Women in history on the SGU

This page is intended to link to all of the history segments on the SGU where women are highlighted

Forgotten Superheroes of Science

• Maria Telkes (595) - Invented the solar distiller
• Rosa Smith Eigenmann (587) - Discovered more than 150 species of fish
• Mary Elizabeth Barber (585) - Plant collector from the 1800's
• Janet Rowley (580) - Linked chromosomal abnormalities to cancer
• Elizabeth Rona (578) - Worked with Pallonium
• Mary Edwards (572) - Tracked the positions of celestial objects for 55 years
• Cecilia Helena-Payne Gaposshkin (567) - Found that the Sun and the stars are mostly made of hydrogen
• Yvonne Brill (566) Pioneer rocket scientist
• Annie Maunder (564) Discovered the Maunder Minimum along with her husband
• Dorothy Hodgkin (560) Used X-ray crystallography to image penicillin, cholesterol, and vitamin B12
• Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha (555) The first doctor that brought the problem of Flint Michigan's water to the states attention
• Lorna Wing (552) Helped to redefine our conception of autism
• Stephanie Louise Kwolek (550) Invented the chemical behind Kevlar
• Dr. Hadiyah-Nicole Green (548) Cancer research involving nanoparticles and lasers
• Caroline Herschel (544) Sister of William Herschel. First woman paid for science work.
• Birute Mary Galdikas (541) Research on orangutans
• Andrea Ghez (539) Stellar motions near Milky Way's supermassive black hole
• Alice Hamilton (538) Development of industrial medicine in America
• Maria Sibylla Merian (537) Made illustrations of insects in the late 1600's
• Alice Catherine Evans (536) Showed the benefits of milk pasteurization
• Barbara McClintock (534) Jumping genes" and chromosome research
• Ruth Rogan Benerito (533) Wrinkle-resistant clothing
• Hedy Lamarr (532) Invented spread spectrum technology
• Frances Kelsey (528) Prevented thalidomide from being sold in the US
• Marie Thorp (527) Discovered the Mid Atlantic Ridge under the ocean
• Inge Lehmann (526) Discovered that the Earth has a solid inner core
• Gerty Cori (525) Glucose metabolism
• Henrietta Leavitt (524) Discovered special property of Cepheid variables
• Maria Goeppert-Mayer (521) Nuclear shell theory
• Vera Rubin (520) Studied galaxy rotation, which led to acceptance of dark matter