Women Innovators
“To Be It, We Must See It”
Ginni Rometty, former CEO IBM
Women have changed our world through their innovative thinking, persistence and creativity. It is time we finally recognize their achievement, give them credit, and inspire the next generation. Delight in discovering who was behind GPS, Wifi, laser cataract surgery, duct tape, reclining shampoo chairs, windshield wipers, stem cell isolation, modern day retail franchising, Ozempic, and thousands of other world-shaping changes.
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Do you know …
- The name of the determined Black female mathematician whose precise mapping of the world enabled GPS (Global Positioning System)?
- What brilliant, beautiful actress during World War II developed a frequency hopping communication system to allow torpedoes to their target that led to WIFI and Bluetooth?
- What silent screen actress refused to patent her inventions of directional and brake signals because it would help mankind? (A man subsequently patented her inventions!)
Ada Lovelace
The World’s First Computer Programmer Augusta Ada King, Countess of Lovelace, was an English mathematician and writer known for her work on Charles Babbage’s proposed mechanical general-purpose computer, the Analytical …
Dr. Wanda Díaz-Merced
As we celebrate National Hispanic Heritage Month, our innovative attention turns to a Puerto-Rican born female astronomer who can’t see the stars, but can listen to them. Blind since her early twenties, Wanda Díaz-Merced studies the light emitted by gamma-ray bursts, the most energetic events in the universe. When she lost her sight and was left without a way to do her science, realized that the light curves she could no longer see could be translated into sound. Through sonification, she regained mastery over her work, and now she’s advocating for a more inclusive scientific community.
Henrietta Swan Leavitt
She looked to the stars and made a great discovery How far is it from one galaxy to another? The discovery of how to effectively measure vast distances to remote …
Dr. Allyson Bieryla
The women who translated the solar eclipse into sound for the blind and visually impaired April 8 marks a total solar eclipse that will cross North America from Mexico to …
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We are always on the lookout for other women to be added to our database. Share your suggestions with us and help us create a world in which women innovators receive mainstream recognition encouraging girls to equally participate in studying and solving global needs.