User:Keilana/Female scientist list

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Ab
Maude Abbott - cardiologist/pathologist/medical historian [Kass-Simon and Farnes p. 283] [Ogilvie p. 1-2]

Faye Glenn Abdellah - nurse

Mary Abel - home economist/nutritionist [Ogilvie p. 2-3]

Theodora Mead Abel - psychologist [Ogilvie p. 3-4]

Abella - physician [Ogilvie p. 23] [Alic p. 58] [Proffitt p. 1] [Ogilvie p. 4]

Minnie Abercrombie - zoologist [Haines p. 1-2]

Sophie Bledsoe Aberle - anthropologist/nutritionist [Bailey-bio p. 3] [Proffitt p. 1-2] [Wayne p. 179-180] [Ogilvie p. 4-5]

Linda M. Abriola - civil engineer [Wayne p. 181-182]

Edna Abouchdid - physician [Ogilvie p. 5]

Jadwiga Abramson - child psychologist [Ogilvie p. 5]

Abrotelia - natural philosopher [Ogilvie p. 5]

Ac
Edith Achilles - psychologist [Ogilvie p. 5-6]

Bernice Ackerman - meteorologist [Bailey p. 4] [Wayne p. 182-183]

Honoria Acosta-Sison - physician [Ogilvie p. 6]

Frances Acton - botanist [Ogilvie p. 6]

Ad
Madge Adam - astronomer [Haines p. 2]

Lotte Adametz - geologist [Ogilvie p. 7]

A. Elizabeth Adams - zoologist [Bailey p. 4-5] [Wayne p. 183-184]

Jacqueline Adams - botanist [Haines p. 2]

Mary Adams (broadcaster) - educator [Haines p. 3]

Mildred Adams (biochemist) - biochemist [Ogilvie p. 7-8]

Joy Adamson - botanical artist/conservationist [Haines p. 3-4] [Oakes p. 1-2] [Ogilvie p. 8-9]

Jane Addams - public health advocate [Kass-Simon and Farnes p. 277] [Ogilvie p. 9-42]

Adelberger of Lombardy - physician [Ogilvie p. 10]

Adelle of the Saracens - physician [Ogilvie p. 10]

Irma Glicman Adelman - economist [Wayne p. 184-185]

Adelmota of Carrara - physician [Ogilvie p. 10]

Dorothy Adkins - educational psychologist [Ogilvie p. 10-11]

Ae
Aelfleda - physician [Ogilvie p. 11]

Aemilia (physician) - physician [Ogilvie p. 11]

Aesara of Lucania - natural philosopher [Ogilvie p. 11-12]

Af
Jill Afrin (Jill N. Afrin) - psychiatrist

Ag
Agamede - physician [Ogilvie p. 23] [Proffitt p. 2-3] [Ogilvie p. 12]

Elizabeth Cabot Agassiz - naturalist [Bailey-bio p. 5-6] [Ogilvie p. 23-25] [Kass-Simon and Farnes p. 48-49] [Alic p. 188] [Oakes p. 2] [Proffitt p. 3-4] [Ogilvie p. 12-13]

Aglaonike - astronomer [Ogilvie p. 25-26] [Alic p. 24] [Proffitt p. 4-5] [Ogilvie p. 13-14]

Agnes, Countess of Aix - physician [Ogilvie p. 14]

Agnes of Bohemia - physician [Ogilvie p. 14]

Agnes of Jerusalem - physician [Ogilvie p. 14]

Agnes of Silesia - physician [Ogilvie p. 14]

Maria Gaetana Agnesi - mathematician [Yount-wom p. 1-2] [Haines p. 4-5] [Ogilvie p. 26-28] [Kass-Simon and Farnes p. 117-118] [Alic p. 91, 136-139, 205] [Oakes p. 2-3] [Proffitt p. 5-6]     [Ogilvie p. 14-16]

Agnodice (Agnodike) - physician [Yount-wom p. 2] [Ogilvie p. 28] [Alic p. 28-30] [Oakes p. 3-4] [Proffitt p. 6] [Ogilvie p. 16]

Alice M. Agogino - mechanical engineer [Wayne p. 185-186]

Ai
Zina Airaghi - zoologist [Creese-II p. 198]

Janet Aitken - physician [Ogilvie p. 16-17]

Yvonne Aitkin - agriculturalist [Haines p. 5-6]

Aj
Deborah Ajakaiye (Deborah Enilo Ajakaiye, Deborah E. Ajakaiye) - geologist [Yount-wom p. 2-3] [Oakes p. 4]

Fay Ajzenberg-Selove - physicist [Kass-Simon and Farnes p. 210] [Proffitt p. 6-8] [Wayne p. 187-188]

Ak
Mary Lee Akeley - conservationist [Ogilvie p. 17-18]

Al
Mary Albertson (Mary A. Albertson) - botanist/astronomer [Ogilvie p. 181] [Ogilvie p. 18]

Eleonore Albrecht - physicist [Ogilvie p. 18]

Grete Albrecht - neurologist [Ogilvie p. 19]

Tenley Albright - surgeon

Nora Alcock - plant pathologist [Haines p. 6-7] [Ogilvie p. 19]

Louisa Aldrich-Blake - surgeon [Ogilvie p. 19-20]

Annie Montague Alexander - zoologist [Ogilvie p. 20]

Claudia Alexander - physicist

Frances E. Alexander - geologist [Ogilvie p. 21-22]

Hattie Alexander - physician [Shearer-L p. 1-7] [Yount-wom p. 3-4] [Kass-Simon and Farnes p. 283] [Oakes p. 4-5] [Proffitt p. 8-10] [Ogilvie p. 22-23]

♦ Virginia M. Alexander - obstetrician/gynecologist

Safieh Ali - physician [Ogilvie p. 23]

Henriette Alimen - paleontologist/geologist [Ogilvie p. 23] - Marie-Henriette Alimen also C:Category:Henriette Alimen

Mea Allan - botanist [Ogilvie p. 23]

Doris Twitchell Allen - psychologist [Ogilvie p. 24-25]

♦Ethel D. Allen - osteopath

Florence Eliza Allen - mathematician

Natalie Allen (Natalie C. B. Allen) - crystallographer [Kass-Simon and Farnes p. 341]

Ruth F. Allen - plant pathologist [Bailey-bio p. 6-7] [Ogilvie p. 25-26]

June Almeida - virologist

Thelma Alper - psychologist [Ogilvie p. 26-27]

Jeanne Altmann - primatologist/anthropologist [Wayne p. 188-189]

Margaret Altmann - biologist [Bailey-bio p. 7-8] [Wayne p. 189-190] [Ogilvie p. 27]

Florence Aluwihare - physician [Ogilvie p. 27-28]

Angeles Alvarino - marine biologist [Oakes p. 5-6] [Proffitt p. 10-11]

Lori Alvord (Lori Arviso Alvord, Lori A. Alvord) - surgeon

Am
Anna Amalitskiya - geologist [Ogilvie p. 28]

Amalosunta - healer [Ogilvie p. 28]

Ameline - physician [Ogilvie p. 28]

Blanche Ames Ames - botanical illustrator/inventor [Ogilvie p. 29-30]

Louise Bates Ames - psychologist [Ogilvie p. 30-31]

Mary E. Ames - botanist [Ogilvie p. 31]

Sarah Amherst - botanist [Ogilvie p. 31]

An
Anne Anastasi - psychologist [Oakes p. 6-7]

Betsy Ancker-Johnson - physicist/engineer [Yount-wom p. 4-5] [Kass-Simon and Farnes p. 179-180] [Oakes p. 7-8] [Proffitt p. 11-13] [Wayne p. 190-192]

Aba Andam (Aba Bentil Andam, Aba A. Bentil Andam, Aba B. Andam) - physicist [Yount-wom p. 5-6]

Astrid Andersen - anthropologist/botanist [Creese-II p. 22]

Dorothy Hansine Andersen - pathologist/physician [Shearer-L p. 7-11]  [Oakes p. 8] [Ogilvie p. 31-32] [Ogilvie p. 31-32]

♦Caroline Still Anderson - physician [Krapp p. 11] [Ogilvie p. 32-33]

Elda Emma Anderson - physicist/medical researcher [Yount-wom p. 6] [Ogilvie p. 33-34]

Elizabeth Garrett Anderson - physician [Shearer-L p. 11-15] [Yount-wom p. 7-8] [Ogilvie p. 28-31] [Alic p. 106] [Oakes p. 9-10] [Ogilvie p. 34-35]

Evelyn M. Anderson - physiologist/biochemist [Ogilvie p. 35-36]

♦ Gloria Long Anderson - chemist [Krapp p.12-14] [Warren p. 1-12] [Spangenburg p. 4-6] [Oakes p. 10] [Proffitt p. 13-14] [Wayne p. 182-193]

Jean R. Anderson - obstetrician/gynecologist

Kathryn Anderson (Kathryn Duncan Anderson, Kathryn D. Anderson) - pediatric surgeon

Louisa Garrett Anderson - physician [Ogilvie p. 36-37]

Margaret Anderson (biochemist) - biochemist [Haines p. 7]

Mary P. Anderson - geologist/hydrologist [Wayne p. 193-194]

Rose Gustava Anderson - psychologist [Ogilvie p. 37]

Violet Anderson - mineralogist [Ogilvie p. 37]

Sigrid Andersson - botanist [Creese-II p. 6]

W. Anderton-Smith - botanist [Ogilvie p. 38]

Louise Andreas-Salomé - psychoanalyst [Ogilvie p. 38-39]

Annie Andrews - mathematician

Eliza Frances Andrews - author/botanist [Bailey-bio 8] [Ogilvie p. 39]

Grace Andrews (mathematician) - mathematician [Bailey-bio 8-9] [Ogilvie p. 39]

Kate Andrews - geologist [Kass-Simon and Farnes p. 47]

Mary Andrews - geologist [Creese-II p. 51]

Andromache - physician [Ogilvie p. 39]

Ruth Andrus - psychologist [Ogilvie p. 39-40]

Marcia Angell - pathologist

Natalie Angier - science writer [Wayne p. 194-195]

Anita Angst-Horridge - gynecologist [Ogilvie p. 40]

Anicia/Amyte - physician [Ogilvie p. 40]

Ann Medica of York - hospital administrator [Ogilvie p. 40-41]

Anna of Bohemia - hospital founder [Ogilvie p. 41]

Anna Sophia of Denmark - botanist [Ogilvie p. 41]

Anna Sophia of Hesse - botanist [Ogilvie p. 41]

Anne, Electress of Denmark - alchemist [Ogilvie p. 41]

Kathleen Annette (Kathleen R. Annette) - physician/public health advocate

Mary Anning - paleontologist [Yount-wom p. 8-9] [Haines p. 7-8] [Ogilvie p. 31] [Kass-Simon and Farnes p. 49] [Alic p. 115] [Oakes p. 10-11] [Proffitt p. 14-15] [Ogilvie p. 41-42]

Gladys Anslow - physicist [Bailey-bio p. 9-10] [Wayne p. 196-197] [Ogilvie p. 42-43]

Antiochis - physician [Alic p. 32]

Helene Antipoff - psychologist [Ogilvie p. 43]

Lore Antoine - physician [Ogilvie p. 43-44]

Antoinette de Bellegarde - physician [Ogilvie p. 44]

Maestra Antonia - healer [Ogilvie p. 44-45]

Ap
Virginia Apgar - anesthesiologist [Shearer-L p. 16-20] [Yount-wom p. 9-10] [Kass-Simon and Farnes p. 284]  [Oakes p. 11-12] [Proffitt p. 15-17] [Wayne p. 197-198] [Ogilvie p. 45-46]

Vivia Appleton (Vivia B. Appleton) - pediatrician

Esther Applin - geologist [Kass-Simon and Farnes p. 63] [Proffitt p. 17-18] [Ogilvie p. 46-47]

Lucy Apsley - physician [Ogilvie p. 47]

As
Aspasia - physician [Shearer-L p. 20-22]

Ar
Gerda Arai (Gerda Wessel Arai) - crystallographer [Kass-Simon and Farnes p. 347]

Linda Aranaydo (Linda S. Aranaydo) - physician

Agnes Arber - botanist [Haines p. 8-9] [Oakes p. 12-13]  [Ogilvie p. 47-48]

Isobel Arbuthnot - botanist [Ogilvie p. 48-49]

JoAllyn Archambault - anthropologist [Wayne p. 199-200]

Geneviève Thiroux d'Arconville - anatomist [Ogilvie p. 49]

Margaret Arden - botanist/mycologist [Ogilvie p. 49]

Maria Ardinghelli - physicist/mathematician [Ogilvie p. 31] [Ogilvie p. 49-50]

Arete of Cyrene - philosopher [Ogilvie p. 31] [Ogilvie p. 50]

Arignote of Samos - philosopher [Ogilvie p. 50]

Aleksandra Arkhangel'skaia - physician [Ogilvie p. 50-51]

Ada Arlitt - educational psychologist [Ogilvie p. 51]

Eleanora Armitage - botanist [Ogilvie p. 51-52]

Ella Sophia Armitage - archaeologist [Haines p. 9-10] [Ogilvie p. 52]

Annie Armitt - naturalist [Ogilvie p. 52]

Mary Louisa Armitt - ornithologist/musicologist [Ogilvie p. 52-53]

Sophia Armitt - botanist [Ogilvie p. 53]

Augusta Ärnbäck-Andersson - zoologist [Creese p. 7]

Emily Arnesen - zoologist [Creese-II p. 13-14]

Magda Arnold - psychologist [Ogilvie p. 53]

Polly Arnold - chemist

Margaret Arnstein - public health nurse/nursing educator [Ogilvie p. 53-54]

A. Arsenjewa (Agnesa Arsenjawa??)- physicist [Ogilvie p. 54]

Artemisia II of Caria - botanist/pharmacologist [Ogilvie p. 54]

Mary Arthur - educational psychologist [Ogilvie p. 54-55]

Mathilde Artner - physicist [Ogilvie p. 55]

Angelique Arvanitaki - biologist [Kass-Simon and Farnes p. 246-247]

As
Carol Aschenbrener (Carol A. Aschenbrener) - pathologist/educator

Asclepigenlia - philosopher [Ogilvie p. 55]

Winifred Ashby - physician [Kass-Simon and Farnes p. xii, 278] [Ogilvie p. 55]

Aspasia of Miletus - philosopher [Ogilvie p. 55-56]

Aspasia the Physician - physician [Ogilvie p. 32] [Ogilvie p. 56]

Mary Astell - natural philosopher [Ogilvie p. 56-57]

At
Anna Atkins - botanist [Haines p. 10] [Ogilvie p. 57]

Louisa Atkins - physician [Ogilvie p. 57-58]

Louisa Atkinson - naturalist [Ogilvie p. 58]

Maria Attersoll - botanist [Ogilvie p. 58]

Carolyn Attneave - psychologist [Wayne p. 200-202]

Helen W. Atwater - home economist [Bailey-bio p. 10] [Ogilvie p. 58-59]

Mary Anne Atwood - alchemist

Au
Priscilla Auchincloss - physicist/astronomer [Ambrose p. 32-36]

Charlotte Auerbach - geneticist [Haines p. 10-12] [Oakes p. 13] [Proffitt p. 18-19]  [Ogilvie p. 59-60]

Kirsten Auken - physician [Ogilvie p. 60-61]

W. Lena Austin - microbiologist [Ambrose p. 37-40]

Linda Austin (Linda S. Austin) - psychiatrist

Mary L. Austin - protozoologist/geneticist [Ogilvie p. 61]

Pauline Morrow Austin - meteorologist [Bailey-bio p. 11] [Wayne p. 202-203]

Rebecca Austin - botanist [Ogilvie p. 61]

Av
Mary Ellen Avery - pediatrician [Shearer-L p. 22-26]  [Oakes p. 14] [Proffitt p. 19-21] [Wayne p. 203-204]

Susan Avery - oceanographer/atmospheric scientist [Wayne p. 204-205]

Ax
Axiothea of Phlius - philosopher [Ogilvie p. 32] [Ogilvie p. 62]

Ay
Hertha Ayrton - physicist/engineer [Yount-wom p. 10-11] [Haines p. 12-14] [Ogilvie p. 32-34] [Proffitt p. 21-22]  [Ogilvie p. 62-63]

Matilda Chaplin Ayrton - physician [Ogilvie p. 64]

Ba
Harriet Babcock - psychologist [Ogilvie p. 65]

Zonia Baber - geographer [Wayne p. 207] [Ogilvie p. 65-66]

Maxine Baca Zinn - sociologist [Wayne p. 208-209]

Gertrude Bacon - aeronaut [Haines p. 15-16]

♦June Bacon-Bercey - meteorologist [Krapp p. 17] [Warren p. 12] [Spangenburg p. 7-8]

Emily Bacon (Emily Partridge Bacon, Emily P. Bacon) - pediatrician

Anna Baetjer - physiologist/toxicologist [Wayne p. 209-210]

Neta Bahcall - astrophysicist [Wayne p. 210-212]

Florence Bailey - ornithologist/nature writer/zoologist [Shearer-L p. 27-31] [Yount-wom p. 12-13] [Ogilvie p. 34-35] [Oakes p. 16-17] [Proffitt p. 23-24] [Wayne p. 212-213]

Sara Josephine Baker - public health advocate   [Oakes p. 17-18]

Milla Baldo-Ceolin - physicist

Lady Eve Balfour - agriculturalist [Haines p. 16]

Jean Balfour - conservationist/forester [Haines p. 16-17]

Anne Ball - naturalist [Haines p. 17]

Mary Ball - zoologist

Monica Baly - nurse/nurse historian [Haines p. 17-18]

Ann Bancroft - explorer

Jillian Banfield - geochemist [Wayne p. 213-214]

Sarah Sophia Banks - naturalist [Ogilvie p. 35]

Rodica Baranescu - mechanical engineer [Wayne p. 214-215]

Giuseppa Barbapiccola - natural philosopher [Ogilvie p. 35-36]

Mary Barber (pathologist) - pathologist [Haines p. 18-19]

Mary Barber (bacteriologist) - bacteriologist

Mary Barber (natural historian) - poet/natural historian

Phyllis Barclay-Smith - ornithologist [Haines p. 19-20]

Barbara Barlow - pediatrician/surgeon -

Nina Bari - mathematician [Haines p. 20] [Oakes p. 18] [Proffitt p. 24-26]

Eileen Barnes - botanical artist [Proffitt p. 26]

Josephine Barnes - ob/gyn [Haines p. 20-22]

Juliana Barnes (Juliana Berners) - natural historian [Ogilvie p. 36]

Ida Barney - astronomer [Shearer-P p. 1-4] [Oakes p. 18-19] [Proffitt p. 27] Emily Barringer (Emily Dunning Barringer, Emily D. Barringer) - obstetrician/gynecologist

Christina Barrow - physicist

James Barry (surgeon) - army doctor/social reformer [Haines p. 22] [Proffitt p. 27-28]

Jean Bartik - mathematician

Clara Barton - nurse   [Oakes p. 19-20]

Linda Bartoshuk - psychologist [Wayne p. 215-216]

Florence Bascom - geologist [Yount-wom p. 13-14] [Ogilvie p. 36-37] [Oakes p. 20-21] [Proffitt p. 28-30] [Wayne p. 217-218]

Kathleen Basford - botanist [Haines p. 22-23]

Laura Bassi - physicist [Shearer-P p. 4-8] [Yount-wom p. 14-15] [Haines p. 23-24] [Ogilvie p. 37] [Kohlstedt p. 67-95] [Oakes p. 21-22] [Proffitt p. 30]

Dorothea Bate - geologist [Haines p. 24]

Barbara Bates (doctor) - physician

Daisy Bates (Australia) - anthropologist

Grace Bates - mathematician [Wayne p. 218-219]

Mary Bateson - cultural anthropologist/linguist [Wayne p. 219-220]

♦Patricia Bath - surgeon [Warren p. 13-15]

Eleanor K. Baum - engineer [Proffitt p. 31-32]

Elise Baumgartel - archaeologist [Proffitt p. 32-33]

Leona Baumgartner - public health advocate

Agnes Baxter - mathematician

Be
Dorothea Beale - mathematician/educator [Haines p. 24-25]

Cynthia Beall - anthropologist [Wayne p. 221-222]

♦Lillian Beard (Lillian M. Beard) - pediatrician

Mollie Beattie - forester [Wayne p. 222-223]

