DB #9 by dulce fernandez https://padlet.com/fernandezdulce012/f4xty2a1subfxlc Headstrong (Aurbach 91, Cartwright, 199, McClintock 95, Widdowson 23, Mayer 135), From Caves to Cosmon: The Roots of Native America en-us 2020-07-18 20:10:56 UTC 2020-07-21 19:52:32 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f427.png fernandezdulce012 https://padlet.com/fernandezdulce012/f4xty2a1subfxlc/wish/657860101 I wondered why it took so many years for Mary Goeppert Mayer to finally be paid what she rightfully earned for all the years of hard work she achieved towards physics. I understand that it must have been because of her gender, but still. Even her students saw that she was worth going through the trouble of getting her to participate in faculty meetings and continue teaching at universities. When she finally got a job that agreed to pay her I though “finally”, but then on page 136 Mayer went on to take another job as a “voluntary professor” title and zero pay. Since she was okay with this arrangement, this tells me her passion towards physics and having a proper title was more important to her than a comfortable salary or money in general.

The “wow” moment I had also had to do with Mayer. At the beginning of her story, her personality struck out as confident and headstrong. Robert Oppenheimer, the founder of the atomic bomb, annoyed Mayer with all his questions and comments to the point she after she passed around a petition to “keep his trap shut” on page 135. This made me think of Mayer as a confident woman and that no one could break her spirit, until it was revealed that she smoked out of habit to calm her nerves. In reality, she was shy and quite nervous, especially when she was around people that gave her harsh criticism, but I was also sad after finding out she died due to her heavy drinking and smoking. She knew these habits would inevitable damage her health for good, but she never gave it up since it helped her continue on her work and love for physics. 

]]> 2020-07-19 20:10:01 UTC https://padlet.com/fernandezdulce012/f4xty2a1subfxlc/wish/657860101 Jordan Watts https://padlet.com/fernandezdulce012/f4xty2a1subfxlc/wish/658012643 2020-07-20 01:51:14 UTC https://padlet.com/fernandezdulce012/f4xty2a1subfxlc/wish/658012643 McClintock 95 briannamarie1234bg1 https://padlet.com/fernandezdulce012/f4xty2a1subfxlc/wish/658072415 McClintcok was way ahead of her time. A smart individual who knew she was right about her research, and enjoyed her career despite the negative comments and threats thrown at her. I have to say it is exasperating and shocking to hear how long it took for her to get recognized and for others to realize how intelligent she was without their egos being bruised. Reading this, I was “wow’ed” by how unbothered she was. She was content with doing her own research and didn’t need any ones approval or recognition, simply because that’s not what she was in it for. She was bravoed for her “two great discoveries of our times in genetics” by the Nobel Committee more than 30 years later!  My question would be what inspired her to keep on going with no one willing to hear her out, but with the reading I found my answer. What led to her discovery in finding out that this is what she wanted to do with her life? Throughout this reading, it has also made me realize how far we have came in this country, with women and their education And career. “Fewer than 5 percent of female scientists in America were able to land jobs at coed institutions.” Now, because you are a woman does not or should not prevent you from getting a job. If you have the education or qualifications, you cannot be discriminated against and rejected because you are a woman and seen as less than. ]]> 2020-07-20 03:06:44 UTC https://padlet.com/fernandezdulce012/f4xty2a1subfxlc/wish/658072415 DB 9: asiatheroadrunner https://padlet.com/fernandezdulce012/f4xty2a1subfxlc/wish/658231898 One thing that I was curious about from these chapters would have to be how difficult it was for Barbara McClintock to endure the treatment that she did while at the University of Missouri. Not being allowed to do this, not being allowed to wear that or not being able to marry. She must have had a lot of passion for her scientific branch in genetics because she stood through such treatment from others for so long and it did not affect how much she wanted to research.

One thing that I found interesting from these chapters would have to be how dedicated Elise Widdowson was to nutrition. From injecting herself with a syringe, to fruit composition research, to researching and experimenting with salt deficiencies, to helping the malnourished in Germany. It seems as if her work and research did not stop for anything. She was there when nutrition was just barely an emerging field of study and worked tirelessly on all things nutrition. Not only that but she did not do the bare minimum in research and experiments. Based on the chapter, Widdowson took things almost to the extreme in order to find the answers that she was looking for. 
]]> 2020-07-20 07:32:04 UTC https://padlet.com/fernandezdulce012/f4xty2a1subfxlc/wish/658231898 gnw449 https://padlet.com/fernandezdulce012/f4xty2a1subfxlc/wish/659501644 One thing I found shocking was in Aurbach's chapter. She worked with bugs and mustard gas, taking turns with other scientists exposing themselves to the mustard gas and giving themselves burns. Eventually the scientists had to stop.]]> 2020-07-21 19:51:10 UTC https://padlet.com/fernandezdulce012/f4xty2a1subfxlc/wish/659501644