Gertrude B Elion
American biochemist and pharmacologist,who won the 1988 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
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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.
Dr Katharine Burr Blodgett
American physicist and chemist best known for her groundbreaking work in surface chemistry, particularly for inventing non-reflective or “invisible” glass. Blodgett was the first woman to earn a Ph.D. in physics from the University of Cambridge in 1926.
Mary Anderson
American real estate developer, rancher, and inventor, best known for inventing the windshield wiper.
Hazel Bishop
American chemist and entrepreneur, most famous for inventing the first long-lasting, non-smearing lipstick.
Eleanor Abbott
Eleanor Abbott created the game Candy Land while she was recovering from polio
Alice H Parker
African-American inventor who patented the modern central heating gas furnace, revolutionizing home heating systems.
Käthe Paulus
Pioneering figure in the field of aviation, renowned for her significant contributions as an inventor, particularly for developing the first collapsible parachute in 1910.
Ida Tarbell
American journalist, known as one of the leading muckrakers of the progressive era.
Eunice Newton Foote
American scientist, inventor, and advocate for women’s rights; the first scientist to propose the idea of the greenhouse effect.