Natalia Bechtereva (Natalia Petrovna Bechtereva) - neuroscientist [Yount-wom p. 15-16] [Oakes p. 22-23]

Lydia Becker - botanist/suffragette [Haines p. 25-26]

♦Ruth Beckham (Ruth Winifred Howard Beckham, Ruth W. Howard Beckham, Ruth W. H. Beckham, Ruth Howard Beckham) - psychologist [Krapp p. 22-23]

Rosa Beddington - developmental biologist

Isabella Beeton - home economist [Haines p. 26-27]

Aphra Behn - astronomer/writer [Ogilvie p. 37-38] [Proffitt p. 33-34]

Ruth Benedict - anthropologist

♦Regina Benjamin (Regina M. Benjamin) - physician

Georgia Benkart - mathematician

Gertrude Bell - archaeologist [Haines p. 27-28]

Gwen Bell - geographer [Wayne p. 224-225]

Ethel Bellamy - astronomer [Kohlstedt p.231]

Jocelyn Bell Burnell - astronomer [Shearer-P p. 9-14] [Yount-wom p. 16-18]  [Oakes p. 23-24] [Proffitt p. 34-36]

Julia Bell - geneticist

Alexandra Bellow - mathematician [Oakes p. 24]

Anne Beloff-Chain - biochemist

Ruth Benedict (Ruth Fulton Benedict, Ruth F. Benedict) - anthropologist [Yount-wom p. 18-19] [Oakes p. 24-25] [Proffitt p. 37-38] [Wayne p. 225-226]

Ruth Benerito (Ruth Roan Benerito, Ruth R. Benerito) - physical chemist [Shearer-P p. 14-18] [Oakes p. 25-26] [Proffitt p. 38-39] [Wayne p. 226-228]

Ruth Benesch - biochemist [Wayne p. 228-229]

Etheldred Benett - paleontologist/geologist

Leslie Benmark - industrial engineer [Wayne p. 229-230]

Alice Bennett (Mary Alice Bennett, M. Alice Bennett) - obstetrician/gynecologist/psychiatrist/educator

Joan W. Bennett - plant geneticist [Wayne p. 230-231]

Isobel Bennett - marine biologist [Yount-wom p. 19-20] [Haines p. 28-29] [Oakes p. 26]

Margaret Benson - botanist/paleontologist

Margaret Bentinck - natural historian

Deborah Berebichez - physicist

May Berenbaum - entomologist [Wayne p. 231-233]

Evelyn Berezin - computer scientist/physicist [Wayne p. 234-235]

Marsha Berger - computer scientist [Wayne p. 235-236]

Edith Berkeley - marine biologist http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/59328?docPos=20]

Joan Berkowitz - physical chemist [Oakes p. 26-27] [Wayne p. 236-237]

Dorothy Bernstein - mathematician [Oakes p. 27-28]

♦Matilene Berryman - oceanographer [Warren p. 15-16]

Rosalie Bertell - biomathematician [Wayne p. 237-39]

Andrea Bertozzi - mathematician [Oakes p. 28-29]

Bh
Michelle Bholat (Michelle A. Bholat) - physician

Bi
Grete Bibring (Grete Lehner Bibring, Grete L. Bibring) - psychiatrist

Anna Bidder - zoologist [Haines p. 29-31]

Marion Bidder - physiologist [Haines p. 31-32]

♦JudyAnn Bigby - physician/educator

Marie-Catherine Biheron - anatomist [Haines p. 32] [Ogilvie p. 38] [Proffitt p. 39-40]

Leonora Bilger (Leonora Neuffer Bilger, Leonora N. Bilger) - chemist [Shearer-P p. 18-20] [Oakes p. 29-30]

Alison Binkowski - physicist

Isabella Bird (Isabella Bird Bishop, Isabella Bishop) - geographer [Haines p. 32-33] [Ogilvie p. 38-39] [Proffitt p. 40-41]

Joan Birman - mathematician [Oakes p. 30]

Ann Bishop (biologist) - protozoologist/parasitologist [Haines p. 33-34]

Katharine Bishop - physician [Oakes p. 30-31]

Bl
Elizabeth Blackburn - molecular biologist [Oakes p. 31-32] [Wayne p. 239-241]

Kathleen Blackburn - botanist [Haines p. 34-35]

Anna Blackburne - naturalist [Haines p. 35] [Proffitt p. 41-42]

Elizabeth Blackwell - medicinal botanist [Proffitt p. 42-43]

Elizabeth Blackwell - physician [Shearer-L p. 31-37] [Yount-wom p. 20-22] [Haines p. 36] [Ogilvie p. 39-40]   [Oakes p. 32-33] [Proffitt p. 43-44]

Emily Blackwell - obstetrician/gynecologist

Beatrice Blackwood - anthropologist

Margaret Blackwood - geneticist [Haines p. 36-37]

Mary Blagg - astronomer [Haines p. 37-38] [Ogilvie p. 41] [Kohlstedt p. 227, 229] [Oakes p. 33-34] [Proffitt p. 44-45]

Karen Blakemore (Karen J. Blakemore) - obstetrician/gynecologist/geneticist

Sarah-Jayne Blakemore -

Gertrude Blanch - mathematician

Marietta Blau - physicist [Proffitt p. 45-47]

Lili Bleeker - physicist [Haines p. 38]

Ruth Bleier (Ruth H. Bleier) - neurophysiologist

Eleanor Bliss - bacteriologist [Wayne p. 241-242]

Katharine Blodgett (Katharine Burr Blodgett, Katharine B. Blodgett) - physicist [Shearer-P p. 20-27] [Yount-wom p. 22-23] [Oakes p. 34-35] [Proffitt p. 47-49]  [Wayne p. 242-244]

Lenore Blum - mathematician [Oakes p. 35]

Susan Blumenthal (Susan J. Blumenthal) - public health advocate/psychiatrist

Bo
Berta Bobath - physiotherapist [Haines p. 38-39]

Dorotea Bocchi - physician/professor [Ogilvie p. 42] [Proffitt p. 49-50]

Margaret Boden - psychologist [Yount-wom p. 23] [Oakes p. 35-36]

Rachel Bodley - botanist [Shearer-L p. 37-42] [Ogilvie p. 42] [Oakes p. 36-37] [Proffitt p. 50-51]

Marie Boivin - physician [Shearer-L p. 43-47] [Ogilvie p. 43] [Oakes p. 37] [Proffitt p. 51-52] Maria Bokova-Sechenova - physician [Kohlstedt p. 209-210, 216]

Roberta Bondar - neurologist [Shearer-L p. 47-51] [Oakes p. 38]

Rosalie Bonheur - animal painter [Haines p. 39]

Christiane Bonnelle - physicist

Kristine Bonnevie - zoologist [Haines p. 40-41]

Marcia Bonta - naturalist [Wayne p. 244-245]

Lucy Boole - pharmaceutical chemist

Mary Boole - mathematician [Oakes p. 38-39]

Evelyn Booth - botanist [Haines p. 41]

Alice Boring - cytologist/geneticist/zoologist [Ogilvie p. 43-45] [Proffitt p. 52-53] [Wayne p. 245-246]

Valentina Borok - mathematician

Agnes Borrowman - pharmaceutical chemist [Haines p. 41-42]

Jo Boufford (Jo Ivey Boufford, Jo I. Boufford) - pediatrician/public health advocate

Louyse Bourgeois - obstetrician [Proffitt p. 53-54]

Marcella O'Grady Boveri - biologist [Kohlstedt p. 347-372]

Louise Boyd - geographer [Wayne p. 246-247]

Helen Boyle - psychiatrist [Haines p. 42-43]

Margaret Boyle - mathematician

♦Sylvia Bozeman - mathematician [Warren p. 16-19] [Oakes p. 39-40] [Proffitt p. 54-55]

Br
Sophia Brahe - astronomer/chemist [Ogilvie p. 46] [Proffitt p. 55-56]

Jenny Bramley (Jenny Rosenthal Bramley) - physicist [Proffitt p. 56-57]

Andrea Brand - biologist

Mary Katharine Brandegee - botanist [Yount-wom p. 24-25] [Ogilvie p. 46-47] [Oakes p. 40]

Annette Braun - entomologist [Wayne p. 247-248]

Lucy Braun - botanist/ecologist [Oakes p. 40-41] [Wayne p. 248-249]

Nina Braunwald (Nina S. Braunwald) - thoracic surgeon

♦Clara Brawner (Clara A. Brawner) - pediatrician

Mary Carson Breckinridge - midwife [Oakes p. 41-42]

Winifred Brenchley - botanist [Haines p. 43-44]

Victoria Bricker - anthropologist/ethnologist [Wayne p. 249-250]

Eliza Brightwen - naturalist Yvonne Brill - aerospace engineer [Oakes p. 42-43] [Proffitt p. 58-59] [Wayne p. 250-251]

Susan Briggs (Susan M. Briggs) - vascular surgeon/public health advocate

Anne Briscoe - biochemist [Wayne p. 252-253]

Elizabeth Britton - botanist [Shearer-L p. 51-56] [Ogilvie p. 47] [Oakes p. 43] [Proffitt p. 59-60] [Wayne p. 253-254]

Jane Brody - science writer/nutritionist [Wayne p. 254-255]

Margaret Bromhall - radiotherapist [Haines p. 44]

Helen Brook - family planning campaigner [Haines p. 44-45]

Benji Brooks (Benji F. Brooks) - pediatric surgeon

♦Carolyn Brooks (Carolyn Branch Brooks, Carolyn B. Brooks) - microbiologist [Kessler p. 27-31] [Krapp p. 45] [Spangenburg p. 28-30] [Wayne p. 256-257]

Harriet Brooks - physicist [Yount-wom p. 25-26] [Oakes p. 44] [Proffitt p. 60-61]

Matilda Brooks - physiologist [Wayne p. 257-258]

Anna Broomall (Anna E. Broomall) - obstetrician/gynecologist/educator

Claire Broome - epidemiologist/physician [Wayne p. 258-259]

Joyce Brothers - psychologist [Wayne p. 259-261]

Barbara Brown (scientist) - neurophysiologist/pharmacologist [Wayne p. 261-262]

Beth Brown (physicist) - physicist

♦Dorothy Lavinia Brown - surgeon [Krapp p. 47-48] [Warren p. 19-23] [Proffitt p. 61-63]

Edith Mary Brown - physician [Haines p. 45]

Elizabeth Brown (astronomer) - astronomer [Ogilvie p. 48]

Margaret Brown (scientist) - ichthyologist [Haines p. 45-46]

Rowine Brown (Rowine Hayes Brown, Rowine H. Brown) - pediatrician

♦Marjorie Lee Browne (Marjorie Lee Brown, Marjorie L. Brown) - mathematician [Krapp p. 49-51] [Warren p. 23-25] [Spangenburg p. 31-32] [Oakes p. 46-47] [Proffitt p. 64-66]

Rachel Browne - biochemist [Oakes p. 44-45] [Proffitt p. 63-64] [Wayne p. 262-263]

Barbara Browne - bacteriologist [Oakes p. 45-46]

Joan Brugge - cell biologist/cancer researcher [Wayne p. 263-265]

Margaret Bryan - natural scientist [Haines p. 46] [Ogilvie p. 48-49] [Kohlstedt p. 222] [Proffitt p. 66]

Sophie Bryant - mathematician

Bu
Dorothy Donaldson Buchanan - [Haines p. 47]

Margaret Buchanan - pharmaceutical chemist [Haines p. 47-48]

♦ Diane Buckingham (U. Diane Buckingham) - psychiatrist

Mary Buckland - naturalist [Haines p. 48] [Ogilvie p. 49] [Proffitt p. 66-67]

Linda Buckland - biologist [Wayne p. 265-267]

Arabella Buckley - science writer

Jane Buikstra - anthropologist/archaeologist [Wayne p. 267-269]

Edith Bulbring - pharmacologist/physiologist [Haines p. 48-50]

Frances Bunbury - botanist/linguist

Elizabeth Bunce - geophysicist [Wayne p. 269-270]

Mary Bunting - microbiologist [Wayne p. 270-272]

Mary Bunting-Smith - geneticist [Proffitt p. 67-69]

Margaret Burbidge (E. Margaret Burbidge) - astrophysicist [Shearer-P p. 27-32] [Yount-wom p. 26-28] [Haines p. 50-51] [Oakes p. 47-48] [Proffitt p. 69-71] [Wayne p. 272-273]

Leone Burton - mathematician [Oakes p. 48-49]

Veronica Burns (Veronica Conroy Burns) - naturalist

Priscilla Bury - botanist/artist

Margaret K. Butler - mathematician/computer scientist [Wayne p. 273-274]

By
Nina Byers - physicist

Ca
Mildred Cable - geographer [Haines p. 53]

Dorothy Cadbury - botanist [Haines p. 54]

♦Judith Cadore (Judith M. Cadore) - physician

Bertha Cady - entomologist [Wayne p. 275-276]

Helen Caines - physicist

Mary Calderone (Mary S. Calderone, Mary Steichen Calderone) - public health administration

Helen Caldicott (Helen M. Caldicott) - pediatrician [Oakes p. 50-51] [Wayne p. 276-278]

Mary Caldwell (Mary Letitia Caldwell, Mary L. Caldwell) - nutritional chemist [Shearer-P p. 32-35] [Oakes p. 51-52]

Mary Calkins - psychologist/philosopher [Ogilvie p. 51]

Clair Callan (Clair Mills Callan, Clair M. Callan) - anesthesiologist

Doris Calloway - nutritionist [Wayne p. 278-279]

Selma Calmes (Selma Harrison Calmes, Selma H. Calmes) - anesthesiologist

Jessie Cambra - engineer [Oakes p. 52]

♦Alexa Canady (Alexa I. Canady) - neurosurgeon/pediatric surgeon [Oakes p. 53] [Proffitt p. 75]

Myrtelle Canavan (Myrtelle M. Canavan) - pathologist

Lucy Candib (Lucy M. Candib) - physician/educator

Annie Jump Cannon - astronomer [Shearer-P p.36-40] [Yount-wom p. 29-31] [Ogilvie p. 51-52] [Oakes p. 53-54] [Proffitt p. 76-77] [Wayne p. 279-280]

♦Carolyn Cannon-Alfred - pharmacologist [Warren p. 25-26]

Hilda Canter-Lund - mycologist/protozoologist [Haines p. 54-55]

Susan Carey - psychologist [Wayne p. 281-282]

Albertina Carlsson - zoologist [Creese p. 7-8]

Elizabeth Carne - geologist

Eleanor Carothers - zoologist [Shearer-L p. 56-57] [Ogilvie p. 52-53] [Oakes p. 54-55] [Proffitt p. 77-78] [Wayne p. 282-283]

Emma Carr (Emma Perry Carr, Emma P. Carr) - chemist [Shearer-P p. 40-45] [Yount-wom p. 31-33] [Oakes p. 55-56] [Proffitt p. 78-80] [Wayne p. 283]

Rachel Carson - biologist/environmentalist [Shearer-L p. 58-63] [Yount-wom p. 33-35] [Oakes p. 56-57] [Proffitt p. 81-83] [Wayne p. 284-285]

Mary Cartwright - mathematician [Haines p. 56-57]

Mary Case (Mary E. Case) - forensic/anatomic/neuropathologist

Marjorie Caserio - chemist [Shearer-P p. 46-51] [Oakes p. 57-58] [Wayne p. 285-286]

Christine Cassel (Christine K. Cassel) - physician

Vivienne Cassie Cooper - botanist [Haines p. 57-58]

Margaret Casson - architect [Haines p. 58]

Yvette Cauchois - physicist

Beatrice Cave - applied mathematician

Evelyn Cave - mathematician

Margaret Cavendish - natural philosopher [Ogilvie p. 53-54] [Proffitt p. 83-85]

Ce
Elizabeth Cellier - midwife [Ogilvie p. 55]

Ch
Anne Chain - biochemist

Marjorie Chandler - paleobotanist

Sun-Young Chang - mathematician [Oakes p. 58] [Proffitt p. 85-86]

Muriel Chapman - chemist

Vera Charles - mycologist [Wayne p. 286-287]

Rita Charon - physician/educator

Agnes Chase - botanist [Oakes p. 59] [Proffitt p. 86-88] [Wayne p. 287-288]

Mary Agnes Chase - agrostologist [Shearer-L p. 63-67] [Ogilvie p. 55-56]

Renate Chasman - physicist [Oakes p. 59-60] [Wayne p. 288-289]

Emilie du Châtelet - mathematician/physicist [Yount-wom p. 35-36] [Ogilvie p. 76-78]

Evelyn Cheesman - entomologist [Haines p. 58-60]

Alice Drew Chenoweth (Alice D. Chenoweth) - pediatrician/public health advocate

Phyllis Chesler - psychologist [Wayne p. 290-292]

Harriette Chick - biochemist/nutritionist

Lin Ch'iao-Chih - physician [Shearer-L p. 68-74]

Mary-Dell Chilton - molecular biologist/biochemist [Wayne p. 292-293]

Eliza Chin (Eliza Lo Chin, Eliza L. Chin) - physician

♦May Edward Chinn (May Chinn, May E. Chin) - oncologist [Warren p. 26-28] [Oakes p. 61] [Proffitt p. 90-91]

♦Gloria Chisum - psychologist [Warren p. 29]

Letitia Chitty - civil engineer [Haines p. 61]

Yvonne Choquet-Bruhat - mathematical physicist [Haines p. 62]

Joanne Chory - plant biologist [Wayne p. 293-294]

♦Donna Christian-Christensen (Donna M. Christian-Christensen) - physician

Ella K. Church - astronomer [Kohlstedt p. 227]

Ci
Jolie Cizewski - physicist

Cl
Patricia Cladis - physicist

Cornelia Clapp - zoologist [Shearer-L p. 75-78] [Ogilvie p. 57] [Oakes p. 62] [Proffitt p. 91-92]

Eugenie Clark - marine biologist [Yount-wom p. 36-37] [Oakes p. 62-63] [Wayne p. 294-296]

Jamie Clark (biologist) - wildlife biologist [Proffitt p. 92-93]

♦Mamie Clark (Mamie Phipps Clark) - psychologist [Warren p. 29-37]

♦Yvonne Clark - engineer/space scientist [Warren p. 37-40]

Edith Clarke - electrical engineer [Oakes p. 63-64] [Proffitt p. 93-94] [Wayne p. 296-297]

Patricia H. Clarke - biochemist [Haines p. 62-64]

Patricia S. Clarke - obstetrician/gynecologist

Theresa Clay - entomologist [Haines p. 64]

Tettje Clay-Jolles - physicist [Oakes p. 64]

Agnes Claypole - zoologist [Ogilvie p. 57-58]

Edith Claypole - physiologist/pathologist [Shearer-L p. 79-81] [Ogilvie p. 58-59] [Proffitt p. 94-95]

Edith Claypool - pathologist/zoologist [Oakes p. 64-65]

Barbara Clayton - chemical pathologist [Haines p. 64-66]

Mary Cleave - environmental engineer/astronaut [Wayne p. 297-299]

Cleopatra the Alchemist - alchemist [Yount-wom p. 37-38] [Ogilvie p. 59] [Oakes p. 65-66] [Proffitt p. 95]

Agnes Clerke - astronomy/science writer [Haines p. 66-67] [Ogilvie p. 59-60] [Proffitt p. 95-96]

Ellen Clerke - science writer [Haines p. 67] [Ogilvie p. 60]

Emeline Cleveland (Emeline H. Cleveland) - obstetrician/gynecologist

Astrid Cleve von Euler - botanist/chemist/geologist [Creese p. 2-6]

Phyllis Clinch - plant pathologist/botanist

Elizabeth Clubb - physician [Haines p. 67-68]

Co
Jerrie Cobb - test pilot [Proffitt p. 97-99] [Wayne p. 299-300]

♦Jewell Cobb (Jewell Plummer Cobb, Jewell P. Cobb) - cell biologist [Kessler p. 49-53] [Krapp p. 68-70] [Shearer-L p. 82-87] [Yount-wom p. 38-39] [Warren p. 40-49] [Spangenburg p. 43-44] [Oakes p. 66-67] [Proffitt p. 99-101] [Wayne p. 301-302]

Patricia Cockburn - conchologist [Haines p. 69]

Elizabeth Cohen (Elizabeth D. A. Magnus Cohen, Elizabeth M. Cohen, Elizabeth Magnus Cohen) - surgeon

