Gladys Anslow

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Gladys Anslow
Born
Gladys Amelia Anslow

(1892-05-22)May 22, 1892
Springfield, Massachusetts, U.S.
DiedMarch 31, 1969(1969-03-31) (aged 76)
Brookline, Massachusetts, U.S.
Alma mater
Scientific career
Fields
Mass spectroscopy
InstitutionsSmith College

Gladys Amelia Anslow (May 22, 1892 – March 31, 1969)[1] was an American physicist who spent her career at Smith College. She was the first woman to work with the cyclotron at the University of California, Berkeley.

Early life and education

Anslow was born in

spectrograph acquired by Smith College to research the emission spectra of radium, resulting in Anslow's thesis "Spectroscopic Evidence for the Electron Theory of Matter". Anslow graduated in 1917 with her A.M.[4] Following her graduation, she was appointed instructor in physics at Smith College to replace Howell.[1][5]

Career

Anslow obtained a Ph.D. from Yale University in 1924[6][3] and upon graduation returned to Smith as an associate professor, attaining the role of full professor in 1930. In 1940, Anslow became director of graduate study, followed by professor on the Gates Foundation in 1946, and professor emeritus in 1960. During her tenure at Smith, Anslow frequently contributed to scientific journals and was a member of both the American Academy of for the Advancement of Science and the American Physical Society, where she was the president of the New England Section.

The first woman to work with the cyclotron ("atomic whirligig to smash the atom") at the University of California, Berkeley, she collaborated with fellow Smith physicist Dorothy Wrinch on a "spectrochemical study of protein molecules for the eventual production of synthetic foods and drugs" under a grant from the Office of Naval Research, the first research grant of its kind at Smith College.[3] During World War II, Anslow was named chief of the communications and information section (July 1944 - December 1945) in the Office of Scientific Research and Development [formerly the National Defense Research Committee] which controlled the flow of classified information to the research community.[7][8]

Anslow died March 31, 1969, in Brookline, Massachusetts at the age of 76.[2] Her papers are in the Smith College Libraries[9]

Honors

For her wartime work she was awarded the

Fellow of the American Physical Society in 1936[11] and a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1955.[12]

References

  1. ^ a b Fleck, George (1993). "Gladys Amelia Anslow". In Grinstein, Louise S.; Rose, Rose K.; Rafailovich, Miriam H. (eds.). Women in Chemistry and Physics: A Biobibliographic Sourcebook. Greenwood Press. pp. 9–17.
  2. ^
    ISBN 978-0-19-860669-7
    .
  3. ^ a b c d e f Anslow, Gladys Amelia. "Gladys Amelia Anslow papers". Smith College Special Collections.
  4. ^ "Smith Alumnae Quarterly". Smith Alumnae Quarterly. July 1917: 336.
  5. ISBN 9780203801451
    . Retrieved June 17, 2011.
  6. ISBN 978-0-87436-740-9
    .
  7. doi:10.1063/1.3035660
    .
  8. ^
    ISBN 978-0-585-38881-6
    .
  9. ^ "Anslow, Gladys A. (Gladys Amelia) | Smith College Finding Aids". findingaids.smith.edu. Retrieved 2023-09-08.
  10. ^ Physics Today (June 1949). "Honors and Awards". Retrieved 23 May 2011.
  11. ^ "APS Fellow Archive". American Physical Society. (search on year=1936 and institution=Smith College)
  12. ^ "Book of Members, 1780–2010: Chapter A" (PDF). American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Retrieved July 29, 2014.

External links

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