Time travelWhat would science be without these women?
To mark International Women's Day, we went in search of traces of women in history whose research, developments and discoveries still enrich our lives today.
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Dr. Shirley Jackson was the first woman to receive a doctorate from the prestigious MIT in 1973. While working at Bell Laboratories, she conducted groundbreaking research that enabled other researchers to invent the mobile fax, touch-tone telephone, solar cells, fiber optic cable and the technology behind caller ID.
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