Women - Women's Innovations

Ruth Westheimer

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Ruth Wexler

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Phillis Wheatley

✍️ Poet

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Sarah Jane Wheeler

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Mabel White

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Elizabeth Coleman White

🔍 Agriculture

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Catherine Evans Whitener

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Adeline D.T. Whitney

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Peggy Whitson

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Elsie Widdowson

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Sheila Marie Evans Widnall

🤖 Airflow Tech 🔍 Fluid Dynamics

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Antonella Wilby

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Margaret A. Wilcox

⚛️ Mechanical Engineering 💡 Inventor

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Emma Hart Willard

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Anna Wessels Williams

🔍 Pathology

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Serena Williams

🔍 Sports 🔍 Tennis

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Jody Williams

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Marsha Rhea Williams

💻 Computer Science 📚 Educator

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Sunita Lyn Williams

🔭 Astronautics

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Alverna Babbs Williams

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Marguerite Williams

🔍 Geology 📚 Educator

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Sophie Wilson

💻 Computer Science

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Oprah winfrey

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Dilys Winn

🤖 Retailer Bookseller

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🤖 Retailer Bookseller

1972, opened Murder, Inc in NYC, bookstore that was devoted to mystery & detective fiction; one of the 1st of its kind
1972, appeared on TV show To Tell The Truth
Sold the store in 1977
1990s, operated a mystery bookshop (Miss Marple's Parlour) in Key West, Fla
1975, began holding Sunday afternoon "mystery talks" for a $5 fee, featured writers, editors, & guest speakers
1977, co-founded "Mohonk Mystery Weekend" where guests observed, and were then asked to solve, murders staged at Mohonk resort; turned it over to Donald Westlake & his wife in 1982; is still run by Murder Cafe & is in its 47th year
Although her stores had posted hours, she opened & closed as she pleased
for a nominal fee she offered loans of hard-to-find & out-of-print titles
Had large pillow cushions on the floor of her shop so people could read part of a book before purchasing
to thank friends & customers for their support, she held a St. Valentine's Day Massacre-themed party in the garage next door to her Manhattan shop
Organized 16-day tours of the United Kingdom to places associated with murders or mysteries including the Tower of London, Jack the Ripper's neighborhood, & the docks

Born: 1939

Country: Dublin, Ireland

Education: Pembroke College at Brown University 1961

Sarah Thocmentony Winnemucca Hopkins

✍️ Educator Author

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✍️ Educator Author

Her Paiute name, Thocmentony or Tocmetone, translates to "Shell Flower"
1885, with her brother, she established the Peabody School in Lovelock, NV, the 1st native school for Paiute children
Learned to read & write English at age 13 when she & her sister Mary lived with Major Ormsby & his family
Family, especially her grandfather, were in favor of Native American assimilation & encouraged friendly relations & cooperation with Europeans
1883, wrote the 1st known autobiography by a Native American; it also was a history of the 1st 40 years of Paiute interaction with Europeans
Served as an interpreter & negotiator between American Indian tribes & the US Army
1884, testified in front of Congress advocating for the stoppage of forcing native peoples from their lands
Her father was the chief, Winnemucca of the Shoshone tribe whose name means "the giver"
1865, her band was attacked by US soldiers while she & some other relatives were away in San Francisco; 29 Paiutes including her mother & several of her extended family members were murdered
2005, the State of Nevada contributed a statue of her to the National Statuary Hall Collection in the US Capitol
Her grandfather was Tru-ki-zo or Truckee (meaning "good" in Paiute) guided Captain John C. Fremont during his 1843-45 survey & map making expedition in California
1860-65, she & some of her family performed on stage in Virginia City, NV & San Francisco as "The Paiute Royal Family"
She was taken as a hostage by the Bannock during the Bannock War of 1878

Born: 1844

Country: USA

Education: approximately 2-3 years

Carol Wior

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Carol Wior

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Kelsey Wirth

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Brownie Wise

💼 Business

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Gretchen Holt Witt

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Mathilde Wittock

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Anne Wojcicki

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Melissa Wolf

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Flossie Wong-Staal

🔍 Virology

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🔍 Virology

Was born Wong Yee Ching
1st scientist to clone & genetically map HIV & determine the function of its genes
Held 45 patents
Co-founder & later CSO of Immusol, later renamed iTherX Pharmaceuticals, a drug developing company focused on Hepatitis C
Her parents were supportive of her academic pursuits; her father renamed her Flossie after a massive typhoon that had struck Southeast Asia
Left Hong Kong at age 18 to continue her education in the US
Late 1970s with Dr. Robert Gallo determined human T cell leukemia Virus (HTLV) was the causative agent in human adult T cell leukemia
1990, started Center for AIDS Research at UCSD & continued research on HIV/Aids