Women Inspiring Innovation through Imagination
Each year, March is designated as National Women’s History Month to ensure that the history of American women will be recognized and celebrated in schools, workplaces, and communities throughout the country.
The 2013 National Women's History Month theme, Women Inspiring Innovation through Imagination, recognizes American women's outstanding contributions to the fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics commonly referred to as STEM.
The 2013 Honorees for National Women’s History Month include:
Hattie Elizabeth Alexander (1901-1968) Pediatrician and Microbiologist
Marlyn Barrett (1954) K-12 STEM Educator
Grace Murray Hopper (1906-1992) Computer Scientist
Olga Frances Linares (1936) Anthropologist and Archaeologist
Julia Morgan (1872-1957) Architect
Katharine Burr Blodgett (1898-1979) Physicist and Inventor
Edith Clarke (1883-1959) Electrical Engineer
Rita R. Colwell (1934) Molecular Microbial Ecologistand Scientific Administrator
Susan Solomon (1956) Atmospheric Chemist
Flossie Wong-Staal (1946) Virologist and Molecular
Patricia Era Bath (1942) Ophthalmologist and Inventor
Elizabeth Blackwell (1821-1910) Physician
Louise Pearce (1885-1959) Physician and Pathologist
Jill Pipher (1955) Mathematician
Mary G. Ross (1908-2008) Mechanical Engineer
Diane Fossey (1932-1985) Primatologist and Naturalist
Susan A. Gerbi (1944) Molecular Cell Biologist
Helen Greiner (1967) Mechanical Engineer and Roboticist
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