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

Mary Edwards Walker
b. 11-26-1832; Oswego, NY
d. 2-21-1919

Civil War surgeon, Mary Walker, the only female recipient of the Medal of Honor awarded in the American Civil War, was also a feminist, abolitionist, prohibitionist, POW and alleged spy.

Justine Wanger, née Johnstone
b. 1-31-1895; Englewood, NJ
d. 9-4-1982; Santa Monica, CA

Justine Johnstone was a stage and silent screen actress, and Follies girl. After her retirement from the stage, and a divorce, she attended Columbia University becoming a pathologist. As Dr. Wanger she was an expert on syphilis and part of the team that developed the modern intravenous drip technique.

Johnstone attended the Emma Willard School in Troy, NY; other notable students at the school included Elizabeth Cady Stanton.

Chien-Shiung Wu
b. 5-29-1912; Shanghai, China
d. 2-16-1997; NYC

Physicist Chien-Shiung Wu, while at Columbia University, worked on the process for enriching uranium into U-235 fissile metal for the Manhattan Project, and performed very early experiments that contradicted the hypothetical “Law of Conservation of Parity”. Her honorific nicknames included the “First Lady of Physics”, the “Chinese Marie Curie”, and “Madame Wu”.

• Chien-Shiung Wu in Women of Science composite poster
• Notable Asian-Americans posters
• Chien-Shiung Wu: Pioneering Physicist and Atomic Researcher