Introductions Necessary

With her studies of the effects of mustard gas, Dr. Charlotte Auerbach helped create the science of mutagenesis.

Inge Lehmann helped us discover what really lies at the center of our planet.

You might think you know the story of Florence Nightingale as a pioneer in the nursing profession, but did you know she was also a brilliant statistician?

Susan Jane Cunningham was integral to the building of the mathematics and astronomy departments at the newly founded Swarthmore College in Pennsylvania in 1869.

Today, meet Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin, the woman who changed our view of the universe when the first recipient of the Annie J Cannon Award in Astronomy.

Harvey Mudd College President Dr. Maria Klawe is a gifted computer scientist and artist.

This Mother’s Day we celebrate an engineer who earned her degree at MIT while raising her daughter as a single mom, Noramay Cadena.

Starting in 1985 when she was the first woman to receive the Alan T. Waterman Award, Dr. Jacqueline Barton has been continually honored for her ground breaking work.

Dr. Charlotte Angas Scott spent her lifetime challenging the status quo in regards to women in mathematics and was able to help pave the way for many female mathematicians.

On May 5, 1809 Mary Dixon Kies was granted the first American patent given to a woman.