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How Women Have Changed Science As We Know It

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Professor Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin, winner of the 1964 Nobel Prize for Chemistry
Professor Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin, winner of the 1964 Nobel Prize for Chemistry, is photographed in her laboratory at the Department of Chemical Crystallography at University of Oxford in Oxford, England, on Dec. 4, 1964. Hodgkin determined the three-dimensional structure of a complex bio-organic molecule by X-ray diffraction. She also determined the structure of penicillin and vitamin B12. Headlines at the time read “Oxford housewife wins Nobel” and “British woman wins Nobel Prize – £18,750 prize to mother of three.” AP Photo

Many women who have made major scientific contributions remain relatively unknown. They disproved tenets once considered to be laws of physics, drastically reduced infant mortality rates, and made huge advances in cancer drugs. We explore the forgotten histories of some of science’s most important figures.

Episode Credits

  • Kate Archer Kent Host
  • Colleen Leahy Producer
  • Lee Rayburn Technical Director
  • Catherine Whitlock Guest

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