TCE
    
|
The Chemical Educator
ISSN: 1430-4171 (electronic version)
Abstract Volume 21
(2016) pp 204-204
Julia Lermontova: A Pioneer Female Chemist
Rick C. White*,† and Janis H. White‡
†Department of Chemistry, Sam Houston State University. Huntsville, TX 77341, chm_rcw@shsu.edu; ‡Sam Family and Consumer Sciences, Houston State University. Huntsville, TX 77341
Published: 14 October 2016
Abstract. Julia Lermontova was a bright young person who developed an interest in chemistry. Despite recommendations by Dmitri Mendeleev, she could not enroll in a University as it was against the law, at that time, for females to be accepted to a university. However, after engaging in research with Robert Bunsen and von Hoffman, she was accepted at Uni Göttingen, and received a doctorate in chemistry in 1874. After flourishing in Russia, she expanded her interests, and became a pioneer in chemistry for women in those times.
Key Words: Chemistry and History; women in chemistry
(*) Corresponding author. (E-mail: chm_rcw@shsu.edu)
Article in PDF format (98 KB) HTML format
© The Chemical Educator 1996-2024