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  2. Women in Science, an overview of women's contributions to the field as well as the obstacles faced, as intelligence alone has rarely been enough to guarantee women a role in science. ... Women scientists in the ancient world and Middle Ages. Hypatia (more) Researchers can only speculate about the relative roles of men and women thousands of ...
  3. Florence Rena Sabin was an American anatomist and investigator known for her research on the lymphatic system and who was considered to be one of the leading women scientists of the United States. In 1917 she became the first female full professor at Johns Hopkins University, and in 1925 she joined the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research ...
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  4. Women in Science - A selection of notable women in science: Women in Science - A selection of notable women in science: Search ... Women scientists in the ancient world and Middle Ages. From the Enlightenment to the 19th century. The growth of women's higher education in the 19th and early 20th centuries.
  5. Florence Rena Sabin (born Nov. 9, 1871, Central City, Colo., U.S.—died Oct. 3, 1953, Denver, Colo.) was an American anatomist and investigator of the lymphatic system who was considered to be one of the leading women scientists of the United States.. Sabin was educated in Denver, Colorado, and in Vermont and graduated from Smith College in Massachusetts, in 1893.
  6. Only ten of them -- about 3 percent -- have been women. Why? In this updated version of Nobel Prize Women in Science, Sharon Bertsch McGrayne explores the reasons for this astonishing disparity by examining the lives and achievements of fifteen women scientists who either won a Nobel Prize or played a crucial role in a Nobel Prize - winning ...

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