Women - Women's Innovations

Ruby Hirose

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Alice M. Hobson

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Darlene Christian Hoffman

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Helen Sawyer Hogg

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Frances Elizabeth "Betty" Holberton

💻 Computer Science

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Barbara Cohen Holdridge

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Wilhelmina "Billie" Cole Holladay

🔍 Philanthropist

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Leslie Holland

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Krisztina Holly

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Virginia Holsinger

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Erna Schneider Hoover

🔍 Logic 💻 Computer Science

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Esther Arvilla H. Hopkins

🔬 Chemistry ⚖️ Environmental Attorney

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Nancy H. Hopkins

🔬 Molecular Biology

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🔬 Molecular Biology

Used genetics to map RNA tumor virus genes
During mid-1990s at MIT became concerned she & other women were systematically discriminated against; was the initial chair of the committee to investigate unconscious gender bias; results published in 1999 & credited with launching a national reexamination of equity for female scientists; led to formation of MIT-9 (Harvard, Stanford, Caltech, Princeton, University of Pennsylvania, University of Michigan, Yale, Berkeley, & MIT)
Stated when she was an undergrad in the 1960s, Francis Crick (1962 Nobel Prize co-winner) put his hands on her breasts during a lab visit
2005, at an NBER meeting in Cambridge, MA walked out in protest during a talk by then President of Harvard, Lawrence Summers, to protest his sexist remarks
Holds 2 patents with 2 pending

Born: 1943

Country: USA

Education: Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study BA 1964; Harvard University PhD 1971 Biology & Biochemistry

Grace Brewster Murray Hopper

💻 Computer Science 📊 Mathematics 🔍 US Navy Rear Admiral

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💻 Computer Science 📊 Mathematics 🔍 US Navy Rear Admiral

Co-developer of COBOL
In the 1940s struggled with alcoholism, depression, & suicidal thoughts
Has been called "The Mother of Computing"
Was known as "Amazing Grace" in the Navy 1969, 1st recipient of the Computer Science Man-Of-The-Year Award from the Data Processing Management Association
1973, 1st person from the US & 1sy woman to be made a Distinguished Fellow of the British Computer Society
Rumored to have coined the term "debugging" after she & her colleagues found a moth in a computer
Had a clock oh her wall that ran counter-clockwise
A US Navy Destroyer is named after her, the 2nd US Navy Warship to be named after a woman
1934, 1st woman to earn a PhD in Mathematics from Yale University
Ay age 79, was the oldest officer on active US naval duty
"It's easier to ask forgiveness that it is to get permission" is a quote from her

Born: 1906

Country: USA

Education: Vassar College BA Mathematics 1928; Yale University MA 1930 & PhD 1934 Mathematics

Thiphena Hornbrook

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Karen Horney

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Lilli Hornig

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Sabine Hossenfelder

⚛️ Physics 🔍 Theoretical 🔬 Journalism Science

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Ruth Winifred Howard

🔍 Psychology

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Ayanna MacCalla Howard

🔍 Robotics 🤖 Artificial Intelligence

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Marie Jenney Howe

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Julia Ward Howe

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Ruth Howes

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Lucy Somerville Howorth

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Kristin Ann Hrabar

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Ana Humphrey

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Fern Yvette Hunt

📊 Mathematics

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Rea Huntley

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Yasmin L. Hurd

🔬 Neuroscience

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🔬 Neuroscience

Expert on the neurobiology of addiction with a concentration on opiods & cannabis
Grew up in Jamaica
Her research showed CBD could be considered as a potentially significant option for treating patients recovering from opioid abuse 18) Nia Imara
1st African-American female to earn a PhD in astrophysics at UC Berkeley
Was the inaugural postdoc fellow in the Future Faculty Leaders program at Harvard University
Competed on the swim team at Kenyon College
She & her colleagues have found evidence of a potential new planet in the M51 galaxy outside of the Milky Way galaxy
With Dr. Anna Pancoast, co-founded Equity & Inclusion Journal Club at Harvard
Has visited Ghana & South Africa to teach & advocate in programs designed to increase diversity in astronomy & other STEM areas
2020, founded Onaketa, an organization that connects students from underserved communities of color with free math & science tutoring
2021, appeared on PBS NOVA series
Uses 3-D printers to create resin sculptures of molecular clouds so she can better study them