Palmer Physical Laboratory (Historical Society of Princeton)
Chien-Shiung Wu:
Crossing the Frontier of Experimental Physics
"But given Wu's gender and her nationality, her road as an American physicist was a rocky one. Anti-Asian sentiment during World War II made it hard for her to find a job on the West Coast, so she went east. But the war that limited Wu's opportunities ended up expanding them, too." (Business Insider)
Smith College
"Chien-Shiung Wu assembling an electro-static generator at Smith College Physics Laboratory." (American Institute of Physics)
In 1942, Wu briefly taught physics at Smith College, but the school lacked a research facility, frustrating her that there was only teaching and no opportunity for any research and experimentation. Her former advisor, Ernest Lawrence, recommended her to a number of institutions in need of professors while most of their staff members were away because of the war. Wu was offered positions at eight schools, three of which barred women from enrolling. Despite Smith promoting her to associate professor and increasing her salary, Wu chose to join her husband at Princeton and in so doing, she became the physics department's first female professor.
Princeton University
"Princeton was still an all-male school in the 1940s, and Chien-Shiung was the first female instructor on their faculty. Chien-Shiung often relied on her strong personality and impressive research skills to overcome the challenge of being one of the few women on campus." (New York Historical Society)