thesis_year death_date birth_date article_title thesis_title
1897 1944 1868 isabelle stone
 on the electrical resistance of thin films
isabelle stone

isabelle stone -lrb- 1868 -- 1944 -rrb- was an american physicist and one of the founders of the american physical society .
she was the first woman to be awarded a phd in physics in the united states .
