Throughout history, there have been many women chemists who have made significant contribution to the field. The list includes many familiar and great female chemists such as Marie Curie, Rosalind Franklin, Irène Joliot-Curie, Dorothy Hodgkin, Stephanie Kwolek.The women chemists featured in this list are from United States, United Kingdom, Canada & Australia and many more countries.
Marie Curie07 November 1867, Polish
First woman to win a Nobel Prize
Rosalind Franklin25 July 1920, British
Chemist
Irène Joliot-Curie12 September 1897, French
Chemist
Dorothy Hodgkin12 May 1910, British
Biochemist
Stephanie Kwolek31 July 1923, American
Chemist
Gertrude B. Elion23 January 1918, American
Biochemist, Pharmacologist
Ada Yonath22 June 1939, Israeli
Scientist
Tu Youyou30 December 1930, Chinese
chemist, pharmacologist, inventor, university
Clara Immerwahr21 June 1870
Chemist, Feminist
Shannon Lucid14 January 1943, American
Astronaut, Chemist
Catherine Coleman14 December 1960, American
Chemist, Air force officer, Astronaut, Engineer
Johanna Budwig30 September 1908, German
Chemist, Biochemist, Inventor, Physician
Ellen Swallow Richards03 December 1842, American
Chemist, University teacher, Economist
Maud Menten20 March 1879, Canadian
Chemist, Physician, Biochemist
Susan Solomon19 January 1956, American
chemist