Dr Mária Telkes
Dr. Telkes is best known for her invention of the solar water distiller and the first solar-powered heating system designed for residences. She also invented other devices capable of storing energy captured from sunlight.
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Amy B Smith
Amy Smith is an inventor, teacher and founder of MIT D-Lab and Senior Lecturer of Mechanical Engineering at MIT.
Eva Ekeblad
Countess Eva Ekeblad was a Swedish salon hostess, scientist and agronomist.
Betty Sullivan
Betty Julia Sullivan was a female pioneer in the field of chemical engineering, where she won several prestigious awards against strict competition.
Nancy Bettjeman
The Bettjemans were among the first settlers to take up land at the ill-fated soldiers’ settlement in the Mangapurua valley in the Wanganui River hinterland. They were also among the last to leave.
Eve Logan
In 1977, Evelyn took up an administration post with the Family Practitioner Committee for Kensington, Chelsea and Westminster Health Authority, and over the next few years quickly rose through the ranks to become the Deputy Registrar.
Hilde Himmelweit
German social psychologist who was influential on the development of the discipline in the United Kingdom
Dr Judith Rees
Judith Rees graduated from the London School of Economics with a BSc 1965 and after teaching at Wye College in Kent returned to LSE as a lecturer, completing her PhD in 1978. Judith Rees moved to the University of Hull in 1989 becoming Dean of Geography and Pro-Vice Chancellor. After returning to LSE she was a Pro-Director 1998-2004, later becoming Co-Director of the Grantham Research Institute.
Margaret Melhase
As an undergrad in nuclear chemistry at Berkeley, Margaret Melhase discovered and isolated caesium-137.
Francisca Fernández-Hall
Guatemalan engineer and diplomat Francisca Fernández-Hall Zúñiga was the first woman to graduate from the Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala, the first woman to earn an engineering degree in Central America, the first woman to be accepted and attend the Instituto Militar de Engenharia of Brazil, and Guatemala’s first female ambassador.