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Augusta Ada King
Mathematician known for her work on the proposed mechanical general-purpose computer, making her the first known female computer programer.
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Marie Curie
Won two nobel prizes in 1903 and 1911 for her works in science. She is best known for her work on radioactivity.
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Lise Meitner
Her team discovered nuclear fission of Uranium. First woman in Germany to become a full professor.
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Rosalind Franklin
She worked on x-ray diffractions of DNA. She took the famous Photo 51 which led to Watson and Crick discovering the double-helix structure in DNA.
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Rachel Carson
Rachel Carson was a marine biologist and conservationist who wrote the book “Silent Spring”. This book catapulted the EPA to be created and informed people about the harms of DDT. -
Chien-Shiung Wu
American experimental physicist awarded the Wolf Prize in physics in 1978. She was a part of the Manhattan project. Known as the “first lady of physics”. -
Barbra McClintock
Won the Nobel Prize in 1983 for physiology. She did work on genes and chromosomes and proved that they can be turned on and off.
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Gertrude B. Elion
Won the Nobel Prize in 1988 for her work in physiology. She developed the first immunosuppressive drug azathioprine which is used in organ transplants.
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Dian Fossey
Her work called “Gorillas in the Mist” was made into a movie in 1988. She contributed greatly to zoology and anthropology after spending 18 years in the forest studying gorillas. -
Nina Tandon
Nina is a biomedical engineer. She is the CEO and founder of EpiBone. This is a company that works in creating bone tissue from a patient's stem cells.
