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Women of Science

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Women of Science

Creating and celebrating profiles of influential women in science, technology, engineering, and math fields.

The purpose is to categorize women who were inventors or were involved in scientific discoveries or applications, to include formal, natural, social, applied, and space sciences and medicine.

Formal Sciences

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Logic, math, theoretical computer science, information theory, systems theory, decision theory, statistics

Wikipedia WikiTree Occupation(s) Connected CC7 Categories
Fran Allen (1932-2020) Allen-46233 Computer Scientist Yes 32 No
Gladys Mae (Brown) West (b1930) Brown-118019 Mathematician Yes 241 No
Mollie Orshansky (1915-2006) StatisticianNo No
Amalie Emmy Noether (1882-1935) Noether-1Mathematician Yes 59 No
Annie Jean Easley (1932-2011) McCrory-755 Computer Scientist No 67 No
Maryam Mirzakhani (1977-2017) میرزاخانی-1 Mathematician No 0 No
Edna Lee Paisano (1948-2014) Statistician No No
Katherine Johnson (1918-2020) Coleman-6364 Mathematician Yes 643 No
Ada Lovelace (1815-1852)Byron-136 Computer Programmer Yes 7822 No
Angie Turner King (1905-2004) Mathematician No No
RADM Grace Brewster Hopper (1906-1992) Murray-5111 Computer Programmer Yes 267 No
Dorothy Vaughan (1910-2008) Johnson-80408 Mathematician Yes 88 No
Florence Nightingale (1820-1910) Nightingale-64 Statistician Yes 2357 No
Lynn Conway (1938-2024) Computer Scientist No 0 No


Social Sciences

Sociology, anthropology, archaeology, economics, linguistics, psychology

Wikipedia WikiTree Occupation(s) Connected CC7 Categories
Bertha Pallan Thurston Cody (1907-1978)_ Parker-24251 Archaeologist Yes 146 No
Ruth (Fulton) Benedict (1887-1948) Fulton-3639Anthropologist Yes 67 No
Anna Johnson Julian (1903-1994) Johnson-66676 Sociologist Yes 161 No
Mary Anning (1799-1847) Anning-68 Paleontologist Yes 197 No
Inez Beverly Prosser (1895-1934) Psychologist No No
Johanna Mestorf (1828-1909) Prehistoric Archaeologist No No
Marianne Weber (1870-1954) Schnitger-8 Sociologist Yes 101 No
Ursula Bellugi (1931-2022) Linguist/ Cognitive Neuroscientist No No
Dorothea Bleek (1873-1948) Anthropologist No No
Mamie Phipps Clark (1917-1983) Phipps-1936 Social Psychologist Yes 108 No
Carlotta Joaquina Maury (1874-1938) Maury-268 Paleontologist Yes 1638 No
Joan Wiffen (1922-2009) Pedersen-13573 Paleontologist Yes 222 No


Natural Sciences

Life science (biology), biochemistry, botany, zoology, ecology

Wikipedia WikiTree Occupation(s) Connected CC7 Categories
Lydia Villa-Komaroff (b1947) Molecular biologist No
Eugenie Clark (1922-2015) Clark-74754 Ichthyologist Yes1053 No
Ana Roqué de Duprey (1853-1933) Botanist No No
Floy Agnes Lee (1922-2018) Biologist No No
Rachel Carson (1907-1964)Carson-2068 Marine Biologist Yes 127 No
Ruth Ella Moore (1903-1994) Moore-80347 Microbiologist Yes 67 No
Jane Goodall (b1934) Morris-Goodall-1 Primatologist Yes 100 No
Janaki Ammal (1897-1984)Ammal-14 Botanist Yes 114 No
Sarah Elizabeth Stewart (1905-1976) Bacteriologist No No
Ruth Gates (1962-2018)Gates-4687 Marine biologist Yes 70 No
Flossie Wong-Staal (1946-2020) Molecular Biologist No No
Jane Hinton (1919-2003)Hinton-2518 Molecular Biologist No 3 No
Ynés Mexía (1870-1938) Mexía-51 Botanist Yes 333 No
Jemma Redmond (1978-2016) Biotech No No
Margaretta Morris (1797-1867) Entomologist No No
Joan (Murrell) Owens (1933-2011) Murrell-1116 Marine Biologist No 8 No
Elsie Quarterman (1910-2014) Plant Ecologist No No
Mary Logan Reddick (1914-1966) Reddick-885 Neuroembryologist No 1 No
Roseli Ocampo-Friedmann (1937-2005) Botanist No No
Jessie Isabelle Price (1930-2015) Microbiologist No No
Mary Gillham (1921-2013) Naturalist No No
Anne (Worsley) Russell (1807-1876) Botanist No No
Muriel Bell (1898-1974)Bell-34925 Nutritionist Yes2520 No


