Meeting the Challenge

Magdolna Hargittai is a research professor of structural chemistry at the Budapest University of Technology and Economics. She is a member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences and the Academia Europaea (London) and holds a PhD, DSc, and Dr hc. She has researched and taught on the lives and careers of women scientists and is the author of Women Scientists: Reflections, Challenges, and Breaking Boundaries (OUP 2015). Dr. Hargittai and her husband, Istvan, have jointly published extensively on symmetry, science history, and conversations with famous scientists. More recently, they have written on the memorials of scientists in Budapest, New York, Moscow, and London. Dr. Hargittai's books have appeared in English, Hungarian, Russian, German, Swedish, and Korean.

• Foreword (by Eszter Hargittai)PrefaceAcknowledgments 1 Astronomers Sophia BraheMaria CunitzElisabetha HeveliusMaria KirchCaroline HerschelMary SomervilleMaria MitchellWilliamina Fleming and the Women of the Harvard ObservatoryCecilia Helena Payne-GaposchkinNancy Grace RomanVera C. RubinJocelyn Bell BurnellFrance A. CordovaAndrea M. Ghez 2 Mathematicians Elena Cornaro PiscopiaLaura BassiMaria Gaetana AgnesiAda LovelaceSonia KovalevskyMileva Mari'c-EinsteinEmmy NoetherRózsa PéterKathleen OllerenshawMary Winston JacksonKaren K. UhlenbeckMaryam Mirzakhani 3 Physicists The Loneliness of the Woman PhysicistThe Radium Institute Elisabeth Rona Marietta BlauElisaveta KaramichailovaBerta KarlikMarie CurieIsabella StoneHarriet BrooksLise MeitnerLeona Marshall LibbyMaria Goeppert MayerAntonia F. PrikhotkoChien-Shiung WuRuby Payne-Scott and other Australian Female PhysicistsRosalyn YalowMildred DresselhausDonna T. Strickland 4 Crystallographers Kathleen LonsdaleDorothy Crowfoot HodgkinRosalind FranklinIsabella KarlePioneers of Data Banks- Barbara Mez-Starck - Olga KennardAda YonathCarolina H. MacGillavry and M.C. EscherAgnes Csanady and Quasicrystals 5 Chemists and Biochemists Gerty CoriAlice BallIda NoddackIrène Joliot-CurieKlavdia V. TopchievaMildred CohnGertrude B. Elion Maxine F. SingerElena G. GalpernPaula HammondJennifer A. Doudna and Emanuelle M. CharpentierLynne E. MaquatJoan A. SteitzKatalin Karikó 6 Biologists and Biomedical Scientists Zinaida V. ErmolevaBarbara McClintockAleksandra A. Prokofieva-BelgovskayaRita Levi-MontalciniFrances O. KelseyAnne McLarenChristiane Nusslein-VolhardLinda B. BuckFrançoise Barré-SinoussiBarbara M.F. PearseElizabeth H. BlackburnCarol W. GreiderMay-Britt Moser 7 Physicians, Surgeons, and Nurses Elizabeth BlackwellRebecca Lee CrumplerRebecca ColeElizabeth Garrett-AndersonLouisa Brandbeth Aldrich-BlakeFlorence R. SabinThe Moscow Higher Courses for WomenLina S. SternMedicine Women in London- Annie McCall- Jane Harriet Walker- Elsie Inglis- Lilian Lindsay- Ida Mann- Sheila Sherlock- Margaret Turner-Warwick- Cicely Saunders- Melanie Klein- Anna Freund- Enid Balint- Nancy RothwellNurses- Florence Nightingale- Mary Seacole- Theodora Turner 8 Inventors and TechnologistsHertha AyrtonKathrine BlodgettPioneers in Aviation and Space Travel- Amelia M. Earhart- Amy Johnson- Valentina V. Tereshkova- Svetlana E. Savitskaya- Sally K. Ride- Judith A. Resnik- Kathryn D. SullivanFrances H. Arnold 9 Ecologists Rachel CarsonMiriam RothschildAyhan UlubelenChulabhorn MahidolJane Morris Goodall and Other PrimatologistsYouYou Tu NotesName Index

This book is accompanied by a comprehensive index and is a fascinating collection of portraits and vignettes of female scientists...Reading about their lives and achievements and contributions to humanity is both a humbling and educational experience.