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Innovators: Katsuko Saruhashi
Season 3 Episode 147
Katsuko Saruhashi (1920-2007) was the first woman to receive a PhD in chemistry in Japan. As a geochemist, she notably detected the dangers of radioa…
4 years ago
Innovators: Matilda Joslyn Gage
Season 3 Episode 146
Matilda Joslyn Gage (1826-1898) was a radical feminist of the 19th century. Alongside Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony, the trio were know…
4 years ago
Innovators: Mary Sherman Morgan
Season 3 Episode 145
Mary Sherman Morgan (1921-2004) is known as America's first female rocket scientist.
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4 years ago
Innovators: Martha Wright Griffiths
Season 3 Episode 144
Martha Wright Griffiths (1912-2003) is known as "The Mother of the ERA." Over the course of her 42 year political career, she fought against gender i…
4 years ago
Innovators: Margaret Knight
Season 3 Episode 143
Margaret Knight (1838-1914) was an inventor, most notably of a machine to produce flat-bottomed paper bags.
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4 years, 1 month ago
Innovators: Stephanie Kwolek
Season 3 Episode 142
Stephanie Kwolek (1923-2014) used her creativity in chemistry to create something miraculous. Her discovery has saved thousands of lives and without …
4 years, 1 month ago
Innovators: Beulah Louise Henry
Season 3 Episode 141
Beulah Louise Henry (1887-1973) is nicknamed “Lady Edison" and is recognized for her everyday devices that made life a little easier and simpler. If …
4 years, 1 month ago
Innovators: Bessie Blount Griffin
Season 3 Episode 140
Bessie Blount Griffin (1914-2009) has gone largely unknown. But her mission to help disabled veterans, and her ingenious devices, left their mark on …
4 years, 1 month ago
Innovators: Crystal Eastman
Season 3 Episode 139
Crystal Eastman (1881-1928) was unrelenting in her fight for equality. When the Nineteenth Amendment was ratified in 1920, after years of fighting fo…
4 years, 1 month ago
Innovators: Frances Gabe
Season 3 Episode 138
Frances Gabe (1915-2016) hated cleaning so much, she dreamt of building a house that could clean itself. Using her own money, her own hands, and seve…
4 years, 1 month ago