Faces of STEM

This page is still under construction, feel free to poke around though.

Inspiring Women of Color Scientists

*The Femmes of STEM

https://medium.com/@michellebarboza/cabronas-historical-woc-in-science-reference-list-22d7a5fa89e6

Jang geum (15th century), Royal Physician, Korea

Mary Seacole (1805–1881) Army Nurse, US, Jamaican-British

Rebecca Lee Crumpler (1831–1895) first African American woman to earn a medical degree in the US

Anna Galvis Hotz (1855–1934) gynecology, Columbia

Kadambini Ganguly (1861–1923) [1][2][3]

Rakhmabi Bhikaji (1864–1955); doctor + woman’s rights activist, India

Dr. Rakhmabi Bhkaji. Image via Google Arts & Culture

Anandibai Joshi (1865–1887); India

Susan La Flesche Picotte (1865–1915), Omaha Tribe, US [1][2][3][4]

May Edward Chin (1896–1980); US, Chickahominy and African American

Hilena Sedarous (1904–1998) Egypt

Nise da Silveira (1905–1999)

Azar Andami (1936–1984) physician + bacteriologist, Iran

Đặng Thùy Trâm (1942–1970), Vietnam

Chemistry

Asima Chatterjee (1917–2006) India [1][2]

Marie Maynard Daly (1921–1993) US, African-American [1][2]

Ruby Hirose (104–1960). Bacteriology & biochemistry. US, Chinese-American [1][2]

Alice Augusta Ball (1892–1916); African American [1][2][3]

Biology, Biochemistry

Maharani Chakravorty (1947–2015); India

Kamala Sohonie (1912–1998), India [1][2][3]

Botany

Janaki Ammal (1887–1984), India [1] [2]

Ynes Mexia (1870–1938), US- México

Helia Bravos Hollis (1901–2001), México

Helia Bravos Hollis. Image source unkown.

Luisa Eugenia Navas Bustamante (1918 — ); Chile

Zoology

Roger Arliner Young (1889–1964); USA

Jane Goodall