Prominent American educator and naturalist, best known for her significant contributions to the field of education, particularly for women, and for co-founding Radcliffe College, which later became part of Harvard University.
Trailblazing African American physician and community leader
African-American nurse and a pioneering real estate entrepreneur.
Pioneering African-American botanist.
African-American educator who became a teacher after being freed from enslavement
American mathematician and computer scientist
African-American physician, researcher, and public health advocate who broke significant barriers in medicine and academia.
Pioneering African-American nurse and midwife whose dedicated service transformed the lives of thousands in the rural South.
One of the first women to practice medicine in the United States.
American physicist and chemist best known for her groundbreaking work in surface chemistry, particularly for inventing non-reflective or “invisible” glass. Blodgett was the first woman to earn a Ph.D. in physics from the University of Cambridge in 1926.