Women Scientists Posters, Prints, & Photographs, “T...-”
notable and famous women scientists for social studies and science classrooms.

Helen Taussig, MD
b. 5-24-1898; Cambridge, Massachusetts
d. 5-20-1986

“Dr. Helen Taussig did extensive work on anoxemia, or blue baby syndrome, which led to the development of the pioneering infants surgery called the Blalock-Thomas-Taussig shunt, first performed by Taussig and Dr. Alfred Blalock on an 11-month old baby girl on November 29, 1944.”

Maria Telkes
b. 12-12-1900; Budapest, Hungary
d. 12-2-1995

Maria Telkes, known her work in solar energy, created the first thermoelectric power generator in 1947 and the first thermoelectric refrigerator in 1953, using the principles of semiconductor thermoelectricity.

• Maria Telkes in Women of Science composite poster
• Girls Think of Everything: Stories of Ingenious Inventions by Women

Margaret Thatcher
b. 10-13-1925; Granthan, Lincolnshire

Margaret Thatcher was trained as a chemist and worked on the team that developed soft serve ice cream - (isn't life just too poetic?)

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Adah Belle Thoms, née Samuels
b. 1-12-1870; Richmond, VA
d. 2-21-1943; BNYC

Adah Thoms cofounded the National Association of Colored Graduate Nurses, was acting director of the Lincoln School for Nurses (New York), and lobbied for African Americans to serve as army nurses during World War I. Her efforts eventully led to the creation of the United States Army Nurse Corps.

Thoms was among the first nurses inducted into the American Nurses Association Hall of Fame when it was established in 1976..

• African American Healers

Trotula of Salerno
fl. 11th-12th century, Salerno.

Physician Trotula of Salerno is credited with several writings about women’s health that were a major source for information on women’s health in the Middle Ages.