Raquel Cohen (Raquel Eidelnan Cohen, Raquel E. Cohen) - psychiatrist

Mildred Cohn - biochemist/biophysicist [Shearer-P p. 51-57]  [Oakes p. 67-68] [Proffitt p. 101-102] [Wayne p. 302-304]

Theodora Colborn (Theo Colborn) - zoologist/ecologist [Yount-wom p. 39] [Proffitt p. 102-104] [Oakes p. 68]

Jane Colden - botanist [Ogilvie p. 60-61] [Oakes p. 68-69] [Proffitt p. 104-105]

♦Johnnetta Cole (Johnnetta Betsch Cole, Johnnetta B. Cole) - anthropologist [Krapp p. 73-75] [Warren p. 50-51] [Wayne p. 304-306]

♦Rebecca Cole (Rebecca J. Cole) - physician [Krapp p. 75]  [Oakes p. 69]

Annette Coleman - algae biologist

♦Betty Collette - pathologist [Warren p. 51]

Eileen Collins - astronaut/mathematician [Proffitt p. 105-106] [Wayne p. 306-308]

♦Margaret Collins - zoologist [Warren p. 52-66]

Margarita Colmenares - environmental engineer [Oakes p. 70] [Proffitt p. 106-107] [Wayne p. 308-310]

Elizabeth Colson - anthropologist [Wayne p. 310-311]

Rita Colwell - microbiologist [Oakes p. 70-71] [Shearer-L p. 87-91] [Proffitt p. 111-112] [Wayne p. 311-314]

Laura Colwin - biologist [Oakes p. 71-72]

Lorraine Comanor (Lorraine Hanlon Comanor, Lorraine H. Comanor) - anesthesiologist

Lynn Cominski - physicist

Anna Comnena - medical writer [Proffitt p. 107-108]

Anna Comstock - naturalist [Ogilvie p. 61-62] [Oakes p. 72] [Proffitt p. 108-109]

Ruth Conklin - physiologist [Kohlstedt p. 332]

Frances Conley (Frances K. Conley) - neurosurgeon

Janine Connes - physicist

Janet Conrad - physicist

Anne Conway, Viscountess Conway - natural philosopher [Proffitt p. 109-111]

Lynn Conway - electrical engineer [Oakes p. 72-73] [Wayne p. 314-315]

Verona Conway - botanist [Haines p. 69-70]

Esther Conwell - physicist [Oakes p. 73-74] [Wayne p. 315-317]

A. Grace Cook - astronomer [Ogilvie p. 181] [Kohlstedt p. 227]

Isabel Cookson - botanist/paleobotanist [Haines p. 70-71]

Jodi Cooley - physicist

France Cordova - astronomer/astrophysicist [Wayne p. 317-318]

Gerty Cori - biochemist [Shearer-P p. 57-62] [Yount-wom p. 40-42]  [Oakes p. 74-75] [Proffitt p. 112-115] [Wayne p. 319-320]

Rhonda Cornum - urologic surgeon

Doris Corradi - wireless operator/cipher operator [Haines p. 71]

Nereida Correa - obstetrician/gynecologist

♦Carol Cotton - psychologist [Warren p. 66-67]

Katherine Courtauld - agriculturalist [Haines p. 71-72]

♦Patricia Cowings - psychologist [Warren p. 67-71] [Spangenburg p. 48-49] [Oakes p. 75-76] [Wayne p. 320-321]

Geraldine Cox - environmental scientist [Oakes p. 76] [Wayne p. 322-323]

Gertrude Cox - mathematician  [Oakes p. 76-77] [Proffitt p. 115-116] [Wayne p. 323-324]

Molly Coye (Molly Joel Coye, Molly J. Coye) - public health

Cr
Stella Craig - botanical artist

Margaret Craighill (Margaret D. Craighill) - ob/gyn surgeon

Kathleen Crane - oceanographer [Wayne p. 324-325]

Erika Cremer - chemist/physicist [Yount-wom p. 42-43] [Oakes p. 77-78]

Elizabeth Crosby - anatomist [Shearer-L p. 91-97] [Oakes p. 78-79] [Proffitt p. 116-118] [Wayne p. 325-326]

Margaret Crosfield - geologist

♦Rebecca Lee Crumpler - physician [Krapp p. ]

Kelle Cruz - astrophysicist

Cu
Elizabeth Cumming - engineer [Proffitt p. 118-119]

Clara Cummings - botanist [Ogilvie p. 62-63] [Proffitt p. 119-120]

Isabella Cunio - inventor [Ogilvie p. 63]

Maria Cunitz - astronomer [Ogilvie p. 63-64] [Proffitt p. 120]

Stella Cunliffe - statistician [Haines p. 74-75]

Marie Curie - physicist/chemist [Shearer-P p. 62-66] [Yount-wom p. 43-45] [Haines p. 75-79] [Ogilvie p. 64-72] [Oakes p. 79-80] [Proffitt p. 121-123]

Leigh Curl (Leigh A. Curl) - orthopedic surgeon

Ethel Currie - geologist [Haines p. 79]

♦ Sadye Curry (Sadye B. Curry) - gastroenterologist/educator

Florence Cushman - astronomer [Ogilvie p. 181]

Aleen Cust - veterinary surgeon [Haines p. 79-80]

Cz
Marya Czaplika - anthropologist

Da
Ingerid Dal - linguist [Haines p. 81]

Maria Dalle Donne - physician [Ogilvie p. 72]

Katharina Dalton - chiropodist/physician [Haines p. 82]

♦Marie Daly (Marie Maynard Daly, Marie M. Daly) - biochemist [Kessler p. 57-60], [Krapp p. 91] [Warren p. 71-73] [Spangenburg p. 55-56] [Oakes p. 81] [Proffitt p. 126] [Wayne p. 327-328]

♦Christine Darden (Christine Mann Darden, Christine M. Darden) - mechanical engineer [Kessler p. 60-63] [Warren p. 74-80] [Spangenburg p. 56-58] [Oakes p. 81-82] [Wayne p. 328-329]

♦Geraldine Darden - mathematician [Warren p. 80-82]

Naomi Datta - bacteriologist [Haines p. 82-83]

Ingrid Daubechies - physicist [Shearer-P p. 67-69] [Yount-wom p. 46-47] [Oakes p. 82-83] [Proffitt p. 126-127] [Wayne p. 329-331]

Margaret Davies - conservationist/archaeologist [Haines p. 83]

Margaret Davis - paleoecologist [Oakes p. 83-84] [Wayne p. 331-333]

Marguerite Davis - chemist [Oakes p. 84]

Ruth Davis - computer scientist/mathematician [Wayne p. 333-334]

Margaret Dayhoff - biochemist [Proffitt p. 128-129]

Ruth Dayhoff (Ruth E. Dayhoff) - medical bioinformaticist

De
Catherine DeAngelis (Catherine D. DeAngelis) - pediatrician

♦Mary Deconge (Mary Deconge-Watson) - mathematician [Warren p. 82-83] [Spangenburg p. 61]

Ruth DeFries - environmental geographer [Wayne p. 334-336]

Augusta Dejerine-Klumpke - physician [Haines p. 84]

Frederica de Laguna - anthropologist  [Proffitt p. 129-130] [Wayne p. 336-337]

Maude Delap - naturalist [Proffitt p. 130-131]

Jane Delgado - psychologist [Wayne p. 337-339]

Deborah Delmer - plant biologist [Wayne p. 339-340]

Gertrude Denman - educator/birth control campaigner [Haines p. 84-85]

Leila Denmark (Leila D. Denmark) - pediatrician

Carolyn Denning (Carolyn R. Denning) - pediatrician

♦Giovonnae Dennis - electrical engineer [Warren p. 83-85]

Judianne Densen-Gerber - psychiatrist [Wayne p. 342-343]

Edith Dent - botanist [Haines p. 85-86]

Gail De Planque - physicist [Wayne p. 341-342]

Jane Desforges (Jane S. Desforges) - hematologist

Catherine Detre (Catherine M. Detre) - epidemiologist

Lydia Dewitt - anatomist/pathologist [Ogilvie p. 181] [Oakes p. 84-85]

Cecile DeWitt-Morette - physicist [Oakes p. 85-86] [Wayne p. 343-345]

Di
Elaine Diacumakos - biologist [Oakes p. 86]

Marian Cleeves Diamond - neuroscientist [Wayne p. 345-347]

Nance Dicciani - chemical engineer [Oakes p. 87] [Wayne p. 347-348]

Gladys Dick - physician/biomedical researcher [Shearer-L p. 97-102] [Yount-wom p. 47] [Oakes p. 87-88] [Proffitt p. 131-132] [Wayne p. 348-349]

♦ Helen Dickens (Helen O. Dickens) - obstetrician/gynecologist

Nancy Dickey (Nancy W. Dickey) - physician

Helen Dickie (Helen A. Dickie) - pulmonologist

Amalie Dietrich - naturalist [Ogilvie p. 73]] [Proffitt p. 132-133]

Leah Dickstein (Leia J. Dickstein) - psychiatrist

Renee Diehl - physicist

♦Ellen Diggs (Ellen Irene Diggs, Ellen I. Diggs, Irene Diggs) - anthropologist [Krapp p. 94-95] [Oakes p. 88-89] [Proffitt p. 133-134]

Diotima of Mantinea - philosopher [Ogilvie p. 74-75]

Do
Marie Dobyns (Marie A. Dobyns) - geriatrician

Louise Dolan - physicist [Oakes p. 89]

Sarah Dolley (Sarah Read Dolley, Sarah R. Dolley) - obstetrician/gynecologist

Joanne Domson (Joanne Froio Domson, Joanne F. Domson) - immunologist

Gabrielle Donnay - geologist/mineralogist [Wayne p. 349-350]

Maria Donne - obstetrician [Proffitt p. 125]

Christina Dony - botanist [Haines p. 86]

Heide Doss - physicist

Neltje Doubleday - naturalist/writer [Oakes p. 89-90]

Vibert Douglas (Allie Vibert Douglas, Allie V. Douglas) - astrophysicist/astronomer [Shearer-P p. 69-76] [Oakes p. 90-91] [Proffitt p. 134-135]

♦ Janice Douglas (Janice Green Douglas, Janice G. Douglas) - endocrinologist

Marjory Douglas - environmentalist

Dorothy Downie - botanist [Haines p. 86-87]

June Downey - psychologist [Wayne p. 350-352]

Dr
Elisabeth Drake - chemical engineer [Wayne p. 352-353]

Mary Anna Draper - astronomer [Proffitt p. 135-136]

Gisela Dreschhoff - radiation physicist/geophysicist [Wayne p. 353-354]

Persis Drell - physicist

Mildred Dresselhaus (Mildred Spiewak Dresselhaus, Mildred S. Dresselhaus) - physicist/engineer [Yount-wom p. 48-49] [Oakes p. 91-92] [Proffitt p. 136-138] [Wayne p. 355-356]

Kathleen Drew-Baker - botanist [Haines p. 87]

Margaret Drower - Egyptologist [Haines p. 87-88]

Do
Nancy Dowdy - physicist

Du
Emilie du Chatelet - physicist/mathematician [Oakes p. 60-61] [Proffitt p. 88-89]

Jeanne Dumee - astronomer [Ogilvie p. 78] [Proffitt p. 138]

Bonnie Dunbar - biomedical engineer/astronaut [Wayne p. 356-358]

Ethel Dunham (Ethel Collins Dunham, Ethel C. Dunham) - pediatrician

♦Katherine Dunham (Katherine Mary Dunham, Katherine M. Dunham) - anthropologist/choreographer [Krapp p. 99-100] [Oakes p. 92]

Barbara Dunn - radio operator [Haines p. 88]

♦Eugenia Dunn - biologist [Warren p. 85]

Adaliza Dunscombe - optician [Haines p. 88-89]

♦Georgia Dunston - microbiologist [Warren p. 85-87]

Nicole Duplaix - zoologist/ecologist/giant otter biologist [Yount-wom p. 49-50] [Oakes p. 93]

Marie Dupre - natural philosopher [Ogilvie p. 79]

Edith Durham - anthropologist [Haines p. 89]

Harriet Dustan (Harriet Pearson Dustan, Harriet P. Dustan) - cardiologist

Dw
♦ Georgia Dwelle (Georgia Rooks Dwelle, Georgia R. Dwelle) - pediatrician/obstetrician/gynecologist

Dy
♦Barbara Dyce - biochemist [Warren p. 87]

Sara Dye (Sara K. Dye) - surgeon

Helen Dyer (Helen M. Dyer) - biochemist [Shearer-P p. 76-79] [Oakes p. 93-94] [Proffitt p. 138-139]

Ea
Nellie Eales - zoologist [Haines p. 91-92]

Sylvia Earle (Sylvia A. Earle) - botanist/marine biologist [Yount-wom p. 51-52] [Oakes p. 95-96] [Proffitt p. 141-142] [Wayne p. 359-361]

♦Annie Easley (Annie J. Easley) - computer scientist [Krapp p. 103] [Warren p. 87-88] [Spangenburg p. 67-68] [Proffitt p. 142-143]

♦ Ruth Easterling (Ruth M. Easterling) - pathologist

Alice Eastwood - botanist [Shearer-L p. 102-106] [Yount-wom p. 53-54] [Ogilvie p. 79-80] [Oakes p. 96] [Proffitt p. 143-144] [Wayne p. 361-362]

Ec
Sophia Eckerson - microchemist/botanist/plant physiologist [Shearer-L p. 106-108] [Oakes p. 96-97]

Ed
Bernice Eddy - medical microbiologist [Yount-wom p. 54-55] [Oakes p. 97-98]

Tilly Edinger - paleontologist [Yount-wom p. 55-56] [Oakes p. 98] [Proffitt p. 144-145] [Wayne p. 363]

Sylvia Edlund - botanist [Yount-wom p. 56-57]

Amelia Edwards - Egyptologist [Haines p. 92]

♦Cecile Edwards (Cecile Hoover Edwards, Cecile H. Edwards) - nutritionist [Krapp p. 103-104] [Warren p. 88-91] [Spangenburg p. 68-69] [Oakes p. 98-99] [Proffitt p. 145-146] [Wayne p. 363-365]

Helen Edwards (Helen T. Edwards) - physicist [Shearer-P p. 80-84] [Oakes p. 99-100] [Proffitt p. 147] [Wayne p. 365-366]

♦ Lena Edwards (Lena F. Edwards) - obstetrician/gynecologist

Eh
Tatiana Ehrenfest-Afanaseva - physicist [Oakes p. 100]  [Proffitt p. 147-149]

Aline Ehrlich - biologist/geologist [Haines p. 92-93]

Anne Ehrlich - environmental scientist [Wayne p. 366-368]

Ei
Rosa Eigenmann - ichthyologist [Shearer-L p. 109-11] [Ogilvie p. 81] [Oakes p. 100-101] [Proffitt p. 149-150]

Mileva Einstein-Maric - physicist [Proffitt p. 150-151]

Louise Eisenhardt - neuropathologist

El
♦ Joycelyn Elders - physician/Surgeon General of the US/endocrinologist [Krapp p. 105-106] [Spangenburg p. 69-71] [Proffitt p. 151-153] [Wayne p. 368-370]

Elephantis - physician [Ogilvie p. 82]

Cornelia Elgood (Sheldon Elgood) - physician [Shearer-L p. 11-113] [Oakes p. 101-102]

Gertrude Elion (Gertrude Belle Elion, Gertrude B. Elion) - biochemist [Shearer-P p. 84-88] [Yount-wom p. 57-60]   [Oakes p. 102-103] [Proffitt p. 153-156] [Wayne p. 370-372]

Martha Eliot (Martha M. Eliot) - pediatrician

Elizabeth of Bohemia - natural philosopher [Proffitt p. 156-157]

♦Effie Ellis (Effie O'Neal Ellis, Effie O. Ellis) - physician [Krapp p. 108-109]

Florence Ellis - anthropologist [Wayne p. 372-373]

Lois Ellison (Lois Taylor Ellison, Lois T. Ellison) - cardiologist

Debra Elmegreen - astronomer [Wayne p. 373-375]

Em
Dale Emeagwali - microbiologist [Oakes p. 103-104]

Gladys Emerson - biochemist/nutritionist [Oakes p. 104] [Proffitt p. 157-158] [Wayne p. 375-376]

En
Mary England (Mary J. England) - psychiatrist/public health

Ep
♦Anna Epps - microbiologist [Warren p. 92-94]

♦ Roselyn Epps (Roselyn Payne Epps, Roselyn P. Epps) - pediatrician

Eq
Marie Equi (Marie D. Equi) - pediatrician

Er
Madga Ericson - physicist

Angela Erdrich (Angela M. Erdrich) - pediatrician

Dorothea Erxleben - physician [Ogilvie p. 82-83] [Proffitt p. 158-159]

Es
Katherine Esau - botanist [Shearer-L p. 113-117] [Oakes p. 104-105] [Proffitt p. 159] [Wayne p. 376-378]

Thelma Estrin - computer scientist [Oakes p. 105-106] [Proffitt p. 159-160] [Wayne p. 378-380]

Alice Ettinger - radiologist

Ev
Alice Evans (Alice C. Evans) - bacteriologist [Shearer-L p. 117-122] [Yount-wom p. 60-62]  [Oakes p. 106-107] [Proffitt p. 160-161] [Wayne p. 380-381]

♦ Audrey Evans (Audrey E. Evans) - oncologist

♦Matilda Evans (Matilda Arabella Evans, Matilda A. Evans) - physician [Krapp p. 111-112]

♦Princilla Evans - biochemist [Warren p. 95-96]

Mary Evershed - astronomer [Ogilvie p. 83] [Kohlstedt p. 227, 229]

Ey
Joan Eyles - geologist [Haines p. 93]

Truus Eymers - physicist [Haines p. 93-94]

Fa
Sandra Faber (Sandra Moore Faber, Sandra M. Faber) - astronomer [Shearer-P p. 88-94] [Yount-wom p. 63-64] [Oakes p. 108-109] [Proffitt p. 163-164] [Wayne p. 383-384]

Fabiola - physician [Ogilvie p. 83-84]

♦Etta Falconer - mathematician [Warren p. 96-98] [Spangenburg p. 76-78] [Oakes p. 109] [Proffitt p. 164-166]

Marilyn Farquhar - cell biologist [Shearer-L p. 122-128] [Oakes p. 109-110] [Proffitt p. 166] [Wayne p. 384-386]

Marian Farquharson - botanist [Haines p. 95]

Wanda Farr - biochemist [Oakes p. 110-111] [Proffitt p. 166-168] [Proffitt p. 168-169] Margaret Farrer - midwife/nursing officer [Haines p. 95-96]

Denise Faustman (Denise L. Faustman) - immunologist

Anne Fausto-Sterling - embryologist [Wayne p. 387-388] [Proffitt p. 168-169]

Philippa Fawcett - mathematician/educator [Haines p. 96-97]

Stella Fawcett (Maisie Fawcett) - botanist [Yount-wom p. 64-65] [Oakes p. 111-112]

Fe
Nina Federoff - molecular biologist [Oakes p. 112] [Wayne p. 388-390]

Jacobina Felicie - physician [Ogilvie p. 84] [Proffitt p. 169-170]

Honor Fell - cell biologist [Haines p. 97-98] [Oakes p. 113]

Catherine Fenselau (Catherine Clarke Fenselau, Catherine C. Fenselau) - chemist [Shearer-P p. 94-99] [Oakes p. 113-114] [Proffitt p. 170-171]

♦ Dorothy Ferebee (Dorothy Boulding Ferebee, Dorothy B. Ferebee) - physician [Krapp p. 115-116]

♦Angela Ferguson (Angela Dorothea Ferguson, Angela D. Ferguson) - physiologist/pediatrician [Kessler p. 91-94] [Krapp p. 116-117] [Spangenburg p. 78-79] [Proffitt p. 171-172] [Wayne p. 390-391]

Margaret Ferguson - botanist [Shearer-L p. 128-131] [Ogilvie p. 84-85] [Oakes p. 114-115] [Proffitt p. 172-173] [Wayne p. 392-393]

Mary Fergusson - civil engineer [Haines p. 98]

Fi
Adele Fielde - entomologist [Proffitt p. 173-174]

Una Fielding - neuroanatomist

Marcella Fierro (Marcella F. Fierro) - pathologist/forensic scientist/educator

Mary Fieser - chemist [Shearer-P p. 99-104] [Oakes p. 115-116] [Proffitt p. 174-176]

Margaret Fishenden - industrial chemist

Kathryn Fink - biochemist [Wayne p. 393-394]

