Chemical engineer and inventor Dr. Mária Telkes was known as America’s “Sun Queen.”
After training as a chemist in her native Hungary, Telkes immigrated to the United States, where she devoted her life to advancing the science of solar energy.
In 1964, the 63-year-old Telkes was still hard at work when she was invited to speak at the First International Conference of Women Engineers and Scientists. Here’s what she had to say.
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Learn more about Telkes in the American Experience documentary, THE SUN QUEEN, now streaming at pbs.org/americanexperience.
