Alfred Kinsey (June 23, 1894-August 25 1956) was an American biologist whose research on human sexuality revolutionised popular understanding of sexual desire and impulse in both men and women. Table of Contents 1 Education and Early Career 2 ‘Father of Sexology’ 3 Controversy 4 Sources Education and Early Career Kinsey was born in New Jersey, […]

Alysa Stanton (born c. 1964) is an African-American Jew. On June 6, 2009, she was ordained the first African-American female rabbi. Education Stanton was raised a Pentecostal Christian. She grew up in Cleveland, Ohio, and Denver, Colorado. In her first career, Stanton was a psychotherapist She specialized in grief counseling, and was asked to speak […]

Barbara McClintock (June 16 1902 – September 2 1992), is an American cytogeneticist. She won the 1983 for her discovery of genetic transposition, or the ability of genes to change position on the chromosome. Table of Contents 1 Education and early influences 2 Research 3 Prizes and Distinctions 4 References 5 See Also Education and […]

Bertha Felicitas Sophie Freifrau von Suttner (Baroness Bertha von Suttner) (1843 – 1914)  was an novelist, pacifist, and the first woman to be a . She was the product of an aristocratic society whose military traditions she accepted without question for the first half of her life and vigorously opposed for the last half. Table […]