Gladys Amelia Anslow (May 22, 1892 – March 31, 1969) was an American physicist who taught for over forty years at Smith College.
She was the first woman to work with the cyclotron at the University of California, Berkeley and served in the Office of Scientific Research and Development during World War II.
While studying at Smith College, Anslow was a member of the Mathematical Society and served as vice president of the Physics Club.
She also served on the executive board of the American Association of Physics Teachers, as vice president of the Massachusetts division of the American Association of University Women and was the president of the Massachusetts division of Phi Beta Kappa.
[13] The first woman to work with the cyclotron ("atomic whirligig to smash the atom") at the University of California, Berkeley, she collaborated with fellow Smith physicist Dorothy Wrinch on a "spectrochemical study of protein molecules for the eventual production of synthetic foods and drugs" under a grant from the Office of Naval Research, the first research grant of its kind at Smith College.
[8] In 1951 Anslow received a research award from the organization for her work on the ultraviolet spectra of protein molecules.