March is Women’s History Month:
Time to commemorate and encourage the study, observance and celebration of the vital role of women in American history. Click on individuals below to learn more!

Anna Isabel Mulford, PhD

Anna Isabel Mulford, PhD

The first student to earn a Ph.D. at Washington University in St. Louis

Florence Sabin, PhD

Florence Sabin, PhD

A medical scientist and a pioneer for women in science

Rosalyn Sussman Yalow, MD

Rosalyn Sussman Yalow, MD

A medical physicist and the second woman to be awarded the Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine (1977) for her work on for the development of radioimmunoassay of peptide hormones.