Eloise Gerry was the first woman scientist to work with the U.S. Forest Service.

Grace Wahba was the first woman to join the faculty of the Department of Statistics at UW–Madison, and she created a formula that was vital for more accurate satellite data collection.

Sister Mary Kenneth Keller was the first U.S. woman to earn a PhD in computer sciences and worked to expand access to computers in education.

Estella Leopold was a paleobotanist and conservationist who conducted ground-breaking research on fossilized pollen.

Frances Hamerstrom, an ornithologist who helped save the prairie chicken population in Wisconsin, was the first woman in the U.S. to earn a master’s degree in wildlife management.

Laurel Clark was an accomplished doctor, U.S. Navy captain, and NASA astronaut who died aboard the space shuttle Columbia in 2003.

Ruth Bleier was a neurophysiology professor whose pioneering work showed that there was gender bias in the field of biological science.