Women chemists in the national inventors' hall of fame: Their remarkable lives and their award-winning research

Orna, Mary Virginia

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Title

Women chemists in the national inventors' hall of fame: Their remarkable lives and their award-winning research

Author(s)

Orna, Mary Virginia

Issue Date

2009-03-15

Keyword(s)

• History
• Chemistry
• Award woman chemist research

Abstract

The National Inventors' Hall of Fame (NIHF) celebrates the creative and entrepreneurial spirit of great inventors by showcasing exhibits and presentations that allow visitors to each year a Selection Committee composed of representatives from national scientific and tech. organizations votes to select the most qualified inventors from those nominated for the current year. To date, only 13 women of the more than 375 inventors thus honored are members of the Hall of Fame, and of these 13, six are chemists: Rachel Fuller, Brown, Gertrude Belle Elion, Edith Flanigen, Stephanie Louise Kwolek, Helen Murray Free, and Patsy O'Connell Sherman. An account of the lives of these female chemists and of their award-winning research is presented.

Publisher

Division of the History of Chemistry

ISSN

1053-4385

Type of Resource

text

Genre of Resource

article

Language

eng

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https://hdl.handle.net/2142/127737

DOI

https://doi.org/10.70359/bhc2009v034p050

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Copyright 2009 Division of the History of Chemistry

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