Women in science

1. WOMEN IN SCIENCE
MICROBIOLOGISTS
By: Aymara Herrero Feria

2. INDEX
● Introduction
● Alice Catherine Evans
● Rebecca Lancefield
● Lynn Margulis
● Links

3. INTRODUCTION to
microbiology

4. Alice Catherine Evans
● Born: January 29, 1881 Neath, Pennsylvania
● Died: September 5, 1975 (aged 94) Alexandria, Virginia

5. ALICE CATHERINE EVANS
● Researcher at the U.S Department of
Agriculture.
● Join in the U.S Public Health Services.
● First female president of Society of American
Bacteriologists

6. Rebecca Lancefield
● Born: January 5, 1895 Fort Wadsworth, Staten Island, New
York
● Died: March 3, 1981 (aged 86)

7. REBECCA LANCEFIELD
● Ph.D and microbiology professor in Columbia University.
● Second female president of the Society of american
Bacteriologists.
● Serological classification of beta-hemolytic streptococcal
bacteria. Wich is based on the carbohydrate composition of
bacterial antigens found on their cell walls.

8. Lynn Margulis
● Lynn Margulis
● Born: March 5, 1938 Chicago Illinois, U.S
● Died: Nevember 22, 2011 (aged 73) Amherst, Massachusetts, U.S

9. LYNN MARGULIS
● Theory on the origin of complex cells.
● Graduated in genetics and zoology.
● Distinguished Professor of Botany and Geosciences.
● Final cell organelles theory approval.
● L. Margulis has been awarded in about twenty times.
● Many books and articles published.

10. LINKS
● http://jornades.uab.cat/workshopmrama/content/mi
● http://feminismo.about.com/od/poder/tp/Mujeres-qu
● https://translate.google.es/#es/en/Libros%20publica
● http://www.mobio.com/blog/2013/01/28/inspiring-wo