Jane Blankenship Gibson
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Object Details
- Creator
- Science Service
- Subject
- Gibson, Jane Blankenship
- Lockheed Aircraft Corporation
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory
- University of Tennessee, Knoxville
- Summary
- The caption accompanying this 1961 image reads: "Mrs. Carl Gibson who as Jane Blankenship won high science honors in school, combines her scientific work with advanced studies and homemaking." As a student at Oak Ridge High School, Blankenship won a number of honors. While completing a B.S. in chemistry at the University of Tennessee, she worked during the summers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, where her father was a physical chemist. By 1961, she had married a chemical engineer, moved to California, and was working as a spectroscopist for Lockheed Aircraft. Her photograph was used to illustrate a news story about "sex desegregation" in science and the importance of encouraging more women to become scientists if the United States was to compete effectively in the Cold War.
- Cite as
- Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 90-105, Science Service Records, Image No. SIA2007-0272
- Repository Loc.
- Smithsonian Institution Archives, Capital Gallery, Suite 3000, MRC 507; 600 Maryland Avenue, SW; Washington, DC 20024-2520
- November 1961
- Local number
- SIA Acc. 90-105 [SIA2007-0272]
- Restrictions & Rights
- No access restrictions Many of SIA's holdings are located off-site, and advance notice is recommended to consult a collection. Please email the SIA Reference Team at osiaref@si.edu
- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Type
- Black-and-white photographs
- Smithsonian Institution Archives
- Topic
- Spectrum analysis
- Women scientists
- Record ID
- siris_arc_290334
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
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