Famous Female Scientists

 These scientists are Caroline Herschel, Mary Anning, Ada Lovelace, Maria Mitchell, Mary Kingsley, Annie Cannon, Marie Curie, Louise Boyd, Gerty Cori, Irene Joliet-Curie, Helen Taussig, Margaret Mead, Barbara McClintock, Dame Kathleen Lonsdale, Ruth Wakefield, Grace Murray Hoppe, Rachel Carson, Chien-Shiung Wu, Mary Leakey, Gertrude Elion, Rosalind Franklin, Rosalyn Yalow, Stephanie Kwolek, Jewel Plummer Cobb, Dian Fossey, Jane Goodall, Ada Yonath, Jocelyn Bell Burnell, Ellen Ochoa.

• Caroline Herschel: – She was a German astronomer. She was the first woman to discover a comet and also to receive honorary membership into the Royal Society. In 1783, Caroline Herschel discovered an open cluster which is known as NGC 2360.
• Mary Anning: – She was an amateur paleontologist and a fossil collector. Anning is sometimes referred as ‘the greatest fossilist the world ever knew’.
• Ada Lovelace: – Ada Lovelace was an English mathematician. She is considered the first computer programmer. She is best known for her work on Charles Babbage’s proposed general-purpose computer.
• Maria Mitchell: – She was the first professional female astronomer of America. She discovered a comet in 1847.
• Mary Kingsley: – She was an English explorer and scientific writer. Kingsley traveled throughout the West Africa.
• Annie Cannon: – Annie Cannon was an American astronomer. She studied bright southern hemisphere stars.
• Marie Curie: – Marie Curie was the first woman to win a Noble prize and the first scientist to win this in two different fields physics and chemistry. She discovered Polonium and Radium.
• Louise Boyd: – Louise Boyd was an American explorer. She made her first trip to arctic in 1926. In 1955, she became the first woman to charter a private plane and fly across the North Pole.
• Gerty Cori: – Gerty Cori was a biochemist. She was the first American woman to win a Noble prize in science. She has done some research work on the metabolic mechanism.
• Irene Joliet-Curie: – She was the daughter of Pierre and Marie Curie. Both her parents were scientists. She served as a nurse radiographer during the World War I.
• Helen Taussig: – She was an American cardiologist. She is also credited with the development of the first successful treatment of ‘blue baby’ syndrome.
• Margaret Mead: – Margaret Mead was an anthropologist. In 1979, she was awarded the highest civilian order of the United States, the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
• Barbara McClintock: – She was an American scientist. She is best known for her discovery of mobile genetic elements. In 1983, she won the Noble Prize in Physiology.