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Female Pioneers in Physics from Egypt
2021The role of women in physics tends to be more junior than that of men. Throughout the history of science, there is a gender orientation of academic qualifications especially in the fields of mathematics and physics (Bokova in Cracking the code: girls’ and women’s education in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM).
Hazem A. Karim, Ahmed A. Karim
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BMJ, 2008
Linda De Cossart is vice president of the Royal College of Surgeons.
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Linda De Cossart is vice president of the Royal College of Surgeons.
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Augusta Klumpke: pioneering female neurologist
British Journal of Hospital Medicine, 2009The latter part of the 19th century was an exciting period when women at last were succeeding in their battle to obtain their medical training and qualifications to practice in the UK, continental Europe and in the USA. Moreover, and perhaps not surprisingly, many of these determined and doughty pioneers showed themselves to be exceptionally able in ...
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Cast in stone: university honours female pioneers
BMJ, 2020Stonewest The names of Florence Nightingale, Alice Augusta Ball, and Marie Sklodowska-Curie have been added to the facade of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine’s Keppel Street building. The names join those of 23 other health innovators inscribed in the 1920s facade, all …
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A pioneering female neurosurgeon: Dr. Aysima Altınok
Acta Neurochirurgica, 2007This article will look at how one female neurosurgeon in Turkey made her mark in the field. In 1954, Dr. Aysima Altinok began her residency training in neurosurgery at Haydarpaşa Numune Hospital where the first official department of neurosurgery in Turkey had been founded five years earlier.
N, Balak, I, Elmaci
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Martha Wollstein: A pioneer American female clinician-scientist
Journal of Medical Biography, 2018Martha Wollstein was not only the first fully specialized pediatric perinatal pathologist practicing exclusively in a North America children’s hospital, she also blazed another pathway as a very early pioneer female clinician-scientist. Wollstein provided patient care at Babies Hospital of New York City from 1891 until her retirement in 1935, and also ...
Jeanne, Abrams, James R, Wright
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Female Pioneers in Neurosurgery in the Caribbean
NeurosurgeryThe field of neurosurgery in the Caribbean has long been shaped by systemic limitations in infrastructure, training opportunities, and gender representation. Despite these challenges, a small group of pioneering women have broken through traditional barriers to become leaders in Caribbean neurosurgery. This narrative review highlights the contributions
Khalil St Brice +7 more
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Elizabeth Blackwell: a pioneer female medical graduate
British Journal of Hospital Medicine, 2010This year marks the centenary of the death of Dr Elizabeth Blackwell, who died on 31 May 1910, the first woman in the English-speaking world to qualify as a doctor. She practiced both in England and the USA and did much to encourage, in the face of great opposition, medical training for women in both countries.
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Beatrice Helen Worsley: Canada's female computer pioneer
IEEE Annals of the History of Computing, 2003Worsley was a pioneering computer scientist and the first female in Canada to make significant contributions to the field of computing. Her experiences and accomplishments were remarkable. When Beatrice Worsley died in 1972, Canada lost a computer pioneer and a witness to several great moments in computing history.
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