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Creator:
Science Service  Search this
Subject:
Gibson, Jane Blankenship  Search this
Lockheed Aircraft Corporation  Search this
Oak Ridge National Laboratory  Search this
University of Tennessee, Knoxville  Search this
Type:
Black-and-white photographs
Date:
November 1961
Summary:
The caption accompanying this 1961 image reads: "Mrs. Carl Gibson who as Jane Blankenship won high science honors in school, combines her scientific work with advanced studies and homemaking." As a student at Oak Ridge High School, Blankenship won a number of honors. While completing a B.S. in chemistry at the University of Tennessee, she worked during the summers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, where her father was a physical chemist. By 1961, she had married a chemical engineer, moved to California, and was working as a spectroscopist for Lockheed Aircraft. Her photograph was used to illustrate a news story about "sex desegregation" in science and the importance of encouraging more women to become scientists if the United States was to compete effectively in the Cold War.
Cite as:
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 90-105, Science Service Records, Image No. SIA2007-0272
Repository Loc.:
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Capital Gallery, Suite 3000, MRC 507; 600 Maryland Avenue, SW; Washington, DC 20024-2520
Topic:
Spectrum analysis  Search this
Women scientists  Search this
Local number:
SIA Acc. 90-105 [SIA2007-0272]
Restrictions & Rights:
No access restrictions Many of SIA's holdings are located off-site, and advance notice is recommended to consult a collection. Please email the SIA Reference Team at osiaref@si.edu
Copyright Not Evaluated
Data Source:
Smithsonian Institution Archives
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_arc_290334