…She said that she became interested in why it rains and how rain falls, when she was watching rain fall on the window at school one day.
After high school, she worked in an office job for a while, but wanted to have a profession to be independent. At first, she wanted to be a doctor, but the medical school interview wasn't encouraging.…
... In 1939 Saruhashi was one of the first students of the Imperial Women’s Science College.
She graduated in chemistry in 1943, and joined the national Meteorological Observatory. It was led by Yasuo Miyake, who, unusually, did not discriminate on gender…
…Miyake assigned her polonium to study. Saruhashi was excited, as she was inspired by Curie.
However, she said, "I believed that the goals of science and technology should be the welfare and happiness of humankind... When atomic bombs were dropped on Hiroshima & Nagasaki, I was shocked by the realization that science & technology could be used for such atrocities”…
...In 1981 she established the annual Saruhashi Prize, for women scientists under 50. She funded this and the association from a gift she received to honor her on her retirement.
Wikipedia lists 42 recipients of the Saruhashi prize between 1981 and 2022.
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