She Was the Only Woman in a Photo of 38 Scientists, and Now She’s Been Identified

The 38 people pictured appeared to be mostly white and all men, except for one: a young black woman wearing a bright headband, her face partly obscured by the man in front of her.

She Was the Only Woman in a Photo of 38 Scientists, and Now She’s Been Identified

At a whale biology conference in 1971, one attendee was photographed but not named. Internet sleuths tracked her down.

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