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This digital collection features materials related to notable women scientists, including Marie Curie, Irène Joliot-Curie, Bettye Washington Greene, Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin, Stephanie Kwolek, and Rosalyn Yalow, as well as images of women working in a variety of laboratory and industrial settings. The collection also includes a range of materials related to women's health, including breast pumps, contraceptives, and mammary sizers.

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  • 20 items
    Publications, Illustrated works

    Plant Life

    • Home College Series Number 53
    • 1883

    Characterized by a religious Christian tone, the publication provides an overview of plants geared towards a general audience. Includes a microbiological discussion of plant cells and some discussion of plant taxonomy…

    • Author Phoebus, V. C., Mrs.
    • Publisher Hunt & Eaton, Cranston & Stowe
    • Subject Botany, Scientific illustration, Religion and science, Plants, Plant cells and tissues, Plants--Cladistic analysis, Textbooks, Women in science
  • 47 items
    Photographs, Postcards

    Set of Postcards depicting the Welsbach Factory in Gloucester, New Jersey

    • 1890 – 1930

    This set of postcards depicts the scenes from the Welsbach Incandescent Gas Lighting Company factory at Gloucester, New Jersey. Originally a set of 46 postcards, this collection is missing cards number 20 and 31. The…

    • Contributor Welsbach Gas Light Company
    • Subject Welsbach Gas Light Company, Employees, Incandescent gas-lighting, Incandescent gas-lighting--Fixtures, Lighting, Rare earth industry, Auer v. Welsbach, Carl (Auer von Welsbach), 1858-1929, Women employees, Rare earths, Machinery in the workplace, Machinery
  • Oral histories

    Oral history interview with Connie Holm

    • 1990-Nov-16

    At the request of the interviewee, the abstract of the interview and interviewee’s biographical data have not been included. For more information, please contact the Center for Oral History.

    • Interviewee Holm, Connie, 1954-
    • Interviewer Kohler, Robert, Sawyer, Richard
    • Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
    • Subject Holm, Connie, 1954-, Yeast, Biology, Mitosis, Harvard University, Women in science, Women biologists
  • Oral histories

    Oral history interview with Diane O. Etchison

    • 1991-Mar-06

    At the request of the interviewee, the abstract of the interview and interviewee’s biographical data have not been included. For more information, please contact the Center for Oral History.

    • Interviewee Etchison, Diane O., 1947-
    • Interviewer Thackray, Arnold, 1939-
    • Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
    • Subject Etchison, Diane O., 1947-, Cell interaction, Monoclonal antibodies, Salk Institute for Biological Studies, University of Kansas. Medical Center, Women in science, Sexism in science, Proteins--Synthesis--Regulation
  • Oral histories

    Oral history interview with Katherine A. Jones

    • 1991-Mar-04

    At the request of the interviewee, the abstract of the interview and interviewee’s biographical data have not been included. For more information, please contact the Center for Oral History.

    • Interviewee Jones, Katherine A.
    • Interviewer Lindee, Susan M., Goldfine, Sarah
    • Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
    • Subject Jones, Katherine A., Medical scientists, Medicine--Research, Molecular biology, Women in science, Women in medicine, HIV (Viruses), Transcription factors, Proteins--Research
  • Postage stamps

    First day cover commemorating Maria Goeppert Mayer

    • 1977-Oct-20

    Philatelic First Day Cover features a Colorano "Silk” cachet. These First Day Covers, produced by Colorano, were introduced in 1971 and produced until 2016. Each color illustration is printed on satin-finish fabric…

    • Artist Colorano
    • Subject Postage stamps, Postmarks, Commemorative postage stamps, Mayer, Maria Goeppert, 1906-1972, Cachets (Philately), First day covers (Philately), Science on postage stamps, Nobel Prize winners, Women in science, Nuclear shell theory, Atomic bomb--Research
  • Oral histories

    Oral history interview with Virginia Miller

    • 1990-Mar-05

    At the request of the interviewee, the abstract of the interview and interviewee’s biographical data have not been included. For more information, please contact the Center for Oral History.

    • Interviewee Miller, Virginia
    • Interviewer Morrissette, Naomi, Thackray, Arnold, 1939-
    • Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
    • Subject Miller, Virginia, Medical scientists, Molecular biology, Medicine--Research, Women in science, Women in medicine, Salmonella, Microbiology, Yersinia
  • Oral histories

    Oral history interview with Nina R. Salama

    • 2008-Mar-27 – 2008-Mar-28

    At the request of the interviewee, the abstract of the interview and interviewee’s biographical data have not been included. For more information, please contact the Center for Oral History.

    • Interviewee Salama, Nina R.
    • Interviewer Nelson, Nicole C.
    • Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
    • Subject Salama, Nina R., Medical scientists, Molecular biology, Medicine--Research, Women in science, Women in medicine, Bacteria--Research, Helicobacter pylori, Bacterial diseases
  • Oral histories

    Oral history interview with Adrienne A. Rogalski-Wilk

    • 1991-Mar-03

    At the request of the interviewee, the abstract of the interview and interviewee’s biographical data have not been included. For more information, please contact the Center for Oral History.

