Depends on your definition of scientist, but Dana Scully in The X-Files 
movie and TV program seems to qualify.

-chad

On Thursday, April 21, 2005, at 12:22 PM, Darryl Wiggers wrote:

> Eve of Destruction is the most obvious that comes to mind
>
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>> From: Tracy Cox-Stanton <[log in to unmask]>
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>> Date: Thu, 21 Apr 2005 12:17:37 -0400
>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> Subject: [SCREEN-L] women and science
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>> Hello,
>> I have a student who is working on a project about women scientists in
>> film.
>> She writes, "In general I want to look at the way in which female
>> scientists are portrayed in film. More specifically I would like to 
>> look
>> at cult films, especially Sci-Fi-ish films where the plot revolves
>> around laboratories(think mad scientists and creations run amuck...).
>> Possibly even widening my focus from female scientists to how women 
>> are
>> portrayed in such films in relation to science: are they the one's 
>> being
>> experimented on, are they the half-clothed laboratory aids, are they
>> ever the mad scientist?, etc."
>> She would be grateful for any suggestions for relevant films and/or
>> articles/books that might be useful.
>> Thanks very much,
>> Tracy Cox-Stanton
>> Kalamazoo College
>>
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