Four Women Who Made Major Contributions to Genetics and Medicine (Whose names you might not know)
Nettie Stevens: Discoverer of Sex Chromosomes Women like Nettie Stevens, who were born in the early 1860s, didn’t have a plethora of career options to choose from. They could either be secretaries, or they could be teachers. Stevens went down the teaching route. What she really wanted to do, however, was continue her education. Eventually, at the age of 36, she saved up enough money from her teaching jobs, moved from Vermont to California, and enrolled in Stanford University, and later in Bryn Mawr college for her PhD. Stevens entered the field of genetics at a time when the field Read More …