Minority and Female Contributions to Science and Industry

Women in Science

Science has been a man's world for many years. In celebration and recognition of the many women who have made major contributions to science and medicine, we feature these articles.

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	Marie Curie Physicist			M. Geoppert-Mayer Physicist
	Barbara McClintock Scientist			Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin Scientist
	Rachel Carson Biologist			Ellen Swallow Richards Chemical Engineer
	Florence Sabin Physician & Researcher			Maria Telkes Chemist & Solar Engineer
	Mae Jemison Astronaut, Physician & Engineer			Hypatia of Alexandria Mathematician & Scientist
	Margaret Mead Anthropologist			Chien-Shiung Wu Physicist
	Maria Mitchell Astronomer			Helen Brooke Taussig Cardiologist
	Annie Jump Cannon Astronomer			Ellen Ochoa Astronaut & Scientist
	Grace Murray Hopper Computer Pioneer & Mathematician			Jane Goodall Primatologist