Margaret Hamilton is an American computer scientist best known for leading the development of the onboard flight software for the Apollo lunar missions and for her pioneering contributions to the field of software engineering. She is also the mother of one daughter.
Read MoreLynn Margulis was an American evolutionary biologist who broke dogmas in her field. She was a mother of four and a passionate advocate for women in science.
Read MoreWangari Maathai was a Kenyan conservationist, academic, and environmental and women’s rights activist. She was the first African woman to receive the Nobel Peace Prize and was a mother of three.
Read MoreMamie Phipps Clark was an American social psychologist and an activist against systemic racism and segregation. She was a mother of two.
Read MoreJewel Plummer Cobb was an American cell biologist and cancer researcher widely recognised for her pioneering melanoma studies. She was a mother of one.
Read MoreMaryam Mirzakhani was considered one of the greatest mathematicians of her generation. She was mother to one daughter.
Read MoreHelen O. Dickens was an American physician and an advocate for women’s health care. She was also a mother of two children.
Read MoreKatherine Johnson was an American mathematician who did critical orbital calculations for US spaceflights and was also one of the first African-American NASA employees. She was mother to three daughters.
Read MoreVera Rubin was an American astronomer who pioneered research on galaxy rotation rates and provided the first unequivocal evidence for the existence of dark matter. She was also a mother of four children
Read MoreRosalyn Yalow was an American medical physicist and winner of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for the development of the radioimmunoassay. She was a mother of two children.
Read MoreYouyou Tu is a Chinese biochemist and winner of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discovering a drug that cures malaria. She is a mother of two daughters.
Read MoreJane Goodall is a famous primatologist and conservationist who combined parenting with her fieldwork studying chimpanzees. She is a mother of one son.
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