The Royal Institute of Science announced a fabulous initiative for 2014. The Ri will celebrate women in science with its first ever all women line-up for a year of Friday Evening Discourses. Read more at their website http://www.rigb.org/about/news/spring-2014/2014-friday-evening-discourses
Several days ago they tweeted a request for nominations of women to celebrate this year. Since the request allowed for women from any age, I offer the list of women scientists in our 2014* Smarty Womyn calendar. Several are well know, some not so much.
- Grace Hopper, Computer Scientist, 1906 – 1992
- Emmy Noether, Mathematician, 1882 – 1935
- Annie Easley, Rocket Scientist, 1933 – 2011
- Rachel Carson, Marine Biologist, 1907 – 1964
- Kalpana Chawla, Space Shuttle Astronaut, 1962 – 2003
- Rosalind Franklin, Biophysicist 1920 – 1958
- Maria Mitchell, Astronomer, 1818 – 1889
- Nettie Stevens, Crypto-geneticist, 1861 – 1912
- Ellen Swallow Richards, Chemist, 1842 – 1911
- Lise Meitner, Physicist, 1878 – 1968
- Ada Lovelace, First Computer Programmer, 1815 – 1815
- Marie Curie, Nuclear Physicist, 1867 – 1934
I could go on with many more women but will save them for the next post!