Physical Sciences

Physics, chemistry, astronomy, earth science, geology, oceanography, meteorology

Wikipedia WikiTree Occupation(s) Connected CC7 Categories
Elizabeth Alexander (1908-1958) Caldwell-4783 Radio Astronomer Yes 305 No
Sau Lan Wu (b1940s) Particle Physicist No No
Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin (1900-1979)Payne-11082 Astronomer Yes 67 No
Gertrude Belle Elion (1918-1999)Elion-7 Biochemist No 3 No
Ruth Benerito (1916-2013) Rogan-389Chemist Yes 145 No
Chien-Shiung Wu (1912-1997) 吳-17 Experimental Physicist Yes 49 No
Dorothy Hodgkin (1910-1994)Crowfoot-87 Biochemist Yes 1114 No
Carolyn Parker (1917-1966) Physicist No No
Maria Mitchell (1818-1889) Mitchell-8244 Astronomer Yes 7991 No
Lise Meitner (1878-1968) Meitner-14 Chemist No 5 No
Irène Joliot-Curie (1897-1956)Curie-32 Physicist Yes 563 No
Maud Menten (1879-1960) Menten-84 Biochemist Yes 119 No
Henrietta Leavitt (1868-1921) Leavitt-758 Astronomer Yes 2424 No
Karen Wetterhahn (1948-1997) Chemist No No
Inge Lehmann (1888-1993) Lehmann-319 Seismologist Yes 59 No
Maria Goeppert Mayer (1906-1972)Goeppert-3Physicist Yes 63 No
Mary Engle Pennington (1872-1952) Pennington-7107 Bacteriological Chemist Yes 13 No
Marguerite Williams (1895-1991) Geologist No No
Virginia Holsinger (1937-2009) Chemist No No
Mildred Dresselhaus (1930-2017)Spiewak-9 Physicist Yes 160 No
Evelyn Anderson (1899-1985) Biochemist No No
Beth A. Brown (1969-2008) Astronomer No No
Frances Arnold (b1956) Chemist No No
Marietta Blau (1894-1970) Physicist No No
Gerty Cori (1896-1957)Radnitz-1 Biochemist Yes 228 No
Margaret Burbidge (1919-2020) Astronomer No No
Marie Maynard Daly (1921-2003)Daly-3161Biochemist Yes 134 No
Mary Elliott Hill (1907-1969) Elliott-22338 Organic Chemist No 8 No
Rosalind Franklin (1920-1958) Franklin-2495 Chemist/ Crystallographer Yes 1637 No
Antonia Maury (1866-1952) Maury-267 Astronomer Yes 1638 No
Vida Stout (1930-2012) Stout-3729 Limnologist Yes 641 No


Applied Sciences

Technology, inventions, engineering, medicine

Wikipedia WikiTree Occupation(s) Connected CC7 Categories
Helen Rodríguez Trías (1929–2001) Pediatrician No No
Kazue Togaski (1897-1992) Physician No No
Susan La Flesche Picotte (1865-1915) La Flesche-2 Physician Yes 970 No
Lori Alvord (b1958)Surgeon No No
Margaret Morgan Lawrence (1914-2019) Morgan-33421 Psychiatrist No 8 No
Gloria Twine Chisum (b1930) Inventor No No
Susan McKinney Steward (1847-1918)Smith-179738 Physician Yes 552 No
Mary Jackson (1921-2005)Winston-1110 Aeronautical Engineer Yes 79 No
Dorothy Boulding Ferebee (1898-1980)Boulding-59 Obstetrician Yes 52 No
Stephanie Kwolek (1923-2014) Kwolek-5Inventor No 3 No
Yvonne Clark (1929-2019) Mechanical Engineer No No
May Edward Chinn (1896-1980) Chinn-337Oncological researcher and Physician No 787 No
Hedy Lamarr (1914-2000) Kiesler-4 Inventor Yes 1672 No
Margaret Chung (1889-1959)Chung-136 Physician No 0 No
Edith Clarke (1883-1959) Clarke-25181 Electrical Engineer Yes 2507 No
Rebecca Lee Crumpler (1831-1895)Davis-59213 Physician No 6 No
Dorothy Lavinia Brown (1914-2004) Brown-156141 Surgeon No 0 No
Marie Van Brittan Brown (1922-1999) Van Brittan-1 Inventor No 3 No
Virginia Apgar (1909-1974) Apgar-100 Obstetrical anesthesiologist Yes 1100 No
Antonia Novello (b1944) Surgeon No No
Sara Josephine Baker (1873-1945) Baker-44519Physician Yes 1463 No
Lillian Moller Gilbreth (1878-1972)Moller-1409 Industrial Engineer Yes 520 No
Bessie Blount Griffin (1914-2009)Blount-1979 Inventor No 0 No
Lillie Rosa Minoka-Hill (1876-1952) Physician No No
Jane Cooke Wright (1919-2013)Wright-33629 Surgeon Yes 167 No
Alice Hamilton (1869-1970) Hamilton-14660Toxicologist Yes1718 No
Rita Levi-Montalcini (1909-2012) Levi-Montalcini-1Neurologist No 13 No
Caroline Still Anderson (1848-1919) Still-903 Physician Yes 90 No
Ildaura Murillo-Rohde (1920-2010) Nurse No No
Ruth Smith Lloyd (1917-1995) Anatomist No No
Priscilla Kincaid-Smith (1926-2015) Nephrologist No No


Space Science

Rocket science, solar, lunar, and planetary science, astrophysics

Wikipedia WikiTree Occupation(s) Connected CC7 Categories
Judith Resnik (1949-1986) Resnik-6Astronaut Yes 421 No
Mary Golda Ross (1908-2008) Ross-16191Aerospace Engineer Yes 1329 No
Jerrie Cobb (1931–2019) Cobb-7241 Mercury 13 Yes 1392 No
Virginia Norwood (1927-2023) Tower-4592 Aerospace Engineer Yes 496 No
Sally Ride (1951-2012) Ride-21Astronaut Yes 270 No
Barbara (St John) Canright (1919-1997) Rocket Scientist No No
Judith Love Cohen (1933-2016) Cohen-4747 Aerospace engineer Yes 132 No




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I am surprised not to see Fran Allen ( Allen-46233 ), computer scientist, IBM Fellow, Turing Prize winner, etc.

See her Wikipedia page https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frances_Allen for a full list of her achievements.

posted by Janet Gunn
edited by Janet Gunn
Happily added. I appreciate any additions, I know this is not an exhaustive list.