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Caroline Willard Baldwin was born on June 30, 1869, in [[San Francisco]] to Alfred Baldwin and Fannie Willard. She received her primary education from her mother and the [[Santa Cruz, California]] public schools.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book | |
Caroline Willard Baldwin was born on June 30, 1869, in [[San Francisco]] to Alfred Baldwin and Fannie Willard. She received her primary education from her mother and the [[Santa Cruz, California]] public schools.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last1=Creese |first1=Mary R. S. |title=American and British women in science, 1800 - 1900 ; a survey of their contributions to research |last2=Creese |first2=Thomas M. |date=1998 |publisher=Scarecrow Press |isbn=978-0-8108-3287-9 |series=Ladies in the laboratory / Mary R. S. Creese. With contributions by Thomas M. Creese |location=Lanham, Md. |pages=213}}</ref> |
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Baldwin attended the [[University of California]], earning a B.S. in 1892. She was the first woman to graduate from the College of Mechanics at Berkley.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Higgins |first=Emily |date=2020-12-18 |title=Caroline Willard Baldwin |url=https://me.berkeley.edu/uncategorized/caroline-willard-baldwin/ |access-date=2024-03-20 |website=UC Berkeley Mechanical Engineering |language=en-US}}</ref> Baldwin placed third in her graduating class and spoke at the commencement.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-12-18 |title=Caroline Willard Baldwin |url=https://me.berkeley.edu/uncategorized/caroline-willard-baldwin/ |access-date=2023-12-19 |website=UC Berkeley Mechanical Engineering |language=en-US}}</ref> |
Baldwin attended the [[University of California]], earning a B.S. in 1892. She was the first woman to graduate from the College of Mechanics at Berkley.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Higgins |first=Emily |date=2020-12-18 |title=Caroline Willard Baldwin |url=https://me.berkeley.edu/uncategorized/caroline-willard-baldwin/ |access-date=2024-03-20 |website=UC Berkeley Mechanical Engineering |language=en-US}}</ref> Baldwin placed third in her graduating class and spoke at the commencement.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-12-18 |title=Caroline Willard Baldwin |url=https://me.berkeley.edu/uncategorized/caroline-willard-baldwin/ |access-date=2023-12-19 |website=UC Berkeley Mechanical Engineering |language=en-US}}</ref> |
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Baldwin conducted her graduate studies under [[Edward Leamington Nichols|Edward L. Nichols]] at Cornell University. She earned an Sc.D. from Cornell in 1895.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Eells |first=Walter Crosby |date=1956 |title=Earned Doctorates for Women in the Nineteenth Century |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/40222081 |journal=AAUP Bulletin |volume=42 |issue=4 |pages=644–651 |doi=10.2307/40222081 |issn=0001-026X}}</ref> This was the first doctoral degree in physics awarded to a woman by Cornell, and one of the first among all U.S. institutions.<ref name=":0" /> Baldwin published her thesis in 1896 in [[Physical Review]].<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Baldwin |first=Caroline Willard |date=1896-03-01 |title=A Photographic Study of Arc Spectra. I |url=https://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevSeriesI.3.370 |journal=Physical Review |series=Series I |volume=3 |issue=5 |pages=370–380 |doi=10.1103/PhysRevSeriesI.3.370}}</ref> |