    • Interviewee Rogalski-Wilk, Adrienne A.
    • Interviewer Kohler, Robert, Morrissette, Naomi
    • Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
    • Subject Rogalski-Wilk, Adrienne A., Medical scientists, Molecular biology, Medicine--Research, Women in science, Women in medicine, Cells--Motility, Cytology
  • Oral histories

    Oral history interview with Douglass Forbes

    • 1989-Mar-05

    At the request of the interviewee, the abstract of the interview and interviewee’s biographical data have not been included. For more information, please contact the Center for Oral History.

    • Interviewee Forbes, Douglass Jane, 1951-
    • Interviewer Thackray, Arnold, 1939-, Morris, Stephanie
    • Subject Forbes, Douglass Jane, 1951-, Biology, Women in science, Women biologists, Bacteriophage lambda, University of California, San Diego, Drosophila, Xenopus, Cell nuclei
  • Oral histories

    Oral history interview with Barbara E. Ehrlich

    • 1990-Nov-01

    At the request of the interviewee, the abstract of the interview and interviewee’s biographical data have not been included. For more information, please contact the Center for Oral History.

    • Interviewee Ehrlich, Barbara E., 1952-
    • Interviewer Lindee, Susan M., Sawyer, Richard
    • Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
    • Subject Ehrlich, Barbara E., 1952-, Biology, Psychiatry--Research, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Cell interaction, University of Connecticut, Electrophysiology, Cardiology, Muscle contraction, Women in science
  • Oral histories

    Oral history interview with Sylvie Doublié

    • 2008-Nov-05 – 2008-Nov-06

    At the request of the interviewee, the abstract of the interview and interviewee’s biographical data have not been included. For more information, please contact the Center for Oral History.

    • Interviewee Doublié, Sylvie, 1965-
    • Interviewer Caruso, David J., (David Joseph), 1978-
    • Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
    • Subject Doublié, Sylvie, 1965-, Biology, Women in science, Crystallography, Transfer RNA, European Molecular Biology Laboratory, DNA polymerases, RNA--Data processing
  • Oral histories

    Oral history interview with Nancy Carrasco

    • 1990-Mar-07

    At the request of the interviewee, the abstract of the interview and interviewee’s biographical data have not been included. For more information, please contact the Center for Oral History.

    • Interviewee Carrasco, Nancy, 1957-
    • Interviewer Thackray, Arnold, 1939-, Sawyer, Richard
    • Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
    • Subject Carrasco, Nancy, 1957-, Women in chemistry, Biochemistry, Women biochemists, Molecular cloning, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Eukaryotic cells, Thyroid gland, Iodides, Sodium ions
  • Oral histories

    Oral history interview with Dorit Hanein

    • 2008-Dec-03

    Dorit Hanein was born in Tel Aviv, Israel, but grew up in Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil, where her family was engaged in an Israeli-Dutch program to foster soybean cultivation. She and her sister attended all-girl, Roman…

    • Interviewee Hanein, Dorit, 1961-
    • Interviewer Nelson, Nicole C.
    • Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
    • Subject Hanein, Dorit, 1961-, Chemistry, Israel--Tel Aviv, Soldiers, Biomineralization, Biochemistry, Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute, Women in chemistry, Working mothers
  • Oral histories

    Oral history interview with Susan K. McConnell

    • 1990-Mar-07

    Susan McConnell grew up in Crown Point, Indiana, the oldest of four children. Her father was a metallurgical engineer and her mother a nurse. Both were college graduates, as are McConnell’s three siblings. McConnell has…

    • Interviewee McConnell, Susan K., 1958-
    • Interviewer Sawyer, Richard, Thackray, Arnold, 1939-
    • Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
    • Subject McConnell, Susan K., 1958-, Women in science, Women in medicine, Medicine--Research, Molecular biology, Medical scientists, Cytology, Neurology, Women medical scientists
  • Oral histories

    Oral history interview with Marilyn C. Pike

    • 1991-Jun-06

    Marilyn Pike grew up in Westchester, New York. Her father was a chemical engineer who was interested in desalination, even patenting a freeze-drying process for Maxwell House Coffee. Her mother was a housewife. Pike…

    • Interviewee Pike, Marilyn C., 1951-
    • Interviewer Kohler, Robert, Kohler, Frances
    • Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
    • Subject Pike, Marilyn C., 1951-, Molecular biology, Medical scientists, Medicine--Research, Phospholipids, Chemokines, Women in science, Women in medicine, Women medical scientists
  • Oral histories

    Oral history interview with Judith White

    • 1989-Dec-13

    Judith M. White grew up in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. When she was in junior high school, her family moved to Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. She is one of two children of an insurance agent and a school librarian.…

    • Interviewee White, Judith, 1952-
    • Interviewer Kohler, Robert, Morrissette, Naomi
    • Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
    • Subject White, Judith, 1952-, Women in science, Women in medicine, Molecular biology, Medicine--Research, Medical scientists, Viruses, Cytology, DNA--Research, Women medical scientists
  • Oral histories

