the life and accomplishments of Marie Curie (1867-1934), the French physicist and chemist who pioneered radioactivity…
- Publisher Organización Editorial Novaro
- Subject Curie, Marie, 1867-1934, Radium, Chemists, Women chemists, Women in science, Organización Editorial Novaro, Comic books, strips, etc.
Photographs

Unidentified employees of the Institute for Scientific Information at work
- 1980s
Photograph of three unidentified female employees of the Institute for Scientific Information (ISI). The employees are seated at a table, focused intently on the paperwork in front of them. The ISI was an academic…
- Subject Garfield, Eugene, Information science, Information storage and retrieval systems, Citation indexes, Science publishing, Science--Information services, Institute for Scientific Information, Employees, Women employees
Photographs

Unidentified employees of the Institute for Scientific Information at work
- 1980s
A black and white photographic view depicting a room of employees at the Institute for Scientific Information (ISI) in Philadelphia. The ISI was an academic publishing service, founded by Eugene Garfield (1925-2017) in…
- Subject Garfield, Eugene, Information science, Information storage and retrieval systems, Citation indexes, Science publishing, Science--Information services, Institute for Scientific Information, Punched card systems, Employees, Women employees
Photographs

Unidentified employee of the Institute for Scientific Information at work
- After 1986 – before 1996
A black and white photographic view depicting a female employee at the Institute for Scientific Information (ISI) in Philadelphia. The ISI was an academic publishing service, founded by Eugene Garfield (1925-2017) in…
- Subject Garfield, Eugene, Information science, Information storage and retrieval systems, Citation indexes, Science publishing, Science--Information services, Institute for Scientific Information, Computers, Employees, Women employees
Photographs

Unidentified employees of the Institute for Scientific Information at work
- 1980s
A black and white photographic view depicting a room of employees at the Institute for Scientific Information (ISI) in Philadelphia. The ISI was an academic publishing service, founded by Eugene Garfield (1925-2017) in…
- Subject Garfield, Eugene, Information science, Information storage and retrieval systems, Citation indexes, Science publishing, Science--Information services, Institute for Scientific Information, Punched card systems, Employees, Women employees

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