Emma Watson's "He for She" paradigm reflects men supporting women in their accomplishments. This can be done through encouragement, support, partnership, sponsorship, collaboration, championing, advocating, nominating for awards, and recommending for promotions. Learn about women through history whose careers were aided by supportive men.

1. He for She: 10 Amazing STEM Women
and the Men Who Supported Them
Jill S. Tietjen, P.E.
President, National Women’s Hall of Fame
Co-Author, “Her Story: A Timeline of the Women Who
Changed America”
Her Story: A Timeline of the Women Who Changed America © 2013

2. Jane Colden
1757
• Her father, Cadwallader Colden, was a
naturalist who nurtured her interest in
botany
• Considered the first woman American
botanist
• Classified over 300 species of flora in the
Hudson River Valley
• Discovered and named the gardenia
• Her work is housed in the British Museum
Her Story: A Timeline of the Women Who Changed America © 2013

3. Maria Mitchell
1848
• Her father, William Mitchell, was an
amateur astronomer who encouraged her
interest
• Awarded a gold medal by the King of
Denmark when she discovered a comet
• The first woman elected to the American
Association for the Advancement of Science
• First female professor at Vassar College – she
inspired a generation of women astronomers
• Inducted into the National Women’s Hall of
Fame
Her Story: A Timeline of the Women Who Changed America © 2013

4. Ellen Henrietta Swallow Richards
1882
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• Had the full support of her husband,
Robert Richards, a professor of mining
engineering at MIT
• Credited as the founder of the field of
home economics.
• One of the founders of the American
Association of University Women.
• Called the “Mother of Ecology.”
• Inducted into the National Women’s
Hall of Fame

5. Julia Morgan
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1898
• Enjoyed the sponsorship of
William Randolph Hearst for
twenty years
• First woman to study
architecture in Paris
• Her many projects for the
YWCA include the Asilomar
Conference Center in Pacific
Grove
• Known as the architect of the
“Hearst Castle” in San Simeon,
California – today a California
State Park

6. Gladys Dick
1924
• Collaborated with her husband
on all of her scarlet fever
research
• Proved the cause of scarlet fever
• Published papers on how to
prevent, test, diagnose and treat
scarlet fever
• Received the patent for the
Dick test – a skin test to
determine a person’s
susceptibility to scarlet fever
Her Story: A Timeline of the Women Who Changed America © 2013

7. Lillian Moller Gilbreth
1931
• Strongly supported by her husband,
Frank Gilbreth, who saw that her
work was a complement to his. They
had 12 children to test their theories
of industrial engineering
• A pioneering advocate of career
interest tests
• She did extensive work to make the
kitchen more efficient and to
accommodate individuals with
disabilities
• Inducted into the National Women’s
Hall of Fame
Her Story: A Timeline of the Women Who Changed America © 2013

8. Beatrice Hicks
1950
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• Received full support from her
husband, Rodney D. Chipp
• First president of the Society of
Women Engineers
• Recognized by the New Jersey
Inventor’s Hall of Fame. She
invented the gas density sensor
• Inducted into the National
Women’s Hall of Fame

9. Becky Schroeder
1974
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• Had the support of her
father, a patent attorney
• Received her first patent for
an illuminated writing
board (later called the Glo-sheet)
while she was a
preteeen
• One of the youngest
Americans to have ever
received a patent

10. Rosalyn Yalow
1977
• For over twenty years, collaborated
with physician Solomon Berson
• Developed radioimmunoassay, a
technique that uses radioactive isotopes
to measure small amounts of biological
substances
• Received the Nobel Prize in Physiology
or Medicine
• Inducted into the National Women’s
Hall of Fame
Her Story: A Timeline of the Women Who Changed America © 2013

11. Gertrude Elion
1988
• Worked with biochemist George
Herbert Hitchings for her entire
career and shared the Nobel Prize
with him
• Nobel Prize – 1988 – in Physiology
or Medicine
• Developed the first drug to treat
childhood leukemia
• Developed an immunosuppressant
drug that allows organ transplants
• Inducted into the National Women’s
Hall of Fame
Her Story: A Timeline of the Women Who Changed America © 2013

12. He for She – Steps Men Can Take to Support Women
Encouragement
Support
Partnership
Sponsorship
Collaboration
Be a Champion
Advocate for
Nominate for Awards
Recommend for Promotions
Her Story: A Timeline of the Women Who Changed America © 2013

13. Her Story: A Timeline of the Women Who Changed America © 2013
• Six of these ten women have
been inducted into the National
Women’s Hall of Fame
• Over 850 women, including the
ones you’ve just learned about,
are in my book
• The book features women from
every field of endeavor, including
all STEM fields
• These women changed America.
They did amazing things and we
don’t know about them!
I tell the stories of great women and write
women back into history. I want to hear from
you. I would love to come speak to your
organization:
www.herstoryatimeline.com
jill@herstoryatimeline.com

14. Sources:
Womenshistory.about.com
www.greatwomen.org – The web site of the National Women’s Hall of Fame
Bailey, Martha J. “American Women in Science: A Biographical Dictionary.” ABC-CLIP:
Santa Barbara, California, 1994.
James, Edward T., Janet Wilson James, Paul S. Boyer, Editors. “Notable American
Women 1607-1950: A Biographical Dictionary.” The Belknap Press of Harvard
University: Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1971.
Macdonald, Anne L. “Feminine Ingenuity: Women and Invention in America.”
Ballantine Books: New York, New York, 1992.
Profitt, Pamela, Editor. “Notable Women Scientists.” Gale Group: Farmington Hills,
Michigan, 1999.
Her Story: A Timeline of the Women Who Changed America © 2013