March is National Women’s History Month, and this year the theme is “Women Inspiring Innovation Through Imagination: Celebrating Women in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics.” Eighteen women honorees were chosen as extraordinary visionaries and role models in the STEM fields (science, technology, engineering, mathematics), where women are still noticeably underrepresented.
With Women’s History Month in mind, our new booklist, American Women in Biography & Nonfiction, features stories of women from all walks of life, including artists, authors, scientists, stateswomen, and one Supreme Court Justice!
Here is a gallery of this year’s honorees.
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- Hattie Elizabeth Alexander (1901–1968) Pediatrician and Microbiologist
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- Marlyn Barrett (1954) K-12 STEM Educator
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- Patricia Era Bath (1942) Ophthalmologist and Inventor
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- Elizabeth Blackwell (1821–1910) Physician
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- Katharine Burr Blodgett (1898–1979) Physicist and Inventor
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- Edith Clarke (1883–1959) Electrical Engineer
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- Rita R. Colwell (1934) Molecular Microbial Ecologist and Scientific Administrator
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- Dian Fossey (1932–1985) Primatologist and Naturalist
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- Susan A. Gerbi (1944) Molecular Cell Biologist
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- Helen Greiner (1967) Mechanical Engineer and Roboticist
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- Grace Murray Hopper (1906–1992) Computer Scientist
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- Olga Frances Linares (1936) Anthropologist and Archaeologist
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- Julia Morgan (1872–1957) Architect
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- Louise Pearce (1885–1959) Physician and Pathologist
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- Jill Pipher (1955) Mathematician
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- Mary G. Ross (1908–2008) Mechanical Engineer
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- Susan Solomon (1956) Atmospheric Chemist
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- Flossie Wong-Staal (1946) Virologist and Molecular Biologist
