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History of women in engineering; History of women in engineering in the United Kingdom; Index of women scientists articles; International Day of Women and Girls in Science; List of female Nobel laureates; List of female scientists before the 20th century; List of female scientists in the 21st century; List of female scientists in the 20th ...
This is a timeline of women in science, spanning from ancient history up to the 21st century. While the timeline primarily focuses on women involved with natural sciences such as astronomy, biology, chemistry and physics, it also includes women from the social sciences (e.g. sociology, psychology) and the formal sciences (e.g. mathematics ...
Women scientists from antiquity to the present : an index : an international reference listing and biographical directory of some notable women scientists from ancient to modern times. West Cornwall, CT: Locust Hill Press. ISBN 0-933951-01-9. Howard, Sethanne (2006). The hidden giants. Lulu.com. ISBN 978-1430300762.
1848: Maria Mitchell became the first woman elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences; she had discovered a new comet the year before. [1]1853: Jane Colden was the only female biologist mentioned by Carl Linnaeus in his masterwork Species Plantarum.
The formation of the Kovalevskaia Fund in 1985 and the Organization for Women in Science for the Developing World in 1993 gave more visibility to previously marginalized women scientists, but even today there is a dearth of information about current and historical women in science in developing countries.
This is a historical list dealing with women scientists in the 20th century. During this time period, women working in scientific fields were rare. Women at this time faced barriers in higher education and often denied access to scientific institutions; in the Western world, the first-wave feminist movement began to break down many of these ...
Graduate Women in Science formerly known as Sigma Delta Epsilon, is an international organization for women in science. [1] It was established in 1921 at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, United States as a women's fraternity. [1] Following are some of its notable members.
Graduate Women in Science (1 C, 2 P) Pages in category "Organizations for women in science and technology" The following 65 pages are in this category, out of 65 total.