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Women Scientists Inspire High School Girls

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Working with two West High students in a chemical research laboratory of the U. W. Medical School, is Dr. Anna Maria Williams, center. At left, Mary Sedgwick, performs a lab test and at right Marjorie Kowitz works on an apparatus. They are participants in a program in which members of Madison's Beta chapter of Sigma Delta Epsilon, an international organization for women doing independent scientific research, work with a group of high school girls chosen for their outstanding aptitude and interest in science.

Date Created:
May 25, 1959
Creator:
Stein, Edwin

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Creator
Stein, Edwin
Date Created
May 25, 1959

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1959

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PH 2709.1058A

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W012FEK
Legacy ID
WHi 142345

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