Shirley Jackson As a young girl, Jackson studied the bees in her backyard sparking a lifelong interest in science. She … More

Mildred Dresselhaus (1930- 2017) Known as the “queen of carbon science”, Dresselhaus was the first female professor emerita of physics … More

Mildred Dresselhaus (1930- 2017) Known as the “queen of carbon science”, Dresselhaus was the first female professor emerita of physics … More

Ruth Davis (1928-2012) After becoming the first woman to earn a PhD in mathematics at the University of Maryland, Ruth … More

Stephanie Louise Kwolek (1923-2014) As a child Kwolek loved fashion and textiles. Instead of pursuing a career in clothing design, … More

Esther Conwell (1922-2014) Conwell’s career spanned 62 years of research into semiconductors, organic crystals, conducting polymers, and DNA. Conwell’s research–exploring … More

Irmgard Flügge-Lotz (1903-1974) Flügge-Lotz joined the Stanford faculty in 1950 as the university’s first female professor of engineering – applied … More

Katherine Burr Blodgett (1898-1979) Katharine Burr Blodgett was the first woman to be awarded a Ph.D. in physics from the … More

Alice Parker (18??-19??) Underscoring the difficulty of honoring the contributions of African American women prior to the Civil Rights Movement, … More

Olive Dennis (1885-1957) Dennis went to work for the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad (B&O) to design bridges. As her talent … More

Edith Clarke 1883-1959 Edith Clarke was the first woman to earn an Electrical Engineering degree from MIT. From 1919 until … More

Nora Stanton Blatch Barney (1883-1971) In 1905, Nora Stanton Blatch Barney became the first woman to graduate from Cornell University … More

Learn about career opportunities in Engineering and related fields, like Information Technology. Many IT professionals are engineers, and not just … More

Catherine Anselm Gleason (November 25, 1865 – January 9, 1933) was an American engineer and businesswoman known both for being … More