Her work helped save millions of lives from infection, diabetes, and anemia
From childhood, she preferred 'to stay up and watch the stars than go to sleep'
Stifled by sexism in Europe, she made foundational discoveries in astronomy after coming to the US
Marie Maynard Daly worked at a time when our understanding of DNA was changing in big ways
Get inspired by the ladies who led the way.
She didn't have a paid professorship until three years before her Nobel prize
She worked out a kink in general relativity and kickstarted the field of abstract algebra
Progressive in science and art, she disregarded sexist norms of Qing-dynasty China
Most scientists spend their careers hoping for a single big discovery. Sau Lan Wu has had three and is still searching for more.
Her deep belief that science and society were linked left a lasting impact
She experienced many obstacles, but her perseverance and passion always won
Much of her Cold War work on missiles is still classified today
A "prophet of the computer age," she saw the potential for computers outside of pure mathematics
She made big contributions to our understanding of tiny cellular machinery
Her radioimmunoassay technique enabled scientists to measure hundreds of trace biological substances for the first time
Her dramatic death often overshadows her epic life, but it shouldn't
“Any girl can be glamorous. All you have to do is stand still and look stupid”
She discovered the Earth's 'backbone' even though men wouldn't let her on a ship for 17 years
The ichthyosaur she found helped prove extinction
A century later, her system is still used today
Eighty years after her death, scientists are still processing the plants she collected
She was the first woman to win one – much less two – Nobel Prizes
Even 300 years later, Maria Margaretha Winkelmann Kirch is denied credit for her work
Through meticulous crossbreeding, she showed that DNA is far more complicated than scientists originally thought
Two decades before Sally Ride, a Soviet woman rose from obscurity to become the first female cosmonaut
What she found in a tiny crevice in Gypsum Cave rewrote the history of humans in North America
+++ This week’s Reconstructionist: legendary folk singer, Odetta, widely celebrated as the “voice of the civil rights movement.” Learn more about this amazing woman here.
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