Biographies

These are the women for which we have a some biographical information. We try to update the information quite regularly so we have given you the date of last modification of the file. This is an alphabetical list. You may also access a time-ordered list and now, finally, a field of study ordered list.

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Alphabetical Listing

ScientistFile Last Updated
  • Acca-Laurentia (circa 634 BCE)
  • August 18, 2012
  • Adams, Elisabeth (19th century)
  • August 18, 2012
  • Aganice (circa 1878 BCE)
  • August 18, 2012
  • Aglaonike (circa 200 BCE)
  • August 18, 2012
  • Agnesi, Maria Gaetana (1718 - 1799)
  • August 18, 2012
  • Anning, Mary (1799 - 1847)
  • December 26, 2017
  • Arate of Cyrene (5th cent BCE)
  • August 18, 2012
  • Ardinghelli, Maria Angela (1728 - 1825)
  • August 18, 2012
  • Atkins, Anna (1799 - 1871)
  • August 18, 2012
  • Ayrton, Hertha Marks (1854 - 1923)
  • August 18, 2012
  • Baker, S. Josephine (1873 - 1945)
  • August 18, 2012
  • Barbapiccola, Eleonora (circa 1702)
  • August 18, 2012
  • Barnothey, Madelaine
  • August 18, 2012
  • Beech, Olive Ann (1920 - 1986)
  • August 18, 2012
  • Benedict, Ruth (1887 - 1948)
  • August 18, 2012
  • Bassi, Laura (1711 - 1778)
  • August 18, 2012
  • Blackwell, Elizabeth (1821 - 1910)
  • August 18, 2012
  • Borromeo, Celia Grillo (1684 - 1777)
  • August 18, 2012
  • Bragg, Elizabeth (1860 - 1899)
  • August 18, 2012
  • Brahe, Sophia (1556 - 1643)
  • August 18, 2012
  • Britton, Elizabeth Knight (1858 - 1934)
  • August 18, 2012
  • Britton, Mary E. (1855 - 1925)
  • August 18, 2012
  • Brush, Mary (circa 1815)
  • August 18, 2012
  • Bucca, Dorotea (1360 - 1436)
  • August 18, 2012
  • Burbidge, Margaret (1919 - )
  • August 18, 2012
  • Calkins, Mary Whiton (1863 - 1930)
  • August 18, 2012
  • Cannon, Annie Jump (1863 - 1941)
  • August 18, 2012
  • Cavendish, Margart(1623 - 1673)
  • September 07, 2012
  • Clapp, Cornelia (1849 - 1934)
  • September 07, 2012
  • Colden, Jane (1724 - 1766)
  • September 07, 2012
  • Coleman, Bessie (1893 - 1926)
  • September 07, 2012
  • Crocker, Deborah (1957 - )
  • September 07, 2012
  • de la Cruz, Sor Juana Inez (1651 - 1695)
  • September 07, 2012
  • Cunitz, Marie (1610 - 1664)
  • September 07, 2012
  • Curie, Marie (1867 - 1934)
  • September 07, 2012
  • De Breteuil, Emilie Marquise du Chatelet (1706 - 1749)
  • September 07, 2012
  • Delaney, Bessie (1889 - 1995)
  • September 07, 2012
  • Delaney, Sadie (1891 - 1999)
  • September 07, 2012
  • Diotama (ancient Greece)
  • September 07, 2012
  • Donne, Maria Dalle (1778 - 1842)
  • September 07, 2012
  • Dumee, Jeanne (d. 1706)
  • September 07, 2012
  • En Hedu'Anna (circa 2354 BCE)
  • September 07, 2012
  • Eglui, Ellen (19th century)
  • September 07, 2012
  • Elion, Gertrude (1918 - 1999)
  • September 07, 2012
  • Fletcher, Alice (1838 - 1923)
  • September 10, 2012
  • Fleming, Williamina (1857 - 1911)
  • September 10, 2012
  • Franklin, Rosalind Elsie (1920 - 1957)
  • September 10, 2012
  • Gargi (Ancient India)
  • October 19, 2012
  • Germain, Sophia (1776 - 1831)
  • October 19, 2012
  • Gleason, Kate (1865 - 1933)
  • October 19, 2012
  • Gozzadini, Bettina (c. 1236)
  • October 19, 2012
  • Granville, Evelyn Boyd (1924 - )
  • October 19, 2012
  • Green, Catherine (1755 - 1814)
  • October 19, 2012
  • Hamilton, Alice (1869 - 1970)
  • July 07, 2018
  • Harrison, Anna J. (20th century)
  • May 15, 2017
  • Hebraea, Mary (circa 1st century)
  • December 29, 2017
  • Herrad (1125 - 1195)
  • December 26, 2017
  • Herschel, Caroline Lucretia (1750 - 1848)
  • December 29, 2017
  • Hildegard von Bingen (1099 - 1179)
  • December 29, 2017
  • Hipparchia (ancient Greece)
  • December 29, 2017
  • Hodgkin, Dorothy Crowfoot (1910 - 1994)
  • December 29, 2017
  • Hopper, Grace (1906 - 1992)
  • December 29, 2017
  • Howard, Sethanne (1944 - )
  • December 29, 2017
  • Huggins, Margaret Murray (1848 - 1916)
  • December 29, 2017
  • Hypatia (370 - 415)
  • December 29, 2017
  • Ibbetson, Agnes (1757 - 1823)
  • August 18, 2012
  • Jacobi, Mary Putnam (1842 - 1906)
  • January 06, 2018
  • Jones, Florence Caldwell (1868 - 1937)
  • January 06, 2018
  • Kablick, Josephine (1787 - 1863)
