Rosalyn Sussman Yalow

thumb|Rosalyn Yalow (1977) Rosalyn Sussman Yalow (July 19, 1921 – May 30, 2011) was an American medical physicist, and a co-winner of the 1977 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (together with Roger Guillemin and Andrew Schally) for development of the radioimmunoassay technique. She was the second woman (after Gerty Cori), and the first American-born woman, to be awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. Quotes We cannot expect in the immediate future that all women who seek it will achieve full equality of opportunity. But if women are to start moving towards that goal, we must believe in ourselves or no one else will believe in us; we must match our aspirations with the competence, courage and determination to succeed. From a speech given by Rosalyn Yalow to students in Stockholm, Sweden, October 1977 as quoted in The Decade of Women (1980) by Suzanne Levine and Harriet Lyons Initially, new ideas are rejected. Later they become dogma, if you’re right. And if you’re really lucky you can publish your rejections as part of your Nobel presentation. From a speech given by Rosalyn Yalow to a group of school children approximately five years after being awarded the Nobel Prize, as quoted by the New York Times, June 2, 2011. We still live in a world in which a significant fraction of people, including women, believe that a woman belongs and want to belong exclusively in the home. Quoted in: Kabir, Hajara Muhammad,. Northern women development. p. 196. [Nigeria]. ISBN 978-978-906-469-4. OCLC 890820657. The only difference between men and women in science is that women have the babies. This makes it more difficult for women in science, but... it's a merely another challenge to be overcame. Nobel Prize's Women who changed science profile, quoting Yalow. The problem with discrimination is not discrimination per se, but rather that the people who are discriminated against think of themselves as second-class. Nobel Prize / Rosalyn Yalow biographical material. Quotes about Rosalyn Yalow We were witnessing the birth of a new era in endocrinology, one that started with Yalow. 1977 Nobel Prize citation by the Karolinska Institute. Yalow believes strongly in equal access and equal opportunity for women. But she opposes women-only awards and Affirmative action#By gender affirmative active programs for women. She turned down the Federal Women's Award in 1961 and the Ladies' Home Journal Woman of the Year prize in 1978. Sharon Bertsch McGrayne, Nobel Prize Women in Science: Their Lives, Struggles, and Momentous Discoveries 2nd, revised Carol Publishing Group 1998 9780806520254 https://books.google.com/books?id=bRsFL0xOMS4C&focus=searchwithinvolume&q=federal 355 (451 pages; 1993 1st edition) External links Rosalyn Sussman Yalow (1921–2011) biography Rosalyn Sussman Yalow's 1978 autobiography Category:Nobel laureates in Physiology or Medicine Category:Nobel laureates from the United States Category:Women academics from the United States Category:Inventors Category:Physicists from the United States Category:Medical scientists Category:Jews from the United States Category:1921 births Category:2011 deaths Category:People from New York City Category:Women scientists from the United States Category:National Medal of Science laureates Category:Women born in the 1920s Category:Women Nobel laureates