MSE 302 Professor: Ghassan H. Elias Presenters: Marchesan, Mike Arzunyan, Grigor Reichers, Jessica Hipolito, Julian Calderon, Ronie

 Women’s criticism in technical fields by society  Women gain credentials and respect  Dorothy “Crowfoot” Hodgkin and her achievements  The book “Nobel Prize Women in Science”

 Dorothy’s upbringing and childhood was rough  Dorothy’s experience made her independent  Dorothy studied at Oxford University with 1 female student to every 5 males  Dorothy’s journey begins in her study of chemistry

 Dorothy attained her B.S. in chemistry in 1932, 10 years later attained her Doctorates  Dorothy and her achievements through X-ray crystallography  Dorothy wins the Nobel prize in 1964  Dorothy achieves not only success in science, but acceptance as a woman in science as well

 Dorothy retires in 1977  Dorothy begins a journey of a higher calling  Dorothy strives for acceptance of women and men in the science community  Dorothy’s experience and achievements is what drove her

 The benefits of women in a male dominated field of math science & engineering  Dr. Hodgkin, a world-wide advocate of destroying barriers between genders & races

 Only three women have received a Noble Prize in Chemistry.  It has been 47 years since Dorothy received hers.  Where do women stand in Chemistry?  In 2002, 50% of BA.s and MA.s in Chemistry are given to women. Which turns out to be a increase of 2%/year receiving their degrees.  In 2008 only 1% of the Doctorates in Chemistry reward were given to women.

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