Table 1 Summary of information on selected women who have historically contributed to the development of medical entomology
From: Acknowledging extraordinary women in the history of medical entomology
Name | Years (birth–death) | Country of birth | Main countries of work | Most relevant arthropod group(s) (medical entomology) | Most relevant topic(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Clara S. Ludlow | 1852–1924 | USA | Philippines, USA | Culicidae | Taxonomy |
Muriel Robertson | 1883–1973 | Scotland | England, Ceylon (Sri Lanka) | Glossina | Pathogen life cycle |
Alwen M. Evans | 1895–1937 | England | England, Kenya | Culicidae | Taxonomy, ecology |
M. Josephine Mackerras | 1896–1971 | Australia | Australia | Blattodea, Culicidae, Calliphoridae, Simuliidae | Taxonomy, epidemiology |
Gertrud Theiler | 1897–1986 | South Africa | South Africa | Ixodida | Taxonomy, ecology |
Maria Tonelli-Rondelli | 1899–1970 | Italy | Italy | Ixodida | Taxonomy |
Maria V. Pospelova-Shtrom | 1902–1991 | USSR (Russia) | USSR (Russia) | Ixodida | Taxonomy, epidemiology |
Miriam L. Rothschild | 1908–2005 | England | England | Siphonaptera | Anatomy, physiology, ecology |
Theresa R. Clay | 1911–1995 | England | England | Phthiraptera | Taxonomy, ecology |
Ellinor C. C. van Someren | 1915–1988 | Uganda | Kenya | Culicidae | Taxonomy Ecology |
Brouria Feldman-Muhsam | 1916–2008 | Palestine (Israel) | Israel | Ixodida | Physiology, ecology |
Elizabeth N. Marks | 1918–2002 | Ireland | Australia | Culicidae | Taxonomy |
Ana E. Hoffmann | 1919–2007 | México | México | Acari | Taxonomy, biology |
Ernestine H. B. Thurman | 1920–1987 | USA | Thailand, USA | Culicidae | Taxonomy, ecology, control |
S. Monica Asman | 1920–2016 | Germany | USA | Culicidae | Control, genetics |
Jane B. Walker | 1925–2009 | Kenya | Kenya, South Africa | Ixodida | Taxonomy, biology |
Jadwiga Złotorzycka | 1926–2002 | Poland | Poland | Amblycera /Ischnocera | Taxonomy, ecology, morphology |
Rachel Galun | 1926-alive | Palestine (Israel) | Israel | Culicidae, Ixodida, Pediculidae | Physiology, ecology |
Natalia A. Filippova | 1930–2018 | USSR (Russia) | USSR (Russia) | Ixodida | Taxonomy, epidemiology |
M. Dora Feliciangeli | 1940–2017 | Italy | Venezuela, Italy | Triatominae, Phlebotominae | Epidemiology, biology, genetics, taxonomy |
M. Cristina Ferro | 1947–2015 | Colombia | Colombia | Phlebotominae, Culicidae, Reduviidae | Taxonomy, biology, ecology, epidemiology |
Clara L. Maassa | 1876–1901 | USA | USA, Cuba | Not applicable | Died in yellow fever transmission experiments |