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justphoenix) wrote2025-02-12 08:24 pm
justphoenix) wrote2025-02-12 08:24 pm
Black and STEMbruary, Day 12
12. Bettye Washington Greene, PhD
Dr. Washington Greene was among the first black women to obtain a PhD in chemistry. She was also the first to work at Dow Chemical, where she worked in the Designed Polymers division.
Her PhD thesis was on light scattering, a method we still use today to determine the size of small particles. If you're working with nanoparticles, you're using light scattering. Dr. Washington died in 1995, but she has a commemorative plaque at Wayne State University, and the reach of her research goes far beyond her years.
Dr. Washington Greene was among the first black women to obtain a PhD in chemistry. She was also the first to work at Dow Chemical, where she worked in the Designed Polymers division.
Her PhD thesis was on light scattering, a method we still use today to determine the size of small particles. If you're working with nanoparticles, you're using light scattering. Dr. Washington died in 1995, but she has a commemorative plaque at Wayne State University, and the reach of her research goes far beyond her years.
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Women in science is one of my special interest. I have a whole LEGO collection of them at work. The LEGO Women of Nasa, and a few custom minifigs.
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A couple others I think are interesting are Rita Levi-Montalcini and Marie Montessori, good luck getting the remaining 6 (though these two would only qualify for the Stem part)