    Oral history interview with Helen M. Berman

    • 2000-Feb-11

    Helen M. Berman begins the interview by discussing her scientific education and how a laboratory internship with Barbara W. Low, while studying at Barnard University, influenced her decision to go into the field of…

    • Interviewee Berman, Helen M., 1943-
    • Interviewer Berol, David N.
    • Subject Berman, Helen M., 1943-, Crystallography, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Nucleic acids, Proteins--Structure, Rutgers University, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Women in science
  • Photograph of Caroline Kisker
    2 items
    Oral histories

    Oral history interview with Caroline Kisker

    • 2008-Jun-18 – 2008-Jun-19

    Caroline F. Kisker grew up in West Berlin, West Germany, where she attended the John F. Kennedy German-American grammar school. After completing her Abitur, Kisker planned to study medicine, but due to the complicated…

    • Interviewee Kisker, Caroline F., 1964-
    • Interviewer Nelson, Nicole C.
    • Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
    • Subject Kisker, Caroline F., 1964-, Biochemistry, Berlin Wall, Berlin, Germany, 1961-1989, Tetracyclines, California Institute of Technology, State University of New York at Stony Brook, Bayerische Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg, Drugs--Design, DNA repair, Women in science
  • Oral histories

    Oral history interview with Linda C. Meade-Tollin

    • 2009-Oct-01

    Linda C. Meade-Tollin was born and raised in London, West Virginia, one of two children. Her father was a dentist and a community activist, her mother a teacher of languages and a guidance counselor. Always…

    • Interviewee Meade-Tollin, Linda C., 1944-
    • Interviewer Brown, Jeannette E.
    • Subject Meade-Tollin, Linda C., 1944-, Women in science, Women chemists, Chemists, African American chemists, Gene expression, Escherichia coli, Neovascularization inhibitors, Scientists, Black
  • Oral histories

    Oral history interview with Catherine Hurt Middlecamp

    • 2008-Dec-10 – 2008-Dec-11

    Catherine Hurt Middlecamp was born in Queens, New York, though she grew up in Garden City, New York. Hers was a family of teachers and so Middlecamp wanted to be a teacher as well. She loved school, was active in many…

    • Interviewee Middlecamp, Catherine Hurt, 1950-
    • Interviewer Domush, Hilary
    • Subject Middlecamp, Catherine Hurt, 1950-, Women in science, Women chemists, Chemists, Women--Social conditions, Social justice, Minorities in science
  • Madeleine Jacobs at podium
    2 items
    Oral histories

    Oral history interview with Madeleine Jacobs

    • 2009-May-28

    Madeleine Jacobs grew up in Washington, D.C., the younger of two children. Her father was a musician, her mother a secretary. The television program Watch Mr. Wizard convinced her she wanted to be a scientist, in…

    • Interviewee Jacobs, Madeleine, 1946-
    • Interviewer Domush, Hilary
    • Subject Jacobs, Madeleine, 1946-, Chemistry, Women in chemistry, Draft, Sex discrimination, Journalism, Science writers, Smithsonian Institution, National Institutes of Health (U.S.), United States. National Bureau of Standards, American Chemical Society
  • Oral histories

    Oral history interview with Amy H. Newman

    • 2009-Aug-25 – 2009-Aug-26

    Amy Hauck Newman was raised in Buffalo, New York, one of two sisters. Her mother was an elementary school teacher; her father, a mechanical engineer. She enjoyed school from a young age and was interested in literature,…

    • Interviewee Newman, Amy H., 1958-
    • Interviewer Domush, Hilary
    • Subject Newman, Amy H., 1958-, Women in science, Receptor-ligand complexes, National Institutes of Health (U.S.), Pharmacology, Dopamine--Receptors, Cocaine
  • Oral histories

    Oral history interview with Marjorie A. Oettinger

    • 1997-Feb-10 – 1997-Feb-12

    Marjorie A. Oettinger grew up in Boston, Massachusetts, the younger of two children. Her father was a professor at Harvard University; her mother taught biology at Harvard University; and her brother went to Harvard…

    • Interviewee Oettinger, Marjorie A., 1961-
    • Interviewer Maestrejuan, Andrea R.
    • Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
    • Subject Oettinger, Marjorie A., 1961-, Women in science, Women in medicine, Medical scientists, Molecular biology, Medicine--Research, Genetics, Genetic recombination
  • Oral histories

    Oral history interview with Ellen Puré

    • 1989-Aug-21

    Ellen Puré grew up in Queens, New York, the youngest of three children. Her parents were Polish survivors of concentration camps. Her father was a carpenter who designed and built store interiors. Always interested in…

    • Interviewee Puré, Ellen, 1957-
    • Interviewer Kohler, Robert, Morrissette, Naomi
    • Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
    • Subject Puré, Ellen, 1957-, Women in science, Women in medicine, Molecular biology, Medicine--Research, Medical scientists, Immunology, T cells, Immunoglobulins
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