Pioneers
Bessie Coleman and the Open Sky
In late 1919, a young American woman arrived in Paris, seeking opportunities she was not allowed...
Pioneers
WW2 Codebreakers Secretly Hacked Military Messages
Women in WW2 played an important role secretly hacking military messages. Learn how they helped end...
Pioneers
Innovative Women in STEM: Geraldine M. Hoch
Chemical engineer Geraldine M. Hoch was one of the earliest known women in STEM.
Pioneers
Henrietta Leavitt and the Starlight Distance Key
Chances are you've never heard of Henrietta Leavitt or know how she unlocked the key for...
Pioneers
Maybelle Blair: 91 Years Young
Maybelle Blair is everything you would want a 91-year old, former professional baseball player to be....
Pioneers
Maybelle Blair Is in a League of Her Own
Whether it was playing professional ball with the Chicago Cardinals in 1949 or serving as one...
Pioneers
Celebrating Alice Ball
Alice Ball was an African American chemist who discovered the most effective treatment for leprosy during...
Pioneers
Ellen Ochoa: The First Hispanic Woman in Space
Ellen Ochoa is an inventor, NASA leader and classical flutist — and was the first Hispanic...
Engineering
Barbara Cartland: Romance Novelist, Glider Revolutionary?
There's another side to Dame Barbara Cartland: She was a daredevil who pushed the high-society fad...
Pioneers
Florence Nightingale: The Founder of Modern Nursing
On International Nurses Day, we remember Florence Nightingale, the founder of modern nursing.
Pioneers
Women in STEM: Innovative Companies are Pushing for More Female Engineers
Women in STEM are underrepresented, but many companies are striving to become more inclusive.
Environmental Tech
A Young Scientist Takes on Flint's Water Crisis
Read more about Gitanjali Rao, a young scientist doing her part to help solve the water...
Pioneers
665 Days in Orbit: Peggy Whitson's Space Missions
Peggy Whitson's space missions broke records and inspired the next generation of female astronauts.
Frontiers
Making a Difference for Girls
Fifty-seven years after real-life Hidden Figures helped pave the way for the United States to land...