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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 ...
Sue O'Connor Australian archaeologist, discovered the world's oldest fish hooks which were found in an adult female's grave; Vanessa Pirotta (fl. 2020s), wildlife scientist employing innovative technologies; Carol Pollock (fl. 2021), medical researcher specializing in kidney health; Annamma Dorai Raj (1959–2024), rheumatologist
List of female Breakthrough Prize laureates; List of female Clarivate Citation laureates; List of female mass spectrometrists; List of women climate scientists and activists; List of women in leadership positions on astronomical instrumentation projects; List of women neuroscientists; List of women who obtained doctoral degrees before 1800
Pages in category "20th-century women scientists" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 239 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Fictional female scientists (1 C, 126 P) J. Jewish women scientists (116 P) L. L'Oréal-UNESCO Awards for Women in Science fellows (21 P)
She simultaneously became the first female scientist ever elected a member of the congress. [296] 1975: Indian geneticist Archana Sharma received the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize, the first female recipient in the Biological Sciences category. [297] [298] 1975: Female officers of the British Geological Survey no longer had to resign upon ...
Elizabeth D. A. Cohen (1820–1921), American physician, first female physician in the state of Louisiana Rebecca Cole (1846–1922) American physician, by 1867 she was the second African-American woman to become a doctor in the United States
Margaret Seward (1864–1929), one of the first two female chemistry students at the University of Oxford; signed the 1904 petition to the Chemical Society; Vera Bogdanovskaia (1868–1897), one of the first female Russian chemists; Gerty Cori (1896–1957) Jewish Czech-American biochemist who was the first American to win a Nobel Prize in science