# @feministscience on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DaqKUJUjjXa
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/67610680-feministscience-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2026-07-11T16:09:11.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Feminist Science (@feministscience) — https://gondola.cc/feministscience

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Margaret Hutchinson Rousseau (1910 –2000) was the first woman to become a member of the American Institute of chemical Engineers. She earned a PHD from #MIT in chemical engineering in 1937 (the first woman to do so). 

During WWII, she helped design one of the first commercial penicillin plants in the US. She had a distinguished career and won numerous awards. 

#womeninchemistry #feministsciencestudies #feminism #womeninsteam #feministscience #feministsciencestudies #academicchatter
 #sciencewriting #womensstudies

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womeninchemistry, sciencewriting, womensstudies, feministscience, feministsciencestudies, mit, academicchatter, womeninsteam, feminism

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