Dr. Mary Logan Reddick, PhD
Dr. Mary Logan Reddick contributed to the scientific understanding of embryonic development through her studies on chicken embryos.
Dr. Inez Beverly Prosser, PhD
Dr. Inez Beverly Prosser was the first Black woman to earn a Ph.D. in psychology and assisted black students with attaining loans and funds for college.
Dr. Jessie Isabelle Price, PhD
Dr. Jessie Isabelle Price was a pioneering veterinary microbiologist known for creating methods to control microbial diseases in waterfowl.
Dr. Susan La Flesche Picotte, MD
Dr. Susan La Flesche Picotte was the first Indigenous woman to become a physician and worked tirelessly to increase healthcare access for the Omaha tribe.
Dr. Audrey Shields Penn, PhD
Dr. Audrey Shields Penn is the first African-American woman to become acting director of a branch of the National Institute of Health (NIH).
Dr. Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin, PhD
Dr. Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin was an astronomer credited with discovering the chemical composition of stars.
Carolyn Parker
Carolyn Parker was the first African American to earn a postgraduate degree in physics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Dr. Joan Murrell Owens, PhD
Dr. Joan Murrell Owens was a marine biologist who classified the genus of Rhombopsammia, a type of button corals and three new species.
Dr. Ruth Ella Moore, PhD
Dr. Ruth Ella Moore was known as the first African American woman in the United States who acquired a PhD in natural sciences.
Maria Mitchell
Astronomer Maria Mitchell was the first American to discover a comet, specifically C/1847 T1 – originally known as “Miss Mitchell’s Comet.”