There’s no doubt that women have faced a multitude of obstacles trying to make a name for themselves in education, let alone in the field of science. But even with these roadblocks, women have made a significant contribution to science and proved the entire world wrong. Here are some of the most notable women in science who have paved the way for the young girls of today.
Bouman was the lead in developing the algorithm that made the first visualization of a black hole possible!
Marie Curie became the Head of the Physics Lab at Sorbonne University during a time in which women were less in the field of science. Marie and her husband Pierre jointly won the Nobel Prize in 1903.
As the first woman to receive a medical degree in the US, Elizabeth Blackwell attended the Geneva Medical College and became an activist for women’s health and later founded a medical school for women in England.
Graduated from MIT in 2017, Tiera Guinn is a designer and structural analyst on the team that’s building the Space Launch System for NASA that is set to send people to Mars.
Goodall is considered to be the world’s foremost expert on Chimpanzees and is a champion of animal rights! She was recognized for discoveries about their behavior and completely transformed the way we think of the species.
Katherine Johnson is a Physicist and Mathematician whose calculations of orbital mechanics were critical to the success of the first U.S. crewed spaceflights.
In 1992, Mae C. Jemison became the first African-American female astronaut as she joined the space ship Endeavour.
One of the most culturally significant scientists today, Doudna helped develop CRISPR, a method that could allow for the eradication or treatment of sickle cell anemia, cystic fibrosis, Huntington’s disease, and HIV. She is a professor at UC Berkeley.
Katherine Freeze is a modern scientist studying dark matter, specifically “dark stars” which has never been observed by a human. She is also the director of Nordita, an institute in Stockholm for theoretical physics.
Grace Hopper popularized the idea of machine-independent programming languages, who was also one of the first programmers of the Harvard I computer.
Rachel Carson’s book “Silent Spring” warned of the dangers of pesticides and chemicals to humans, animals and plants and became a landmark in environmental history.
Mayer’s most famous contribution to modern physics includes discovering the nuclear shell of the atomic nucleus for which she won the Nobel Prize in 1963. She studied at John Hopkins University during the Great Depression and persisted in her studies when universities refused to employ her.
Vivas is an astrophysicist who was recognized for her discovery of up to 100 new distant RR Lyrae stars, providing new insight into the history and structure of the Milky Way.
During her time working with the Kepler Space Telescope, Seager discovered 715 planets, making her a notable contributor to the modern understanding of space.
Jane Cooke Wright, one of the first female African American doctors, was a trailblazing cancer researcher who worked at Harvard, where she began testing individualized chemotherapy treatments for cancer patients.
By concluding that invisible gravity sources were pulling planets and stars in certain directions, Vera Rubin published the first evidence for the existence of dark matter.
Sau Lan Wu is a particle physicist who made important contributions toward the discovery of the J/psi particle which provided evidence for the existence of the charm quark and gluon.
Her studies on the genetic makeup of corn and the ability of genes to change position on the chromosome won Barbara McClintock the Nobel Prize in 1983!
Rita Levi-Montalcini is a neurologist who won a Nobel Prize for discovering the “Nerve Growth Factor” whose work led to discoveries on how said growth can go wrong in dementia and cancer.
Ma Chung-pei is an astrophysicist who led a team of scientists in discovering two of the largest black holes that were ever observed.
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