Biographical entry Gall, Ruth (1923 - )

Summary

Ruth Gall, born Lack, worked for the CSIRO conducting research into coal. She also undertook research into the fundamental chemistry of steroids and other compounds while holding a teaching fellowship in organic chemistry at the University of Sydney. In 1969 she became the first female appointed Associate Professor of Chemistry at the University.

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Published resources

Encyclopedia of Australian Science Exhibitions

• McCarthy, Gavan; Morgan, Helen; Smith, Ailie; van den Bosch, Alan, Where are the Women in Australian Science?, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, 2003, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/wisa/wisa.html. Details

Books

• Hooker, Claire, Irresistible Forces: Australian Women in Science, Melbourne University Press, Carlton, 2004, 215 pp. Details

Journal Articles

• Allen, Nessy, 'Achievement in Science: the Careers of Two Australian Women Chemists', Historical Records of Australian Science, vol. 10, no. 2, 1994, pp. 129-141. Also available at http://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/HR9941020129.htm. Details