Meet Merit-Ptah, the ancient Egyptian doctor who didn't exist
Read now →Though created by accident, her story fit neatly with burgeoning 20th century feminism
Meet Alice Wilson, the Canadian geologist who did the work of five people
Read now →She wasn't allowed to work at remote field sites, so she became the expert in her local rocks and fossils
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Meet Stephanie Kwolek, the woman who gave us bulletproof vests and yoga pants
Read now →The long-serving DuPont chemist invented kevlar and contributed to spandex
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Maria Kirch was the first woman to discover a comet, but her husband took the credit
Read now →Even 300 years later, Maria Margaretha Winkelmann Kirch is denied credit for her work
There was so much more to Rachel Carson beyond 'Silent Spring'
Read now →The trained zoologist and a bureaucrat pushed for environmental safety her whole life
Meet Jocelyn Bell Burnell, the astrophysicist who first noticed pulsars
Read now →Through sheer tenacity she has forged a career in a male-dominated field
