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Playinghardball

(11,665 posts) Sun Sep 22, 2013, 02:34 PM Sep 2013

These women have changed the world with science...Too bad a man was given all the credit... [View all]

Rosalind Franklin might be the most famous example of a woman scientist getting screwed over by her male colleagues, but she’s far from the only one.

Yes, misogyny was very much just a fact of society during the careers of these women, but it isn’t too late to pay homage to them and correct the public’s perception on who really made these amazing contributions to science.

Found on the I love fucking science Facebook page...

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These women have changed the world with science...Too bad a man was given all the credit... [View all] Playinghardball Sep 2013 OP

silly me, thought women accomplished nothing, until last couple years see all the kick ass women seabeyond Sep 2013 #1

Regarding Cecilia Payne Xipe Totec Sep 2013 #2

And don't forget Hypatia question everything Sep 2013 #3

I think there were a lot of reasons they killed her. AtheistCrusader Sep 2013 #32

We have NO idea what Hypatia did beside so work on the stars and Philosophy happyslug Sep 2013 #35

Half of the human race's intellect was wasted LittleBlue Sep 2013 #4

It's why I am pissed off at the MRA types who say that if there were no men, we wouldn't even have Nay Sep 2013 #28

Regarding Jocelyn Bell Burnell Xipe Totec Sep 2013 #5

Ignaz Semmelweis jtuck004 Sep 2013 #10

Absolutely agree. Xipe Totec Sep 2013 #19

It even has a name: "Matilda Effect" Democracyinkind Sep 2013 #6

The situation with Lise Meitner was a little more complicated. cab67 Sep 2013 #7

BTW element #109 was named 'Meitnerium' after her, perhaps in the end a more significant PoliticAverse Sep 2013 #27

Caroline Herschel Manifestor_of_Light Sep 2013 #8

You'd be surprised how much this continues today malaise Sep 2013 #9

And you forgot Marie! zwyziec Sep 2013 #11

Marie Curie did get a lot of recognition muriel_volestrangler Sep 2013 #14

Despite that and other qualifying factors, IDemo Sep 2013 #26

Well, Rosalind Franklin couldn't win the Nobel because she died before it was awarded. longship Sep 2013 #12

Hedy Lamarr Unknown Beatle Sep 2013 #13

My heroine Xipe Totec Sep 2013 #20

FWIW, Lise Meitner had an element named after her muriel_volestrangler Sep 2013 #15

Recommended and bookmarked shenmue Sep 2013 #16

The very first computer programmers were women. MgtPA Sep 2013 #17

Ada Lovelace efhmc Sep 2013 #18

Einstein's wife. You want to be pissed? Check that one out. roguevalley Sep 2013 #21

back in the 60s a woman, Tikvah Alper, hypothesized the malfolded proteins magical thyme Sep 2013 #22

Not quite. Igel Sep 2013 #29

hey, chill. I can't find my paper right now, but may find it tomorrow to link to sourcing magical thyme Sep 2013 #33

not to forget Lynn Margulis. nt magical thyme Sep 2013 #23

Lise Meitner was not "forgotten" jimlup Sep 2013 #24

K&R So many and for so long, disgusting and shameful. n/t Egalitarian Thug Sep 2013 #25

The women of ENIAC were also pushed into the shadows while... Triana Sep 2013 #30

K & R Scurrilous Sep 2013 #31

I had no idea. avaistheone1 Sep 2013 #34

Add Rear Admiral Grace Hopper to the list LongTomH Sep 2013 #36