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Ynes Mexia

One of the most successful botanists and female plant collectors of her time; she did not begin her career until she was 55 years old.

Annie Montague Alexander

Philanthropist, zoologist, paleontologist, and heiress who established the University of California Museum of Paleontology and Museum of Vertebrate Zoology.

Dr Marie Equi

Doctor in the American West who provided care to working-class and poor patients, including birth control information and abortions at a time when both were illegal.

In 1910 she was appointed lady superintendent at the Melbourne Hospital, a position she would occupy until 1934. In 1913 Bell replaced Elizabeth Glover as lady superintendent of the nurses attached to the Third Military District, and was responsible for the selection of nurses to accompany the troops when war broke out in the following year.

Maud Leonora Menten

Seminal work published in 1912 by Leonor Michaelis (1875–1949) and Maud Leonora Menten (1879–1960), a German man and a Canadian woman, cast light on the reasons why enzymes are so efficient.

Simone Courvoisier

Head of pharmacology at Rhône Poulenc in the 1950s

Dr Nancy T Chang

After attending Harvard Medical School, Nancy Chang’s career trajectory led her to cofound Tanox (now part of Genentech), a company that sought remedies for asthma and allergies through genetic engineering.

Dr Ruth Erica Benesch

Reinhold and Ruth Erica Benesch made a key discovery that helped explain how hemoglobin, a protein in red blood cells, carries oxygen from the lungs to all the cells in the body.

Dr Marie Maynard Daly

Overcoming the dual hurdles of racial and gender bias, Marie Maynard Daly conducted important studies on cholesterol, sugars, and proteins. In addition to her research, she was committed to developing programs to increase the enrollment of minority students in medical school and graduate science programs.