Women and Science

General view of Dr. Peter Jatlow, director of the clinical laboratory, and technologist Ying-Lin T. Gravel examining the graphical output of a Perkin-Elmer fluorescence spectrophotometer in use at the Yale-New Haven…

General view of two unidentified chemists discussing the spectrum of a compound analyzed using a Perkin-Elmer fluorescence spectrophotometer in the laboratory of the Biomolecular Sciences Section of the Arthur D. Little…

General view of a sample of anti-cancer drug metabolite being inserted into the cell of a Perkin-Elmer fluorescence spectrophotometer at an unidentified laboratory facility. The woman visible in the photograph is…

General view of an unidentified female chemist examining the recording graph from a Perkin-Elmer elemental analyzer in use at a laboratory associated with the Foster Wheeler Corporation. Per notations accompanying the…

General view of technician Georgina Phillips operating a Perkin-Elmer elemental analyzer in the Marine Ecology Laboratory at the Bedford Institute of Oceanography located in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada. Per notations…

General view of a Perkin-Elmer differential scanning calorimeter with a robotic autosampler in use at an unidentified laboratory facility. The individual visible in the photograph is identified as Christa [surname…

General view of assorted Perkin-Elmer instruments in use in the chemical analysis instrument laboratory at Broome Community College, including a differential scanning calorimeter (foreground), an atomic absorption…

General view of a suite of scientific instruments comprising the Perkin-Elmer Delta Series Thermal Analysis System, including a differential scanning calorimeter, thermomechanical analyzer, and Model 3700 data station.…

General view of an unidentified female employee pouring a water sample into the tray of a Perkin-Elmer Autosampler at an Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) laboratory facility located in Edison, New Jersey. Per…

General view of an unidentified employee operating a Perkin-Elmer Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer with a heated graphite atomizer (HGA) attachment in use at a Calgon Water Management laboratory facility. Per…

General view of laboratory technician Margaret Kreiser using the heated graphite atomizer (HGA) attachment of a Perkin-Elmer Model 403 Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer to test a chocolate sample for volatile elements…

General view of laboratory technician Margaret Kreiser grating a sample of chocolate prior to testing at a Hershey Company facility. Per notations accompanying the photograph, testing included an analysis of the…

General view of laboratory technician Margaret Kreiser using assorted Perkin-Elmer atomic absorption instruments at a Hershey Company facility to determine the metal constituents of finished food items and raw…

General view of an unidentified laboratory technician using a Perkin-Elmer Model 403 Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer to test the lead content of a urine sample in the industrial hygiene laboratory at the Electric…

General view of Jeanette Clarke, employee at New York City's Fordham Hospital, using a Perkin-Elmer Model 403 Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer to measure the lead content in a sample of blood. Per notations…

Group photograph of unidentified employees of the Perkin-Elmer Corporation, a manufacturer of analytical instruments, diagnostic tools, and medical imaging equipment. A copy of The Perkin-Elmer News , an in-house…

This in-house publication includes a story about the filming of "Success Story," the company's new Spinco division, and the "feminine talent" in the Cables and Resistors department.

The individuals depicted in the photograph are identified as follows:

Standing left to right: William Nash; William Bay; J.P. Holmes; Perley Wayne; A.C. Beckert; Joseph E. LeFerre; Thomas Griswold; Herbert. H. Dow;…

White plastic medicine bottle with safety cap. Bottle contains tablets and original inner seal is intact. White, dark red, and yellow label adhered to bottle reads "Enovid".

The ubiquitous bottle has a long history.…

Study for a never-finished portrait of Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin OM FRS (1910-1994), by English artist Graham Sutherland. Hodgkin was an English biochemist who won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1964 for her work in…

General view of employee Mildred Wells using a Hart moisture meter to measure the moisture in a sample of carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC) at the Hercules Powder Company plant in Hopewell, Virginia. Also known as cellulose…

General view of employee Mildred Wells using a Brookfield Viscometer to measure the viscosity of a carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC) solution at the Hercules Powder Company plant in Hopewell, Virginia. Also known as…

Two views of employee Mildred Wells testing samples of carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC) for residual fibers at the Hercules Powder Company plant in Hopewell, Virginia. As visible in the photograph, the samples were placed…

General view of employee Elizabeth Booth operating a hydraulic press in the Viscose Laboratory at a Hercules Powder Company pilot plant in Hopewell, Virginia. Several stacks of viscose, a semi-synthetic fiber, are…

General view of an unidentified female employee using a pipette to transfer a solution into a laboratory apparatus at the Hercules Powder Company plant in Hopewell, Virginia. The Hopewell plant produced so-called…