Frieda Robscheit-Robbins

Frieda S. Robscheit-Robbins (8 June 1893 – 18 December 1973)[1][2] was a German-born American pathologist who worked closely with George Hoyt Whipple, conducting research into the use of diet in the treatment of long-term anemia, co-authoring 21 papers between 1925 and 1930. Whipple received a Nobel Prize in 1934 in recognition of this work, but Robscheit-Robbins was not recognized in this award, although Whipple did share the prize money with her.[1] Had she won the Nobel Prize alongside Whipple, Robscheit-Robbins would have been the second woman after Marie Curie to win the prestigious international award, and the first American woman to do so.[3] Although Robscheit-Robbins's has never received Nobel Prize recognition for her work, she has personally denied the importance of such awards. Robscheit-Robbins believed that the success and impact of the experiment exceeds the credit due in her works.[4]

Robscheit-Robbins was described in 1981, as a woman "of considerable presence".[5]

In 2002, a Discover magazine article entitled "The 50 Most Important Women in Science" noted that the contributions of Robscheit-Robbins "deserve greater notice".[6]

  1. ^ a b "Robscheit-Robbins, Frieda (1888–1973)". Dictionary of Women Worldwide: 25,000 Women Through the Ages. HighBeam. Archived from the original on 11 June 2014. Retrieved 6 March 2014.
  2. ^ Bertsch., McGrayne, Sharon (1998-01-01). Nobel Prize women in science : their lives, struggles, and momentous discoveries. Joseph Henry Press. ISBN 978-0309072700. OCLC 53431507.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  3. ^ Kaiser, Alan (2014-12-11). Archaeology, Sexism, and Scandal: The Long-Suppressed Story of One Woman's Discoveries and the Man Who Stole Credit for Them (in Arabic). Rowman & Littlefield. p. 155. ISBN 9781442230040.
  4. ^ Corner, George (1963). George Hoyt Whipple and His Friends. Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Company. pp. 179–182.
  5. ^ Davenport, HW., George H Whipple, The Physiologist, Vol 24, 2, 1981, p. 2
  6. ^ "The 50 Most Important Women in Science". Discover. Kalmbach Publishing Co. Retrieved 6 March 2014.