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Sophia Brahe
Sophia Brahe was a Danish horticulturalist who studied the fields of astronomy, chemistry and medicine. Her work helped to allow for a better determination of the planets' orbit around the sun. -
Maria Sibylla Merian
Maria Sibylla Merian was a German botanist and zoologist who created an illustrated book of specimens of European insects, moths, and butterflies. -
Maria winkelman
Maria winkelman was a German astronomer who worked with her husband, developing astronomical calendars. In that time female scientists were not respected at the time, Winkelmann acted as his assistant, but she was actually his work teamate became the first women in discover a comet. -
Laura Bassi
Laura Bassi was an Italian physicist who became the first female professor at a European university in history. Bassi is also known for her contributions to Newtonian physics, and the expansion of that field of research.