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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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  • Photograph of Kathryn C. Hach-Darrow
    14 items
    Oral histories

    Oral history interview with Kathryn C. Hach-Darrow

    • 2002-Jul-20 (First session)
    • 2003-Oct-02 (Second session)
    • 2004-Feb-08 (Third session)

    Kathryn C. Hach-Darrow begins the interview with anecdotes of Clifford C. Hach as a young, inquisitive child growing up on a farm and the effects of the Great Depression on the Hach family. Despite financial…

    • Interviewee Hach-Darrow, Kathryn C., 1922-2020
    • Interviewer Thackray, Arnold, 1939-, Daemmrich, Arthur
    • Subject Women in science, Hach-Darrow, Kathryn C., 1922-2020, Couple-owned business enterprises, Water--Analysis, Businesswomen, Women-owned business enterprises, Water--Hardness
  • Oral histories

    Oral history interview with Lili Yamasaki

    • 2004-Jan-08 – 2004-Jan-09

    Lili Yamasaki grew up outside of Detroit, Michigan, the second youngest of six siblings. Yamasaki's father was a physician and her mother a nurse, until she began raising her children. Yamasaki had an early interest in…

    • Interviewee Yamasaki, Lili, 1960-
    • Interviewer Van Benschoten, William
    • Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
    • Subject Women in science, Enzymology, Retinoblastoma, Molecular biologists, Molecular biology--Research, Medicine--Research, Women in medicine, Medical scientists, Women medical scientists
  • Photograph of Roberta A. Sanchez Gottlieb
    2 items
    Oral histories

    Oral history interview with Roberta A. Sanchez Gottlieb

    • 2003-Oct-10
    • 2003-Oct-13

    Roberta A. Sanchez Gottlieb grew up on a cattle ranch about eighty miles from Albuquerque, New Mexico, the youngest of three sisters, though, given the disparity in ages (five and six years older), she felt like she was…

    • Interviewee Sanchez Gottlieb, Roberta A., 1958-
    • Interviewer Van Benschoten, William
    • Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
    • Subject Sanchez Gottlieb, Roberta A., 1958-, Hautzig, Walter, Music, Hematology, Oncology, Protein kinases, Scripps Research Institute, Women in medicine, Medicine--Research, Coronary heart disease, Medical scientists, Microbiologists, Women microbiologists
  • 9 items
    Oral histories

    Oral history interview with Yixian Zheng

    • 2003-Sep-09 – 2003-Sep-11

    Yixian Zheng was born and raised in Chongqing, the Sichuan province of China, the elder (by about nine years) of the family's two daughters. Both of her parents were professors at Chongqing University—her mother in…

    • Interviewee Zheng, Yixian, 1969-
    • Interviewer Maestrejuan, Andrea R.
    • Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
    • Subject Zheng, Yixian, 1969-, Women in science, Centrosomes, Microtubules, Medical scientists, Medicine--Research, Women in medicine, Women medical scientists
  • Photograph of Carolyn R. Bertozzi
    12 items
    Oral histories

    Oral history interview with Carolyn R. Bertozzi

    • 2003-Aug-17 – 2003-Aug-18

    Carolyn Bertozzi grew up in Lexington, Massachusetts, the second of three girls. Her father was a nuclear physicist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, her mother a secretary in MIT's physics department.…

    • Interviewee Bertozzi, Carolyn R., 1966-
    • Interviewer Maestrejuan, Andrea R.
    • Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
    • Subject Women molecular biologists, Women in science, Women in medicine, Medicine--Research, Molecular biology--Research, Carbohydrates--Physiological effect, Bertozzi, Carolyn R., 1966-, Molecular biologists
  • Oral histories

    Oral history interview with Ann Marie Craig

    • 2003-Apr-08 – 2003-Apr-10

    Ann Marie Craig was born in Ithaca, New York, the second of three children. Her father was a graduate student in business administration at Cornell University, and her mother was a nurse. Both parents came from small…

    • Interviewee Craig, Ann Marie, 1961-
    • Interviewer Maestrejuan, Andrea R.
    • Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
    • Subject Women medical scientists, Neuroscientists, Women in medicine, Women in science, Medical scientists, Neurosciences--Research, Neurobiology--Research, Craig, Ann Marie, 1961-
  • Portrait of Hong Sun
    2 items
    Oral histories

    Oral history interview with Hong Sun

    • 2003-Jan-14 – 2003-Jan-15

    Hong Sun was born and raised in Beijing, China, during the Cultural Revolution, the older of two siblings. Both of her parents were physicians who, later in their careers, focused more on medical research than…

    • Interviewee Sun, Hong, 1958-
    • Interviewer Van Benschoten, William
    • Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
    • Subject Sun, Hong, 1958-, Women in science, Women in medicine, Medical scientists, Molecular biology--Research, Medicine--Research, Oncology, Cancer--Research, Proteins--Research, Women medical scientists
  • Photograph of Nancy M. Hollingsworth
    2 items
    Oral histories

