Scientists & Inventors Honorees National Women’s History Month
Mary Arlene Appelhof1936 - 2005
Biologist, Worm Farmer, Educator, Publisher, and Environmentalist Michigan
Mary Appelhof advocated using the lowly earthworm to recycle food waste into usable fertilizer. In the early 1970s she turned her basement worm container into a career designing composting bins, marketing worms, and authoring Worms Eat My Garbage. As “Worm Woman,” she introduced thousands of schoolchildren and home gardeners to the fascinating, environmentally-significant activity of vermicomposting.
http://www.wormwoman.com/acatalog/index.html
http://www.emilycompost.com/mary_appelhof.htm
Arlene Blum
b.1945
Bio-Physical Chemist, Mountaineer, Environmental Activist
International
Arlene Blum is best known for leading the first American, all-women’s ascent of Annapurna. Blum’s research was instrumental in banning Tris and Fyrol, two cancer-causing chemicals used as flame retardants on children’s sleepwear, and the pesticide DBCP. Today, Blum is fighting the use of flame retardants in every-day products such as upholstered furniture. She is the author ofBreaking Trail: A Climbing Life.
http://www.arleneblum.com/, http://greensciencepolicy.org/
http://marketplace.publicradio.org/shows/2007/06/27/AM200706273.html
Mary Cleave
b.1947
Environmental Engineer and Astronaut
New York District of Columbia
Dr. Cleave was a mission specialist at NASA and flew on space flights in 1985 and 1989. Her extensive research is in the field of soil and water pollution with a special focus on the need for minimum river flow to help maintain certain game fish. She served as NASA Associate Administrator for the Science Mission and also managed NASA’s Ocean Color Satellite Program in Washington, DC.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_L._Cleave
Ellie Cohen
Conservationist
California
Ellie Cohen, who is the Executive Director of Pt. Reyes Bird Observatory (PRBO) has over 20 years of non-profit and for-profit management, fundraising, and policy expertise. Ms. Cohen brings her perspective as a scientist and public policy advisor to the topic of climate change. PROP is an award winning center for bird ecology research advancing biodiversity conservation on land and at sea.
http://www.prbo.org/cms/37
http://www.avianknowledge.net/content/about/partners/prbo
Dr. Margaret Bryan Davis
b.1931
Behavioral Biologist
Minnesota
Margaret Davis was named Regents Professor of Ecology, Evolution, and Behavioral Biology at the University of Minnesota in 1983. Her groundbreaking study of the history of the migration of forest communities during the past 14,000 years has significant implications on various theories of global warning. Her memberships include the National Academy of Sciences and the International Association for Vegetation Science.
Sylvia Alice Earle
b.1935
Oceanographer and Environmentalist
New Jersey Alaska Hawaii
Sylvia Earle was the first woman chief scientist of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. She led the investigations of the impact of the burning of Kuwait’s oil fields and the devastation caused by the Exxon Vladez in Prince William Sound in Alaska. With a group of other women scientists she lived underwater for 2 weeks to study marine environment and the effects of isolation on humans.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sylvia_Earle
Jane Goodall
b.1934
Wildlife Researcher, Educator, and Conservationist
Great Britain Africa USA
A young Jane Goodall went to Africa to study chimpanzees and soon became their leading crusader. Her research work expanded to include numerous conservation efforts in Africa and worldwide. Her global nonprofit Institute empowers people to make a difference for all living things, by creating healthy ecosystems, promoting sustainable livelihoods and nurturing new generations of committed, active citizens.
www.janegoodall.org
Dr. Alice Hamilton
1869-1970
Occupational Safety and Health Pioneer
Indiana
Hamilton was the first person to document the danger of industrial poisons like lead, phosphorus, and other chemicals in the work place. Her work at Hull House gave her the opportunity to fully investigate hazardous working conditions that led to accidents, deaths, and chronic illness. Her unprecedented work resulted in laws protecting workers and improving working conditions in this country and internationally.
http://www.distinguishedwomen.com/biographies/hamilton-a.html
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