Dorothy Vaughn was a pioneering African American mathematician and computer programmer who made significant contributions to the field of computer science and the early space program. Born in 1910 in Kansas City, Missouri, Vaughn was the eldest of nine children. …
Game Designer, Author, Screenwriter
1952-present
Most famous game: Conquests of Camelot (1990)
Christy Marx is a pioneering computer programmer and video game designer who has made significant contributions to the development of the video game industry. Born in 1953, Marx …
Area of expertise: Anthropology, Primatology, and Conservatism
Major contributions: Dame Jane Goodall is the world’s leading expert on chimpanzees due to her decades’ worth of research. She studied the familial and social interactions of wild chimpanzees in Tanzania. Her research …
Area of expertise: Astrophysics
Major contributions: Dame Susan Jocelyn Bell Burnell co-discovered the first radio pulsars back in 1967 when she was still a postgraduate student. It was thought to be one of the most significant scientific achievements of the …
Area of expertise: Molecular Biology
Major contributions: Elizabeth Helen Blackburn co-discovered telomerase, which is the enzyme that replenishes the telomere. She conducted the study with a fellow woman in science, Carol W. Greider. Both women conducted research on the telomere, …
Area of expertise: Biology
Major contributions: Linda Brown Buck, together with Richard Axel, made significant studies on olfactory receptors. She mapped the olfactory processes at the molecular level. This includes tracing the journey of odors from the cells of the …
Area of expertise: Physics, Optics, and Lasers
Major contributions: Donna Theo Strickland is considered as a pioneer in the study of pulsed lasers. Together with Gérard Mourou, she invented the chirped pulse amplification without destroying the amplifying material. Her various …
Susan Solomon is a renowned atmospheric chemist and climate scientist who has made significant contributions to our understanding of the Earth’s atmosphere and the role that human activity plays in climate change. Born in 1956, Solomon received her bachelor’s degree …
Eugenie Clark, also known as the “Shark Lady,” was a pioneering marine biologist who dedicated her life to studying and protecting marine life. Born in 1922, Clark had a lifelong fascination with the ocean and its inhabitants. She received her …
In every text thus far assigned, the female sex has been largely ignored. Men write of a ‘Social Contract’ where a person’s freedoms and rights are taken into account, only if that person is a man. Rousseau is the first …
The feminist movement in the United States began in 1948 in upstate New York. The first women’s rights convention was in July 19th of that year. The women involved with the feminist movement were ridiculed for fighting for women’s rights …
While reading these articles, Roberts (2002) and Salis (2008) spoke on the subject of women wanting sex just as much as the man. When a woman is interested in a man sparks will fly, but if she is not interest …
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Patsy Takemoto Mink was the first colored women in congress. This position obviously did not come easily to her, rather with a bunch of struggle and motivation in order to accomplish her goals. She was a Japanese American, strong and …
Abortion and adoption are two very different things but they are both an option a women can choose from when facing an unwanted or unplanned pregnancy. A woman has a right to choose what her future will be and having …
The two sisters,Sita Devi and Shanta Devi from whose work a selection is now translated and offered to the English-reading public are daughters of Sri Ramananda Chatterjee, the well-known publicist. It is very much essential as well as interesting to …