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Women Changing STEM

From the natural world to outer space

STEM: it's a woman's world

A History of Underrepresentation

Across science, tech, engineering, and maths

Surfacing Women in Science With AI

How the Smithsonian recovered history

Meet forgotten scientists Secret histories of science

Meet visionary heroes

Chien-Shiung Wu

Changing nuclear physics forever

Mae C Jemison

The first African American women in space

Marie Curie

The scientist who carried radium in her pockets

Sarah E Goode

Inventing the first ever foldaway bed

Ada Lovelace

History's first computer programmer

Elsie MacGill

First female aeronautical engineer

Dr. Asima Chatterjee

Pioneering Doctor of Science

Ellen Ochoa

Spending 1,000 hours in space

Svetlana Savitskaya

First female to take a spacewalk

Anandibai Joshee

Science: From India to the US

Margherita Hack

Astrophysicist extraordinaire

Rosalind Franklin

Helped to discover DNA

Yvonne Brill

Award-winning scientist

Alice Lee

Studying the human skull

Henrietta Lacks

A lifesaving legacy

The sky's the limit!

Meet the Women of NASA

Ushering in a brave new world of women in STEM

Women of discovery Bringing science to everyone Top-secret intelligence Making science popular

From game-changing inventions...

Hidden Histories of Gaming

Women who helped shape the games industry

4 Inventors to Know

Women who changed the world with their inventions

Women in Computing

Learn about pioneering women in British tech

...to pioneering health

10 Women Working in Healthcare

Fe del Mundo: Shaping Healthcare in the Philippines

Understanding our world

5 Natural History Trailblazers

Paving the way for future generations

Pioneering palaeontology Innovating behavioral research The forgotten photographer Pivotal preservation work

Will you fight for the future?

Get Inspired by Women Leading Action Against Climate Change

Making the Invisible Visible

With Farah Ahmed

Finding Next Generation Materials

With Jess Wade

Preserving Water Supply

With Yewande Akinola

Bringing Super Sensitivity to Us All

With Dr Ying Lia Li

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Women & Art

Pioneering creativity across crafts

Women Creating Communities

Building connections through culture

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