Women are underrepresented in the history of science, due to patriarchy.
Notable women include:
- Émilie du Châtelet
- Elizabeth Fulhame
- Mary Ann Mantell
- Ada Lovelace
- Marie Curie
- Henrietta Swan Leavitt
- Emmy Noether
- Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin
- Lise Meitner
- Grace Hopper
- Kathleen Booth
- Mary Eleanor Spear
- Katherine Johnson
- Dorothy Vaughan
- Mary Jackson
- Margaret Hamilton
- Rosalind Franklin
- Marie Tharp
- Jocelyn Bell Burnell
- Gladys West