    Oral history interview with Nancy M. Hollingsworth

    • 2002-Nov-11 – 2002-Nov-13

    Nancy M. Hollingsworth was born in San Francisco, California, but spent most of her youth moving around—to Oregon, Panama, New Mexico, California, and, finally, Arizona—with her parents and older brother. Her father was…

    • Interviewee Hollingsworth, Nancy M., 1958-
    • Interviewer Van Benschoten, William
    • Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
    • Subject Hollingsworth, Nancy M., 1958-, Yeast, Mutation (Biology), Biochemistry, Recombinant DNA, Molecular genetics, State University of New York at Stony Brook, MSH (Hormone), Women in science, Women in medicine, Medical scientists, Women medical scientists
  • Photograph of Wilma Wasco
    2 items
    Oral histories

    Oral history interview with Wilma M. Wasco

    • 2002-Oct-02 – 2002-Oct-04

    Wilma M. Wasco was raised in Fairfield, Connecticut—a town about forty-five minutes away from New York City—the oldest of three siblings. Her father was a lawyer and had a profound love of jazz music, also, later in…

    • Interviewee Wasco, Wilma M., 1959-
    • Interviewer Van Benschoten, William
    • Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
    • Subject Wasco, Wilma M., 1959-, Women in science, Women in medicine, Neurobiology, Alzheimer's disease--Research, Medicine--Research, Medical scientists, Neurosciences, Women medical scientists
  • Oral histories

    Oral history interview with Ann B. Hill

    • 2002-Aug-05 – 2002-Aug-07

    Ann B. Hill was born in Melbourne, but was raised primarily in Sydney, Australia, the second youngest of four children. Her father took advantage of opportunities for returning soldiers after the Second World War and…

    • Interviewee Hill, Ann Bernice, 1954-
    • Interviewer Van Benschoten, William
    • Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
    • Subject Hill, Ann Bernice, 1954-, Clinical immunology, HIV-positive persons, T cells, Flaviviruses, Women in medicine, Medicine--Research, Oregon Health & Science University, Women in science, Immunologists, Medical scientists, Women medical scientists
  • Oral histories

    Oral history interview with Jean T. Greenberg

    • 2002-Jun-17 – 2002-Jun-18

    Jean T. Greenberg was raised, principally, in New York City with her mother, though she spent weekends in Connecticut with her father; Greenberg had one older brother. Her father was a physician with "the heart" of a…

    • Interviewee Greenberg, Jean T., 1961-
    • Interviewer Van Benschoten, William
    • Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
    • Subject Greenberg, Jean T., 1961-, Oxidative stress, Biophysics, Plants--Disease and pest resistance, Arabidopsis, Plant diseases, University of Colorado Boulder, Women in science, Women in medicine, Medical scientists, Molecular biologists, Women medical scientists, Women molecular biologists
  • Oral histories

    Oral history interview with Hannele Ruohola-Baker

    • 2002-May-20 – 2002-May-21
    • 2002-May-27

    Hannele Ruohola-Baker was born in Kullaa, Finland—a small farming village—the younger of two siblings. Her mother was a banker who always had an interest in learning, though did not have many opportunities for education…

    • Interviewee Ruohola-Baker, Hannele, 1959-
    • Interviewer Van Benschoten, William
    • Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
    • Subject Ruohola-Baker, Hannele, 1959-, Women in science, Women in medicine, Molecular biology, Medical scientists, Medicine--Research, Proteins--Research, Drosophila, Oogenesis
  • Oral histories

    Oral history interview with Gail P. Jarvik

    • 2002-May-22 – 2002-May-24

    Gail P. Jarvik was raised in Mount Prospect, a suburb of Chicago, Illinois, one of six siblings (with an age-span of seventeen years between the oldest and youngest). Her mother was a housewife who received a college…

    • Interviewee Jarvik, Gail P., 1959-
    • Interviewer Van Benschoten, William
    • Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
    • Subject Jarvik, Gail P., 1959-, Medical genetics, University of Pennsylvania, Hyperlipidemia, Prostate--Cancer, Medical ethics, Medical sciences, Women in medicine, University of Washington. Medical Center, Geneticists, Medical scientists, Women medical scientists, Women in science
  • Oral histories

    Oral history interview with Elsa Reichmanis

    • 2001-Aug-01

    Elsa Reichmanis begins the interview with a description of her family's immigration to the United States and her childhood years in Syracuse, New York. Reichmanis developed an interest in chemistry after taking a high…

    • Interviewee Reichmanis, Elsa, 1953-
    • Interviewer Brock, David C.
    • Sponsor Society of Chemical Industry (Great Britain). American Section
    • Subject Reichmanis, Elsa, Chemists, Women chemists, Women in science, Bell Labs, Syracuse University, Photonics
  • Oral histories

    Oral history interview with Jane E. Koehler

    • 2001-Mar-02 – 2001-Mar-04

    Jane E. Koehler was born in Lincoln, Nebraska in 1953, the third of four sisters. Her father was the son of German-American farmers from Missouri; he was a World War II veteran who was the first in his family to attend…

