Hayat Sindi is a Saudi Arabian medical scientist and one of the first female members of the Consultative Assembly of Saudi Arabia Hayat Sindi is a biochemist who holds patents for a simple, low-tech diagnostic tool that could significantly change medical treatment in poor countries. The small, paper-like device detects disease by analyzing bodily fluids …
Flossie Wong-Staal was a molecular biologist and virologist. She was the first scientist to clone HIV and determine the function of its genes, which was a major step in proving that HIV is the cause of AIDS Flossie Wong-Staal was born in China and moved to the United States via Hong Kong. After attending the …
Patricia Bath was an American ophthalmologist, inventor, humanitarian, and academic. Bath was an early pioneer of laser cataract surgery, and became the first African-American woman doctor to receive a patent for a medical purpose for her invention of the Laserphaco Probe for cataract treatment in 1986. Bath was able to help restore the sight of …
Alice Ball was an African American chemist who developed the first successful treatment for Hansen’s disease (Leprosy). Ball was the first African American and the very first woman to graduate with a M.S. degree in chemistry from the University of Hawaii. She then became the institution’s very first woman chemistry instructor and laboratory researcher. Ball …
For #LGBThistorymonth I will be posting an #lgbtq #womaninhistory every day. Today is Dr Louisa Martindale, a pioneering surgeon, an ardent suffragist and one of the most influential figures in Brighton in the early 20th century. Martindale’s mother believed that girls should have the same access to education as boys, and because of this she …
Sophia Jex-Blake was an English physician and feminist who led the Edinburgh Seven, the first women to matriculate at a British university. Jex-Blake was dissuaded from pursing an education by her parents, who did not believe that women were entitled to equal education. She eventually managed to attend Queen’s College, where she impressed the faculty …
Hilda Leyel (also known as Mrs C F Leyel) was an expert on herbalism and founded the Society of Herbalists (now known as the Herb Society) Leyel developed a love of herbs and flowers at a young age, and after completing her education at Uppingham School went on to study medicine. She developed an interest in herbalism, studying …
This weeks Illustrated Women in History was submitted by Rachel Nesbitt. Elsie Inglis Born 16th August 1864 in India, then moved to Edinburgh with her Father. She was a medical doctor as well as a suffrage campaigner. In 1887 Inglis started her studies at the Edinburgh School of Medicine for Women, then at the University …
This weeks Illustrated Woman in History was drawn by Lily Grace Stewart (age 6) and submitted to be a part of the next Illustrated Women in History zine and exhibition in April 2017. Mary Eliza Mahoney was the first black professional nurse in the U.S. She co-founded the National Association of Colored Graduate Nurses (NACGN), …
Today’s Illustrated Woman in History was drawn by Lily Grace Stewart and submitted for inclusion in the next Illustrated Women in History zine. Second Lieutenant Elsie S. Ott was a pioneer in air evacuation of military casualties and the first woman to receive the United States Air Medal. Ott was born in 1913 in Smithtown, …