Dr Myrtelle Canavan
In 1931, Dr. Myrtelle Canavan discovered the condition now known as “Canavan’s disease,” a progressive, degenerative disorder of the central nervous system characterized by spongy changes in the brain.
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Dr Louise Pearce
Louise Pearce, M.D., a physician and pathologist, was one of the foremost women scientists of the early 20th century. Her research with pathologist Wade Hampton Brown led to a cure for trypanosomiasis (African Sleeping sickness) in 1919.
Karen Silkwood
Silkwood was a chemical technician at the Kerr-McGee’s plutonium fuels production plant in Crescent, Oklahoma, and a member of the Oil, Chemical, and Atomic Workers’ Union. She was also an activist who was critical of plant safety and her suspicious death remains unsolved.
Madeleine ffrench-Mullen
Irish nationalist and social advocate
Dr Mary Glowrey
Born in 1887, Dr Sr Glowrey was a gifted medical doctor and religious sister who was passionate about the role of women in medicine
Enid Michael
Yosemite National Park Ranger & Naturalist, 1921-1942
Edith Ronne
Antarctic explorer
Jennie Collins
In 1870, Jennie Collins founded Boffin’s Bower in Boston to provide working women with a place to read and socialize, as well as food, clothing, job placement, and other aid.
Clare Marie Hodges
Yosemite National Park Park Ranger, 1918
Dr Judith Resnik
NASA astronaut and biomedical engineer