Includes bibliographical references (pages 206-212) and index
Contents:
The Earth & Universe. The Harvard computers Inge Lehmann Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin Wang Zhenyi Annie Scott Dill Maunder Ruby Payne-Scott Biology & Natural sciences.Mary Anning Maria Sibylla Merian Dian Fossey Bertha Lutz Jane Colden Esther Lederberg Ynés Mexía Wangari Maathai Medicine & Psychology. Aspasia Fe del Mundo Irene Joliot-Curie Jane Cooke Wright Ruby Hirose Kamala Sohonie Margaret Sanger Gertrude B. Elion Helen Rodriguez-Trias Elisabeth Kübler-Ross Leta Hollingworth Elements & Genetics. Nettie Stevens Ida Noddack Rosalind Franklin Rita Levi-Montalcini Physics & Chemistry. Chien-Shiung Wu Lise Meitner Leona Woods Marshall Libby Tapputi Laura Bassi Dorothy Hodgkin Mathematics. Hypatia of Alexandria Emilie du Chatelet The Bletchleyettes Emmy Noether Sofia Kovalevskaya Sophie Germain Technology & Inventions. Maria the Jewess Mary Beatrice Davidson Kenner Hertha Ayrton Admiral Grace Hopper The West computers Rose Dieng-Kuntz Ada Lovelace
