Kate J Boeckh
National Women’s Party suffragist, aviator, inventor
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Dr Ellen Ochoa
Astronaut Ellen Ochoa became Johnson Space Center’s 11th center director in 201 un til her retirement in 2018 after 30 years at NASA.
Dr Andrea Goldsmith
Andrea Goldsmith, PhD, is a pioneer in the field of wireless communications whose discoveries have influenced cellular and WiFi networks all over the world.
Dr Frances Arnold
Frances Arnold, PhD, is a biochemical engineer who pioneered how to harness evolution to create proteins, for which she received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry (2018), becoming the first American woman to do so.
Edith Clarke
American electrical engineer with expertise in power systems and was influential in the design of dams across the American West, including Hoover Dam.
Elizabeth Lee Hazen
Nystatin, one of the first effective antifungal medicines, was discovered in 1950 by two women scientists: Elizabeth Lee Hazen (1885–1975) and Rachel Fuller Brown (1898–1980)
Rachel Fuller Brown
Nystatin, one of the first effective antifungal medicines, was discovered in 1950 by two women scientists: Elizabeth Lee Hazen (1885–1975) and Rachel Fuller Brown (1898–1980)
Stephanie Kwolek
In 1965 Stephanie Kwolek created the first of a family of synthetic fibers of exceptional strength and stiffness. The best-known member is Kevlar, a material used in protective vests as well as in boats, airplanes, ropes, cables, and much more—in total about 200 applications.
Gertrude B Elion
American biochemist and pharmacologist,who won the 1988 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
Helen Murray Free
A husband-and-wife team of biochemists revolutionized diagnostic urine testing with their invention of an easy-to-use, chemically coated paper dipstick that measures a patient’s blood sugar by changing color when dipped in a urine sample.