Irene Fischer - geodesist/mathematician [Wayne p. 394-396]

Anna Fisher - physician/astronaut [Wayne p. 396-398]

Elizabeth Fisher - geologist [Oakes p. 116] [Proffitt p. 176]

Frances Fisk (Frances L. Fisk) - obstetrician/gynecologist

Faith Fitzgerald (Faith T. Fitzgerald, Faith Thayer Fitzgerald) - health educator

Nancy Fitzroy - engineer [Wayne p. 398-399]

Fl
Perrenelle Flammel - alchemist [Proffitt p. 177]

Edith Flanigen - inorganic chemist [Wayne p. 399-400]

Williamina Fleming (Williamina Paton Fleming, Williamina P. Fleming) - astronomer [Shearer-P p. 105-109] [Yount-wom p. 65-67] [Ogilvie p. 85-86] [Kohlstedt p. 289-291] [Oakes p. 116-118] [Proffitt p. 177-179]

Alice Fletcher - ethnologist [Ogilvie p. 86-87] [Proffitt p. 179-180]

Elizabeth Flint - botanist [Haines p. 98-99]

Judith Flores - pediatrician

Katherine Flores (Katherine A. Flores) - physician

♦ Virginia Floyd (Virginia Davis Floyd, Virginia D. Floyd) - physician

Irmgard Flügge-Lotz - engineer/mathematician [Yount-wom p. 67] [Oakes p. 118] [Proffitt p. 181-182] [Wayne p. 400-401]

Fo
Kathleen Foley (Kathleen M. Foley) - neurologist

Katherine Foot (Katharine?) - cytologist [Shearer-L p. 131-133] [Ogilvie p. 182] [Oakes p. 118-119] [Proffitt p. 182-183]

♦ Justina Ford (Justina C. Ford, Justina Carter Ford) - pediatrician/obgyn

Loretta Ford - nurse

Margaret Fountaine - entomologist/lepidopterist [Haines p. 99-100]

Jean Fourcroy (Jean L. Fourcroy) - urologist/endocrinologist

Dian Fossey - zoologist [Yount-wom p. 67-69] [Oakes p. 119-120] [Proffitt p. 183-185] [Wayne p. 402-404]

Lydia Fowler - physician [Ogilvie p. 87-88]

Katharine Fowler-Billings - geologist [Wayne p. 404-405]

Marye Fox - organic chemist/physical chemist [Wayne p. 405-407]

Fr
♦Eleanor Franklin - endocrinologist/physiologist [Warren p. 99-101]

Jane Franklin - explorer [Haines p. 100]

Melissa Franklin (Melissa Bronwen Franklin, Melissa B. Franklin) - physicist [Yount-wom p. 69] [Proffitt p. 186-187]

Rosalind Franklin - biologist [Shearer-L p. 133-137] [Yount-wom p. 69-71] [Haines p. 100-101]  [Oakes p. 120-121] [Proffitt p. 187-189]

Virginia Frantz (Virginia Kneeland Frantz, Virginia K. Frantz) - pathologist

Judy Franz - physicist

Ros Fraser - psychiatric nurse [Haines p. 101-102]

Helen Free (Helen M. Free) - chemist [Shearer-P p. 110-112] [Oakes p. 121] [Proffitt p. 189-190] [Wayne p. 407-408]

Wendy Freedman (Wendy Laurel Freedman, Wendy L. Freedman) - astronomer [Shearer-P p. 113-117] [Oakes p. 121-122]

Bernadette Freeland-Hyde (Bernadette T. Freeland-Hyde) - pediatrician

Joan Freeman - physicist [Haines p. 102-103]

Phyllis Freier - physicist

Vera Fretter - zoologist [Haines p. 103-104]

Anna Freud - psychoanalyst [Haines p. 104]

Charlotte Friend - microbiologist [Shearer-L p. 137-143] [Oakes p. 122-123] [Proffitt p. 190-192] [Wayne p. 408-409]

Uta Frith - psychologist/neurobiologist [Yount-wom p. 72] [Oakes p. 123-124]

Victoria Fromkin - anthropologist/neurolinguist  [Wayne p. 409-411]

Winifred Frost - biologist [Haines p. 104-105]

Fu
Elaine Fuchs - cell biologist [Wayne p. 411-413]

Elizabeth Fulhame - chemist [Haines p. 105] [Ogilvie p. 89-90] [Proffitt p. 192-193]

♦Oveta Fuller (A. Oveta Fuller) - microbiologist [Kessler p. 112-116] [Krapp p. 121-122] [Spangenburg p. 86-87] [Proffitt p. 193]

Margaret Fulton - occupational therapist [Haines p. 105-107]

Caroline Furness - astronomer [Wayne p. 413-414]

Vera Furness - chemist/industrial manager [Haines p. 107-108]

Ga
Sulochana Gadgil - atmospheric scientist [Oakes p. 125-126]

Susanna Gage - embryologist/comparative anatomist [Shearer-L p. 143-145] [Ogilvie p. 182] [Oakes p. 126]

Mary Gaillard - physicist [Oakes p. 126-127] [Wayne p. 415-416]

Biruté Galdikas (Birute Galdikas, Biruté M. F. Galdikas) - zoologist [Yount-wom p. 73] [Oakes p. 127-128]

♦ Vanessa Gamble (Vanessa Northington Gamble, Vanessa N. Gamble) - physician

Elisabeth Gantt - botanist [Wayne p. 416-418]

Julia Gardner (Julia A. Gardner) - geologist/paleontologist [Yount-wom p. 75-76] [Oakes p. 128-129] [Wayne p. 418-419] [Proffitt p. 195-196]

Catharine Garmany (Catharine D. Garmany)- astronomer [Shearer-P p. 117-121] [Oakes p. 129]

Elsa Garmire - physicist/electrical engineer [Wayne p. 419-420]

Dorothy Garrod - archaeologist [Haines p. 110-111]

Nancy Gary (Nancy E. Gary) - nephrologist

Ina Gaskin - midwife

♦Sadie Gassaway - mathematician [Warren p. 101-102]

Alice Gast - chemical engineer [Wayne p. 420-421]

♦ Marilyn Gaston (Marilyn Hughes Gaston, Marilyn H. Gaston) - pediatrician

Fanny Gates - physicist

Margaret Gatty - naturalist [Haines p. 111-112]

♦ Helene Gayle (Helene D. Gayle) - pediatrician/public health [Wayne p. 422-423]

Ge
Hilda Geiringer - mathematician [Yount-wom p. 76] [Wayne p. 423-425]

Margaret Geller (Margaret Joan Geller, Margaret J. Geller) - astronomer [Shearer-P p. 122-126] [Yount-wom p. 76-78] [Oakes p. 129-130] [Wayne p. 425-427] [Proffitt p. 196-197]

Julie Gerberding (Julie L. Gerberding) - public health advocate

Sophie Germain - mathematician [Yount-wom p. 78-79] [Haines p. 112] [Ogilvie p. 90-92] [Oakes p. 130-131] [Proffitt p. 197-199]

Eloise Gerry - botanist [Wayne p. 427-428]

Gi
Joan Gibbons - botanist [Haines p. 112-113]

Eloise Giblett - hematologist [Oakes p. 131-132] [Wayne p. 428-429]

Eleanor Gibson - psychologist [Wayne p. 429-430]

Lillian Gilbreth - psychologist/engineer [Yount-wom p. 79-80] [Oakes p. 132-133] [Wayne p. 430-432] [Proffitt p. 199-201]

Alessandra Giliani - anatomist [Shearer-L p. 145-146] [Ogilvie p. 92] [Oakes p. 133-134] [Proffitt p. 201]

Jocelyn Gill - astronomer [Wayne p. 432-433]

♦Cornelia Gillyard (Cornelia Denson Gillyard, Cornelia D. Gillyard) - organic chemist [Kessler p. 116-120] [Krapp p. 129-130] [Spangenburg p. 92-93]

Gloria Gilmer - mathematician/educator [Proffitt p. 202-203]

Jennifer Giroux (Jennifer A. Giroux) - epidemiologist

Nunzia Giuse (Nunzia B. Giuse) - medical informaticist

Gl
Helen Glaser (Helen Hofsommer Glaser) - pediatrician/psychiatrist

Ruth Ann Glater - botanist [Proffitt p. 203-204]

Catherine Gleason - mechanical engineer [Proffitt p. 204-206]

Ellen Gleditsch - nuclear chemist [Shearer-P p. 127-131] [Haines p. 113-114] [Oakes p. 134] [Proffitt p. 206-208]

Lila Gleitman - psychologist [Wayne p. 433-434]

Jenny Glusker (Jenny Pickworth Glusker, Jenny P. Glusker) - crystallographer/cancer researcher [Shearer-P p. 132-136] [Oakes p. 134-135] [Wayne p. 435-436]

Go
Maria Goeppert-Mayer - nuclear physicist [Shearer-P p. 136-144] [Oakes p. 135-136] [Wayne p. 436-438] [Proffitt p. 208-211]

Adele Goldberg - computer scientist [Oakes p. 136-137] [Wayne p. 438-439]

Gertrude Goldhaber (Gertrude Scharff Goldhaber, Gertrude S. Goldhaber) - physicist [Shearer-P p. 145-148] [Oakes p. 137-138] [Wayne p. 439-440]

Sulamith Goldhaber - physicist [Oakes p. 138]

Lynn Goldman (Lynn R. Goldman) - epidemiologist/pediatrician

Patricia Goldman-Rakic - neuroscientist [Wayne p. 440-442]

Winifred Goldring - paleontologist [Wayne p. 442-443] [Proffitt p. 211]

Adele Goldstine - mathematician [Proffitt p. 212-213]

Shafrira Goldwasser - computer scientist/electrical engineer [Wayne p. 443-444]

Gabriela Gonzalez - physicist

Mary Good (Mary Lowe Good, Mary L. Good) - chemist [Shearer-P p. 148-153] [Oakes p. 139] [Wayne p. 444-446]

Jane Goodall - zoologist [Yount-wom p. 80-82] [Oakes p. 139-140] [Proffitt p. 213-215]

Florence Goodenough - psychologist [Oakes p. 140-141] [Wayne p. 446-447]

Isabella Gordon - zoologist [Haines p. 114-115]

Kate Gordon - psychologist [Wayne p. 447-448]

Maria Gordon - geologist [Haines p. 115]

Ruth Gordon - bacteriologist [Wayne p. 448-449]

Olga Goss - plant pathologist [Haines p. 115-116]

Mildred Gostling - chemist

Niki Goulandris - botanical artist/conservationist [Haines p. 116]

Margaret Gowing - science historian [Haines p. 117]

Gr
Frances Graham - psychophysiologist [Wayne p. 449-451]

Norma Graham - psychologist [Wayne p. 451-452]

Susan Graham- computer scientist [Wayne p. 452-453]

Temple Grandin - animal scientist [Wayne p. 453-456] [Proffitt p. 215-217]

♦Evelyn Granville (Evelyn Boyd Granville, Evelyn B. Granville) - mathematician [Kessler p. 127-131] [Krapp p. 133-135] [Warren p. 102-109] [Spangenburg p. 96-98] [Oakes p. 141-142] [Wayne p. 456-457] [Proffitt p. 217-219]

Jeanette Grasselli (Jeanette Grasselli Brown) - analytical chemist [Shearer-P p. 154-158] [Oakes p. 142] [Wayne p. 457-459]

Elizabeth Gray (paleontologist) - paleontologist

♦Ida Gray - dentist [Krapp p. 136]

Ann Graybiel - neuroscientist [Wayne p. 459-461]

Arda Green (Arda Alden Green, Arda A. Green) - biochemist [Shearer-P p. 159-162] [Oakes p. 143]

♦Bettye Greene - chemist [Warren p. 109-110]

Laura Greene - physicist [Wayne p. 461-462]

Sandra Greer - physical chemist [Wayne p. 463]

Emily Gregory - botanist [Ogilvie p. 182]

Emily Ray Gregory - zoologist [Ogilvie p. 182]

Sheila Greibach - computer scientist [Wayne p. 464-465]

Carol Greider - molecular biologist [Wayne p. 466-467]

Clare Grey - chemist

Margaret Grieg - mathematician [Haines p. 118-119]

♦ Eliza Grier (Eliza A. Grier) - ob/gyn

Mary Grierson - botanical artist [Haines p. 119]

Diane Griffin - microbiologist [Wayne p. 468-469]

♦Margaret Grigsby (Margaret Elizabeth Grigsby, Margaret E. Grigsby) - physician [Krapp p. 139] [Warren p. 110-111]

Vera Gromova - paleontologist [Haines p. 119]

Carol Gross - bacteriologist [Oakes p. 143-144] [Wayne p. 469-470]

Elizabeth Gross - biochemist [Wayne p. 470-471]

Gu
Rebecca Guarna - physician [Ogilvie p. 94]

Mary Guinan (Mary E. Guinan) - epidemiologist

Connie Guion (Connie Myers Guion, Connie M. Guion) - physician

♦Lucille Gunning (Lucille Constance Gunning, Lucille C. Gunning) - pediatrician [Krapp p. 140-141]

Eileen Guppy - geologist [Haines p. 119-120]

Sunetra Gupta - epidemiologist

Mary Guthrie (Mary Jane Guthrie) - zoologist/cancer researcher [Shearer-L p. 146-150] [Oakes p. 144] [Wayne p. 471-472] [Proffitt p. 219]

Helene Guttman - microbiologist [Wayne p. 472-474]

Claudine Guyton de Morveau - science writer/translator [Ogilvie p. 94]

Gw
Helen Gwynne-Vaughan - botanist [Haines p. 120-121]

Ha
Mary Haas - linguist/anthropologist [Wayne p. 475-476]

Dorothy Hahn - chemist [Shearer-P p. 163-166] [Oakes p. 145] [Wayne p. 476-477] [Proffitt p. 221-222]

Antonina Halicka - geologist [Haines p. 123-124]

Julia Hall - aluminum scientist [Proffitt p. 22-223]

♦ Margaret Hamburg - pharmacologist

Frances Hamerstrom - ornithologist [Wayne p. 477-479] [Oakes p. 146]

Alice Hamilton - physician [Shearer-L p. 150-155] [Yount-wom p. 83-85]   [Oakes p. 146-147] [Wayne p. 479-480]

Margaret Hamilton - computer scientist [Wayne p. 480-482] [Proffitt p. 223-225]

Heidi Hammel - astronomer [Shearer-P p. 166-172] [Wayne p. 482-483]

Evelynn Hammonds - physicist

Margaret Handy (Margaret Irving Handy, Margaret I. Handy) - pediatrician

Emmeline Hanson - biophysicist/zoologist [Haines p. 124]

Gail Hanson - physicist

Francesca Happe - neuroscientist

Jan Harding - science educator [Haines p. 125-126]

Harriet Hardy (Harriet L. Hardy) - public health advocate/pathologist  [Oakes p. 147-148]

♦Mary Harris (Mary Styles Harris, Mary S. Harris) - geneticist [Kessler p. 140-144] [Krapp p. 148-149] [Spangenburg p. 107-108] [Oakes p. 148-149] [Wayne p. 485-487]

Jean Harris - physician [Wayne p. 484-485]

Anna Harrison - chemist [Shearer-P p. 172-176] [Oakes p. 149] [Wayne p. 487-488] [Proffitt p. 225-226] ♦Faye Harrison (Faye Venetia Harrison, Faye V. Harrison) - anthropologist [Kessler p. 148-151] [Krapp p. 151] [Wayne p. 488-489]

Phyllis Harrison-Ross- pediatrician/psychiatrist [Wayne p. 490-491]

Helen Hart - plant pathologist [Wayne p. 491-492]

Ethel Harvey - zoologist [Shearer-L p. 156-159] [Oakes p. 149-150] [Wayne p. 492-493] [Proffitt p. 226-227]

Réjane Harvey (Réjane M. Harvey) - cardiologist

Margaret Harwood - astronomer [Shearer-P p. 176-178] [Oakes p. 150-151] [Proffitt p. 227-228]

Audrey Haschemeyer - biochemist [Wayne p. 493-494]

Florence Haseltine (Florence P. Haseltine) - endocrinologist

Caroline Haslett - engineer [Haines p. 127-129]

Elaine Hatfield - psychologist [Wayne p. 494-496]

Harriet Hawes - archaeologist [Yount-wom p. 85-86] [Ogilvie p. 95] [Oakes p. 151-152] [Proffitt p. 228-229]

Lilian Hawker - mycologist [Haines p. 129]

Kristen Hawkes - anthropologist [Wayne p. 96-497]

Elizabeth Hay - cell biologist [Shearer-L p. 159-164]  [Oakes p. 152-153] [Wayne p. 497-499]

Louise Hay - mathematician [Oakes p. 153-154]

Ellen Hayes - mathematician/educator [Proffitt p. 229-30]

Evans Hayward - physicist

Elizabeth Hazen - mycologist [Shearer-L p. 164-171] [Yount-wom p. 86-87] [Oakes p. 154] [Wayne p. 499-500] [Proffitt p. 230-231]

Olive Hazlett - mathematician [Oakes p. 154-155] [Wayne p. 500-501] [Proffitt p. 231-232]

He
Margaret Heagarty (Margaret C. Heagarty) - pediatrician

Bernardine Healy - cardiologist [Wayne p. 501-503] [Oakes p. 155-156]

Lillian Heath Nelson - ob/gyn

Karen Hein - pediatrician

Ann Heinson - physicist

June Helm - anthropologist/ethnologist [Wayne p. 503-505]

Heloise - philosopher/physician [Oakes p. 156-157] [Shearer-L p. 172-174]

Patricia Henderson (Patricia N. Henderson, Patricia Nez Henderson) - community health physician

Gertrude Henle - virologist

Jane Henney (Jane E. Henney) - oncologist

Beulah Henry - inventor [Proffitt p. 232-233]

Herrad of Landsberg (Herrade of Landsberg, Herrad of Hohenburg) - natural philosopher [Shearer-L p. 174-176] [Oakes p. 157] [Proffitt p. 233-234]

Maria Herran (Maria I. Herran) - pediatrician

Caroline Herschel - astronomer [Shearer-P p. 178-181] [Yount-wom p. 87-88] [Ogilvie p. 96-99] [Kohlstedt p. 221-222] [Haines p. 129-130] [Oakes p. 157-158] [Proffitt p. 234-236]

Mathilde Hertz - physiologist

Caroline Herzenberg - physicist [Oakes p. 158-159] [Wayne p. 505-506]

Mary Heslop - geologist [Haines p. 130]

Fanny Hesse - biologist/medical illustrator [Haines p. 130-131]

♦Gloria Hewitt - mathematician [Warren p. 111-114]

Elisabetha Hevelius - astronomer [Ogilvie p. 99] [Proffitt p. 236]

Jacqueline Hewitt - astrophysicist [Oakes p. 159] [Proffitt p. 236-238]

Sylvia Hewlett - economist [Wayne p. 506-508]

Joan Heywood - cryptoanalyst [Haines p. 131]

Hi
Hope Hibbard - zoologist [Shearer-L p. 176-179] [Oakes p. 159-160] [Wayne p. 508-509]

Grace Hickling - ornithologist [Haines p. 131-132]

Beatrice Hicks - engineer [Wayne p. 509-510]

Hildegard of Bingen - physician [Shearer-L p. 180-182] [Yount-wom p. 88-89] [Ogilvie p. 99-101] [Oakes p. 160-161]

Dorothy Hill - geologist/paleontologist [Haines p. 132-133]  [Oakes p. 161-162]

♦Mary Elliot Hill (Mary E. Hill) - chemist [Krapp p. 159] [Warren p. 114-115]

Mary Hindmarsh - botanist [Haines p. 133-134]

Ho
Gladys Hobby - bacteriologist [Oakes p. 162-163]

Susan Hockfield - neuroscientist [Wayne p. 510-512]

Dorothy Hodgkin (Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin, Dorothy C. Hodgkin) - crystallographer [Shearer-P p. 181-186] [Yount-wom p. 89-92] [Haines p. 134-136]  [Oakes p. 163-164]

Elizabeth Hodgson - botanist/geologist [Haines p. 136-137]

Jane Hodgson (Jane E. Hodgson) - ob/gyn

Dorrit Hoffleit (E. Dorrit Hoffleit) - astronomer [Shearer-P p. 186-191] [Oakes p. 164-165] [Wayne p. 512-513]

Darleane Hoffman - nuclear chemist [Wayne p. 513-515]

