Issue 100

Learn more about the science-fiction writer, advocate and trailblazer Octavia E Butler.

The first woman of Indian ancestry to travel to space was an American astronaut and mechanical engineer Kalpana Chawla.

Did you know that a 12-year-old girl called Mary Anning discovered some of the first dinosaurs fossill in Britain?

Bettye Washington Greene was an American industrial research chemist. She is considered an early pioneer for women of colour in science.

Today, most people know how widely we use computer programming in our world, but not many people are aware of those who pioneered this programming- one being Grace Hopper.

Ada Lovelace was a British mathematician. She is widely considered the first person to write instructions for computer programs in the 1800’s!

Wu was a Chinese-American experimental physicist who made significant contributions to nuclear physics.

Meet mathematician and pioneer for African American women.

Apollo 11 was a historic achievement. But did you know that Katherine Johnson was instrumental to its success?