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I am the editor for a blog run by non-profit Feminist Press called UnderTheMicroscope.com. We publish stories and blogs designed to motivate girls to pursue careers in science, technology, engineering and math field.s I used this wonderful photo in a blog post today about how science careers are the "top paying" jobs for women: www.underthemicroscope.com/.

Thank you for the beautiful photos, Smithsonian, of women in science from the '40s, '50s and '60s!

--Joanne Hinkel

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Historic Heroines, and we'd love to have this added to the group!

Dr. Crawford (1923-1997) was a world-renowned immunohematologist who participated in groundbreaking work on blood groups. She was the recognized expert on the Lu (Lutheran) blood group.

While she did not herself discover the Lutheran blood group, she did discover (in 1961, not 1962) the very rare Lu(a-b-) phenotype in her own blood. For many years, only one person outside the Crawford family - the patient in Great Britain - was known to carry this phenotype.

A note regarding blood groups: Blood groups are often confused with blood types. Blood types are genetic expressions within blood groups. All people carry all blood groups but their phenotypes ("blood types") within those groups will differ and may even be unique for a given individual.

The best-known blood groups are ABO and Rh; others include (but are not limited to) Lu (Lutheran), K (Kell), Le (Lewis), Fy (Duffy) and Jk (Kidd).

An excellent treatise on this subject is Blood Groups in Man by Race & Sanger, in which Dr. Crawford's work is mentioned.

Hi acrawfordiii,

Thanks for sharing more information about Dr. Crawford with our community!

Susannah

"ALLEGED LARCENY AT NORTH SHIELDS -- To-day at North Shields, Kate Stobbs and Robert Stobbs, 73 Howdon Road, were charged with stealing, or receiving the same, well knowing them to be stolen, a quilt, two blankets, a pair of boots, a plane, saw, vest, and other articles valued at £3 9s, from a dwelling house, 73 Howdon Road, the property of Barbara J. Bowman, on June 8th. -- The evidence showed that the defendants had furnished apartments from the prosecutrix, and the female defendant pawned the goods mention. -- The male defendant, who denied any knowledge of the thefts, was cautioned and dismissed, and the female defendant was committed for fourteen days." --- Shields Gazette, 11 Jun 1903, page 3.

They had 2 daughters Elizabeth and Sarah according to census records

Bad hair day!

Something tells me she had a bad hair life.

Agree Shadrach. But! What a cheeky, defiant look in her eyes and in the corner of her mouth!