FAMOUS WOMEN SCIENTISTS
By Tim Lambert
Maude Abbott 1869-1940 Cardiologist
Elizabeth Agassiz 1822-1907 Naturalist
Maria Agnes 1718-1799 Mathematician
Mary Anning 1799-1847 Paleontologist
Agnes Arber 1879-1960 Botanist
Charlotte Auerback 1899-1994 Geneticist
Hertha Ayrton 1854-1923 Physicist
Laura Bassi 1711-1778 Physicist
Rachel Bodley 1831-1888 Chemist
Elizabeth Britton 1858-1934 Biochemist
Rachel Brown 1898-1980 Biochemist
Margaret Burbidge 1920- Astronomer
Annie Cannon 1863-1941 Astronomer
Jane Colden 1724-1766 Botanist
Gerty Corti 1896-1957 Biochemist
Marie Cunitz Astronomer
Marie Curie 1867-1934 Physicist
Marguerite de la Sabliere 1630-1693 Astronomer
Helene Deutsch 1884-1982 Psychologist
Gladys Emerson 1903-1976 Nutritionist
Katherine Esau 1898-1997 Botanist
Honor Fell 1900-1986 Biologist
Williamina Fleming 1857-1911 Astronomer
Dian Fossey 1932-1985 Zoologist
Rosalind Franklin 1920-1958 Molecular Biolgist
Sophie Germain 1776-1831 Mathematician
Maria Goeppert-Mayer 1906-1972 Physicist
Jane Goodall 1934- Zoologist
Caroline Herschel 1750-1848 Astronomer
Dorothy Hodgkin 1910-1994 Biochemist
Grace Hopper 1906-1992 Mathematician
Hypatia c. 370-415 Mathematician and philosopher
Sonya Kovalesky 1850-1891 Mathematician
Henrietta Leavitt 1868-1921 Astronomer
Nicole-Reine Lepaute 1723-1788 Astronomer
Kathleen Lonsdale 1903-1971 Crystallographer
Barbara McClintock 1902-1992 Geneticist
Sidnie Manton 1902-1979 Zoologist
Anne Manzolini 1716-1774 Anatomist
Sylvia Mead 1935- Marine Biolgist
Lise Meitner 1878-1968 Physicist
Maria Mitchell 1818-1889 Astronomer
Marguerite Perey 1909-1975 Physicist
Charlotte Scott 1858-1931 Mathematician
Mary Somerville 1780-1872 Mathematician
Mary Whitney 1847-1921 Astronomer
Roger Arliner Young 1899-1964 Zoologist