Introductions Necessary

Mary Walker trained as a surgeon, volunteered for the Union Army in the Civil War, and is the only woman to have been awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor. Image: Wikimedia. Sources and additional reading are available at https://introductionsnecessary.com Join us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ninehourfilms

Dr. Christine Darden has said of her success as an engineer at NASA, "I was able to stand on the shoulders of those women who came before me, and women who came after me were able to stand on mine." Image: NASA. Sources and additional reading are available at https://introductionsnecessary.com Join us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ninehourfilms

It was believed that the polio virus directly attacked the central nervous system until Dr. Dorothy Horstmann made a groundbreaking discovery about the mechanism involved with the spread of Polio in the body. Image Courtesy of PolioPlace Sources and additional reading are available at https://introductionsnecessary.com Join us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ninehourfilms

On July 1st, 1999 Dr. Shirley Ann Jackson became president of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, and since then she has transformed the oldest technical research university in the United States. Image: World Economic Forum (CC BY-SA 2.0 DEED) Sources and additional reading are available at https://introductionsnecessary.com Join us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ninehourfilms

As an unmarried woman in Victorian England, Marianne North rejected the roles of wife and homemaker. She also rejected the conventions that biological specimens should be painted out of context on simple white backgrounds. Image: Wikimedia. Sources and additional reading are available at https://introductionsnecessary.com Join us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ninehourfilms

Organic medicinal chemist Jeanette Brown is also a historian, author, and advocate for increasing diversity in science. Image: Science History Institute (CC BY-SA 3.0). Sources and additional reading are available at https://introductionsnecessary.com Join us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ninehourfilms

Dr. Pamela Silver is one of the founders of the emerging field of synthetic biology – an interdisciplinary combination of biology and engineering. But before she was part of creating new scientific fields she was making her mark in other disciplines. Image Courtesy of WYSS Institute. Sources and additional reading are available at https://introductionsnecessary.com Join us on Patreon: https://www....

Dr. Barbara Rothbaum is a pioneer in the use of virtual reality exposure therapy for the treatment of various psychological disorders, specializing in research and treatment of patients with anxiety disorders, focusing primarily on PTSD. Image Courtesy of Emory University. Sources and additional reading are available at https://introductionsnecessary.com Join us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com...

A professor at Columbia University told Eugenie Clark, “If you do finish, you will probably get married, have a bunch of kids, and never do anything in science after we have invested our time and money in you." After 7 decades of field work with over 175 publications – and raising 4 children – Clark proved him wrong. Image Courtesy of Mote Marine Laboratory & Aquarium. Sources and additional readi...

Dr. Mary Styles Harris has spent her career combining her knowledge as a genetics researcher with a drive to provide health care information to minority populations. Image Courtesy of The History Makers. Sources and additional reading are available at https://introductionsnecessary.com Join us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ninehourfilms

Dr. Amy F.T. Arnsten leads the Arnsten Lab, studying neuroscience at Yale School of Medicine. Image Courtesy of Yale School of Medicine Sources and additional reading are available at https://introductionsnecessary.com Join us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ninehourfilms

Dr. Cynthia Rosenzweig has used her expertise in climatology to help study the impact of climate change on agriculture and cities. Image: United Nations University in Bonn (CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED). Sources and additional reading are available at https://introductionsnecessary.com Join us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ninehourfilms

Dr. Yvonne Pendleton has spent her career helping us to understand our place in the universe. Image: NASA. Sources and additional reading are available at https://introductionsnecessary.com Join us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ninehourfilms

Grace Wiley believed that with the right methods even the deadliest snakes could be tamed and by speaking to them and handling them with her bare hands she claimed to have tamed over 300 venomous snakes during her career. Image: Chicago Herpetological Society Sources and additional reading are available at https://introductionsnecessary.com Join us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ninehourfilms

Mary L. Good was an inorganic chemist who led the American Chemical Society and chaired the board of the National Science Foundation. Image: Science History Institute (CC BY-SA 3.0 DEED) Sources and additional reading are available at https://introductionsnecessary.com Join us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ninehourfilms

Physicist Pearl I. Young was the first woman hired for a technical position at the NACA. Image: NASA. Sources and additional reading are available at https://introductionsnecessary.com Join us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ninehourfilms

On June 18th, 1983 Sally Ride became the first American woman in space when she launched on the Space Shuttle Challenger. Image: NASA. Sources and additional reading are available at https://introductionsnecessary.com Join us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ninehourfilms

Padmasree Warrior has been hailed by Fortune magazine as “the New Queen of the Electric Car Biz” Image: TechCrunch (CC BY 2.0 DEED) Sources and additional reading are available at https://introductionsnecessary.com Join us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ninehourfilms

On June 16, 1963, Valentina Tereshkova became the first woman in space. Image: Wikimedia. Sources and additional reading are available at https://introductionsnecessary.com Join us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ninehourfilms

Space physicist Dr. Shannon Walker has a second distinction that sets her apart even from the small group of people that have traveled to space, in addition to being an astronaut she is also an aquanaut. Image: NASA/Wikimedia. Sources and additional reading are available at https://introductionsnecessary.com Join us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ninehourfilms

Wang Zhenyi was a Chinese astronomer, mathematician, and poet born in 1768 and despite the social philosophy of the time she was an avid reader and thinker. Image: Jake Hills/Unsplash. Sources and additional reading are available at https://introductionsnecessary.com Join us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ninehourfilms

Maria Kirch is considered the first woman to discover a comet, but for many years her husband took the credit. Image: Jacob Dyer/Unsplash. Sources and additional reading are available at https://introductionsnecessary.com Join us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ninehourfilms

Dorothy “Dottie” Lee made her way in a male dominated field to build a celebrated career at NASA. Image: NASA/JPL. Sources and additional reading are available at https://introductionsnecessary.com Join us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ninehourfilms

While working on her doctorate, Dr. Gilda Barabino wanted a career that allowed her to use her education and knowledge to help people but didn’t want to go the clinical medicine route. Image: U.S. Dept. of Defense ( CC BY 2.0 DEED). Sources and additional reading are available at https://introductionsnecessary.com Join us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ninehourfilms

Dr. Mica Endsley was the first woman to serve as the Chief Scientist of the United States Air Force. Image: WIkimedia. Sources and additional reading are available at https://introductionsnecessary.com Join us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ninehourfilms