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The Women of Hopkins

Women of Hopkins

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Albright was the first female Secretary of State.

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Bascom was the first woman to earn a degree from Hopkins, and the first woman hired by the US Geological Survey.

Adichie wrote 'We Should All Be Feminists' and 'Americanah'. In 2020, Adichie was inducted into the Indispensable Role of Blacks at Hopkins (IRB).

Bassler discovered quorum sensing, whereby bacteria communicate.

Gayle is the CEO of the McKinsey Social Initiative, bringing stakeholders together to solve global challenges.

Urry studies supermassive black holes, and was president of the American Astronomical Society.

Carson wrote 'Silent Spring', documenting the environmental impact of DDT and other pesticides.

Healy was President of the American Red Cross, Deputy Director of the White House OSTP, and Director of the NIH.

Chang is a classical pianist, and the first female American pianist to win a Grammy award.

Ladd-Franklin was the first woman to fulfill the requirements for a PhD at Hopkins, although it was not awarded until 44 years later because the University did not grant degrees to women at that time.

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McGovern is the President and CEO of the American Red Cross.

Guinan worked to eradicate smallpox in India, investigated some of the earliest cases of AIDS, and was the first woman to serve as Chief Science Advisor at the CDC.

Cureton was CIO of NASA, and is CEO of MUSE Technologies.

Cintrón is Chief of Space Medicine at NASA.

Miller is the first female President of the Johns Hopkins Hospital.

Goeppert-Mayer won the Nobel Prize in Physics for the nuclear shell model of the atomic nucleus.

Sabin was the first female professor at Hopkins, and the first woman elected to the National Academy of Sciences.

Greider won the Nobel Prize in physiology for the discovery of telomerase.

Rafson is Director of New Play Development at Roundabout Theatre in NYC.

Peetz is President of BNY Mellon, the largest deposit bank globally.

Padmavati was the first female cardiologist in India.

Kelly is one of three female African American students in the Class of 1974, the first class to admit female undergraduates to JHU.

Apgar invented the eponymous Apgar score for determining infant health.

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