International Day of Women and Girls in Science | February 11

Dr. Jane Goodall, named a UN Messenger of Peace, has been studying wild chimpanzees for over half a decade.

Mae Jemsion is a retired NASA astronaut who was the first African American woman to travel in space.

Kathryn Sullivan, a retired NASA astronaut, was the first American woman to walk in space. 

A middle school student shares her science hero: her sister, who has a PhD in Biomedical Engineering.

Helen B. Taussig developed lifesaving treatments for babies with anoxemia, and she was the first female head of the children’s heart clinic at Johns Hopkins Hospital.

At age 23, Alice Ball discovered an injectable form of chaulmoogra oil that cured leprosy (aka Hansen's disease).

Augusta Ada Byron Lovelace developed the world's first computer program while struggling with her own personal hardships.

Elizabeth Blackwell was the first woman in the United States to graduate from medical school and the first woman doctor of medicine in modern times.