Marsha Richmond

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Marsha Richmond is a professor at Wayne State University where she is known for her work on history of women in science. In 2020 she was elected as a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

Work[edit]

Richmond joined Wayne State University in 1994 and as of 2024 continues to work there as a professor.[1] During her time at Wayne State, she focused on research for the entry of women into science between 1900 and 1940.[2] Richmond has studied genetics as well as a focus on Darwin with evolution. Her work allowed us further insight into history of men and women studying biology that occurred within the 1900s.[3] Also an author, Richmond's newest project is titled “Women in Science: The Case of Genetics, 1900-1940” and offers an international comparison of the experiences of women who worked in genetics from 1900 (with the rediscovery of Mendel's work) until the 1940s.[4]

Awards[edit]

In 2010, she received The Margaret W. Rossiter History of Women in Science Prize from the History of Science Society for her work on “The ‘Domestication’ of Heredity."[5] In 2020, she was elected the 2020 Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).[6]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Marsha Richmond". orcid.org. Retrieved 2024-05-18.
  2. ^ Thulin, Lila. "Women's Contributions to Early Genetics Studies Were Relegated to the Footnotes". Smithsonian Magazine. Retrieved 2024-05-18.
  3. ^ Richmond, Marsha L. (2006-09-01). ""The 'Domestication' of Heredity: The Familial Organization of Geneticists at Cambridge University, 1895–1910"". Journal of the History of Biology. 39 (3): 565–605. doi:10.1007/s10739-004-5431-7. ISSN 1573-0387.
  4. ^ Richmond, Marsha L. (2001). "Women in the Early History of Genetics: William Bateson and the Newnham College Mendelians, 1900-1910". Isis. 92 (1): 55–90. ISSN 0021-1753.
  5. ^ "The Margaret W. Rossiter History of Women in Science Prize - History of Science Society". hssonline.org. Retrieved 2024-05-18.
  6. ^ "AAAS Announces Leading Scientists Elected as 2020 Fellows | American Association for the Advancement of Science". web.archive.org. 2022-03-21. Retrieved 2024-05-18.

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