Elizabeth (Betty) Frazier Karplus (1925–2021) was an American science educator, and "a pioneer in protecting rights of students with disabilities".
[3] Elizabeth headed the radiochemistry laboratory, and worked evenings as a mathematical calculator for John von Neumann, checking the accuracy of the outputs from his early computer programs.
Robert Karplus returned to Harvard University later in 1950, and the family moved to Watertown, Massachusetts; a second daughter, Margaret, arrived in 1952.
[3] In 1954, Robert Karplus took a faculty position at the University of California, Berkeley, and moved with his family to the San Francisco Bay Area, where Elizabeth lived for the rest of her life.
[4] Betty Karplus, also, began doing research as part of this study, coauthored with her husband; their joint works "had a lasting impact on the field of science education".
[6] In the mid-1960s, Karplus began working at Campolindo High School as a substitute science teacher, and earned a teaching credential[6] and a master's degree in special education.