Dr Mattie E Coleman
Trailblazing African American physician and community leader
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Biddy Mason
African-American nurse and a pioneering real estate entrepreneur.
Dr Virginia M Alexander
African-American physician, researcher, and public health advocate who broke significant barriers in medicine and academia.
Dr Rachel Brooks Gleason
One of the first women to practice medicine in the United States.
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.
Dr Kathryn D Sullivan
American geologist, former NASA astronaut, and oceanographer
Florence Merriam Bailey
American ornithologist, naturalist, and author
Hazel Bishop
American chemist and entrepreneur, most famous for inventing the first long-lasting, non-smearing lipstick.
Dr Helen Caldicott
Australian physician, author, and anti-nuclear advocate who has dedicated much of her life to campaigning against the use of nuclear weapons and promoting environmental responsibility.
Helen Rodríguez Trías
Pioneering American pediatrician, educator, and women’s rights activist.