Jane Carruth Blankenship and twin sister Elizabeth Ann Blankenship were born on June 20, 1936 in Lamar, Texas to Forrest Farle Blankenship and Margaret Berry Burke.[3][4]
According to the 1940 U.S. Census, the Blankenship family resided in Lamar, Texas. Forest F. Blankenship, head of household, age 26, worked as a teacher in a public school and reported an annual income of $1800. Margrett Blankenship, her mother, age 29, did not report income or employment. Jane C. Blankenship, age 3, had a twin sister, Elizabeth A. Blankenship, age 3.[5]
In 1961, a news story was written regarding “sex desegregation” in the sciences and a photograph of her was utilized to illustrate the critical significance of inspiring women to pursue careers in science.[7][8]
As of 2008 Professor David Kaiser of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology began offering a graduate level course titled “Cold War Science” that discussed the role women featured during the Cold War and included Jane Blankenship Gibson as an example.[9]
Thesis
Rotational Analysis of the 0-0 Band of the B2 ΣU -> X2 Σ g Transition of N+ 2 from Shock Tube Spectra.[1]
Selected publications
Gibson, J. B., Goland, A. N., Milgram, M., & Vineyard, G. (1960). Dynamics of radiation damage. Physical Review, 120(4), 1229.
Gibson, J. B., Goland, A. N., & Milgram, M. (1960). The Nature of Radiation Damage in FCC Metals 265 GH Vineyard. Phys. Rev. O, 12, 1229.
Gibson, J. A. B. (1961). Liquid Scintillation Counting of Tritium in Urine. Physics in medicine and biology, 6(1), 55.
Gibson, J. A. B. (1961). Detection of Tritium with a Film Dosemeter. Physics in Medicine and Biology, 6(2), 283.
Gibson, Jane Blankenship. (1962). Rotational Analysis of the 0-0 Band of the B2 [sigma Subscript U]-> X2 [sigma] g Transition of N+ 2 from Shock Tube Spectra. Physical Sciences Program, Stanford University.
Gibson, J. A. B. (1962). Measurement of the Gamma Radiation Background (No. AERE-R-4137). United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority. Research Group. Atomic Energy Research Establishment, Harwell, Berks, England.
Gibson, J. A. B. (1962). Gamma radiation background measurements - instrument selection. 1962.
References
1 2 Gibson, Jane Blankenship. (1962). Rotational Analysis of the 0-0 Band of the B2 ΣU -> X2 Σ g Transition of N+ 2 from Shock Tube Spectra. Physical Sciences Program, Stanford University.
↑ Texas Birth Index. (1903-1997). FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VDDX-ZGX: accessed 8 August 2015), Jane Carruth Blankenship, 20 Jun 1936; from "Texas Birth Index, 1903-1997," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com: 2005); citing Texas Department of State Health Services.
↑ Texas Birth Index. (1903-1997). FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V87J-FW8: accessed 8 August 2015), Elizabeth Ann Blankenship, 20 Jun 1936; from "Texas Birth Index, 1903-1997," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com: 2005); citing Texas Department of State Health Services.
↑ United States Census. (1940). Database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KW2X-N3J: accessed 8 August 2015), Forest F Blankenship, Ward 1, Paris, Justice Precinct 1, Lamar, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 139-1, sheet 11B, family 237, NARA digital publication T627 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012), roll 4089.
↑ Tennessee, State Marriage Index. (1780-2002). FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VN47-HQ7: accessed 8 August 2015), Carl Gibson and Jane Blankenship, 28 May 1958; from "Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com: 2008); citing p. 356, Roane, Tennessee, United States, Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville, Tennessee.
↑ Davis, W. (1964). Need Sex Desegregation. The Science News-Letter, 22-22.
↑ Ewino, Ann. (16 December 1961). Place for Women in Science. Alton Evening Telegraph. Alton, Illinois. p. 17.
↑ Kaiser, David. (Fall 2008). STS.436 Cold War Science. (Massachusetts Institute of Technology: MIT OpenCourseWare), http://ocw.mit.edu (Accessed 8 August 2015). License: Creative Commons BY-NC-SA.
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