Elise Hofmann - geologist/paleobotanist [Haines p. 137]

Helen Hogg - astronomer [Oakes p. 165-166] [Shearer-P p. 191-196]

Edith Holden - naturalist [Haines p. 137-138]

Ingrid Holford - meteorologist [Haines p. 138-139]

Jimmie Holland (Jimmie C. Holland) - psychiatry

Leta Hollingworth - psychologist [Wayne p. 515-516]

Ariel Hollinshead (Ariel Cahill Hollinshead, Ariel C. Hollinshead) - pharmacologist/cancer researcher [Shearer-L p. 182-185] [Oakes p. 166] [Wayne p. 516-517]

Clara Holst - linguist [Haines p. 139-140]

Icie Hoobler (Icie Macy) - biochemist [Shearer-P p. 197-202] [Oakes p. 166-167]

♦Esther Hopkins - chemist [Warren p. 115-116]

Mary Hopkins (Mary Ann Hopkins, Mary A. Hopkins) - surgeon/educator

Grace Hopper - computer scientist [Yount-wom p. 92-95]  [Oakes p. 167-168] [Wayne p. 517-519]

Matina Horner - psychologist [Wayne p. 519-520]

Karen Horney - psychologist [Yount-wom p. 94-95] [Oakes p. 168-169]

Marjorie Horning - pharmacologist/biochemist [Wayne p. 520-521]

Dorothy Horstmann - epidemiologist [Oakes p. 169-170] [Wayne p. 521-523]

Minnie Howard - physician

♦Ruth Howard - psychologist [Warren p. 116-120] [Wayne p. 523-525]

Susan Howard - physician

Mary Howell - pediatrician

Ethel Howes - psychologist [Wayne p. 525-526]

Marjorie Hoy - entomologist/geneticist [Wayne p. 526-527]

Hr
Sarah Hrdy - anthropologist [Yount-wom p. 95-97] [Oakes p. 170] [Wayne p. 527-528]

Hu
Alice Huang - microbiologist [Oakes p. 170-171] [Wayne p. 529-530]

Ruth Hubbard - biologist [Shearer-L p. 185-190] [Oakes p. 171-172] [Wayne p. 530-531]

Christie Huddleston (Christie A. Huddleston - psychiatrist

Mary Hudson - space physicist [Oakes p. 172]

Margaret Huggins - astronomer [Ogilvie p. 101-102] [Kohlstedt p. 228] [Haines p. 140-141]

Sally Hughes-Schrader - zoologist [Wayne p. 532-533]

Edith Humphrey - chemist [Haines p. 141]

Carmel Humphries - biologist/zoologist [Haines p. 141-142]

Fern Hunt - mathematician [Spangenburg p. 122-123]

♦ Gertrude Hunter (Gertrude Texiera Hunter, Gertrude T. Hunter) - pediatrician

Kate Hurd-Mead (Kate Campbell Hurd-Mead, Kate C. Hurd-Mead) - ob/gyn

Sandra Hutchins - computer scientist [Wayne p. 533-534]

Isobel Hutchison - botanist [Haines p. 142]

Hw
Jennie Hwang - materials scientist/engineer [Wayne p. 534-536]

Hy
Ida Hyde (Ida H. Hyde) - physiologist [Shearer-L p. 190-194] [Yount-wom p. 97-98] [Ogilvie p. 103-104] [Oakes p. 172-173] [Wayne p. 536-537]

Libbie Hyman (Libbie H. Hyman) - zoologist [Shearer-L p. 195-199] [Yount-wom p. 98-99] [Oakes p. 173-174] [Wayne p. 537]

Hypatia - mathematician/astronomer/physicist [Yount-wom p. 99] [Ogilvie p. 104-105] [Oakes p. 174]

I
Emma Ideal - physicist

Lisa Iezzoni (Lisa I. Iezzoni) - public health research/physician

Suzanne Ildstad - immunologist [Yount-wom p. 100-101] [Oakes p. 175-176]

Elsie Inglis - physician [Haines p. 143-144]

Hilda Ingold - chemist

Devrie Intriligator - astrophysicist [Wayne p. 539-540]

Mary Jane Irwin - computer scientist [Wayne p. 540-541]

Jean Irvine - pharmacist [Haines p. 144]

Susan Isaacs - psychologist [Haines p. 145-146]

Ja
Maria Jacson - botanist

Marilyn E. Jacox chemist

♦Deborah Jackson - physicist [Warren p. 121-124]

♦Jacquelyne Jackson (Jacquelyne Johnson Jackson, Jacquelyne J. Jackson) - sociologist [Krapp p. 169-170] [Warren p. 124-126] [Wayne p. 543-544]

♦Mary Jackson - mathematician [Warren p. 126]

♦Shirley Ann Jackson - theoretical physicist [Kessler p. 177-181] [Krapp p. 170-172]  [Yount-wom p. 102-103] [Warren p. 127-134]    [Spangenburg p. 127-129] [Oakes p. 177] [Wayne p. 544-546]

Jacoba Felicie - physician [Yount-wom p. 103]

Mary Jacobi - physician  [Oakes p. 178]

Aletta Jacobs (Aletta H. Jacobs) - physician [Shearer-L p. 199-203] [Oakes p. 178-179]

Georgiana Jagiello (Georgiana M. Jagiello) - endocrinologist

Marie Jahoda - psychologist [Haines p. 147-148]

♦ Grace James (Grace M. James) - pediatrician

Dorothea Jameson - psychologist [Wayne p. 546-548]

Lily Jan - neurobiologist [Wayne p. 548-549]

Sof'ja Janovskaja - mathematician [Haines p. 148]

Lissy Jarvik (Lissy Feingold Jarvik, Lissy F. Jarvik) - psychiatrist

♦Charlene Jarvis - psychologist/politician [Warren p. 134-136]

Nancy Jasso (Nancy E. Jasso) - dermatologist

Je
Allene Jeanes - chemist [Shearer-P p. 203-208] [Wayne p. 549-550]

Bertha Jeffries - physicist

Margot Jefferys - medical sociologist [Haines p. 148-149]

Carol Jeffrey - psychotherapist/psychoanalyst [Haines p. 149-150

Gertrude Jekyll - horticulturalist [Haines p. 150-151

♦Mae Jemison - physiologist & astronaut [Kessler p. 190-193] [Krapp p. 177-178] [Yount-wom p. 103-104] [Warren p. 137-140]  [Spangenburg p. 131-133] [Oakes p. 179-180] [Wayne p. 550-551]

Penelope Jenkin - zoologist [Haines p. 151]

♦ Renee Jenkins (Renee R. Jenkins) - pediatrician

Elisabeth Jeremine - geologist [Haines p. 151-152]

Sophia Jex-Blake - physician [Shearer-L p. 203-208] [Ogilvie p. 105-107] [Haines p. 152-153] [Oakes p. 180]

Jo
Ann Jobe (Ann Connor Jobe, Ann C. Jobe) - physician

Carol Johns (Carol Johnson Johns, Carol J. Johns) - pulmonologist

Barbara Johnson - aerospace engineer [Wayne p. 551-552]

♦ Halle Johnson (Halle Tanner Dillon Johnson, Halle T. Dillon Johnson, Halle T. D. Johnson, Halle Dillon, Halle Dillon Johnson) - physician [Krapp p. 178-179]

♦ Katherine Johnson (Katherine G. Johnson) - physicist/mathematician [Warren p. 140-147] [Spangenburg p. 133] [Oakes p. 180-181]

♦ Paula Johnson (Paula A. Johnson) - cardiologist

Virginia Johnson - sex therapist [Oakes p. 181-182] [Wayne p. 552-554]

Mary Johnston - metallurgical engineer [Wayne p. 554-555]

Irene Joliot-Curie - physicist [Shearer-P p. 208-212] [Yount-wom p. 104-106] [Haines p. 154-156] [Oakes p. 182-183]

Anita K. Jones - computer scientist [Wayne p. 555-556]

♦ Edith Jones (Edith Mae Irby Jones, Edith Irby Jones, Edith M. Irby Jones, Edith M. I. Jones, Edith I. Jones) - physician/health administrator [Krapp p. 181-182]

♦Eleanor Jones (Eleanor Green Dawley Jones, Eleanor Dawley Jones, Eleanor G. Dawley Jones, Eleanor G. D. Jones, Eleanor D. Jones) - mathematician [Krapp p. 182-183] [Spangenburg p. 134-135]

♦Eunice Jones - chemist [Warren p. 147]

Georgeanna Jones (Georgeanna Seegar Jones, Georgeanna S. Jones) - endocrinologist

Harriet Jones (Harriet B. Jones) - ob/gyn surgeon

Julia Jones (Julia M. Jones) - pulmonologist

Mary Jones (Mary A. Dixon Jones, Mary Dixon Jones, Mary D. Jones) - ob/gyn surgeon

Mary Ellen Jones - biochemist [Oakes p. 183-184] [Wayne p. 556-558]

Maria Tereza Jorge Padua - ecologist [Yount-wom p. 106-107]

Anandibai Joshee - physician [Shearer-L p. 208-214] [Oakes p. 184]

Joan Joshua - veterinary surgeon [Haines p. 156]

Madeleine Joullié - chemist [Shearer-P p. 212-217] [Oakes p. 184-185]

Ka
Renata Kallosh - physicist

Eugenia Kalnay - meteorologist [Wayne p. 559-560]

Edith Kann - freshwater biologist [Haines p. 157]

Rosabeth Kanter - sociologist [Wayne p. 560-562]

Nancy Kanwisher - psychologist [Wayne p. 562-563]

Isabella Karle - crystallographer [Shearer-P p. 217-222] [Oakes p. 186-187] [Wayne p. 564-565]

Berta Karlik - physicist

Elizabeth Karlin - physician

Susan Karol (Susan V. Karol) - surgeon

Carol Karp - mathematician [Wayne p. 565-566]

Bruria Kaufman - physicist

Joyce Kaufman - chemist [Shearer-P p. 223-227] [Oakes p. 187] [Wayne p. 566-567]

Judith Kaur (Judith S. Kaur, Judith Salmon Kaur) - oncologist/educator

Ke
Marcia Keith - physicist [Ogilvie p. 107-108]

Evelyn Keller (Evelyn Fox Keller, Evelyn F. Keller) - biologist [Shearer-L p. 214-220] [Oakes p. 187-188] [Wayne p. 567-569]

♦Sinah Kelly - chemist [Warren p. 147-148]

Frances Kelsey (Frances Oldham Kelsey, Frances O. Kelsey) - pharmacologist [Shearer-L p. 220-226] [Yount-wom p. 108-109]  [Oakes p. 188-189]

Mary Kemeny (Mary M. Kemeny) - surgeon

Martine Kempf - computer scientist [Wayne p. 569-570]

Olga Kennard - crystallographer [Haines p. 157-159]

Elizabeth Kent - astronomer [Ogilvie p. 183] [Kohlstedt p. 225]

Cynthia Kenyon - molecular biologist [Wayne p. 570-571]

Ginger Kerrick - physicist

Mona Kessel - physicist [Oakes p. 189-190]

Ki
Margaret Kidwell - geneticist/evolutionary biologist [Wayne p. 572-573]

Susan Kieffer - geologist/volcanologist [Wayne p. 573-575]

Chung-Hee Kil - physician [Shearer-L p. 226-230] [Oakes p. 190-191]

Judith Kimble - geneticist [Wayne p. 575-576]

Catharine Kincaid (Catharine G. Kincaid) - psychiatrist

♦Angie King - chemist/mathematician [Warren p. 148-150]

Helen King (Helen Dean King, Helen D. King) - zoologist [Shearer-L p. 230-233] [Ogilvie p. 108-110] [Oakes p. 191-192] [Wayne p. 576-577]

Jessie King - physiologist [Kohlstedt p. 316-317, 329]

Louisa King (Louisa Boyd King, Louisa Yeomans King) - horticulturist [Shearer-L p. 233-238] [Oakes p. 192]

Mary-Claire King - geneticist [Yount-wom p. 109-111] [Oakes p. 192-193] [Wayne p. 577-579]

Mary King (Mary Dickason King, Mary D. King) - pathologist

♦Reatha King - chemist [Warren p. 150-153] [Spangenburg p. 144-146] [Oakes p. 193-194]

Mary Kingsley - ethnologist/sociologist [Haines p. 159-160]

Charlotte Kipling - statistician/ichthyologist [Haines p. 160]

Christine Kirch - astronomer [Ogilvie p. 110]

Maria Kirch - astronomer [Yount-wom p. 112] [Ogilvie p. 110] [Oakes p. 194-195]

Jane Kirkaldy - zoologist [Haines p. 160-161]

Ruth Kirschstein (Ruth L. Kirschstein) - pathologist

Vera Kistiakowsky - physicist [Shearer-P p. 228-233] [Oakes p. 195-196]

♦Flemmie Kittrell (Flemmie Pansy Kittrell, Flemmie P. Kittrell) - nutritionist [Kessler p. 208-211] [Krapp p. 190-191] [Warren p. 153-147] [Spangenburg p. 147-148] [Oakes p. 196-197]

Margaret Kivelson - physicist [Oakes p. 197-198]

Kl
Perri Klass - infectious disease pediatrician

Melanie Klein - psychologist [Yount-wom p. 112-113] [Haines p. 161-162] [Oakes p. 198]

Emmy Kleineberger-Nobel - microbiologist [Oakes p. 198-199]

Judith Klinman - biochemist/organic chemist [Wayne p. 579-580]

Dorothea Klumpke - astronomer [Kohlstedt p. 229]

Kn
Margaret Knight - inventor [Ogilvie p. 110-111]

Eleanora Knopf - geologist [Oakes p. 199-200] [Wayne p. 580-581]

Elizabeth Knox - paleobotanist/palynologist [Haines p. 162]

Ko
Mimi Koehl (Mimi A.R. Koehl) - biologist/biomechanic [Shearer-L p. 238-243] [Oakes p. 200-201]

Noemie Koller - physicist [Oakes p. 201-202]

Nancy Kopell - applied mathematician [Wayne p. 581-582]

Irena Koprowska (Irena Grasberg Koprowska, Irena G. Koprowska) - pathologist

Marian Koshland - immunologist     [Wayne p. 582-584]

Sofia Kovalevskaya - mathematician [Yount-wom p. 113-115] [Ogilvie p. 111-116] [Kohlstedt p. 210-212. 216-218] [Haines p. 162-164] [Oakes p. 202]

Kr
Liubov Kreminska - physicist

Juanita Kreps - economist [Wayne p. 584-585]

Cecelia Krieger - mathematician [Oakes p. 202-203]

Mathilde Krim - virologist [Oakes p. 203-204] [Wayne p. 585-587]

Lila Kroser (Lila Stein Kroser, Lila S. Kroser) - physician

Anne Krueger - economist [Wayne p. 587-588]

Ku
Elisabeth Kubler-Ross - psychiatrist  [Oakes p. 204-205] [Wayne p. 588-590]

Doris Kuhlmann-Wilsdorf - physicist [Oakes p. 205-206] [Wayne p. 590-591]

Krystyna Kuperberg - mathematician [Oakes p. 206]

Chika Kuroda - chemist [Haines p. 164]

Sandra Kurtzig - computer scientist/aeronautical engineer [Wayne p. 591-592]

Kw
Stephanie Kwolek - chemist/inventor [Oakes p. 206-207] [Wayne p. 592-593]

La
Anne LaBastille - ecologist [Wayne p. 595-597]

Jean Laby - atmospheric physicist [Haines p. 165]

Marie-Louise Lachapelle - midwife/educator [Shearer-L p. 243-246] [Ogilvie p. 116] [Oakes p. 208] [Ogilvie p. 731]

Christine Ladd-Franklin - mathematician/psychologist [Yount-wom p. 116-117] [Ogilvie p. 116-117] [Oakes p. 209-210] [Wayne p. 597-598] [Ogilvie p. 731-732]

Nadezhda Ladygina-Kots - zoopsychologist [Ogilvie p. 732-733]

Carobeth Laird - ethnographer/linguist [Ogilvie p. 733-734] Elizabeth Laird - physicist [Oakes p. 210] [Wayne p. 598-599] [Ogilvie p. 734-735]

Lais - midwife/physician [Ogilvie p. 118] [Ogilvie p. 735]

Amelie Lefrancais de Lalande (Amélie Lefrançais de Lalande) - astronomer [Ogilvie p. 118] [Ogilvie p. 735-736]

Lora La Mance - horticulturist [Ogilvie p. 736]

Cornelié Lamarck - naturalist [Ogilvie p. 736]

Suzanne Lambin - microbiologist [Ogilvie p. 736]

Bertha Lamme - electrical engineer [Ogilvie p. 736-737]

Francesca La Monte - ichthyologist [Wayne p. 599-601] [Ogilvie p. 737]

Lois Lampe - botanist [Ogilvie p. 737-738]

Jeanne Lampl-De Groot - psychiatrist [Ogilvie p. 738-739]

Cleo Lancaster - physiologist [Wayne p. 601]

Rebecca Lancefield (Rebecca Craighill Lancefield, Rebecca C. Lancefield) - bacteriologist [Shearer-L p. 246-250] [Oakes p. 210-211] [Wayne p. 602-603] [Ogilvie p. 739-740]

Ruth Landes - cultural/linguistic anthropologist [Ogilvie p. 740-741]

Janet Lane-Claypon - epidemiologist/physiologist [Ogilvie p. 714-742]

Fanny Langdon - invertebrate zoologist [Ogilvie p. 742]

Ladema Langdon - botanist [Ogilvie p. 742-743]

Linda Lange - bacteriologist [Ogilvie p. 743]

Hedwig Langecker - pharmacologist [Ogilvie p. 743]

Grace Langford - physicist [Ogilvie p. 743-744]

Toni von Langsdorff - ob/gyn [Ogilvie p. 744]

Phoebe Lankester - botanist [Ogilvie p. 744-755]

♦ Agnes Lattimer - physician

Kathleen Lansdell - botanical artist [Ogilvie p. 745]

Marcelle Lapicque - neurophysiologist [Ogilvie p. 745-746]

Elisabeth Larsson - ob/gyn [Ogilvie p. 746-747]

Clara Larter - botanist [Ogilvie p. 747]

Marguerite La Sabliere (Marguerite La Sablière) - natural philosopher [Ogilvie p. 118-119] [Ogilvie p. 747]

Amelia Laskey - naturalist/ornithologist [Ogilvie p. 747-748]

Gerda Laski - physicist [Ogilvie p. 748]

Edna Lassar - mathematician [Ogilvie p. 748-749]

Lasthenia of Mantinea - [Ogilvie p. 119] [Ogilvie p. 749-750]

Vida Latham - microscopist/dentist/physician [Ogilvie p. 750]

Kathleen Lathbury - biochemist [Haines p. 165-166]

Caroline Latimer - physiologist [Ogilvie p. 750-751]

Linda Laubenstein - physician [Ogilvie p. 751]

Emma Laughlin - botanist [Ogilvie p. 751-752]

Charlotte Laurie - botanist [Ogilvie p. 752]

Elizabeth Laverick - engineer [Haines p. 166-167]

Anne de La Vigne - natural philosophy [Ogilvie p. 752]

♦ Risa Lavizzo-Mourey - physician

Marie Lavoisier - chemist [Ogilvie p. 119-120] [Haines p. 167-168] [Oakes p. 211-212] [Ogilvie p. 752-753]

Annie Law - conchologist [Ogilvie p. 183] [Ogilvie p. 753]

Margaret Lawder - botanist [Ogilvie p. 754]

Barbara Lawrence - zoologist/mammalogist [Ogilvie p. 754]

♦ Margaret Lawrence (Margaret Morgan Lawrence, Margaret M. Lawrence) - psychiatrist [Kessler p. 221-224] [Krapp p. 199] [Warren p. 175-177]

Penelope Lawrence - science educator [Ogilvie p. 754-755]

Alice Lawrenson - botanist [Ogilvie p. 755]

Jean Lawrie - doctor [Haines p. 168-169]

♦Katheryn Lawson - chemist [Warren p. 177-178]

Elva Lawton - botanist/bryologist [Ogilvie p. 755-756]

Hilda Lazarus - physician [Ogilvie p. 756-757]

Le
Eleanor Leacock - cultural anthropologist [Wayne p. 603-604]

Mary Leakey - paleontologist/archaeologist [Yount-wom p. 117-118] [Haines p. 170-171] [Oakes p. 212-213]

