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PoliticAverse

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27. BTW element #109 was named 'Meitnerium' after her, perhaps in the end a more significant

Reply to cab67 (Reply #7)

Sun Sep 22, 2013, 07:24 PM

Sep 2013

legacy than a Nobel.

http://periodic.lanl.gov/109.shtml
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meitnerium

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These women have changed the world with science...Too bad a man was given all the credit... [View all] Playinghardball Sep 2013 OP

silly me, thought women accomplished nothing, until last couple years see all the kick ass women seabeyond Sep 2013 #1

Regarding Cecilia Payne Xipe Totec Sep 2013 #2

And don't forget Hypatia question everything Sep 2013 #3

I think there were a lot of reasons they killed her. AtheistCrusader Sep 2013 #32

We have NO idea what Hypatia did beside so work on the stars and Philosophy happyslug Sep 2013 #35

Half of the human race's intellect was wasted LittleBlue Sep 2013 #4

It's why I am pissed off at the MRA types who say that if there were no men, we wouldn't even have Nay Sep 2013 #28

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Ignaz Semmelweis jtuck004 Sep 2013 #10

Absolutely agree. Xipe Totec Sep 2013 #19

It even has a name: "Matilda Effect" Democracyinkind Sep 2013 #6

The situation with Lise Meitner was a little more complicated. cab67 Sep 2013 #7

BTW element #109 was named 'Meitnerium' after her, perhaps in the end a more significant PoliticAverse Sep 2013 #27

Caroline Herschel Manifestor_of_Light Sep 2013 #8

You'd be surprised how much this continues today malaise Sep 2013 #9

And you forgot Marie! zwyziec Sep 2013 #11

Marie Curie did get a lot of recognition muriel_volestrangler Sep 2013 #14

Despite that and other qualifying factors, IDemo Sep 2013 #26

Well, Rosalind Franklin couldn't win the Nobel because she died before it was awarded. longship Sep 2013 #12

Hedy Lamarr Unknown Beatle Sep 2013 #13

My heroine Xipe Totec Sep 2013 #20

FWIW, Lise Meitner had an element named after her muriel_volestrangler Sep 2013 #15

Recommended and bookmarked shenmue Sep 2013 #16

The very first computer programmers were women. MgtPA Sep 2013 #17

Ada Lovelace efhmc Sep 2013 #18

Einstein's wife. You want to be pissed? Check that one out. roguevalley Sep 2013 #21

back in the 60s a woman, Tikvah Alper, hypothesized the malfolded proteins magical thyme Sep 2013 #22

Not quite. Igel Sep 2013 #29

hey, chill. I can't find my paper right now, but may find it tomorrow to link to sourcing magical thyme Sep 2013 #33

not to forget Lynn Margulis. nt magical thyme Sep 2013 #23

Lise Meitner was not "forgotten" jimlup Sep 2013 #24

K&R So many and for so long, disgusting and shameful. n/t Egalitarian Thug Sep 2013 #25

The women of ENIAC were also pushed into the shadows while... Triana Sep 2013 #30

K & R Scurrilous Sep 2013 #31

I had no idea. avaistheone1 Sep 2013 #34

Add Rear Admiral Grace Hopper to the list LongTomH Sep 2013 #36