  • January 07, 2018
  • Kenny, Sister (1888 - 1952)
  • January 07, 2018
  • Kies, Mary (19th century)
  • January 07, 2018
  • Kirch, Maria Margarethe (1670 - 1720)
  • January 07, 2018
  • Klumpke, Dorothea (1861 - 1942)
  • February 07, 2018
  • Kovalevskia, Sofia (1850 - 1891)
  • February 07, 2018
  • Ku_dBau (2650 BCE)
  • February 07, 2018
  • Lamme, Bertha (1869 - 1943)
  • February 07, 2018
  • Lasthenia (ancient Greece)
  • February 07, 2018
  • Lepaute, MME. Nichole-Reine (1723 - 1788)
  • February 07, 2018
  • Leavitt, Henrietta Swan (1868 - 1921)
  • February 07, 2018
  • Lefebre (19th century)
  • February 07, 2018
  • Lilovarti (ancient India)
  • February 07, 2018
  • Logan, Martha Daniell (1702 - 1779)
  • February 07, 2018
  • Lovelace, Lady Augusta Ada Byron (1815 - 1851)
  • February 07, 2018
  • Mahal, Nor (cira 1640)
  • February 12, 2018
  • Matlby, Margaret E. (1845 - 1926)
  • February 12, 2018
  • Manning, Mrs. A.H. (19th century)
  • February 12, 2018
  • Manzolini, Anna Morandi (1716 - 1774)
  • February 12, 2018
  • Masters, Sybilla (circa 1715)
  • February 12, 2018
  • Maritrayee (ancient India)
  • February 12, 2018
  • Mather, Sarah (19th century)
  • February 12, 2018
  • Mayer, Maria Goeppert (1906 - 1972)
  • February 12, 2018
  • McClintock, Barbara (1902 - 1992)
  • February 12, 2018
  • Meitner, Lise (1878 - 1968)
  • February 12, 2018
  • Menten, Maud (c. 1913)
  • February 12, 2018
  • Merian, Maria Sibylla (1647 - 1717)
  • February 12, 2018
  • Mitchell, Maria (1818 - 1889)
  • February 12, 2018
  • Molza, Tarquinia (1542 - 1617)
  • February 12, 2018
  • Morgan, Julia (1872 - 1957)
  • February 12, 2018
  • Nightingale, Florence (1820 - 1910)
  • July 02, 2018
  • Noether, Emily (1882 - 1935)
  • July 01, 2018
  • Osif, Donna, AG1 (20th century)
  • July 02, 2018
  • Payne-Gaposchkin, Cecelia (1900 - 1978)
  • September 10, 2012
  • Pan Chao (50 - 112 CE)
  • July 02, 2018
  • Penthesilea (c. 1187 BCE)
  • July 02, 2018
  • Pereyaslaw, Sophia (20th century)
  • July 02, 2018
  • Perictione (ancient Greece)
  • July 02, 2018
  • Pierry, MME. du (18th century)
  • July 02, 2018
  • Pinckney, Eliza Luca (1723 - 1766)
  • July 02, 2018
  • di Pisan, Christine (1383 - 1431)
  • September 07, 2012
  • Piscopia, Elena Cornaro (1646 - 1684)
  • July 02, 2018
  • Potter, Beatrix (1866 - 1943)
  • July 02, 2018
  • Ptah, Merit (c. 2700 BCE)
  • February 12, 2018
  • Ramsey, Martha Laurens (1718 - 1811)
  • August 18, 2012
  • Reinhardt, Anna Barbara
  • August 18, 2012
  • Richards, Ellen Swallow (1842 - 1911)
  • August 18, 2012
  • Roccati, Cristina (1732 - 1797)
  • August 18, 2012
  • Roebling, Emily (1844 - 1903)
  • August 18, 2012
  • Rooks, Georgia Dwelle (20th century)
  • August 18, 2012
  • Royer, Clemence Augustine (1830 - )
  • August 18, 2012
  • Sabliere (c. 1640 - 1693)
  • August 18, 2012
  • Scarpellini, Caterina (1808 - 1873)
  • August 18, 2012
  • Shattuck, Lydia White (1822 - 1889)
  • August 18, 2012
  • Sherman, Patsy (1930 - 2000)
  • August 18, 2012
  • Si Ling Chi (c. 2640 BCE)
  • August 18, 2012
  • Shi Dun (c. 105)
  • August 18, 2012
  • Somerville, Mary (1780 - 1872)
  • January 27, 2018
  • Sonduk (c. 630 CE)
  • August 18, 2012
  • Stevens, Nettie (1861 - 1912)
  • August 18, 2012
  • Tacke, Ida Eva (1896 - 1979)
  • August 18, 2012
  • Tapputi (1200 BCE)
  • August 18, 2012
  • Taylor, Janet (19th century)
  • August 18, 2012
  • Taylor, Lucy Hobbs (1833 - 1910)
  • August 18, 2012
  • Telkes, Maria (1900 - 1995)
  • August 18, 2012
  • Theano (c 534BCE)
  • August 18, 2012
  • Themista (c 350 BCE)
  • August 18, 2012
  • Thomas, M. Carey (1857 - 1935)
  • August 18, 2012
  • Villepreux-Power, Jeanne (1794 - 1871)
  • August 18, 2012
  • Walker, Mary, MD (1832 - 1919)
  • August 18, 2012
  • Washburn, Margaret Floy 1871 - 1939)
  • August 18, 2012
  • Weaver, Mary Olliden (20th century)
  • August 18, 2012
  • Whiting, Sarah F. (1846 - 1927)
  • August 18, 2012
  • Wrinch, Dorothy (1894 - 1976)
  • August 18, 2012
  • Wu, Chien Shiung (20th century)
  • August 18, 2012
  • Yalow, Rosalyn Sussman (1921 - 2011)
  • August 18, 2012

    this list updated July 07, 2018

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