Henrietta Swan Leavitt - astronomer [Shearer-P p. 233-237] [Yount-wom p. 118-120] [Ogilvie p. 121] [Oakes p. 213-214] [Wayne p. 604-605]

Desiree Le Beau - chemist [Oakes p. 214]

Marie Lebour - marine biologist [Haines p. 171-172]

Tamara Ledley - climatologist [Wayne p. 605-607]

Alma Lee - botanist [Haines p. 172]

Juliet Lee-Franzini - physicist

Susan Leeman - endocrinologist/physiologist [Wayne p. 607-608]

Inge Lehmann - physicist  [Haines p. 172-174] [Oakes p. 214-215] [Yount-wom p. 120]

Evelyn Leland - astronomer [Ogilvie p. 183]

Sarah Lemmon - botanist [Ogilvie p. 122]

Margaretta Lemon - ornithologist/conservationist [Haines p. 174]

Margaret LeMone - meteorologist [Wayne p. 608-609]

Suzanne Lenkart - mathematician

Estella Leopold - paleoecologist [Oakes p. 215-216] [Wayne p. 610-611]

Nicole-Reine Lepaute - astronomer [Ogilvie p. 122-123] [Haines p. 174-175]

Ol'ga Lepeshinskaia - biologist/physician [Oakes p. 216-217]

Iulia Lermontova - chemist [Kohlstedt p. 210, 216]

Elise L'Esperance (Elise Depew L'Esperance, Elise Strang L'Esperance) - pathologist [Shearer-L p. 251-253] [Oakes p. 217] [Wayne p. 612-613]

Frances Le Sueur - botanist/ornithologist [Haines p. 169-170]

Georgia Lesh-Laurie - developmental biologist [Wayne p. 611-612]

May Leslie - chemist [Haines p. 175-176]

Johanna Levelt-Sengers - physicist [Wayne p. 614-615]

Ruth Leverton - nutritionist [Wayne p. 615-616]

Nancy Leveson - aerospace engineer/computer scientist [Wayne p. 617-618]

Rita Levi-Montalcini - embryologist [Shearer-L p. 253-259] [Yount-wom p. 121-123]    [Haines p. 176-177] [Oakes p. 217-218] [Wayne p. 618-620]

Jerre Levy - neuroscientist/psychologist [Yount-wom p. 123-124] [Oakes p. 218-219]

Julia Levy - medical researcher [Yount-wom p. 124-125] [Oakes p. 219-220]

Maria Lewin - botanist [Creese p. 6]

Graceanna Lewis - ornithologist [Ogilvie p. 183-184] [Kohlstedt p. 287]

♦Lillian Lewis - zoologist/endocrinologist [Warren p. 178-179]

Margaret Lewis (Margaret Reed Lewis, Margaret R. Lewis) - anatomist/physiologist [Shearer-L p. 259-263] [Oakes p. 220-221] [Wayne p. 620-621]

Hilda Leyel - herbalist [Haines p. 177]

Ottoline Leyser - botanist/geneticist

Li
Leona Woods (Leona Woods Marshall Libby) - physicist, molecular spectroscopist [Shearer-P p. 237-242] [Oakes p. 221-222] [Wayne p. 621-623]

Ch'iao-chih Lin - physician [Oakes p. 222]

Olga Linares - anthropologist [Wayne p. 623-624]

Lilian Lindsay - dental surgeon [Haines p. 177-178]

Sarah Lippincott - astronomer [Wayne p. 624-625]

Barbara Liskov - computer scientist [Wayne p. 625-626]

Elizaveta Litvinova - mathematician/educator [Kohlstedt p.214, 216]

Ll
Dorothy Lloyd - biochemist [Haines p. 178-179]

♦Ruth Lloyd (Ruth Smith Lloyd, Ruth S. Lloyd) - anatomist [Krapp p. 208] [Warren p. 179] [Spangenburg p. 163] [Oakes p. 222-223]

Lo
Christina Lochman-Balk - geologist/paleontologist [Wayne p. 626-627]

Helen Loeblich - paleontologist [Wayne p. 627-628]

Martha Logan - horticulturist [Shearer-L p. 264-267] [Oakes p. 223-224]

Myra Logan - physician [Oakes p. 224]

Irene Long - aerospace medicine physician [Oakes p. 224-225] [Wayne p. 629-630]

Sharon Long - developmental biologist/molecular biologist [Wayne p. 630-631]

Cynthia Longfield - entomologist/explorer [Haines p. 179-181]

Mary Longstaff - paleontologist [Haines p. 181]

Kathleen Lonsdale - crystallographer [Yount-wom p. 125-126]  [Haines p. 181-183] [Oakes p. 225-226]

Jane Loudon - botanist/horticulturist [Ogilvie p. 123]

Susan Love - physician/medical researcher [Yount-wom p. 126-127] [Oakes p. 226-227] [Wayne p. 631-634]

Ada Lovelace - mathematician/computer scientist [Yount-wom p. 127-129] [Ogilvie p. 49-50] [Oakes p. 227-228] [Proffitt p. 71-73]

Hedvig Lovén - botanist [Creese p. 6]

Rosemary Lowe-McConnell - mathematician [Proffitt p. 71-73]

Lu
Jane Lubchenco - marine ecologist [Shearer-L p. 267-270] [Oakes p. 228-229] [Wayne p. 634-636]

Ruth Lubic - nurse-midwife [Wayne p. 636-638]

Gloria Lubkin - physicist [Wayne p. 638-639]

Edith Luchins - mathematician [Wayne p. 639-640]

Shannon Lucid - astronaut [Oakes p. 229-230] [Wayne p. 640-642]

Martha Ludwig - crystallographer

Nancy Lurie - anthropologist [Wayne p. 642-643]

Ly
Mary Lyell - geologist/conchologist [Ogilvie p. 124]

Mary Lyon - geneticist [Haines p. 185-187] [Oakes p. 230-231]

♦Beebe Lynk - pharmacist [Warren p. 180-181]

Ma
Wangari Maathai - ecologist [Yount-wom p. 130-131] [Oakes p. 232-233]

Eleanor Maccoby - psychologist [Wayne p. 645-646]

Elsie MacGill- aeronautical engineer [Oakes p. 233]

Carolina MacGillavry - crystallographer [Haines p. 189]

Pauline Mack - chemist [Shearer-P p. 242-247] [Oakes p. 233-234]

Madge Macklin (Madge Thurlow Macklin, Madge T. Macklin) - geneticist [Shearer-L p. 270-274] [Oakes p. 234-235] [Wayne p. 646-647]

Ida Maclean - biochemist [Haines p. 189-190]

Anna MacLeod - botanist [Haines p. 190-191]

Grace MacLeod - nutritionist [Wayne p. 647-648]

Katherine Macphail - doctor [Haines p. 192]

Rachael MacRobert - geologist [Haines p. 192-193]

Icie Macy-Hoobler - chemist [Wayne p. 648-650]

♦Carolyn Mahoney - mathematician [Warren p. 181-184]

Mary Mahoney - nurse

Maud Makemson - astronomer [Wayne p. 650-651]

Lydia Makhubu - medical researcher/chemist [Yount-wom p. 135-136] [Oakes p. 235-236]

♦Shirley Malcolm - ecologist [Warren p. 185-192]

Harriet Maling - pharmacologist [Wayne p. 651-652]

Joan Malleson - doctor [Haines p. 193]

Sharon Malotte (Sharon M. Malotte) - physician

Margaret Maltby - physicist [Shearer-P p. 247-250] [Ogilvie p. 124-125] [Oakes p. 236] [Wayne p. 652-653]

Ines Mandl - biochemist [Shearer-P p. 251-254] [Oakes p. 236-237]

Hilde Mangold - embryologist/biochemist [Oakes p. 237-238]

♦ Audrey Manley - physician

Ida Mann - ophthalmologist [Haines p. 194-196]

Irene Manton - cytologist/botanist [Haines p. 196-197]

Sidnie Manton - zoologist [Haines p. 197-198] [Oakes p. 238-239]

Anna Manzolini - anatomist [Ogilvie p. 125] [Haines p. 198-199] [Oakes p. 239]

Jane Marcet - natural philosopher [Ogilvie p. 125-127] [Kohlstedt p. 153-168] [Haines p. 199-200]

Joyce Marcus - archaeologist [Wayne p. 654-655]

Lynn Margulis - microbiologist/geneticist [Yount-wom p. 136-138] [Oakes p. 239-240] [Wayne p. 655-657]

Maria the Jewess - chemist [Yount-wom p. 138] [Ogilvie p. 128-129] [Oakes p. 240-241]

♦Jessie Mark - botanist/plant physiologist [Warren p. 192-193]]

♦ Shirley Marks - physician

Abby Marlatt - home economist [Wayne p. 657-658]

Philippa Marrack - immunologist [Yount-wom p. 138-139] [Oakes p. 241-242] [Wayne p. 658-660]

Sheina Marshall - marine biologist [Haines p. 201-202]

Emily Martin - anthropologist [Wayne p. 660-661]

Lillien Martin - psychologist [Ogilvie p. 127-128]

Luz Martinez-Miranda physicist

Reina Maruyama - physicist

Ursula Marvin - planetary geologist [Wayne p. 661-662]

Nadya Mason - physicist

Annie Massy - marine biologist [Haines p. 203-204]

Mildred Mathias - biochemist [Wayne p. 663-664]

Pamela Matson - soil scientist [Wayne p. 664-666]

Alva Matthews - engineer [Wayne p. 666-667]

Polly Matzinger - immunologist [Yount-wom p. 139-140] [Oakes p. 242-243]

Annie Maunder - astronomer [Ogilvie p. 129-130]

Antonia Maury - astronomer [Shearer-P p. 255-259] [Yount-wom p. 140-141] [Ogilvie p. 130-131] [Oakes p. 243] [Wayne p. 667-668]

Carlotta Maury - paleontologist [Ogilvie p. 131-132] [Oakes p. 243-244] [Wayne p. 668-669]

Martha Maxwell - naturalist [Oakes p. 244-245]

Valerie May - phycologist [Haines p. 204-205]

Maria Goeppert Mayer - chemist

♦Vivienne Mayes (Vivienne Malone Mayes, Vivienne M. Mayes) - mathematician [Krapp p. 220-222] [Warren p. 193-195] [Spangenburg p. 173-174]

Mc
♦Shirley McBay - mathematician/chemist [Warren p. 195-197]

♦Pearl McBroom (F. Pearl McBroom) - cardiologist [Warren p. 197-198]

Melvina McCabe (Melvina L. McCabe) - physician/educator

Helen McCammon - geologist/marine biologist [Wayne p. 669-670]

♦Dorothy McClendon - microbiologist [Warren p. 198-199]

Barbara McClintock - geneticist [Shearer-L p. 274-280] [Yount-wom p. 131-134]    [Oakes p. 245-246] [Wayne p. 670-672]

Elizabeth McCoy - soil microbiologist [Wayne p. 672-673]

Isabel McCracken - entomologist [Wayne p. 673-674]

Margaret McDuff- mathematician [Oakes p. 246-247]

Lucy-Ann McFadden- astronomer/geophysicist [Wayne p. 674-675]

Laurie McLemore (Laurie A. McLemore) - physician

Louise McManus - nurse

Margaret McMillan - public health advocate [Haines p. 191-192]

Karen McNally - geologist [Yount-wom p. 134-135] [Oakes p. 247]

Marta McNeese - physicist

Marcia McNutt - geophysicist [Oakes p. 248] [Wayne p. 676-677]

Diana McSherry - medical physicist/computer scientist [Wayne p. 677-678]

Mary McWhinnie - biologist [Wayne p. 678-679]

Me
Margaret Mead - anthropologist [Yount-wom p. 143-146]  [Oakes p. 248-250] [Wayne p. 680-681]

Grace Medes - chemist [Shearer-P p. 259-263]

Beatrice Medicine - anthropologist [Wayne p. 681-683]

Margaret Mee - botanical artist/conservationist [Haines p. 205-206]

Helen Megaw - physicist

Marjorie Meinel - astronomer [Wayne p. 683-685]

Lise Meitner - physicist [Shearer-P p. 263-268] [Yount-wom p. 146-148]  [Haines p. 206-209] [Oakes p. 250-251]

Helen Mellanby - zoologist [Haines p. 209]

May Mellanby - dental researcher [Haines p. 209-210]

Dorothy Mendenhall - physician [Oakes p. 251-252] [Wayne p. 685-686]

Jane Menken - demographer/sociologist [Wayne p. 686-688]

Mercuriade - physician [Ogilvie p. 132]

Maria Merian (Maria S. Merian) - entomologist/naturalist [Shearer-L p. 280-284] [Yount-wom p. 149] [Ogilvie p. 132] [Haines p. 210-211] [Oakes p. 252]

Mary Merrifield - botanist/translator [Ogilvie p. 184]

Metrodora - midwife [Ogilvie p. 132]

Ynes Mexia - botanist [Shearer-L p. 284-288] [Yount-wom p. 150-151] [Oakes p. 252-253]

Kristine Meyer - physicist

Luise Meyer-Schutzmeister - physicist

Margaret T. Meyer - astronomer [Kohlstedt p. 227]

Mi
Helen Michel - nuclear chemist [Wayne p. 688-689]

Evangelia Micheli-Tzanakou - neurophysicist [Wayne p. 689-690] [Oakes p. 253-254]

Eugenie Mielczarek - solid-state physicist/biophysicist [Wayne p. 690-691]

Elizabeth Miller - biochemist [Oakes p. 254-255] [Wayne p. 691-692]

Lois Miller - geneticist

Olive Miller - nature writer [Ogilvie p. 133]

Nancy Millis - microbiologist [Haines p. 211-212]

Marion Milner - psychoanalyst [Haines p. 212-213]

Beatrice Miniz - developmental biologist [Oakes p. 255-256] [Wayne p. 692-694]

Lillie Minoka-Hill (Lillie R. Minoka-Hill) - physician/public health advocate

Maria Mitchell - astronomer [Shearer-P p. 270-275] [Yount-wom p. 151-153] [Ogilvie p. 133-139] [Kohlstedt p. 287]  [Oakes p. 256-257]

Helen Mitchell - nutritionist [Wayne p. 694-695]]

♦Janet Mitchell - physician

Joan Mitchell - physicist [Wayne p. 695-696]

♦Mildred Mitchell-Bateman - psychiatrist [Krapp p. 234-235] [Wayne p. 696-698]

Miriam the Alchemist - alchemist [Shearer-P p. 268-270]

Mo
Tarquinia Molza - natural philosopher [Ogilvie p. 139]

Mary Montagu - public health advocate [Haines p. 213-214]

Maria Montessori - educator/psychologist [Haines p. 214-216]

Agnes Moody (Agnes Claypole Moody, Agnes C. Moody) - zoologist [Shearer-L p. 289-293]

Anne Moore - physiologist [Ogilvie p. 184]

Emmeline Moore - aquatic biologist [Wayne p. 698-699]

Kelly Moore (Kelly R. Moore) - pediatrician/public health advocate

♦Ruth Moore - bacteriologist [Krapp p. 235-236] [Warren p. 199]

♦Lenora Moragne - nutritionist [Warren p. 200-201]

Cathleen Morawetz - mathematician [Yount-wom p. 153-154] [Oakes p. 257-258] [Wayne p. 699-701]

Agnes Morgan - chemist [Shearer-P p. 276-281] [Oakes p. 258-259] [Wayne p. 701-702]

Ann Morgan (Ann Haven Morgan, Ann H. Morgan) - zoologist/ecologist [Shearer-L p. 293-297] [Yount-wom p. 154-156] [Oakes p. 259] [Wayne p. 702-703]

Lilian Morgan - biologist/geneticist [Oakes p. 259-260]

Marie Morisawa - geologist

Kathryn Morsea (Kathryn A. Morsea) - physician

Cynthia Moss - zoologist [Yount-wom p. 156-158] [Oakes p. 260-261] [Wayne p. 703-704]

Ruth Moufang - mathematician [Oakes p. 261-262]

Barbara Moulton - bacteriologist [Shearer-L p. 298-301]

Mu
Isabella Muir - biochemist [Haines p. 216-217]

Helen Muir-Wood - paleontologist [Haines p. 217]

Alice Murray - chemist/educator [Haines p. 217-218]

♦Diane Murray - mathematician [Warren p. 201-203]

Margaret Murray - archaeologist [Haines p. 218-219]

♦Sandra Murray - cell biologist [Kessler p. 264-267] [Krapp p. 242] [Spangenburg p. 187-189] [Wayne p. 705-706]

Mary Murtfeldt - entomologist [Ogilvie p. 139-140] [Kohlstedt p. 287]

My
♦Marion Myles - botanist/plant physiologist [Warren p. 203-204]

Na
Sultana Nahar - physicist

Hyla Napadensky - combustion engineer [Wayne p. 707]

Beryl Nashar - geologist [Haines p. 221]

Christine Nattrass - physicist

Alexandra Navrotsky - geochemist/geophysicist [Wayne p. 708-709]

Ne
Dorothy Needham - biochemist [Haines p. 222-223]

Dorothy Nelkin - sociologist [Wayne p. 709-710]

♦Ann Nelms - physicist [Warren p. 204]

Elizabeth Neufeld (Elizabeth Fondal Neufeld, Elizabeth F. Neufeld) - molecular biologist [Shearer-L p. 301-304] [Oakes p. 263-264] [Wayne p. 710-712]

Marcia Neugebauer - physicist

Elsa Neumann - physicist [Ogilvie p. 184]

Gertrude Neumark - physicist

Dorothy Nevill - horticulturist [Haines p. 223]

Maria New - pediatrician [Wayne p. 712-714]

Marion Newbigin- biologist/geographer [Haines p. 223-224]

Lily Newton- botanist/educator [Haines p. 224-225]

Helen Newton Turner - geneticist/mathematician [Yount-wom p. 159-160]

Ni
Margaret Nice (Margaret Morse Nice, Margaret M. Nice) - ornithologist [Shearer-L p. 304-309] [Yount-wom p. 160-161] [Oakes p. 264] [Wayne p. 714-715]

Nicerata - physician [Ogilvie p. 140]

Charlotte Nicholas - inventor [Haines p. 225]

Roberta Nichols - physicist/engineer [Oakes p. 264-265][Wayne p. 715-716]

Dorothy Nickerson - physicist [Wayne p. 717]

Jerri Nielsen - physician [Wayne p. 717-719]

Dorothy Nightingale - chemist [Shearer-P p. 282-286] [Oakes p. 265-266] [Wayne p. 719-720]

Florence Nightingale - nurse [Haines p. 225-227] [Oakes p. 266-267]

Elizabeth Nihell - midwife [Haines p. 227-228]

No
Ilse Noach - psychoanalyst [Haines p. 228-229]

Mary Noble - plant pathologist [Haines p. 229-230]

Ida Noddack - physicist [Haines p. 230] [Oakes p. 267-268]

Emmy Noether - mathematician [Yount-wom p. 161-162] [Ogilvie p. 140-142] [Oakes p. 268-269]

Constance Noguchi (Connie Noguchi) - medical researcher [Yount-wom p. 162-163] [Oakes p. 269-270]

Marianne North - botanical artist [Haines p. 231-232]

Christiane Northrup - physician [Wayne p. 720-721]

Antonia Novello - physician [Yount-wom p. 164] [Oakes p. 270-271] [Wayne p. 721-723]

Nu
Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard (Christiane Nusslein-Volhard) - developmental biologist/geneticist [Shearer-L p. 309-313] [Oakes p. 271]

Zelia Nuttall - archaeologist [Yount-wom p. 164-165] [Oakes p. 271-272]

O
Adriana Ocampo - planetary geologist [Wayne p. 725-726]

Roseli Ocampo-Friedmann - botanist [Yount-wom p. 166-167]

Ellen Ochoa - physicist/astronaut [Oakes p. 273-274] [Wayne p. 726-728]

♦Barbara Oden - zoologist [Warren p. 205-206]

♦Elizabeth Ofili - physician

Ida Ogilvie - geologist [Wayne p. 728-729] [Oakes p. 274]

Tomoko Ohta - geneticist [Yount-wom p. 167-168]

Kathleen Okikiolu - mathematician [Spangenburg p. 192-193]

Alida Olbers - botanist [Creese p. 6]

Olympias - midwife [Ogilvie p. 142]

Eleanor Ormerod - economist/entomologist [Ogilvie p. 142-143] [Haines p. 233-235]

