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The Chemical Educator
ISSN: 1430-4171 (electronic version)
Abstract Volume 22
(2017) pp 163-164
Women in Chemistry: German Origins
Rick C. White
Department of Chemistry, Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, TX 77341, chm_rcw@shsu.edu
Published: 18 October 2017
Abstract. From
the time of 19th century chemistry even up to the beginnings of the
20th century, women had difficulties in gaining admission to
universities, establishing academic careers, and establishing scientific
careers. Margarete von Wrangell was the first female professor in chemistry in
Hohenheim, achieving that position in 1923. The first female faculty member in
chemistry in the U.S. was Rachel Lloyd at the University of Nebraska who
received her degree from a Robert Bunsen chemical descendant, Viktor Merz, at
Zurich. Through Rachel Lloyd’s research, she influenced many female students to
obtain degrees in Chemistry at the University of Nebraska. Other students of
Bunsen’s chemical heritage influenced female chemistry students who worked in
nutrition at the University California-Berkeley.
Key Words: Chemistry and History; women chemists
(*) Corresponding author. (E-mail: chm_rcw@shsu.edu)
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