Women and Science

Nathalie Dusoulier begins her interview by discussing her family background and education. She recounts how she started working in information science from her background in pharmacology. She then speaks about her…

Mildred Cohn begins the interview by reflecting on her childhood, education, and family life, describing how she was prepared to enter college by age fourteen. She then discusses her undergraduate experience at Hunter…

A type of early intrauterine device (IUD) also known as a cervicouterine device or pessary. Curved disk with long coil stem attached to plate of disk. Coil opens into a wishbone shape with two arms. Arms are held…

Glass tube with a collecting reservoir that opens into a funnel (or breast piece). Round red rubber bulb attached to one end of the glass. Stamp in black ink on red bulb reads "Ingram's/'Omega'/London."

Glass tube with a collecting reservoir that opens into a funnel (or breast piece). Round black rubber pump attached to one end of the glass.

Long stem, round bottom flask with custom flange. Needle-size hole on opposite side of flange allows for release of pressure.

Sally Chapman's interest in science was fostered both by her "tinkerer" father and by the nationwide interest in innovative science education that occurred after Sputnik. She attended Smith College and worked for the…

General view of office machine operator Pat Bodie examining a sample of rosin at the Hercules Powder Company plant in Brunswick, Georgia. One of two Hercules plants specializing in naval stores, the Brunswick plant…

General view of technician Mary Moffit using an infrared spectrophotometer to analyze a sample of the insect repellent Metadelphene in a laboratory at the Hercules Powder Company plant in Brunswick, Georgia. Per…

General view of research assistant Evelyn Kieffer using a reactor flask to analyze an unidentified substance in a laboratory at the Hercules Powder Company plant in Brunswick, Georgia. One of two Hercules plants…

General view of an unidentified female employee polishing a curved panel of Plexiglas designed for use as an aircraft windshield. This photograph was likely taken at the Rohm and Haas Company plant located in Bristol,…

General view of an unidentified female employee polishing a curved panel of Plexiglas designed for use as an aircraft windshield. This photograph was likely taken at the Rohm and Haas Company plant located in Bristol,…

Catherine Fenselau grew up in York, Nebraska. Always interested in science, first archaeology and ultimately chemistry, she attended Bryn Mawr College. The chairman of the chemistry department, Ernst Berliner, became…

General view of two unidentified students operating Perkin-Elmer infrared spectroscopy equipment in the chemical analysis instrument laboratory at Broome Community College in New York State. Per notations accompanying…

General view of a Perkin-Elmer Model 6500 Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry system in use at an unidentified laboratory facility. The individuals visible in the photograph are identified as Dr. Lee Davidowski…

General view of Dr. Eva Wittgenstein inserting a sample into a Perkin-Elmer Model 621 Grating Infrared Spectrophotometer in use at a facility associated with the Laboratory Methods Research Section of the Environmental…

General view of a Perkin-Elmer Model 337 Grating Infrared Spectrophotometer in use at a Calgon Water Management laboratory facility. The female technician visible in the photograph is unidentified.

General view of a Perkin-Elmer Grating Infrared Spectrophotometer in use at a Calgon Water Management laboratory facility. Per notations accompanying the photograph, the spectrophotometer is being used to characterize…

General view of an unidentified female technician inserting a sample of an organic solvent into a Perkin-Elmer gas chromatograph at a laboratory associated with the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health…

General view of Senior Pollution Control Technician Tara Schultz inserting a stack gas sample via syringe into a Perkin-Elmer gas chromatograph in the pollution laboratory at a Bethlehem Steel Corporation plant in…

Two views of laboratory technician Cynthia A. Alley operating a Perkin-Elmer gas chromatograph and data station in a laboratory at the Analytical Bacteriology Branch of the Centers for Disease Control. In the first…

General view of an unidentified female technician loading blood serum samples into a Perkin-Elmer Model F-40 Multifract Gas Chromatograph in a laboratory at the Institut für Rechtsmedizin located in Göttingen, Germany. …

General view of an unidentified female technician inserting a sample into a Perkin-Elmer Model F-30 Gas Chromatograph for analysis at the the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) Hazards…

General view of chemist Janet Sheridan placing two oil samples into a Perkin-Elmer double-beam fluorescence spectrophotometer at a Coast Guard Research and Development Center laboratory. Per notations accompanying the…

General view of clinical technologist Mullin Chiong measuring a urine sample prior to analysis in the analytical laboratory at the Yale-New Haven Medical Center. Per notations accompanying the photograph, a Perkin-Elmer…