Introductions Necessary

Male students petitioned to have Elizabeth Garrett removed from their school, but she still went on to become Britain’s first female physician. Image: Wikimedia. Sources and additional reading are available at https://introductionsnecessary.com Join us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ninehourfilms

World Ocean Day is observed on June 8th, so today we would like to introduce you to the woman who created the first physiographic maps of the sea floor and co-discovered of the backbone of the Earth. Image: Wikimedia. Sources and additional reading are available at https://introductionsnecessary.com Join us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ninehourfilms

One June 7, 1965, Sister Mary Kenneth Keller was one of the first recipients of a doctorate in computer science in the United States. Image Courtesy of Clarke University Sources and additional reading are available at https://introductionsnecessary.com Join us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ninehourfilms

Mary Cartwright was one of only five women studying mathematics at Oxford after World War I, and she went on to help found chaos theory. Image Courtesy of CWM. Sources and additional reading are available at https://introductionsnecessary.com Join us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ninehourfilms

A rare combination of what she considers two very different style disciplines, Dr. Marti J. Anderson has found her place bringing together the worlds of ecology and statistical analysis. Image: Jane Ussher / Massey University Press (CC BY 4.0 DEED) Sources and additional reading are available at https://introductionsnecessary.com Join us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ninehourfilms

Rachel Dutton studies microbial colonies by studying delicious cheeses. Image Courtesy of Princeton. Sources and additional reading are available at https://introductionsnecessary.com Join us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ninehourfilms

Physicist Sabrina Pasterski has studied at Harvard and MIT, has had her work cited by Stephen Hawking, and even built her own airplane, all before the age of 23. Image: Wikimedia (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

On June 2, 2008, astronaut Karen L. Nyberg arrived at the International Space Station for the first time, while it was still under construction. Image: Wikimedia. Sources and additional reading are available at https://introductionsnecessary.com Join us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ninehourfilms

Dr. Giuliana Tesoro wore many hats during her career including organic chemist, inventor, polymer chemist and professor. Image Courtesy of Yale University. Sources and additional reading are available at https://introductionsnecessary.com Join us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ninehourfilms

Thought to be the only person from China to work on the Manhattan Project, Dr. Chien-Shiung Wu has been referred to as the “Queen of Nuclear Research.” Image: Wikimedia. Sources and additional reading are available at https://introductionsnecessary.com Join us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ninehourfilms

Considered one of the 40 best divers in the world, Dr. Stephanie Schwabe has been diving for over thirty years both in underground caves and open waters. Image Courtesy of Blue Holes Foundation. Sources and additional reading are available at https://introductionsnecessary.com Join us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ninehourfilms

Dr. Charlotte Friend was a virologist and cancer researcher whose research helped to change the way we think about cancer in humans. Image Courtesy of Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. Sources and additional reading are available at https://introductionsnecessary.com Join us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ninehourfilms

Considered to be the first female ichthyologist in the United States, Rosa Smith Eigenmann published her first scientific paper at the age of 22. Image: Wikimedia. Sources and additional reading are available at https://introductionsnecessary.com Join us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ninehourfilms

After her father’s untimely death, Anna Winlock followed in his footsteps at the Harvard Observatory and completed his unfinished work. Image: Wikimedia. Sources and additional reading are available at https://introductionsnecessary.com Join us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ninehourfilms

Virginia Tucker was one of five women hired into the “computer pool” at the NACA, before leading the human computers at NASA. Image Courtesy of UNCG. Sources and additional reading are available at https://introductionsnecessary.com Join us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ninehourfilms

Hired by the gaming company Atari in 1980, Carla Meninsky was quickly moved into game design and programming. Image Courtesy of Atari Women. Sources and additional reading are available at https://introductionsnecessary.com Join us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ninehourfilms

Dr. Helen Taussig helped found the field of pediatric cardiology after a childhood struggle with dyslexia. Image Courtesy of the National Library of Medicine. Sources and additional reading are available at https://introductionsnecessary.com Join us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ninehourfilms

As the Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office, Michelle K. Lee served as principal advisor to the President of the United States on domestic and international intellectual property policy matters. Image: US Dept. of Commerce. Sources and additional reading are available at https://introductionsnecessary.com Join us on Pat...

Dr. Anusuya Chinsamy-Turan is a paleobiologist who studies the bone structures of both extinct and living animals. Image Via LinkedIn. Sources and additional reading are available at https://introductionsnecessary.com Join us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ninehourfilms

Dr. Vanessa Aponte Williams has used a systems engineering approach to bridge her interests in chemical engineering and space travel. Image: Wikimedia (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

Ynes Mexia became a botanist at the age of 55, and on her many worldwide expeditions she gathered thousands of specimens. Image Courtesy of California Academy of Sciences. Sources and additional reading are available at https://introductionsnecessary.com Join us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ninehourfilms

The recipient of Gallaudet University’s 2013 Distinguished Faculty Award, Dr. Caroline M Solomon has a passion for teaching and can’t imagine doing anything else. Image Courtesy of Gallaudet University. Sources and additional reading are available at https://introductionsnecessary.com Join us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ninehourfilms

On May 18th, 1991, Helen Sharman became the first Briton in space when she traveled to the MIR space station. Image Courtesy of Helen Sharman. Sources and additional reading are available at https://introductionsnecessary.com Join us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ninehourfilms

When Dr. Lose earned her degree of veterinary medicine, she was one of three female graduates and the only one to go into large-animal practice, concentrating on equine care. Image Via Horse Nation. Sources and additional reading are available at https://introductionsnecessary.com Join us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ninehourfilms

Maria Gaetana Agnesi was a child prodigy who became a celebrated mathematician, though that wasn’t her first choice. Image: Wikimedia. Sources and additional reading are available at https://introductionsnecessary.com Join us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ninehourfilms