Agnes Meyer Driscoll
Agnes Meyer Driscoll’s work as a navy cryptanalyst who broke a multitude of Japanese naval systems, as well as a developer of early machine systems, marks her as one of the true “originals” in American cryptology.
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Ann Z Caracristi
Ann Caracristi began her career with the Army’s cryptologic organization during World War II. After a brief civilian career immediately following the war, she joined one of NSA’s predecessor organizations as a cryptanalyst.
Mary Budenbach
Mary Budenbach, a graduate of Smith College and known to all as “Polly,” joined the Navy’s cryptologic organization, OP-20-G, in 1943. Trained as a cryptanalyst, she worked against Japanese naval ciphers during World War II.
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.
Dorothy Maharam
Renowned Jewish-American mathematician
Natascha Artin Brunswick
Russian-German-American mathematician and photographer
Edith Anne Stoney
Anglo-Irish physicist and a pioneer in medical physics
Mary Golda Ross
First known Native American female engineer and pioneering female engineer at Lockheed.
Johanna Piesch
Austrian librarian, physicist and mathematician who is remembered for the pioneering contributions she made to switching algebra, one of the fundamentals of digital computing and programming languages
Marie-Jeanne de Lalande
Renowned French astronomer and mathematician.