Mary Jane Osborn - molecular biologist/biochemist [Wayne p. 729-731] [Oakes p. 275]

Elinor Ostrom - economist [Wayne p. 731-733]

Valerie Otero - physicist

♦Joan Owens (Joan Murrell Owens, Joan M. Owens) - marine biologist [Kessler p. 272-275] [Krapp p. 246-247] [Warren p. 206-218] [Spangenburg p. 193-194] [Wayne p. 733-734]

Frances Owl-Smith - pathologist

Pa
♦Lynette Padmore - geneticist [Warren p. 218-219]

Katherine Palmer - paleontologist [Wayne p. 735-736]

Augusta Palmqvist - chemist [Creese p. 9]

Angeliki Panajiotatou - physician [Oakes p. 276]

Serafima Panteleeva - physiologist [Kohlstedt p.214, 216]

Mary Lou Pardue - biologist/geneticist [Oakes p. 276-277] [Wayne p. 736-737]

Mary Parke - oceanographer/phycologist [Haines p. 237-238]

Elsie Parsons - anthropologist/sociologist [Wayne p. 737-739]

Barbara Partee - anthropologist/linguist [Wayne p. 739-740]

Margaret Partridge - electrical engineer [Haines p. 238]

Edith Patch - entomologist [Ogilvie p. 143-144] [Wayne p. 740-741]

Elisabeth Pate-Cornell - industrial engineer [Wayne p. 741-743]

♦Jennie Patrick - chemical engineer [Warren p. 219-222] [Wayne p. 743-745]

Ruth Patrick - limnologist [Shearer-L p. 313-316] [Yount-wom p. 169-170] [Oakes p. 278] [Wayne p. 745-746]

Marguerite Patten - home economist [Haines p. 238-239]

Flora Patterson - botanist [Ogilvie p. 184] [Wayne p. 747-748]

Francine Patterson (Penny Patterson) - animal psychologist/activist [Oakes p. 278-279] [Yount-wom p. 171-172]

♦Georgia Patton (Georgia Esther Lee Patton, Georgia Lee Patton, Georgia L. Patton) - physician [Krapp p. 250-251]

Katharine Payne (Katy Payne) - zoologist [Yount-wom p. 172-173]

Nellie Payne - entomologist/agricultural chemist [Wayne p. 748-749]

Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin - astronomer [Shearer-P p. 286-291] [Yount-wom p. 173-174] [Kohlstedt p. 232-233] [Oakes p. 279-280] [Wayne p. 749-750]

Ruby Payne-Scott - radiophysicist [Haines p. 240]

Carolyn Payton - psychologist [Wayne p. 750-752]

Pe
Louise Pearce - pathologist [Oakes p. 280-281] [Wayne p. 752-753]

Elizabeth Peckford - arachnologist/entomologist [Wayne p. 753-754]

Elizabeth Peckham - arachnologist/entomologist [Ogilvie p. 185]

Irene Peden - electrical engineer [Oakes p. 281] [Wayne p. 754-756]

Florence Peebles - zoologist [Wayne p. 756-757] [Ogilvie p. 145]

♦Amanda Peele - biologist [Warren p. 222-223]

Laurence Pellier - metallurgist [Oakes p. 281-282]

Yvonne Pendleton - astrophysicist/astronomer [Oakes p. 282-283]

Mary Pennington - bacteriologist/chemist [Shearer-P p. 292-297] [Ogilvie p. 146-147] [Oakes p. 283] [Wayne p. 757-758]

Winifred Pennington - freshwater biologist [Haines p. 241-242]

Deborah Penry (Deborah L. Penry) - biological oceanographer [Shearer-L p. 316-320] [Oakes p. 283-284]

Sofia Pereiaslavtseva - zoologist [Kohlstedt p. 216]

Marguerite Perey - chemist [Shearer-P p. 297-301] [Yount-wom p. 174-176] [Haines p. 242-243] [Oakes p. 284-285]

♦ Lucille Norville Perez - physician

Gertrude Perlmann - biochemist [Shearer-P p. 301-305] [Oakes p. 285-286]

Bernadette Perrin-Riou - mathematician [Oakes p. 286-287]

Frances Perry - horticulturalist [Haines p. 243]

Candace Pert - medical researcher [Yount-wom p. 175] [Oakes p. 287] [Wayne p. 758-760]

Rosza Peter - mathematician [Oakes p. 287-288]

Mary Petermann - biochemist [Shearer-P p. 305-310] [Oakes p. 288-289] [Wayne p. 760-761]

Edith Peterson - medical researcher [Oakes p. 289]

♦ Muriel Petioni - physician

Hilda Petrie - archaeologist [Haines p. 244]

Maria Pettracini - anatomist/physician [Ogilvie p. 147]

Ph
♦Linda Phaire-Washington - immunochemist [Warren p. 223-224]

Almira Phelps - science educator [Ogilvie p. 147-148] [Oakes p. 290]

Eva Philbin - organic chemist [Haines p. 245]

Melba Phillips - physicist [Oakes p. 290-291] [Wayne p. 761-763]

♦Mildred Phillips - pathologist [Warren p. 224-225]

Pi
Lucy Pickett - chemist [Shearer-P p. 311-315]

Mary Pickford - physiologist [Haines p. 245-246]

Susan La Flesche Picotte (Susan La Flesche) - physician [Oakes p. 291]

♦Barbara Pierce - physician [Warren p. 225]

Naomi Pierce (Naomi E. Pierce) - biologist [Shearer-L p. 320-324] [Oakes p. 291-292]

Louise du Pierry - astronomer [Ogilvie p. 148]

Eliza Pinckney (Eliza Lucas Pinckney, Eliza L. Pinckney) - horticulturist [Shearer-L p. 324-327] [Oakes p. 292-293]

♦ Vivian Pinn - physician

Judith Pipher - astronomer

Antoinette Pirie - ophthalmologist [Haines p. 246-247]

Dorothy Pitelka - zoologist [Wayne p. 763-764]

Rosalind Pitt-Rivers - biochemist [Haines p. 247-248]

Margaret Pittmann - bacteriologist [Wayne p. 764-765]

Pl
♦Gwendolyn Pla - nutritionist [Warren p. 226-229]

Beryl Platt - aeronautical engineer [Haines p. 248-249]

Po
Agnes Pockels - physicist [Haines p. 249-250]

Pelageya Polubarinova-Kochina - physicist

Judith Pool - physiologist [Wayne p. 765-766]

Joyce Poole - wildlife biologist [Wayne p. 767-768]

Annie Porter - parasitologist [Haines p. 250-251]

Helen Kemp Porter - botanist [Haines p. 252-253]

Mary Porter - crystallographer [Haines p. 253]

♦Muriel Poston - botanist [Warren p. 229-236]

Beatrix Potter - botanical artist/mycologist [Haines p. 253-255]

Marian Pour-El - mathematician/computer scientist [Wayne p. 768-769]

Pr
Ada Pressman - engineer [Oakes p. 293] [Wayne p. 769-770]

♦Jessie Price - veterinary microbiologist [Warren p. 237-243]

Diana Prichard - chemical physicist [Oakes p. 293-294] [Wayne p. 770-771]

Helen Prince - astronomer [Shearer-P p. 315-318] [Wayne p. 771-773]

Elizabeth Pringle (Elizabeth Allston Pringle) - horticulturist [Shearer-L p. 328-330]

Dianne Prinz - solar physicist [Wayne p. 773-774]

Margie Profet - biologist [Shearer-L p. 331-334] [Oakes p. 294-295] [Wayne p. 774-775]

♦Inez Prosser - psychologist [Warren p. 243-244]

♦ Deborah Prothro-Stith - physician

♦Johnnie Prothro - chemist [Warren p. 244-245]

Q
Edith Quimby - biophysicist [Shearer-L p. 335-339] [Yount-wom p. 177-178] [Wayne p. 777-778] [Oakes p. 296-297]

Helen Quinn - physicist [Yount-wom p. 178] [Oakes p. 297-298]

Ra
Catherine Raisin - geologist [Haines p. 257]

R. Rajalakshmi - biochemist [Yount-wom p. 179-180]

Judith Ramaley - endocrinologist [Wayne p. 779-780]

Pauline Ramart-Lucas - organic chemist [Oakes p. 299-300]

Estelle Ramey - physiologist [Oakes p. 300] [Wayne p. 780-782]

Kamal Ranadive - cancer researcher [Shearer-P p. 319-322]

Gertrude Rand - psychologist [Wayne p. 782-783]

Lisa Randall - physicist

Lucie Randoin - physiologist [Oakes p. 300-301]

Helen Ranney - hematologist [Wayne p. 783-784]

Edna Ratcliffe - naturalist/writer [Haines p. 258]

Mary Jane Rathbun - marine zoologist [Ogilvie p. 149]

Sarah Ratner - biochemist [Shearer-P p. 323-327] [Oakes p. 301-302] [Wayne p. 784-785]

Dixy Ray - zoologist [Wayne p. 785-787] [Oakes p. 302-303]

Mabel Rayner - botanist [Haines p. 258-259]

Re
Mildred Rebstock - chemist

♦Mary Reddick - neuroembryologist [Warren p. 245-247]

♦ Joan Reede - physician

Florence Rees - parasitologist [Haines p. 259]

Mina Rees - mathematician [Oakes p. 303-304] [Wayne p. 787-789]

Gladys Reichard - anthropologist [Wayne p. 789-790]

Elsa Reichmanis - computer scientist/organic chemist [Wayne p. 790-791]

♦Clarice Reid - physician

♦Yvonne Reid - microbiologist [Warren p. 247-249]

Laura Reina - physicist

June Reinisch - psychologist [Wayne p. 791-793]

Barbara Reskin - sociologist [Wayne p. 793-795]

Judith Resnik - electrical engineer/astronaut [Wayne p. 795-797]

Thekla Resvoll - botanist [Haines p. 260]

Ana Maria Rey - physicist

Rh
Ina Rhee (Ina Park Rhee, Ina P. Rhee) - oncologist

Ri
Adria Richards - computer scientist

Audrey Richards - anthropologist [Haines p. 260-262]

Ellen Richards (Ellen Swallow Richards) - chemist/ecologist/home economist [Shearer-P p. 327-333] [Yount-wom p. 180-182] [Ogilvie p. 149-152] [Kohlstedt p. 299-301]] [Oakes p. 304-305]

Linda Richards - nurse

Mercedes Richards - physicist

Jane Richardson - crystallographer [Shearer-P p. 333-336] [Oakes p. 305] [Wayne p. 797-798]

Emma Richter - paleontologist [Haines p. 262]

Mary Ellen Rickett - mathematician/educator [Haines p. 262]

Sally Ride - astronaut/astrophysicist [Oakes p. 305-307] [Wayne p. 798-800]

Harriet Rigas - electrical engineer [Oakes p. 307]

Barbara Riley (Barbara L. Riley) - physician

Matilda Riley - sociologist [Wayne p. 800-802]

Jane Rissler - botanist [Wayne p. 802-803]

Alice Rivlin - economist [Wayne p. 803-806]

Ro
Mary Robb - botanist [Haines p. 263]

Dorothea Roberts - astronomer [Shearer-P p. 336-342] [Ogilvie p. 153] [Oakes p. 307-308]

Edith Roberts - botanist [Wayne p. 8006-807]

Lydia Roberts - nutritionist [Wayne p. 807-808]

Mary Roberts - natural historian [Haines p. 263]

Dorothea Robertson - occupational therapist [Haines p. 234]

Muriel Robertson - protozoologist [Haines p. 264-265]

♦Eslanda Robeson (Eslanda Goode Robeson, Eslanda G. Robeson) - anthropologist/chemist [Krapp p. 265-267]

Carol Robinson - biologist

Julia Bowman Robinson - mathematician [Yount-wom p. 182-183] [Oakes p. 308-309] [Wayne p. 808-809]

Muriel Robinson - parasitologist

Lynett Rock - physicist

Mabel Rockwell - electrical engineer/aeronautical engineer [Oakes p. 309-310]

Merlyn Rodrigues (Merlyn Meneze Rodrigues, Merlyn M. Rodrigues) - ophthalmologist/pathologist

Elizabeth Roemer - astronomer [Shearer-P p. 343-345] [Oakes p. 310-311] [Wayne p. 809-810]

Mary Roessel (Mary H. Roessel, Mary Hasbah Roessel) - psychiatrist

Ida Rolf - biochemist [Wayne p. 811-812]

Nancy Roman - astronomer [Shearer-P p. 345-349] [Oakes p. 311-312] [Wayne p. 812-813]

Barbara Romanowicz - geologist/seismologist [Wayne p. 814-815]

Flora Rose - home economist [Wayne p. 815-816]

Mary Rose - chemist/nutritionist [Wayne p. 816-817]

Joan Rosenblatt - mathematicial statistician [Wayne p. 818-819]

Stella Ross-Craig - botanical artist [Haines p. 265]

♦ Barbara Ross-Lee - physician

Mary Rosse - astronomer/astrophotographer [Haines p. 203]

Celia Rosser - botanical artist [Haines p. 265]

Linda Rothschild - mathematician

Miriam Rothschild - biologist [Haines p. 265-267] [Oakes p. 312]

Yvette Roubideaux - physician

Marilyn Roubidoux (Marilyn A. Roubidoux) - radiologist

Ellis Rowan - botanical artist [Haines p. 267-268]

Janet Rowley - cytogeneticist [Oakes p. 313] [Wayne p. 819-821]

Della Roy - geochemist/materials scientist [Wayne p. 821-822]

♦Gladys Royal - nutritionist/chemist [Warren p. 249-251]

Mariam Rozhanskaya - historian of mathematics [Haines p. 268-269]

Ru
Vera Rubin - astronomer [Shearer-P p. 350-355] [Yount-wom p. 183-185] [Oakes p. 313-315]  [Wayne p. 822-825]

Sofia Rudbeck - chemist [Creese p. 9]

Mary Ellen Rudin - mathematician [Wayne p. 825-826]

Margaret Rule - archaeologist [Haines p. 269]

Annie Russell - astronomer [Haines p. 269-270]

Dorothy Russell - pathologist [Haines p. 270-272]

Dorothea Rudnick - embryologist [Wayne p. 826-827]

Elizabeth Russell (Elizabeth Shull Russell, Elizabeth S. Russell) - geneticist [Shearer-L p. 340-343] [Oakes p. 315] [Wayne p. 827-828]

Agnes Ruttner-Kolisko - freshwater biologist [Haines p. 272]

Ry
Brenda Ryman - biochemist [Haines p. 272-273]

Sa
Florence Sabin (Florence R. Sabin) - anatomist [Shearer-L p. 344-351] [Yount-wom p. 186-188] [Ogilvie p. 153-156] [Oakes p. 316-317] [Wayne p. 829-830]

Vita Sackville-West - horticultural journalist [Haines p. 275-276]

Marianna Safronova - physicist

Ruth Sager - geneticist [Oakes p. 317-318] [Wayne p. 830-832] Naima Sahlbom - chemist [Creese p. 8]

Linda Saif - microbiologist/animal scientist [Wayne p. 832-833]

Josephine Salmons - anthropologist [Haines p. 276]

Salpe - midwife [Ogilvie p. 156]

Jean Sammet - computer scientist [Wayne p. 833-834]

Kathleen Sampson - mycologist/plant pathologist [Haines p. 276-277]

Nancy Sandars - archaeologist [Haines p. 277]

Katherine Sanford - biologist/medical researcher [Oakes p. 318]

Ruth Sanger - hematologist [Haines p. 277-278]

Eva Sansome - mycologist [Haines p. 278-279]

Myriam Sarachik - physicist [Oakes p. 319] [Wayne p. 835-836]

Ethel Sargant - botanist [Ogilvie p. 156-157] [Haines p. 279]

Katsuko Saruhashi - geologist/chemist [Yount-wom p. 188-189]

Cicely Saunders - doctor [Haines p. 280-281]

Edith Saunders - botanist [Haines p. 281-282]

Maxine Savitz - organic chemist [Wayne p. 836-837]

Lucy Say - scientific illustrator [Ogilvie p. 158]

Ettie Sayer - doctor [Haines p. 282]

Sc
Jane Scanlon - mathematician

Sandra Scarr - psychologist [Wayne p. 837-839]

Alice Schafer - mathematician [Oakes p. 319-320]

Mary Scharlieb - gynecologist [Haines p. 282-283]

Berta Scharrer - biologist [Oakes p. 320-321] [Wayne p. 839-840]

Norah Schuster - pathologist [Haines p. 283-284]

Margarete Schutte-Lihotsky - architect [Haines p. 284-285]

Judith Schwan - chemical engineer [Wayne p. 840-841]

Theresa Schwarzer - geologist [Wayne p. 841-842]

Charlotte Scott - mathematician [Yount-wom p. 189-190] [Ogilvie p. 158-159] [Oakes p. 321]

♦Juanita Scott (Juanita Simons Scott, Juanita S. Scott) - developmental biologist [Kessler p. 288-292] [Krapp p. 273] [Wayne p. 842-844]

♦ Rosalyn Scott - physician

Ida Scudder - doctor [Haines p. 285-286]

Se
♦Alberta Seaton - embryologist [Warren p. 251-252]

Bice Sechi-Zorn - physicist

Rhea Seddon - physician/astronaut [Wayne p. 844-845]

Bonnie Sedlak - cell biologist [Wayne p. 845-846]

Florence Seibert - biochemist [Shearer-P p. 355-359] [Yount-wom p. 190-191] [Oakes p. 322] [Wayne p. 846-848]

Ellen Semple (Ellen Semble?) - geographer [Ogilvie p. 159-160] [Wayne p. 848-849]

Kate Sessions (Kate O. Sessions - horticulturist [Shearer-L p. 351-354] [Oakes p. 322-323]

♦Marianna Sewell - nutritionist [Warren p. 252-253]

Elsie Sexton - zoologist [Haines p. 286-287]

Sh
Jane Sharp - midwife [Ogilvie p. 160-161]

Ethel Shakespear - geologist [Haines p. 287-288]

Donna Shalala - political scientist [Wayne p. 849-850]

Lucille Shapiro - molecular biologist [Wayne p. 851-852]

Lydia Shattuck (Lydia W. Shattuck) - botanist [Shearer-L p. 354-359] [Oakes p. 323-324]

Anna Howard Shaw - physician

Mary Shaw - computer scientist [Oakes p. 324]

Jane Shaw - physiologist [Wayne p. 852-854]

Marion Sheahan (Marian W. Sheahan) - nurse

Jennie Sheldon - zoologist/geologist [Ogilvie p. 185]

Sheila Sherlock - hepatologist

Mary Sherrill - chemist [Shearer-P p. 359-363] [Oakes p. 324-325]

Beatrice Shilling - aeroengineer [Haines p. 288]

Vandana Shiva - physicist/environmentalist [Shearer-P p. 363-367] [Oakes p. 325-326]

♦Dolores Shockley - pharmacist [Warren p. 253-254] [Oakes p. 326]

Monica Shorten - zoologist [Haines p. 288-289]

Linda Shortliffe (Linda Dairiki Shortliffe, Linda D. Shortliffe) - urologist/educator

Jean'ne Shreeve - chemist [Shearer-P p. 367-373] [Oakes p. 326-327]

Si
Eleanor Sidgwick - physicist/educator [Kohlstedt p. 242-243]

Ellen Silbergeld (Ellen Kovner Silbergeld, Ellen K. Silbergeld) - biologist [Shearer-L p. 359-364] [Oakes p. 327-328]

♦Omega Logan Silva - physician

Elizabeth Simmons - physicist

Sofia Simmonds - biochemist [Shearer-P p. 373-375] [Oakes p. 328-329]

Dorothy Simon - physical chemist [Oakes p. 329]

Joanne Simpson - meteorologist [Yount-wom p. 191-192] [Oakes p. 329-330]

Mary Sinclair - mathematician [Oakes p. 330-331]

Eleanor Singer - doctor [Haines p. 289]

Maxine Singer - biochemist/geneticist [Oakes p. 331-332]

♦Jeanne Sinkford (Jeanne Craig Sinkford, Jeanne C. Sinkford) - dentist [Krapp p. 274-276] [Oakes p. 332-333]

Idah Sithole-Niang - biochemist/geneticist [Yount-wom p. 192]

Charlotte Moore Sitterly - astrophysicist [Shearer-P p. 375-381] [Oakes p. 333-334]

Sl
Stephanie Slater - physicist

Ludmila Slavikova - geologist [Haines p. 290]

