Women in History: Science

Pioneers, Thinkers, Discoverers

Women in History: Science honors women whose work transformed medicine, chemistry, astronomy, engineering, mathematics, invention, and scientific thought across centuries of discovery.
Moving between early scientific inquiry and modern technological achievement, the collection traces a broad continuum of discovery through women whose ideas helped shape the modern world.

Mary Golda Ross

Mary Golda Ross

Beulah Louise Henry

Beulah Louise Henry

Mary Eliza Mahoney

Mary Eliza Mahoney

Marie Curie

Marie Curie

Rita Levi-Montalcini

Rita Levi-Montalcini

Elizabeth Blackwell

Elizabeth Blackwell