    • Interviewee Koehler, Jane E., 1953-
    • Interviewer Cohen, Helene L.
    • Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
    • Subject Koehler, Jane E., 1953-, Autoimmune thyroiditis, Microbiology, Women in science, Communicable diseases, Angiomatosis, University of California School of Medicine, San Francisco, Bartonella, Women in medicine, Clinical medicine--Research, Molecular biologists, Women molecular biologists
  • 5 items
    Oral histories

    Oral history interview with Nathalie Dusoulier

    • 2000-Jun-19

    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…

    • Interviewee Dusoulier, Nathalie, 1927-2010
    • Interviewer Rayward, W. Boyd
    • Subject Centre national de la recherche scientifique (France), Pharmacology, Chemistry--Nomenclature, Women in information science, Pharmacologists, Institut de l'information scientifique et technique (France), United Nations, Chemistry--Abstracting and indexing, Women in science, Information storage and retrieval systems--Chemistry, Desoulier, Nathalie, 1927-2010
  • Oral histories

    Oral history interview with Lee Ann Niswander

    • 2000-May-15
    • 2000-May-17 – 2000-May-18

    Lee Ann Niswander was born in Bluffton, Ohio, the fourth child of six. Her parents were moderately devout Mennonites until her father's job caused them to move to Okemos, Michigan, where they became Methodists. Both…

    • Interviewee Niswander, Lee Ann
    • Interviewer Cohen, Helene L.
    • Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
    • Subject Niswander, Lee Ann, Women in science, Medical scientists, Molecular biology, Medicine--Research, Genetics, Microdissection, Neural tube
  • Oral histories

    Oral history interview with Erin Schuman

    • 2000-Apr-12
    • 2000-Apr-19
    • 2000-Apr-26
    • 2000-May-17

    Erin M. Schuman was born in San Gabriel, California, though spent most of her childhood in Huntington Beach, the oldest of three siblings; her mother was a teacher at a Catholic school. She was a "serial hobbyist" with…

    • Interviewee Schuman, Erin, 1963-
    • Interviewer Van Benschoten, William
    • Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
    • Subject Schuman, Erin, 1963-, Women in science, Molecular biology, Medicine--Research, Medical scientists, Women in medicine, Neurobiology, Neural transmission, Neurotransmitters
  • 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
  • Oral histories

    Oral history interview with Marcia B. Goldberg

    • 1999-Nov-01 – 1999-Nov-02

    Marcia B. Goldberg was born in 1957 in Boston, Massachusetts; the second of four siblings. Goldberg grew up in a very egalitarian family environment full of enrichment and educational opportunities. Although the…

    • Interviewee Goldberg, Marcia B., 1957-
    • Interviewer Cohen, Helene L.
    • Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
    • Subject Goldberg, Marcia B., 1957-, Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital, Shigella flexneri, Vibrio cholerae, Institut Pasteur (Paris, France), Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bacterial diseases, Women in science, Medical microbiology, Medical scientists, Women medical scientists
  • 11 items
    Oral histories

    Oral history interview with Maureen J. Charron

    • 1999-Sep-07 – 1999-Sep-09

    Maureen J. Charron has spent most of her life in New York City, New York. She was born on Long Island but grew up in Queens. The elder of two sisters born to parents of Italian and French Canadian descent, she attended…

    • Interviewee Charron, Maureen J., 1959-
    • Interviewer Cohen, Helene L.
    • Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
    • Subject Women in science, Women in medicine, Charron, Maureen J., 1959-, Molecular biology, Medical scientists, Medicine--Research, DNA--Research, Glucose--Physiological transport, Diabetes--Research
  • Oral histories

    Oral history interview with Sarah A. Woodson

    • 1999-Jul-19 – 1999-Jul-21

    Sarah A. Woodson was born and raised in Warren, Michigan. Her father was a music teacher; Sarah's mother, who was from Amsterdam, Holland, was a housewife until her children were older, when she finished college and…

    • Interviewee Woodson, Sarah A., 1961-
    • Interviewer Cohen, Helene L.
    • Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
    • Subject Woodson, Sarah A., 1961-, Women in science, Women in medicine, Medical scientists, Medicine--Research, RNA--Research, Nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy, College teachers, Women medical scientists
  • Photograph of Helen Murray Free
    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
  • Photograph of Mary L. Good
    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-, United Oil Products, Inc., 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)
  • Photograph of Stephanie Kwolek
    6 items
    Oral histories

    Oral history interview with Stephanie L. Kwolek (1998)

    • 1998-Mar-21

    Stephanie Kwolek begins the interview with a discussion of her early career at DuPont. She joined DuPont in 1946, the same year she earned her B.S. in chemistry at Carnegie-Mellon University. Kwolek spent much of her…

    • Interviewee Kwolek, Stephanie, 1923-2014
    • Interviewer Bensaude-Vincent, Bernadette
    • Subject Women in science, Polyphenyleneterephthalamide, Polymers, Women scientists, Chemists, Kwolek, Stephanie, 1923-2014, Chemists--Biography, E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company, National Research Council (U.S.)
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