Mary Jackson

Mary Jackson

Mary Jackson was the first African-American woman to work as an engineer at NASA. She was also a brilliant mathematician who helped design the Saturn V rocket that launched Apollo 11 into space.

Irène Joliot-Curie

Irène Joliot-Curie

A French chemist and physicist who had a major impact on the field of chemistry, Marie was awarded (jointly with her husband) the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1935.

Theano

Theano

Theano of Croton is usually given the title of the first woman mathematician. We don’t know very much about her.  However, she is believed to be the wife of Pythagoras…