Women in Science Resources

Who are the Women in Physics at Purdue?
WiP Spotlight Scientist - Eight times a year, February, March, April, Summer, September, October, November, and Winter, a new female scientist and her contributions to science will be featured.
4000 Years of Women in Science: Biographies/Resources - This web page has a wealth of information on Women who have contributed to the sciences throughout the ages. Find a rolemodel here. Or add one to the list...
Bibliographies and Guides to Resources - Links to several bibliographies about women in science and technology.
Biographies of Women Mathematicians
Noteable women: A Searchable Database with an incredable list of famous women. Reading through the list is a real eye-opener.
UCLA's Site on Contributions of 20th Century Women to Physics

Biographies of Women in Science

Elizabeth Britton - One of the first female botanists; helped found the New York Botanical Garden.
Marie Curie - Winner of two Nobel Prizes.
Rosalind Franklin - Physical chemist.
Sophie Germain - Mathematician.
Evelyn Boyd Granville - First African-American female to receive a Ph.D. in Mathematics; WiP Spotlight Scientist for April 1998.
Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin - Sole winner of the 1964 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
Sofia Kovalevskaia - Mathematician who improved on the mathematical consideration of Saturn's rings of Laplace and Maxwell, all despite being unable to attend universities because she was a woman.
Inge Lehmann - Seismologist who discovered the Earth's liquid and solid inner cores; WiP Spotlight Scientist for the summer of 1998.
Barbara McClintock - Nobel Prize Winner in Medicine and Physiology.
Maude Menten - Chemist
Ellen Swallow Richards - The first woman to earn a bachelor of chemistry degree in America and founded the Science Laboratory for Women, the first of its kind in the world.
Rosalyn Sussman Yalow - American medical physicist and Nobel Prize winner; WiP Spotlight Scientist for February/March 1998.
Grace Chisholm Young - Mathematician.