Mae Carol Jemison made history when she became the first African-American woman to travel into space aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour...

Katherine Johnson was born in 1918 in West Virginia and from a young age, her love and knack for numbers were quite apparent and put her...

Nettie Maria Stevens was born on July 7, 1861, in Cavendish, Vermont, and died on May 4, 1912. She was an American biologist who was one...

Hedy Lamarr was an Austrian-born American film actress and inventor. She was known to be the inspiration for Snow White and Catwoman....

World War II commenced a technological race among nations, particularly in ballistics and computing research to aid soldiers on the...

A well known female pioneer who has left a great impact on medicine and science, Elizabeth Blackwell, had a strong passion for women’s...

Women in Turkey were granted equal rights towards the beginning of the 20th century as a result of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, who gained...

Dr. Dian Fossey, author of Gorillas in the Mist and No One Loved Gorillas More, was a researcher and activist for gorillas. Throughout...

In psychology, those who study this discover ideas and theories that pertain to how a human lives and interacts with their environment as...

A pioneer in the research for the cure for cancer with her experiments in radioactivity, Marie Curie was the first woman to win a Nobel...

It seems that the Golden Age of women in computer science is upon us. Institutions across the country are opening their doors to female...

Grace Hopper: A Pioneer in Computer Technology Well known in the subject of engineering, the pioneer for developing early computer...

The COVID 19 pandemic, which has become the forefront of today's society for over 6 months, has had researchers pouring over a cure or a...

Historically, the field of science has been overwhelmingly dominated by predominantly white men. However, the absence of women in science...