The following scientists were chosen to celebrate women in science, including those with disabilities. During their lifetimes, the research fields they chose were predominantly male-dominated.

Madge Gertrude Adam – solar astronomer (1912-2001)

About Madge Gertrude Adam:

• 2007, December 01). Adam, Madge Gertrude, (6 March 1912–25 Aug. 2001), University Lecturer (Astronomy), Department of Astrophysics, University Observatory, Oxford, 1947–79; Research Fellow, St Hugh’s College, Oxford, 1957–79, then Emeritus Fellow. WHO’S WHO & WHO WAS WHO. https://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/10.1093/ww/9780199540891.001.0001/ww-9780199540884-e-4983.

Further Resources:

• Corinne Petford, Madge Adam 1912–2001, Astronomy & Geophysics, Volume 43, Issue 1, February 2002, Pages 1.36–1.37. Available in SOLO: http://tinyurl.com/549tmj66
• Dr Madge Adam FRAS ( Physics,1931). 100 years of Oxford Degrees for Women. Pioneering Alumnae. St-hugh’s College: https://www.st-hughs.ox.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Madge-Adam-profile.pdf
• Williams, K. (September 2001). Madge Adam. The Guardian Obituary https://www.theguardian.com/news/2001/sep/10/guardianobituaries.obituaries

Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin – Nobel Prize-winning British chemist (1910-1994)

About Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin:

• Dodson, G. (2002) Dorothy Mary Crowfoot Hodgkin, O.M. 12 May 1901-29 July 1994. Biogr. Mems Fell. R. Soc., 48:179-219 https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbm.2002.0011
• Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin – Biographical. NobelPrize.org. Nobel Prize Outreach. https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/chemistry/1964/hodgkin/biographical/

Further Resources:

• Dunitz, J. D. “Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin – An Introduction to Her Work and Personality.” Current science (Bangalore) 72.7 (1997): 447–450. Available in SOLO http://tinyurl.com/5a2xxkp6
• Ferry, Georgina. Dorothy Hodgkin : A Life. London: Bloomsbury Reader, 2014. Available in SOLO http://tinyurl.com/mvmv3nwh

Marjorie Mary Sweeting – geomorphologist (1920 – 1994)

About Marjorie Mary Sweeting: 

• Bull, P.  (2004, September 23). Sweeting, Marjorie Mary (1920–1994), geomorphologist. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/56002

Further Resources:

• Goudie, A. S. (1995). Obituaries: Marjorie Sweeting 1920-1994. The Geographical Journal, 161(2), 239–240. http://www.jstor.org/stable/3060006
• Goudie, A., Ford, D. and Sugden, D. (1987), Dr. Marjorie Sweeting. Earth Surf. Process. Landforms, 12: 445-451. https://doi.org/10.1002/esp.3290120502

Find the full list of the pioneering members of the scientific community featured in our portraiture on our previous blog post.