Joan Hinton

Joan Hinton
Joan Hinton with her brother Bill at her farm in Beijing
Born	Joan Chase Hinton (1921-10-20)October 20, 1921 Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Died	June 8, 2010(2010-06-08) (aged 88) Beijing, China
Other names	Chinese: 寒春
Occupation	nuclear physicist
Spouse	Erwin Engst (m. 1949, died 2003)
Parents	Sebastian Hinton (father) Carmelita Hinton (mother)
Relatives	William H. Hinton (brother) Jean Hinton Rosner

Joan Hinton (Chinese name: 寒春, Pinyin: Hán Chūn; 20 October 1921 – 8 June 2010) ^[1] was a nuclear physicist and one of the few women scientists who worked for the Manhattan Project in Los Alamos. Dismayed at the use of the atomic bomb against the Japanese, she went to live and work in China, staying on after the establishment of the People's Republic of China after 1949. She and her husband Erwin (Sid) Engst participated in China's efforts at developing a socialist economy, working extensively in agriculture, and supported the policies of Mao Zedong. She lived on a dairy farm north of Beijing before her death on June 8, 2010.