Isabelle Stone facts for kids
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Isabelle Stone
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Isabelle Stone, from a 1920 yearbook
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| Born | October 18, 1868 Chicago, Illinois, US
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| Died | 1966 |
| Alma mater | Wellesley College University of Chicago |
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| Institutions | Bryn Mawr School Vassar College Sweet Briar College |
| Thesis | On the Electrical Resistance of Thin Films (1897) |
Isabelle Stone (born October 18, 1868 – died 1966) was an American scientist who studied physics. She was also a teacher. She helped start the American Physical Society. Isabelle Stone was one of the very first women in the United States to earn a special advanced degree called a PhD in physics.
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Early Life and Education
Isabelle Stone was born in Chicago, Illinois, in 1868. Her parents were Harriet H. Leonard Stone and Leander Stone.
She earned her first college degree, a bachelor's degree, from Wellesley College in 1890. She then continued her studies at the University of Chicago.
In 1897, Isabelle Stone earned her PhD in physics. She was one of the first women in the United States to achieve this. Her important research for her PhD was about On the Electrical Resistance of Thin Films. She discovered that very thin layers of metal had a higher resistance than thicker pieces of the same metal.
Career as a Physicist and Educator
Isabelle Stone taught at several schools and colleges during her career. She taught for a year at the Bryn Mawr School in Baltimore.
From 1898 to 1906, she was a physics instructor at Vassar College. Later, from 1915 to 1923, she led the physics department at Sweet Briar College.
Stone also ran schools for American girls with her sister, Harriet Stone. They had a school in Rome, Italy, from 1908 to 1914. Later, they opened another school for girls in Washington, D.C..
Important Meetings and Research
Isabelle Stone was one of only two women who attended the first International Congress of Physics. This big meeting took place in Paris, France. The other woman was the famous scientist Marie Curie.
In 1899, Stone was also one of only two women at the very first meeting of the American Physical Society. This meeting was held at Columbia University. The other woman was Marcia Keith.
Stone's main research focused on the electrical resistance and other features of thin films.
Personal Life
In her later years, Isabelle Stone lived with her sister Harriet Stone in Washington, D.C.. Some of her letters and writings are kept in the collections of George B. Pegram at Columbia University.
See also
In Spanish: Isabelle Stone para niños
