Juana Briones
1800s Mexican-American pioneer, businesswoman, healer, and landowner
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Dr Me-Iung Ting
Dr. Me-Iung Ting worked tirelessly to improve medical care for women, children, and refugees, even when it put her at great personal risk.
Florence B Seibert
American biochemist who developed a groundbreaking procedure that led to a reliable tuberculosis test (TB test), used to detect the potentially deadly virus in infants, children and adults worldwide. She also contributed to the development of safety measures for intravenous drug therapy.
Dr Matilda Chaplin Ayrton
1800s British doctor
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.
Eleanor Barbour Cook
American paleontologist
Kate Graham Cook
James Cook and Kate Graham first discovered the fossil deposits later to become known as Agate Fossil Beds.
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.