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 …
Dr. Nina Braunwald
The first female cardiothoracic surgeon Dr. Nina Starr Braunwald is celebrated today for her key role in the design and implementation of the first prosthetic mitral valve. On her way …
Dr. Svetlana Mojsov
Her research paved the way for blockbuster obesity drugs. A research associate professor at The Rockefeller University, Svetlana Mojsov spent decades researching how peptides and small proteins regulate our bodies’ …
Dr. Katalin Karikó
A Hero of COVID-19 Vaccine Development, 2020. Dr. Katalin Karikó was the 13th woman in history to win the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine, for her path-blazing research with …
Alice Augusta Ball
Developed an effective method for treating leprosy. The daughter of a prominent Seattle Black family, Alice Augusta Ball developed an effective method for treating leprosy using water soluble chaulmoogra oil …
Marie Van Brittan Brown
Co-invented first home security system. Marie Van Brittan Brown was the inventor of the first video security system based on the rarely-used closed circuit television (CCTV) originally developed by the …
Dr. Gladys Brown West
Photos courtesy of the West family Dr. Gladys Brown West enabled the GPS with her mathematical modeling of the world. As a poor black child born to parents who owned …
Martha Matilda Harper
Martha Matilda Harper is the inventor of the international retail franchising concept and the reclining shampoo chair and cutout sink. Indentured at the young age of seven, Martha Matilda Harper …