>>Katrina: One of my favorite scientists is
astronomer Michelle Thaller because I really admire a lot of the communication work
she does. But probably the most inspiring female scientist growing up was the
fictional character Ms. Frizzle. Because, "Take chances, make mistakes,
get messy" is just the best mantra ever. >>Colleen: Lise Meitner is by far
my favorite physicist of any gender. Because she
unlocked the mysteries of the atom, which helps all of
humanity. And yes, it was used for nuclear fission
and helping us win World War II, but it's now
being used for peaceful purposes. >>Neil: I have the greatest admiration for
Vera Rubin, who found that galaxies are rotating
too fast for the amount of mass that we see, which is evidence for
the existence of dark matter. >>Joy: Quirky, encouraging,
incredibly inspiring, and slightly crazy. This is Miss
Mower, my high school teacher. She's my favorite woman in science.
Not only does she push my curiosity about the world, but she taught me to believe that
everything is impossible until someone does it. >>Piers: Sofia
Kovalyevskaya. She was a brilliant Russian mathematician, she
was the first woman in Europe to get a PhD in mathematics, and she developed some
really astounding theories pretty much all by herself. She met with a whole
lot of interesting people in Europe and lived a very exciting and interesting life, so look her up.
>>Claire: One female scientist who really inspires me is Caroline Herscel.
She was born back in 1750 when it was really tough for a
female to get a good education at all, and she also had
major childhood diseases that disfigured her life, and yet
despite that, she became a famous astronomer, made major
discoveries, and got major awards. And
she's a real inspiration. >>Noah: I always found Carle Pieters
to be very inspiring because she started her career at a time
when women were not so common in planetary
science. And she's always carried herself with an amazing amount of
honor, with an amazing amount of dignity,
and treated people, no matter who they are or what they believed in,
with an amazing amount of respect. And for that Carle Pieters is one of the most
amazing female scientists that I've ever had the privilege of knowing. >>Kasha: My favorite woman in science
is Ellen Swallow Richards. She's an industrial and environmental
chemist, and she laid the foundation for what is known today as
the home economics movement. She focused a lot on proper
clothing, pure food, nutrition, sanitation, and
more efficient practice so females could spend more time
on things other than cooking and cleaning inside the household. >>Jim: To me there are really two
science leader women who have inspired me and I think
who have inspired our agency. The first is Sally Ride, our first
female astronaut, and a scientist and astrophysicist, who not only lead
us on the Shuttle flights, but also in recapturing the leadership
of NASA in the post-Challenger days. Secondly, my colleague,
fellow scientist Lori Glaze, a brilliant vulcanologist.
She inspires leadership as a leading kind of person, someone
who not only does the science but is great working with the people to give us the
hope and inspiration to do those great new missions that we strive to do. >>Lola: Dr.
Jane Goodall. She studied chimp behavior over
many years in Tanzania, and her perseverance
and her courage to live by herself in the middle of nowhere
was always inspiring to me. >>Pat: Women in science who
inspired me? I can't remember all the names. There's Judy Resnik,
Sally Ride, Claire Parkinson, Heidi Hammel,
Nicky Fox, Michelle Thaller, Holly Gilbert, Kim Weaver,
and I apologize for those names I've left out.
Joanne Simpson, an inspiring scientist, because
she discovered things that changed how we think about tropical meteorology
and even after that she was always willing to help other people
get started in their careers. >>Dalia: My most inspiring female scientist is
actually my mom. She's a dentist and an entrepreneur.
She hasn't won a Nobel prize, but most importantly she's shown
me and everybody around me the ability to balance
family and have a successful career. And that has taken me all the way through
and she is my role model.
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