b.1938
Ecologist
New York
Ecologist Anne LaBastille studied a flightless bird, the great pied-billed grebe, which survived in spite of living in a wildlife refuge, earthquakes, and polluted streams likely to make the species extinct. In the early 1970s Dr. La Bastille moved to a cabin in New York’s Adirondacks. Her solitary life led her to write Woodswoman. In 1980, she profiled 15 women naturalists in Women and Wilderness.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_LaBastille.
Dr. Jeannie McLain
b. 1960
Research Microbial Ecologist
Arizona
A research microbiologist at the USDA-Agricultural Research Service, Jeannie works to develop methods to increase the safety and efficiency of using recycled water to replenish dwindling water supplies throughout the world. She works with local and regional community organizations to increase public confidence in recycled water, and provides yearly internships to young women interested in research careers in environmental science.
http://www.ars.usda.gov/pandp/people/people.htm?personid=33819
Donella (Dana) Meadows
1941-2001
Scientist (Biophysicist) Author, Leader in the Sustainability Movement
Vermont
Donella Meadows pioneered research regarding the human impact on the global ecosystem-examining trends in population, environment, and economics. As lead author of “Limits To Growth”, she stirred worldwide thinking and dialog about sustainability. An inspiring teacher, gifted author, and exemplary leader, she is also the founder of the Sustainability institute and co-founder of the International Network of Resource Information Centers.
www.sustainer.org
www.sustainabliltiyinstitute.org
Roberta J. Nichols
1931-2008
Research Engineer
California
Roberta Nichols began research for alternative fuels at Ford Motor Company in 1979. She and her team developed ethanol-fueled engines and she oversaw the building of 27 natural gas trucks and worked on sodium-sulfur technology for batteries and electric vehicles. Nichols was the first woman elected to the Society of Automotive Engineers. She earned Aerospace Corporation’s Woman of the Year and Society of Women Engineers Achievement Award in 1988.
http://www.cert.ucr.edu/news/nichols-letter.asp
Ellen Swallow Richards
1842-1911
Scientist
Massachusetts
Richard was the first American women to earn a degree in chemistry, a pioneer in applying scientific principles to domestic situations such as nutrition, physical fitness, sanitation, and efficient home management, and creator of the field of home economics. She undertook the first scientific water quality studies in America and is called the founder of ecology.
www.bwht.org
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ellen_Swallow_Richards
Sally K. Ride
b. 1951
Scientist, Astronaut, Founder of Sally Ride Science
California USA
Sally was the first American woman in space and established nationwide Sally Ride Festivals for Girls. As a scientist addressing Global Climate Change, she has published many resources addressing the topic for schools. Her professional conference during the summer of 2008 brought together leading scientists and educators which provided a phenomenal setting for awareness on the earth's environmental concerns.
www.sallyridescience.com
http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/ride-sk.html
Maxine Lazarus Savitz
b.1937
Organic Chemist
Massachusetts
Maxine Lazarus Savitz earned a Ph.D. in organic chemistry from MIT in 1961. She taught at the University of California, Berkeley where she strongly encouraged women to enter engineering fields. Her research includes work on free radical mechanisms, anodic hydrocarbon oxidation, fuel cells and improved use of energy in buildings. Her work resulted in the development of energy saving electrical technology and alternate fuels for cars.
Ellen K. Silbergeld
b.1945
Environmental Toxicologist and Research Scientist
Maryland
Ellen Silbergeld is an environmental toxicologist and researcher who was the person primarily responsible for having lead, a major environmental and health hazard, removed from gasoline. She has been an activist in addressing lead contamination in water and has worked for the Environmental Defense Fund, the University of Maryland Medical School, and the Bloomberg School of Public Health at Johns Hopkins University.
www.faculty.jhsph.edu;
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ellen_Silbergeld;
http://www.daylife.com/words/Ellen_Silbergeld
Kathleen C. Taylor
b.1942
Physical Chemist
Massachusetts
Kathleen Taylor, physical chemist, worked with her co-workers at General Motors to invent a catalytic converter to convert nitric oxide into nitrogen gas. This improved catalytic converter was introduced in 1975, help reduce smog emissions. She directed General Motors’s Materials and Processes Laboratory and the Physical Chemistry Department. In 1988 Dr. Taylor received the Garvan Medal of the American Chemical Society, sponsored by Olin Corporation.
http://www.chemheritage.org/women_chemistry/enviro/taylor.html
Elizabeth Coleman White
1871 – 1954
Agriculturalist
New Jersey
Elizabeth Coleman White grew up on her father’s cranberry farm and developed an interest in commercial agriculture. She pioneered the cultivation of the blueberry. Collaborating with Fredrick Coville, she developed develop a commercial blueberry based on the sweetest and hardiest of the wild varieties of blueberries growing in the NJ Pine Barrens. She also helped start the NJ Cooperative Blueberry Association.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Coleman_White;
www.distinguishedwomen.com/biographies/white-ec.html
Thanks to the Women's History Project for providing the above information.
