Florence Bascom was a barrier-breaking geologist who contributed to the field through her research and teaching.

Andrea Ghez is one of the world’s leading experts in observational astrophysics and was awarded the 2020 Nobel Prize in Physics for her discovery of a supermassive black hole in the Milky Way’s center. She is also a fierce advocate for women in STEM.

Yalow built her career as a physicist in mid-20th-century America, a time when women faced systemic barriers in science, and became the second woman to win the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.

Nettie Stevens was a groundbreaking geneticist who discovered sex chromosomes.

Mary Agnes Chase advanced American botany through groundbreaking grass taxonomy, influential publications, and significant field research across the Americas. 

Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin revolutionized astronomy by discovering that stars are primarily composed of hydrogen and helium, fundamentally changing our understanding of the universe

American doctor Mary Putnam Jacobi was not only a trailblazer in medicine in the late 1800s and early 1900s. She was also a women’s rights activist who conducted extensive, groundbreaking research to produce pivotal medical arguments challenging misconcep

Henrietta Swan Leavitt was part of a group of groundbreaking astronomers at the Harvard College Observatory in the late 1800s and early 1900s.

Nobel Prize winning biochemist Gertrude B. Elion paved the way for rational drug design, a strategic approach to developing treatments for conditions originating from bacteria, viruses and other organisms. Along the way, she developed drugs to treat condi

Esther Lederberg was a pioneering microbiologist best known for discovering the lambda bacteriophage, a virus that infects bacteria and became foundational to the field of molecular genetics.

Dr. Patricia Bath was a pioneering ophthalmologist, inventor, and the first Black woman doctor to receive a medical patent.

An American chemist whose groundbreaking work in medicine and chemistry developed the only effective treatment for leprosy until antibiotics were developed in the 1940s.

Barbara McClintock’s perseverance in a male-dominated field led her to become the first woman to receive an unshared Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, inspiring future generations of scientists.

Dr. Virginia Apgar persevered beyond early 20th-century barriers to women in medicine to become a leading anesthesiologist and the first female full professor at Columbia University.

Dr. Helen Brooke Taussig was a pioneering American cardiologist best known for developing the first successful open-heart surgery to treat "blue baby syndrome."

Kihana Wilson is a Black, Lesbian astrophysicist, writer, and science communicator who is passionate about making science more accessible to communities historically excluded from STEM fields.

Dr. Vera Rubin was an astronomer whose research proved the existence of dark matter.

Susan G. Komen's name became synonymous with breast cancer awareness throughout the 90s and early 2000s, but who was Susan G. Komen?