International Women’s Day: Meet 12 female heroes of science
by Scott Dutfield · 08/03/2021
On International Women's Day 2021, discover some of the most influential women in science throughout history


Marie Curie
Meet the woman who became world famous through her work in physics and chemistry





Mary Anning
A trailblazer for palaeontology who excavated prehistoric fossils and helps broaden scientific study


Rosalind Franklin
How the work of the ‘Dark Lady of Science’ helped to solve the mystery of DNA

Gertrude Bell
Archaeologist, advisor, adventurer – meet the Victorian queen of the desert

Mary Sherman Morgan
The first female rocket scientist that secretly influenced the international Space Race

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