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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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