Baldwin conducted her graduate studies under [[Edward Leamington Nichols|Edward L. Nichols]] at Cornell University. She earned an Sc.D. from Cornell in 1895.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Eells |first=Walter Crosby |date=1956 |title=Earned Doctorates for Women in the Nineteenth Century |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/40222081 |journal=AAUP Bulletin |volume=42 |issue=4 |pages=644–651 |doi=10.2307/40222081 |jstor=40222081 |issn=0001-026X}}</ref> This was the first doctoral degree in physics awarded to a woman by Cornell, and one of the first among all U.S. institutions.<ref name=":0" /> Baldwin published her thesis in 1896 in [[Physical Review]].<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Baldwin |first=Caroline Willard |date=1896-03-01 |title=A Photographic Study of Arc Spectra. I |url=https://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevSeriesI.3.370 |journal=Physical Review |series=Series I |volume=3 |issue=5 |pages=370–380 |doi=10.1103/PhysRevSeriesI.3.370|bibcode=1896PhRvI...3..370B }}</ref> |
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From 1895 to 1900, Baldwin taught physics at the [[California School of Mechanical Arts]], a secondary school in San Francisco. In 1898 she coauthored with Arthur Merrill a textbook entitled ''Physics Course of the California School of Mechanical Arts''.<ref name=":0" /> |
From 1895 to 1900, Baldwin taught physics at the [[California School of Mechanical Arts]], a secondary school in San Francisco. In 1898 she coauthored with Arthur Merrill a textbook entitled ''Physics Course of the California School of Mechanical Arts''.<ref name=":0" /> |
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Caroline Willard Baldwin | |
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| Born | June 30, 1869 |
| Died | January 31, 1928 |
| Education | University of California, B.S. 1892 Cornell University, Sc.D. 1895 |
| Scientific career | |
| Institutions | California School of Mechanical Arts |
| Thesis | A Photographic Study of Arc Spectra (1895) |
| Doctoral advisor | Edward L. Nichols |
Caroline Willard Baldwin (June 30, 1869 - January 31, 1928) was a physicist, known for being the first woman to earn a doctoral degree in physics from Cornell University, and one of the first women to earn a doctoral degree in physics from any United States institution.
Career
[edit]Caroline Willard Baldwin was born on June 30, 1869, in San Francisco to Alfred Baldwin and Fannie Willard. She received her primary education from her mother and the Santa Cruz, California public schools.[1]
Baldwin attended the University of California, earning a B.S. in 1892. She was the first woman to graduate from the College of Mechanics at Berkley.[2] Baldwin placed third in her graduating class and spoke at the commencement.[3]
Baldwin conducted her graduate studies under Edward L. Nichols at Cornell University. She earned an Sc.D. from Cornell in 1895.[4] This was the first doctoral degree in physics awarded to a woman by Cornell, and one of the first among all U.S. institutions.[1] Baldwin published her thesis in 1896 in Physical Review.[5]
From 1895 to 1900, Baldwin taught physics at the California School of Mechanical Arts, a secondary school in San Francisco. In 1898 she coauthored with Arthur Merrill a textbook entitled Physics Course of the California School of Mechanical Arts.[1]
Personal life
[edit]Baldwin married Charles Theobald Morrison in 1898.[1] They had two children, Frances and George. Baldwin died in 1928.[6]
Notes
[edit]- ^ a b c d Creese, Mary R. S.; Creese, Thomas M. (1998). American and British women in science, 1800 - 1900 ; a survey of their contributions to research. Ladies in the laboratory / Mary R. S. Creese. With contributions by Thomas M. Creese. Lanham, Md.: Scarecrow Press. p. 213. ISBN 978-0-8108-3287-9.
- ^ Higgins, Emily (2020-12-18). "Caroline Willard Baldwin". UC Berkeley Mechanical Engineering. Retrieved 2024-03-20.
- ^ "Caroline Willard Baldwin". UC Berkeley Mechanical Engineering. 2020-12-18. Retrieved 2023-12-19.
- ^ Eells, Walter Crosby (1956). "Earned Doctorates for Women in the Nineteenth Century". AAUP Bulletin. 42 (4): 644–651. doi:10.2307/40222081. ISSN 0001-026X. JSTOR 40222081.
- ^ Baldwin, Caroline Willard (1896-03-01). "A Photographic Study of Arc Spectra. I". Physical Review. Series I. 3 (5): 370–380. Bibcode:1896PhRvI...3..370B. doi:10.1103/PhysRevSeriesI.3.370.
- ^ "Caroline Baldwin Morrison obituary". The San Francisco Examiner. 1928-02-02. p. 4. Retrieved 2023-12-19.