Support Women of Science
Embrace women leading us in science–Protecting life, water, and air!
Anita Studer –Swiss, ornithologist and environmentalist. She went to Brazil to study a
rare blackbird and ended up saving an entire forest.
Rachel Carson –American marine biologist. She fought diligently through words and
activism to protect our environment and wrote Silent Spring.
Teriān, Ālenush –Was an Iranian-American Astronomer and Physicist. Known as the
“Mother of Modern Iranian Astronomy.”
Hegerl, Gabriele C. –American climatologist. She studies/contributes to the effects
that greenhouse gas emissions have on our climate; and writes.
Diana Marcela Bolaños Rodriguez –Columbian marine biologist. Her studies focused
on “polyclad flatworms,” which can “generate tissue through stem cells.
Alice Evans –Was an American microbiologist. In Washington D.C. she studied
bacteria in cows, and this later led to the pasteurization of milk.
Yaël Nazé –Belgian Physicist. She focuses on “massive stars and their interactions
with their surroundings.” She has also written many books.
Wallace, Carden –Australian Marine Biologist. Helped discover “mass
spawning of coral.” She wrote “a revision of the Genus Acropora.”
Omowunmi Sadik –Nigerian Chemist and inventor. She’s developed sensors for
detecting drugs and explosives; and is also recycling metal ions from waste.
Marie Tharp –American Biologist. With a fellow scientist she mopped 70% of the
entire ocean floor. Her work lead to the acceptance of “plate tectonics
and continental drift.
Ellen Swallow Richards –American industrial and environmental Chemist. Because
of her tests for water quality in the 1880s, the first sewage
treatment plant in America was created.
Nyokong, Tebello–South African Chemist and cancer researcher. She’s researching
“photo-dynamic therapy,” which is an alternative to chemotherapy;
and she writes.
© 2017 Michelle Kogan
Many Scientists were found on the “List of female scientists in the 21st century,” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_female_scientists_in_the_21st_century
I’m sharing this acrostic poem for a triple header–Poetry Friday, NaPoWriMo, and Earth Day. The image at the top is a poster I’ve made for the March for Science rally I’m participating in on Earth Day, Saturday April 22, 2017, in Chicago. Click on the link above for info about the March.
Visit Tabatha at the Opposite of Indifference for this weeks Poetry Friday Round up. Many thanks for hosting Tabatha, during a difficult week.
Love your post for today! I hope your march tomorrow is meaningful. I’m heading to Boston–pink pussy hat atop my head!
Thanks Diane–hope you all have a grand March tomorrow in Boston!
Fabulous, Michelle. Love every bit of this. There have been, and there still are, so many brilliant women making incredible contributions to our world. In a sense so many have been, and continue to be, “Hidden Figures.” Thank you for honoring and celebrating them in your wonderful acrostic. I’m assuming you’ve read Rachel Ignotofsky’s “Women in Science,” which introduced me to so many amazing women. You’ve added to my list Cheers!
Thanks Christie! We have to speak for women all year long. And thanks for passing on “Women in Science,” I don’t think I’ve read this one.
What a cool idea for an acrostic! It would also be good for Women’s History Month 🙂 (We are going to the March for Science in D.C. tomorrow. Maybe we should make a poster…)
Thanks Tabatha; yes make a poster they are empowering! Glad you are Marching in D.C.!
What an awesome acrostic! Love how you’ve created poetry from the names, calling out the women who are devoting their careers to science.
Hi Brenda, Thanks! There are so many women in Science and so few given their due recognition.
And they should be! I wonder if any of them will see your poem. I hope so!
I love the poster, Michelle. We have a march here, too, but am working at the bookstore. Best wishes to all! There are many bios of women scientists coming out recently in pic book form, all so great to learn about. and don’t forget Jeannine Atkins books, too, that highlight girls, then women, pursuing science careers.
Thanks Linda! It’s exciting to have all these books on women and girls in science, hope they encourage many more to enter the field! I remember Jeanine Atkins and her book “Stone Mirrors from Michelle’s-Today’s Little Ditty Blog.
Wow! I love this list of women scientists and their contributions. Enjoy the march for Earth Day. I will be spending the morning cleaning our river (as I do every fall and spring on their cleanup days). I want to share your poem and its incredible women with my daughter, who is studying biochemistry.
Thanks Kay! Yay another woman in Science! We have our neighborhood clean up tomorrow too, my husband will be there in my place.
Wow, Michelle that’s a hard-working poem! Way to address all those events with one poem. Thank you for introducing me to some women I didn’t know before. xo
Hi Irene, It took a bit to put together, and I may do some future poems or writings from it, Thanks!
Fabulous poem — most of those women are new to me. Thank you for marching tomorrow.
Hi Jama, thanks many of them were new to me too!
Michelle, your research paid off. I am so glad that you are celebrating a march with your beautiful acrostic. This is one that all young girls should read.
Thanks Carol, I did do some digging for this poem, though I find it all interesting and gratifying!
Wow. Ticking some boxes with this post, Michelle. Wonderful non-fiction poetry tribute, and great poster!
Thanks Kat, and Happy Earth Day!
I love, love, love this poem! So many unsung heroes and female pioneers in the sciences, who should be as celebrated and as familiar to our young people as movie stars and singers!
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Thanks for the ping-back Brenda and Happy Earth Day!
Thank you for shining a light on the WOMEN of science! March on! (March for me, I have a writing deadline to meet…)
Thanks Mary Lee, many lights need to shine on these dedicated women who are doing so much for all of us. The March was invigorating with all kinds in attendance, families, my daughter and I marched together, and many others! We ended at the Field Museum in Chicago; where they had a fair of environmental and science related groups at tables, providing info and ways to get involved.