Carolyn Beatrice Parker (1917-1966)
#nuclearphysicist

BA Fisk 1938 #Physics
MA U Mich 1941 #Math
MS MIT 1953 Physics

WWII Dayton (part of Manhattan) project #scientist

1st African-American woman to earn Physics graduate degree
fatal illness probably because of exposure during Dayton project

Photograph of Carolyn B. Parker standing before a bank of testing instruments, taken at Wright Field, near Dayton, Ohio, ca 1945. courtesy Leslie Carolyn Edwards, appeared in Mickens & Patterson 2021

#WomeninSTEM #histsci #AfricanAmericanHistoryMonth #atomicphysics

Has anyone seen the film about Dr #VandanaShiva yet?

She was a #nuclearPhysicist turned #activist, originally tasked with investigating #UnionCarbide's #BhopalDistaster in the 1980s before forming a #SeedFreedom movement against #BigAg and #Monsanto that exploded globally (and proved itself in many ways).

An interview she gave on #AfshinRattansi's show on RT's, #GoingUnderground:

https://www.rt.com/shows/going-underground/569418-vandana-shiva-ecology-environment/

Thoughts?

#theSeedsOfVandanaShiva #dowChemical #duPont #ecology #environment