Annie Slosson - entomologist [Ogilvie p. 185]

Maud Slye (Maud C. Slye) - pathologist/geneticist [Shearer-L p. 364-369] [Yount-wom p. 192-193] [Oakes p. 334-335]

Susan Sloan (Susan Potts Sloan, Susan P. Sloan) - physician

Sm
Annie Smith - botanist [Haines p. 290]

♦Georgia Smith - mathematician [Warren p. 254-255]

Karen Smith - mathematician

Sn
Lilian Snelling - botanical artist [Haines p. 290-291]

Emilie Snethlage - ornithologist [Ogilvie p. 186]

Julia Snow - botanist [Ogilvie p. 186]

So
Alicia Soderberg - astrophysicist

Edla Söderström - botanist [Creese p. 6-7]

Kamala Sohonie - biochemist [Haines p. 291]

Susan Solomon - geophysicist/environmental scientist [Oakes p. 335-336]

Mary Somerville - astronomer [Shearer-P p. 381-385] [Yount-wom p. 193-195] [Ogilvie p. 161-166] [Kohlstedt p.221-222] [Haines p. 291-293] [Oakes p. 336]

Sotira - physician [Ogilvie p. 167]

♦ Jeannette South-Paul - physician

Sp
Mary Spaeth - physicist [Oakes p. 337]

Rebecca Sparling - mechanical engineer [Oakes p. 337-338]

Pauline Sperry - mathematician [Oakes p. 338-339]

♦Dolores Spikes - mathematician [Warren p. 255-258]

Hertha Sponer - physicist [Haines p. 293] [Oakes p. 339]

Molly Spooner - marine biologist [Haines p. 293-294]

♦ Jeanne Spurlock - physician/psychiatrist [Krapp p. 279-280] [Warren p. 258-259] [Oakes p. 339-340]

Sr
Bhama Srinivasan - mathematician [Oakes p. 340-341]

St
Ann Stanley - "branch chief of the quantum physics group in the MICOM RD&E Center's Research Directorate. "

Louise Stanley - chemist/home economist [Oakes p. 341-342]

Dulcie Staveley - radiologist [Haines p. 294-295]

Kathleen Stebe - physicist

Elizabeth Stefanski -

Joan Steitz (Joan Argetsinger Steitz, Joan A. Steitz) - geneticist [Shearer-L p. 369-373] [Oakes p. 342]

Elizabeth Stephansen - mathematician [Haines p. 295-296]

Marjory Stephenson - microbiologist [Haines p. 296-298]

Marjory Stephenson - biochemist/microbiologist [Oakes p. 342-343]

Frances Stern - nutritionist [Oakes p. 343-344]

Catharine Stevens (Catharine O. Stevens) - astronomer [Larsen-PDF]

Molly Stevens - biomedical engineer

Nettie Stevens (Nettie M. Stevens) - geneticist [Shearer-L p. 373-376] [Yount-wom p. 195-196] [Ogilvie p. 167-169] [Kohlstedt p. 337-346] [Oakes p. 344]

Victoria Stevens (Victoria M. Stevens) - orthopedic surgeon

♦Susan Steward (Susan Smith McKinney Steward, Susan McKinney Steward, Susan M. Steward) - physician [Krapp p. 283-284] [Oakes p. 344-345]

Alice Stewart - medical researcher [Yount-wom p. 196-197] [Haines p. 298-301]

Olga Stewart - botanist [Haines p. 301]

Sarah Stewart - microbiologist/cancer researcher [Yount-wom p. 197-198]

Rosemary Stjernstedt - architect [Haines p. 301-302]

Alice Stoll - biophysicist [Oakes p. 345-346]

Isabelle Stone - physicist [Ogilvie p. 186] [Oakes p. 346]

Margaret Stones - botanical artist [Haines p. 302-303]

Marie Stopes - paleobotanist [Haines p. 303-305]

♦Nettie Strange - geologist/paleontologist [Warren p. 260]

Ella Strobell - cytologist [Ogilvie p. 187]

JoAnne Stubbe - chemist [Oakes p. 346-347]

Su
♦Niara Sudarkasa - anthropologist [Krapp p. 287-289] [Oakes p. 347-348]

Betty Sullivan - biochemist [Shearer-P p. 385-388] [Oakes p. 348-349]

Nadezhda Suslova - physician [Kohlstedt p. 208-209, 212, 216]

Sw
Henrietta Swope - astronomer [Shearer-P p. 389-391] [Oakes p. 349]

Sz
Paula Szkody - astronomer [Shearer-P p. 392-396] [Oakes p. 349-350]

Ta
Sylvia Tait - physiologist

♦ Natalia Tanner - physician

Tine Tammes - geneticist [Haines p. 307]

Helen Taussig (Helen B. Taussig) - physician [Shearer-L p. 376-382] [Yount-wom p. 199-201] [Oakes p. 351-352]

Olga Taussky-Todd - mathematician [Oakes p. 352-353]

Janet Taylor - astronomer [Kohlstedt p. 222] [Haines p. 307-308]

Lucy Hobbes Taylor - dentist [Oakes p. 353]

♦Marie Taylor - botanist [Warren p. 260-262]

Mary Taylor - radio researcher/mathematician [Haines p. 308]

Te
Maria Telkes - physical chemist [Oakes p. 353-354]

Valentina Tereshkova - cosmonaut [Oakes p. 354-355]

Giuliana Tesoro - polymer chemist [Oakes p. 355-356]

Th
Marie Tharp - geologist/oceanographer [Oakes p. 356-357]

Theano - philosopher/mathematician/physician [Ogilvie p. 170]

Theodosia - physician [Ogilvie p. 170-171]

♦ Debi Thomas - physician

Martha Thomas - chemist/engineer [Oakes p. 357-358]

Ti
Beatrice Tinsley - astronomer [Shearer-P p. 397-400] [Oakes p. 358]

♦Margaret Tolbert (Margaret E. M. Tolbert) - biochemist/analytical chemist [Kessler p. 317-320] [Krapp p 299-301] [Warren p. 263-264] [Spangenburg p. 211-212] [Oakes p. 358-359]

Livia Tonolli - freshwater biologist [Haines p. 308-309]

Tr
Ethelwynn Trewavas - freshwater biologist/ichthyologist [Haines p. 309-310]

Gerda Troili-Petersson - chemist [Creese p. 9]

Mildred Trotter - anatomist [Oakes p. 359-360]

Trotula - physician [Shearer-L p. 382-385] [Yount-wom p. 201-202] [Ogilvie p. 171] [Oakes p. 360]

Tu
Abby Turner - physiologist [Kohlstedt p. 329-331]

♦Alberta Turner - psychologist [Warren p. 265]

Emma Turner - ornithologist/photographer [Haines p. 310]

Helen Turner - geneticist [Haines p. 310-311]

Margaret Turner-Warwick - immunologist [Haines p. 311-312]

U
Karen Uhlenbeck - mathematician [Oakes p. 361-362]

Olga Uvarov - veterinary surgeon [Haines p. 313-314]

V
Eleanor Vachell - botanist [Haines p. 315-316]

Cindy Van Dover - marine biologist [Yount-wom p. 203-205] [Oakes p. 363-364]

Ruth Van Heyningen - ophthalmologist [Haines p. 316-317]

Henrietta Vansittart - engineer [Haines p. 317]

Arlette Vassy - atmospheric physicist [Oakes p. 364]

Janet Vaughan - pathologist/hematologist [Haines p. 317-319]

♦ Yvonne Veal - physician

♦ Argelia Velez-Rodriguez - mathematics educator [Krapp p. 307]

Birgit Vennesland - enzymologist [Oakes p. 364-365]

Joyce Vickery- botanist [Haines p. 319-320]

Roxana Vivian - mathematician/astronomer [Ogilvie p. 187] [Oakes p. 365-366]

Marthe Vogt - neuroscientist

Marjorie Vold - colloid chemist [Shearer-P p. 401-404] [Oakes p. 366]

Hilda Von Mises - mathematician [Oakes p. 366-367]

Elisabeth Vrba - paleontologist [Yount-wom p. 205-206] [Oakes p. 367-368]

Emma Vyssotsky - astronomer [Shearer-P p. 405-409] [Oakes p. 368-369]

Wa
Salome Waelsch - geneticist [Oakes p. 370]

Priscilla Wakefield - natural historian [Haines p. 321]

Florence Wald - nurse

Lillian Wald - physician

Mary Walker (Mary Edwards Walker, Mary E. Walker) - physician [Shearer-L p. 385-389] [Oakes p. 370-371]

Rebekah Wang-Cheng (Rebekah M. Wang-Cheng) - psychiatrist/educator

Mary Ward - astronomer/microscopist [Haines p. 321-322]

Katherine Warington - botanist [Haines p. 322]

Margaret Washburn - psychologist [Ogilvie p. 171-173] [Oakes p. 371-372]

♦Ola Watford - geophysicist [Warren p. 265-266]

Janet Watson - paleontologist [Haines p. 322-324]

♦Alyce Wattleton (Alyce Faye Wattleton, Alyce F. Wattleton) - nurse/public health executive [Krapp p. 310-311] [Oakes p. 372-373]

Annie Wauneka - public health activist

Katharine Way - physicist

We
Mary Webster - botanist [Haines p. 324-325]

♦Rosa Webster - physicist [Warren p. 266]

Julia Weertman - physicist [Oakes p. 373]

Katherine Weimer - physicist

Elizabeth Weisburger - chemist [Shearer-P p. 409-413] [Oakes p. 373-374]

Barbara Welch - botanist/geologist [Haines p. 325-326]

Louisa Wells - astronomer [Ogilvie p. 187]

♦Doris Wethers (Doris L. Wethers) - pediatrician [Krapp p. 312-313] [Oakes p. 374-375]

Nancy Wexler - psychologist/medical researcher [Yount-wom p. 207-209] [Oakes p. 375]

Wh
Anna Wheeler - mathematician [Yount-wom p. 209-210] [Ogilvie p. 173-174] [Oakes p. 376-377]

♦Emma Wheeler (Emma Rochelle Wheeler, Emma R. Wheeler) - physician [Krapp p. 314-315] [Oakes p. 377]

Alice White - physicist

Margaret White - meteorologist [Haines p. 326]

Sarah Whiting - astronomer/physicist [Shearer-P p. 414-418] [Ogilvie p. 174-175] [Oakes p. 377-378]

Mary Whitney - astronomer [Ogilvie p. 175-176]

Wi
Frances Wick - physicist [Ogilvie p. 1375-1376]

Aryness Wickens - statistician/economist [Ogilvie p. 1376]

Elsie Widdowson - biologist [Haines p. 326-328] [Ogilvie p. 1376-1377]

Sheila Widnall - astrophysicist [Oakes p. 378-379]

Agnes Wiebusch - physicist [Ogilvie p. 1377]

Eva Weinholz - geologist [Ogilvie p. 1377-1378]

Philippa Wiggins - chemist [Haines p. 328-329]

Rosalie Wijnberg - gynecologist [Haines p. 329]

Inez Wilder - zoologist [Ogilvie p. 1378]

Emma Willard - educator [Ogilvie p. 1378-1379]

Mary Willard - chemist [Ogilvie p. 1379]

♦Myra Willard - chemist [Warren p. 267]

Edith Willcock - biochemist [Ogilvie p. 1380]

Mary Willcox - zoologist [Ogilvie p. 1380]

Anna Williams (Anna Wessels Williams, Anna W. Williams) - bacteriologist [Shearer-L p. 390-395] [Yount-wom p. 210] [Oakes p. 379-380] [Ogilvie p. 1380-1382]

Ethel Williams - doctor [Haines p. 331-332]

Cicely Williams (Cicely D. Williams) - physician [Shearer-L p. 396-400] [Haines p. 329-331] [Oakes p. 380-381] [Ogilvie p. 1382]

Heather Williams - ornithologist/neuroethologist [Shearer-L p. 400-404] [Oakes p. 381]

Laura Williams (Laura A. Williams) - physician

♦Marguerite Williams - geologists/geographers [Warren p. 267-268] [Ogilvie p. 1382]

Ellen Willmott - horticulturalist [Haines p. 332] [Ogilvie p. 1382-1383]

Maria Wilman - botanist/geologist [Haines p. 332-333]

Alice Wilson - paleontologist/stratigrapher [Ogilvie p. 1383-1384]

Aphra Wilson - plant pathologist [Ogilvie p. 1384]

♦Donella Wilson - molecular geneticist [Warren p. 268-269]

Edith Wilson - chemist [Ogilvie p. 1384]

Lee Anne Willson - astronomer [Shearer-P p. 418-422] [Oakes p. 381-382]

Fiammetta Wilson - astronomer [Ogilvie p. 176-177] [Larsen-PDF] [Kohlstedt p. 227, 229-230] [Haines p. 333] [Ogilvie p. 1385]

Hilda Wilson - biologist [Ogilvie p. 1385]

Irene Wilson- botanist [Ogilvie p. 1385]

Louise Wilson - zoologist [Ogilvie p. 1385-1386]

Lucy Wilson - physicist [Ogilvie p. 1386]

Lucy L. Wilson - biologist/anthropologist/science writer [Ogilvie p. 1386]

Mabel Wilson - chemist [Ogilvie p. 1386-1387]

May Wilson - pediatrician [Ogilvie p. 1387]

Monica Wilson - anthropologist/ethnographer [Ogilvie p. 1387-1388]

Hope Winch - pharmacist [Haines p. 333-334]

Maria Winkelmann - astronomer [Kohlstedt p. 40-65]

Anna Winlock - astronomer [Ogilvie p. 177-178] [Ogilvie p. 1388-1389]

Albertine Winner - physician [Ogilvie p. 1389]

Hannah Winthrop - astronomer [Ogilvie p. 1389-1390]

Kate Winton - histologist [Ogilvie p. 1390]

Frances Wipf - cytologist [Ogilvie p. 1390]

Augusta Withers - botanical artist/botanist [Ogilvie p. 1390]

Evelyn Witkin - geneticist [Oakes p. 382-383]

Wo
Genevieve Woillard-Roucoux - palynologist [Ogilvie p. 1390-1391]

Gertrud Woker - biochemist [Ogilvie p. 1391-1393]

Katherine Wolf - psychologist [Ogilvie p. 1393]

Martha Wollstein - pathologist/medical researcher [Ogilvie p. 1393-1394]

Wong Ah Mae - physician [Ogilvie p. 1394]

Flossie Wong-Staal - geneticist/medical researcher [Yount-wom p. 211-212] [Oakes p. 383]

Audrey Wood - midwife [Haines p. 334-335]

Elizabeth Wood - crystallographer [Oakes p. 383-384]

Emily E. Wood - physician [Ogilvie p. 1394]

Emily M. Wood - botanist [Ogilvie p. 1394]

Ruth Wood - mathematician [Ogilvie p. 1395]

Helen Woodard - chemist [Ogilvie p. 1395]

Mary Emily Woodbridge - botanist [Ogilvie p. 1395]

Thelma Wood-Lorz - zoologist [Ogilvie p. 1395-1396]

Elizabeth Woods - educational psychologist [Ogilvie p. 1396]

Ethel Woods - stratigrapher/paleontologist/geographer [Ogilvie p. 1396-1397]

♦ Geraldine Woods (Geraldine Pittman Woods, Geraldine P. Woods) - embryologist [Kessler p. 346-350] [Krapp p. 324-325] [Warren p. 269-277] [Spangenburg p. 226-227] [Oakes p. 384-385]

Gladys Woodward - chemist [Ogilvie p. 1397]

Elizabeth Wooldridge - mathematician/educational psychologist [Ogilvie p. 1397-1398]

Ann Woolley - physician/nutritionist [Ogilvie p. 1398]

Helen Woolley - psychologist [Ogilvie p. 1398-1399]

Mildred Woolley - bacteriologist [Ogilvie p. 1399]

Barbara Wootton - sociologist [Ogilvie p. 1400]

Hannah Wormington - archaeologist [Ogilvie p. 1400-1401]

Ruby Worner - chemist [Ogilvie p. 1401-1402]

Euphemia Worthington - mathematician [Ogilvie p. 1402]

Wr
Margarethe von Wrangell - agricultural chemist [Ogilvie p. 1402-1404]

Marie Wreschner - chemist [Ogilvie p. 1404]

Catherine Wright - natural philosopher/chemist [Ogilvie p. 1404-1405]

Frances M. Wright - mathematician [Ogilvie p. 1405]

Frances W. Wright - astronomer [Ogilvie p. 1405]

Helena Wright - physician [Ogilvie p. 1405-1406]

♦ Jane Wright (Jane Cooke Wright, Jane C. Wright) - chemist/physician [Kessler p. 350-353] [Krapp p. 327-328] [Shearer-L p. 405-408] [Yount-wom p. 212-213] [Warren p. 277-284] [Spangenburg p. 228-230] [Oakes p. 385]

Katharine Wright - physician [Ogilvie p. 1406-1407]

Mabel Wright - nature writer/conservationist [Ogilvie p. 1407]

Dorothy Wrinch - mathematician/chemist [Yount-wom p. 213-214] [Ogilvie p. 187] [Oakes p. 385-386] [Ogilvie p. 1407-1409]

Wu
Chien-Shiung Wu - physicist [Shearer-P p. 423-429] [Yount-wom p. 214-216]   [Oakes p. 386-387] [Ogilvie p. 1409-1410]

Sau Lan Wu - physicist [Oakes p. 388]

Nora Wundt - physician [Ogilvie p. 1410-1411]

Wy
Delaphine Wyckoff - microbiologist [Ogilvie p. 1411]

Dorothy Wyckoff - geologist [Ogilvie p. 1411-1412]

Margaret Wylie - psychologist [Ogilvie p. 1412]

Jeanne Wyttenbach - healer [Ogilvie p. 1412]

Rosemary Wyse - astrophysicist [Shearer-P p. 429-433] [Oakes p. 388-389]

X
Xie Xide - physicist [Shearer-P p. 434-438] [Haines p. 337] [Oakes p. 390]

Y
Rosalyn Yalow - endocrinologist/medical physicist [Shearer-L p. 408-412] [Yount-wom p. 217-219]  [Oakes p. 391-392]

Kono Yasui - biologist/cytologist [Haines p. 339]

♦Josephine Yates - chemist [Warren p. 284-287]

Aslihan Yener - archaeologist [Yount-wom p. 219-221] [Oakes p. 392-393]

Sherry Yennello - physicist

Yayoi Yoshioka - doctor [Haines p. 340]

Anne Young - astronomer [Ogilvie p. 178] [Ogilvie p. 1413]

Grace Young - mathematician [Haines p. 340-341] [Oakes p. 393] [Oakes p. 393-394][Ogilvie p. 1413-1414]

Judith Young - astronomer [Shearer-P p. 438-443]

Lai-Sang Young (Lai-Sai Young?) - mathematician [Oakes p. 394]

Leona Young - chemist [Ogilvie p. 1414-1415]

Mabel Young - mathematician [Ogilvie p. 1415-1416]

Mary Sophie Young - botanist [Ogilvie p. 1416]

♦ Roger Young (Roger Arliner Young - she has a typically male name but is female) - zoologist/biologist [Warren p. 287-295] [Spangenburg p. 232-233] [Oakes p. 395] [Ogilvie p. 1416-1417]

♦Terri Young - physician

Tsai-Fan Yu - physician

Toshiko Yuasa - nuclear physicist [Haines p. 341-342]

Z
Caroline Zachry - psychologist [Ogilvie p. 1418]

Elena Zaklinskaia - palynologist/biostratigrapher [Ogilvie p. 1418-1419]

Marie Zakrzewska - physician [Oakes p. 396] [Ogilvie p. 1419-1420]

Elena Zalesskaya-Chirkova - geologist/paleontologist [Ogilvie p. 1420-1421]

Eugenia Zaniewska-Chilpalska - mineralogist/petrologist/pedologist [Ogilvie p. 1421]

Isolde Zeckwer - pathologist [Ogilvie p. 1421]

Silvia Zenari - biologist/geologist [Ogilvie p. 1421-1422] Silvia Zenari

Zhao Yufen - biochemist [Yount-wom p. 222]

Anastasiya Zhuze - geologist [Ogilvie p. 1422-1423]

Bluma Zeigarnik - psychologist [Ogilvie p. 1423]

Rely Zlatarovic - meteorologist [Ogilvie p. 1423]

Mary Lou Zoback - geophysicist [Oakes p. 397]

Maria Zuber - geophysicist [Oakes p. 397-398]