Site Mission

As of current writing (July 2023), I have a list of 872 scientists to discuss. You can find the current list here

The list comprises of women from all walks of life who have made some contribution to science. This can be great or small; some will be recognisable names such as Marie Curie and Rosalind Franklin, and others will be less so, but have still made notable contributions to their field.

Some have been included, not because they made significant or far-reaching discoveries, but because they were the first in their field, or due to their work during a time when being a woman in their field was unheard of.

Regardless of the reason for their inclusion, all have interesting stories to tell.

No. Men have made amazing, and significant contributions to science over our history. However, their stories are well researched, written about, and are in our general knowledge to a greater degree than women's. Whilst there are cases of male villains in our scientists’ stories (often claiming a female relative’s discovery as their own), this site aims to highlight female achievement, not male villainy.

Absolutely. This site is about female scientists from all walks of life. If you know of a non-cis female scientist that should be included in the list, let me know!

Yes, as many as I can. I will be including women from all scientific disciplines from Archaeology to Zoology , but will be concentrating on the natural and physical sciences (so this will exclude psychology as an example)

Because I am picky. That, and I decided early on to include strict physical scientists and mathematicians. Because of this, there are many great philosophers, thinkers, and enablers of science that will not be included.

Some women I excluded early, but that you should definitely read about (because they’re awesome), include:

Merit-Ptah (c. 2700 BC)- Ancient Egyptian Physician - probably a fake 


Enheduanna (c2300 BC) - Sumerian Priestess


Lastheneia of Mantinea (5th Century BC)- Pupil of Plato


Diotima of Mantinea (4th Century BC) - Philosopher Mentioned by Plato


Aspasia (c.300 BC)- Athenian Philosopher, companion of Pericles 


Artemisia of Caria (c.300 BC)- Naval Commander of the Greco-Persian Wars


Empress Theodora (500-548 AD)- Byzantine Policy Maker


Queen Seondeok of Silla (c595-610) - Modern day Korean Queen who built early astronomy towers


Héloïse (c.1090-1164)- French Nun and Scholar 

Hopefully not! 1000 is a goal, not a limit. The hope is that by the time we reach 1000, there will be many more women to talk about!